Recently Diagnosed COPD - What's Your Experience?
I was diagnosed two weeks ago. I was told you have COPD, use these inhalers and we will see you in three months and duly sent home with printed material to read. Freaked out the whole week, hardly slept and felt upset after I googled and read what COPD is and the affect it has. I feel I have been left to get on with it..Should I be seeing a specialist at the hospital and having chest X-rays? What's your experience been?
View 36 RepliesRecently Diagnosed Bell's Palsy - Pain Behind The Ear
I was diagnosed with Bells palsy 1 week ago, 5 weeks after having a baby! I was on a steroid dose pack and antiviral meds for a week. I've started having excruciating pain behind the ear on the affected side. It's so bad especially at night. Has anyone else experience pain?
View 49 RepliesFibromyalgia Syndrome :: Suffering With Itchy Skin
Do anybody suffering with itchy skin, i have had it for weeks but just on my stomach and back, i take lots of medication but the same for a while, taking gabapentin, tramadol and co-codamol for the pain, but stopped the tramadol has read this can cause itching, but not got any better, is it linked with fibro do anybody know.
View 2 RepliesYeast Infection :: Suffering For Years
I have been suffering for years with yeast infections. This time I have had one for 3 months!! A few days after my period BOOM here it is again!!! I've tried garlic, yogurt, acidophilus(sp) prescription meds , no sugar, low carbs, no alcohol, no sex, no panties, change out of my workout clothes immediately AND I STILL HAVE THEM! Otherwise I'm a healthy 33 year old wife and mother of a 9 yr old.
View 3 RepliesDiagnosed With Perthes Disease At 18 - No Treatment For Next 10-15 Years
My doctors tell me I developed the problem when I was about 8 but was never diagnosed because I didn't complain of any pain. They said my case is very rare.
As I am now fully grown I can no longer be treated for the disease other than by hip replacement, although they said I will have to wait 10 - 15 years until the pain becomes unbearable as I am too young for the surgery at the moment. Until then, I basically have to put up with it an have simply been told to not wear high heels and to not put on any weight!
My left hip is left flattened and shortened and my leg in almost an inch shorter than my right. It constantly feels uncomfortable and sometimes extremely painful, especially when walking long distances, laying on my left side, sitting for too long (eg. during long car journeys) and I end up feeling very frustrated!
I have tried physiotherapy, pain killers, a digital pain reliever and swimming to help the pain - all with very little helpful effect.
Kidney :: 19, Suffering With Bladder And Kidney Infections For Years
Hello I am 19 years old I have been suffering with bladder and kidney infections since I was 14. I was admitted to hospital to find out what was wrong with me nothing could be found, I think I have tried every antibiotic under sun...nothing seems to help, I suffer with them every few mounts or so on and off.
When I fall ill with one I'm very ill it puts in bed for days with terrible pain and fever, I'm young and starting university very soon...I don't know anyone who suffers as bad as me and I struggle to get to the doctors a lot with being a full time student, it's so unbearable and frustrating can anyone help?.
Men :: Recently Been Widowed - Wet Dreams
I am a 50 yr old man who has recently been widowed. Is it normal to have wet dreams? It seem kinda weird.
View 3 RepliesTonsillectomy Recently And Now Sore Throat - Pain Killer?
I'm on the start of day 5 now after my tonsillectomy and in the worst pain imaginable, I was aware the procedure would be painful but nothing like this did I ever imagine, the mornings we the worst, waking from my sleep with no pain resistance at 4am is horrible.
I would really like someone to help me make a plan so I can manage my pain relief better so I don't need to be in so much agony,il list below the medicine I have and the daily dosage told to take:
Paracetamol 500mg take 2 upto 4 times a day
diclofenac/volterol 50mg take 1 upto 3 times a day
codeine 30mg take 1 or 2 upto 4 times a day ....
Always Suffering From Constipation
I am suffering from constipation and i cant figure out why because i drink a lot or sufficient water and fluid and eat a good fibrous meal and normal meals what my family eats then why am i constipated.Just once i loose the schedule the whole week i am constipated rather my family sleep and wake up at random time and yet they are good then why i have to follow so hard unchanged routine to not to be constipated.
View 3 RepliesHemorrhoids :: Anybody Suffering With Piles?
Anybody suffering with piles? Do you get pain in your tummy from this? What do you use to ease them ? Help going away 8 th not looking forward to a week of suffering.
View 12 RepliesSuffering From Chronic Angioedema
I am suffering from chronic angioedema. They are not sure that causes it, even though they did several tests. Anyway, they suspect on food, so I cut of egg, milk, fish, shellfish, nuts and seed for now, to see what will happen. Why is so difficult to find the cause of chronic angioedema? What can you tell me about it?
View 1 RepliesStudent Suffering From Stress - Examination
I'm a student and I'm 21 years old. I'm writing here today because I'm suffering from stress problems. The exam session begins in less than a month and the more we are close of the exam session, the more I am stressed. I can't seem to fall asleep,I don't sleep well anymore, and I sometimes have insomnia.
Do you have any advice for me? I would like to do well my exams, but I have to manage my stress if I want to succeed.
Mirtazapine :: Suffering With Dizzy Spells
I have just started taking mirtazapine 15mg to help with stress and anxiety at work. The first few days were spent feeling very tired and spaced out but then not much of a side effect. However I have tried to work out a few times to help with the stress and each time have become very dizzy, headaches and nearly to the point of passing out (I'm not exactly a gym bunny but am used to working out and running 5k relatively easily- today I could only manage 3k!)
View 3 RepliesDepression :: Suffering From Chronic Loneliness
I have been depressed for a while and it slowly got worse, but now I feel it rapidly getting worse. I suffer from chronic loneliness as well and both are harsh. It feels like I am fighting against myself most days. I don't want to get put on antidepressants because I have a fear of the side effects and how harsh they can get and because I am alone, I have no one to support me while my life changes rapidly.
I have a lot of issues making relationships. I am single, have no friends and I clash a ton with my family. Sometimes I talk to myself to try and relieve the loneliness and it works sometimes, but sometimes it hurts even more. On top of that, I am going to college and it has been getting worse as my classes have gotten harder. I do not cut myself or harm myself, but I withdraw heavily and isolate myself from the world because I am a bit agoraphobic and I am afraid of myself as well. I truly don't know what to do because I am going downhill fast.
Menopause :: Constipated Suffering And Confused
I am putting my embarrassment aside and writing in this forum in hopes of finding some help for my terrible constipation. I am a 55-year-old female. I have living through menopause for the past 6 years, and hope it will be over soon. My diet consists of meat and potatoes, and some vegetables and fruit (but not enough I am sure). I get the occasional walk in, but ever since my hip surgery about 5 years ago, exercise is something I do less and less of. In the last two years I have noticed that I am constipated more often and for longer periods. I had been using enemas and laxatives for sometime, but they started taking a toll on my body so I stopped. I am trying everything I can, but I want to find a natural or herbal remedy that really works. I have started reading about different products, but I am at a loss as to which one I should try.
View 2 RepliesSuffering Health Anxiety Regarding My Heart
Really suffering and struggling with health anxiety regarding my heart. Is anyone going through anything similar?
View 61 RepliesSexually Abused Suffering From Bulimia And Insomnia
I am 18 and now studying abroad.I have been abused sexually 3 times in my life. One in primary school, one in highschool and one in university..Now i am alone in a whole different country studying and starting a new life but it hasn't been as good as I though. I have no real friend and there is one really care about me. My beloved family who really love and care about me are all back in my home town which is in the other half of the Earth. I miss them so badly and in another hand, I have to try to get a part time job to support my family. Studying aboard has been our dream to change our life, but now it's bringing financial difficulties.Besides, Bulimia. I don't know when it started, I just know that now i am suffering from it and it''s terrible. I hate myself and my body so badly. I have terrible relationships with food that I don't know what to do with it.And then depression comes along as all of these problems hit me. I haven't sleep well for so long, I havn't smile or laugh or feel good for so long. I'm stuck.
View 2 RepliesVertigo / Dizziness :: Suffering From Vestibular Neuritis
Mine started with buzzing in my left ear, flickering in the left eye. I've had numerous exercises which worked at first but not any more. I feel like I'm walking on sponges and had went to see a physio and she is referring me to a specialist in Birmingham. She said it's the signals in my brain and a lot of things going on. Apparently its trying to compensate for my weak balance system. No one can give me a definite answer and its been going on for 7 years now! Anyone else out there who can relate?
View 5 RepliesSexual Dysfunction :: Suffering From Retrograde Ejaculation
I think I am suffering from retrograde ejaculation. I just thought I wasn't ready to ejaculate. But I realized something, I pee a little bit after I am done masturbating. And at first it drips out (assuming it is semen). And I am pretty sure I have been in puberty for at least 2 years
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