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Bowel resection
How "major" is a Bowel Resection" for a 91 year old male ?My Dad has to have one in 2 weeks - he had polyps in his intestines which he tells me were removed last year..
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Assistance Dog
A big hi to everyone š. Does anyone have an assistance dog and has had a bad experience? I am usually shouted at NO DOGS even though I have a barnyard, the other day I got refused entry when I explained he is my assistance dog they still banned me šŖ
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Struggling with being honest
Do you ever feel like you can't be honest with your friends and family about how scared/impacted you are by your health conditions/disabilities? I still don't have a diagnosis for my issues but it's finally pointing towards a rare autoimmune condition. A particular antibody I have tested positive for is highly associatedā¦
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I don't know what's wrong
hi I am used to being part of online communities and feel supported with stuff like my mental health. My physical health declined last september and I have been very isolated in this experience. In 2020 I started to become unable to walk after a few minutes, my lower back on the right side would get tight, moving to leftā¦
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Colitis
My colitis has started and I've not been well all day . Hardly anything to eat and feeling really low. Despite medication it still doesn't feel very nice at all .Ā
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Running out of options, just looking for a bit of advice on next steps.
Hi all š I'm just looking for a bit of advice from anyone with similar symptoms or in a similar situation on what to do next, I have added some personal things like medical history and meds incase anyone experienced similar symptoms on the same meds or with the same medical conditions. Any advice is greatly appreciated, ā„ā¦
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Rare conditions synovial osteochondromatosis.
Not sure if this is in the right area of the forum here? Just discovered today I have a rare condition among other more popular ones. Anyone else have this? I have a condition calledĀ synovial osteochondromatosis. Is it as randomly disabling as it is for you as it it me from one day to the next. Massive fluctuations in aā¦
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In chronic pain with degenerative disc disease. Anyone had injections in the lumbar region/surgery?
Hi all, I hope your all doing as good as possible. Iām in constant pain with degenerate disc disease cervical and lumber. Has any one had injections in the lumbar region which has helped? Also has anyone had surgery in cervical to relieve pain. Iām really fed up with this pain, it is there all the time, it wakes me whenā¦
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Abdominophrenic dyssenergia - chronic bloating!
Hi folks, I came across this forum after finding a thread from another abdominophrenic dyssenergia sufferer here. At @Hannah_Scope 's suggestion I said I would write a short introduction. Abdominophrenic dyssenergia (or APD for short) is best described as a miscoordination of energy (hence dyssenergia) between theā¦
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Hi, my name is Lunadog! I am considering fusion surgery
Hello everyone, I am here because I can hardly walk due to a numbness/partial paralysis of my right leg. I had surgery, but it failed to help me still have condition 8 months later I am considering fusion surgery , But of course I am skeptical that it will reverse my condition. I hope that we can share our experiences, andā¦
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I have an undiagnosed symptom that is so strange that explaining itself is a difficulty
Hi all, I apologize if this is not the right place to post a rather long and personal story, but I have been struggling with my own emotion for so long that I just wish to be able to share, to write down how this condition makes me feel physically and mentally. I guess the best way to explain what I have is to say that itā¦
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Worried after CES surgery
Hi I have suffered with sciatica for years now but in march this year i had emergency surgery on my spine L4-L5 discectomy and decompression for cauda equina syndrome...however its now 3 months on and my back feels the same as it did before the op..so if they had decompressed the nerve why do I feel like this again...I'mā¦
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Chronic Kidney Disease
I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease yesterday, just wondering if anyone else has this? I've been hospitalised twice with kidney infections, the most recent being in September last year - both times I've been really severely poorly with it and it's just not a pleasant thing to experience. I've got one kidneyā¦
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FND
Hi ,I was diagnosed with FND a year ago.I have mobility issues,fatique,arm ,shoulder, neck pain,tremors ,hallucinations,noise intolerance .I am 49,married to a fabulous man and have 2 boys and a dog.glad to be part of this group.any one else have FND?
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Clinically isolated syndrome
So I was diagnosed with transverse myelitis.. at my appointment a year ago I was under the understanding I was just diagnosed with that.. but they hadn't received my lumbar puncture results. Got a call a few days later saying the spinal fluid was inflamed meaning I was at a higher risk of another attack. Anyway last Mondayā¦
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I think i have carpal tunnel syndrome
My right hand and arm is weak and at night tingles and goes numb. This started two days ago. I think it due to overuse or sleeping in my right side a lot. I struggle to do certain tasks and it's making me get worried. I hope it doesn't get worse I hope it gets better. I'm 31 female, got a lot of health issues it'sā¦
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Fnd
Hi, I have been told I have fnd, but they way I was told was " my mind is playing tricks on me " I have limited use in left arm leg, feel like they have had an injection to numb them, migraines, get confused and loose interest in things and can't find my words when I speak, and pain in joints and muscles This started Marchā¦
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PIP EVIDENCE
Does anyone know how long it takes for pip to send text evidence received after sending it off ??
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Degenerative Disc Disease
Hello, Iām Dave and live in Telford. Iām interested in the views about the above especially when it comes to claiming PIP. Iāve worked all my life but are coming to the stage where DDD is making my job very difficult to do. Iām 58 years of age.Ā
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Decline In Cognitive Dysfunction
A long history of cognitive dysfunction Back in the 90s, my university gave me lots of extra support on the back of a cognitive function and memory assessment I paid for privately.. I was in my mid-30s at that time. I adjusted pretty well by accepting that the issues that had followed me all through my schooling hadā¦
