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Can I just point out that my treatment expectations of any condition I see a doctor for are effectively zero. I've been well-trained by the NHS.

My active B12 and serum B12 are both well over the range, and I feel a bit better when I keep it like that. I have the same issue with falling over when my eyes are closed. And worst of all is trying to walk around in the dark or the semi-dark. Going for a pee in the middle of the night is...

Are the authors saying that having lower than normal oxygen levels doesn't cause real pain because there is no obvious physical damage? Could we lower theirs for an hour or two, please, and see how they feel? Or have I missed the point or misunderstood?

Squeezy, I've just noticed you asked me a question two years ago and I never answered. So, I'm just a little bit late... My apologies. :D Adenosylcobalamin has several names - see the wiki article : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosylcobalamin This is the adenosyl-B12 I took ...

I strongly suspect, based on my personal experience, that getting a diagnosis of absolutely anything is harder for females than it is for males. As a result, every interaction with the medical profession becomes fraught with anxiety. The things that go through my head... 1) Will I get a...

What about the feelings of helplessness and inadequacy in the patients who are left to rot with no help or treatment and no way of getting better unless they are lucky enough to hit upon the solution themselves? It's no surprise that patients are embittered and contentious, given how so many...

Is it just me, or is the destruction of the NHS gathering pace and far more out in the open now than it was just a couple of years ago?

Denying hypothyroidism sufferers the option of taking T3 or NDT is medically-authorised, doctor-approved torture. And one of the reasons for allowing this kick in the teeth of thyroid patients (in respect of T3) is because of cost. T3 in the UK is more expensive than anywhere else in the world...

Another public thread from HU on the subject of the latest NICE guidelines. https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/142088320/nice-guidelines-now-out The thread was created by Dr John Midgley (aka diogenes) whose history can be found on this page ...

I just saw this (public) thread on the Thyroid UK forum on HealthUnlocked. https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/142088622/nice-guidance-on-thyroid-disease-final-guidance There has been a Clinical Knowledge Summary on the subject of hypothyroidism on the NICE website for a long time, but...

I've just discovered that the article referred to in the first post can be read online ...

@Wonko Sorry to hear that. :(

If you were told that you had MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment), a condition that is usually diagnosed prior to developing Alzheimer's, would you want to just leave it and wait for the inevitable decline and death? Given their way this is what the pharma companies would like to see happen. They...

I went and read the replies SW got to his tweets and came across this link which I thought fit rather well in to this discussion : https://holeousia.com/2018/11/05/pattern-language-the-professionals/ I think this blog is by a member here, but I can't remember his name.

A doctor wrote in my notes that I was odd and looked very old-fashioned in the way I dressed. I admit I was never much in to fashion. I probably still look old-fashioned even now. I hate clothes shopping and still wear some clothes I've had for many years because they don't have holes in yet...

I understand the point of what SW is saying. But in reality most people who read a headline like that will understand perfectly what the headline writer was getting at. So SW's complaint is a bit over the top as far as I'm concerned. The things that doctors say to women don't just encompass...

Perhaps it is an odd and very clumsy way of describing someone getting the giggles?

I do know what is causing a lot of my chronic pain. I had surgery in 2003 that massively reduced my chronic pain in the area that was operated on, and the surgery still has benefits nearly 17 years later. I do get pain where I was operated on but it is a shadow of what it was in the 70s, 80s...

From the abstract : When did "chronic pain" become a separate condition in its own right? It doesn't usually manifest without a reason. How much time, effort, and resources do doctors actually spend on identifying the cause? They just label the patient in various nasty ways and kick them out...

From a patient's point of view, is there a single beneficial result from receiving a diagnosis of FND under any circumstances? Has anyone ever got better and moved on to have a normal, healthy life?