Health

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Ellie53 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:06:34 GMT

here is coming 12th May, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, for those who suffering with this life changing illness, like myself, it is very important to make everyone more aware that this illness is becoming more and more wide everywhere, and yet so very little is known about it. I am going to write AGAIN to Dr. Chris, like i did for the last 2 years but had no luck, to see if can do his homework on this awfull illness and talk about it at least for little bit so people know there are some illnesses around that can't be seen but my god can be felt, hope other's with this illness can do the same and see what happens.

Ellie

prostate cancer- E petition

jimnic — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:47:29 GMT

There is a petition on the Downing Street website regarding Prostate Cancer testing. This is the main form of cancer in men and kills 10,000 every year. The experience of having regular screening in the Tyrol district of Austria indicates that this results in early diagnosis and thus effective treatment leading to a fall in the mortality rate. This screening is cheaper and more cost effective than that for breast screening at only around £12 per test. For this price men with prostate cancer are given a chance for life. This country has the one of the lowest 5 year survival rates for prostate cancer in Europe.
Could you please sign this petition on
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/psa-testing/
This is part of generating a lot more awareness of prostate cancer, which many think is purely an old man's condition leading to those in their 40s being refused screening which means aggressive cancers are being missed in this younger age group at a time when they can be treated. Too many GPs simply believe this to be a young man's affliction and refuse to test. This is a disgraceful situation leading to the deaths of too many younger men.

Medication.

Princess_Becki — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:41:21 GMT

I'm slightly confused, so I thought I would see if anyone would be able to help out at all.
Um, briefly, medication for anxiety/depression/phobia/OCD type thing - it's a mixture, but I have been told it would 'help me to feel less anxious, and down'.

Medication has been offered to me before, but I refused, twice - I think. I didn't want to take any for a number of reasons, however, now I don't seem to have a lot of choice as nothing is improving, and I am feeling a lot more 'down' than before I went for help.

So, what do you think of medication?

Like I said I refused before, and am still very unkeen on taking anything, as even if I have a head ache or tooth ache, I go without medicine, as I just don't like taking it, and through fear it could make me s*ck.

I have just been looking on the net at the different medications, and the lists and lists of side effects, is really scary.

Is anyone on medication, and what type of side effects did you experience?

Also, is anyone on anti-emetics? Side effects from these?

If anyone is able to help, I would appreciate it very much. I'm just a little confused, and I don't like the fact that I would have to be taking something, and also you aren't allowed to just stop, and I don't want to become dependant on anything. Obviously, if I had no choice, as I fully understand that some people are dependant on them, but this is to keep them on a level level, and so I understand that. I am not trying to knock people who are on the medication at all, so please do not feel that I am. As I have a family member, and know of a few people who are on tablets, and are likely to be for a hec of a long time, if not forever, so I do fully understand. However, when it comes to me, it's different? If that makes sense?

I feel I should be able to sort it out myself, and get on with things, and I tried, but I just can't seem to, and there seems to be so much 'stuff' in my head that I feel really 'lost', if I can explain it like that??

xXx Becki.

please help!!!

holliow — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:17:07 GMT

can someone please help me! I'm trying to get down to a uk dress size 4 im in a 6 i just seem to have stopped and i cant get down please can some one help me with a diet plan or something to achieve my goal

Restless Leg Syndrome - Dr please reply

Velvet — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:07:29 GMT

aaaarrrrrrh....

I have tried loads of treatments, but the side affects are way too much, so need a new way to deal with this,#

it is so irritating especially in the middle of the night, I have to get up walk about, stretch legs etc, then try and get back to sleep, then low and behold a short time later I have to get up again...

I am sure there are Aliens in my legs..... get them out..

IBS

pob — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:52 GMT

Just wondering if anyone else on here suffers with irritable bowel,Im lucky that i dont have it too bad and only get a couple of attacks a year, but ive got a particularly bad episode at the moment and am suffering with dreadful spasms, that are just like having contrractions. I was told by the GP to use the breathing technique to get thru them and i also take Buscopan but nothing seems to be helping at the moment.

I just wondered if any of you have any remedies that you use that may be of some help to me

Student nurses and midwives!!

Elise1 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:15:56 GMT

Hi i'm thinking about going to university and studying midwifery. I'd have to do an access course first though but i need to be 100% sure before i make my decision, so i'm wondering if anyone else is, or has recently studied nursing or midwifery.
I've done a little research on the net but would like to hear about peoples experiences and how difficult the work load is.
The thing that worries me is that i have a 2yr old daughter (well she's almost 2) so i don't know how difficult it will be to juggle, and i also have post natal depression (i'm over the worst now) but if i have a really bad day i can't concentrate at all.

skirk — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:47:26 GMT

Well where do I start I have been married for nearly 13 years now and to be honest I want to leave but don't know what's stopping me. Its so difficult to summarise what I mean. Basically he puts me down, thinks I'm useless, swears constantly at me and the children, we have no sex life but to be honest the way I feel about him if I ever had it again it would be to soon. I can't say I love him anymore because of how he treats me, put it this way when I reached him at the bottom of the isle on our wedding day he said "what have you done to your hair", I should have justed walked then! He has no patience at all and anything at all that goes wrong he blames me, he constantly gets at me for my weight, his latest digging session is about how little I do which is b s, we have two children 5 and 8 months and whilst my youngest is not demanding I never stop all day, I am very house proud and when the house is immaculate when I have had a blitz he still makes some snidey comment and critisizes.

I think his attitude is affecting our 5 year old as he has minor behaviour problems at school and at home talks to me sometimes like my husband does, despite me stopping him and correcting of how he should speak to me. I am desperate really and just don't know how to leave as I reckon he would make it really difficult and make me leave and not him. His only means of defence is attack and it doesn't matter what its about he rips my head off, so I can't talk to him because I am so nervous to and keep waiting for the right time, which of course never comes.

I went to relate on my own a few years ago and they taught me it was all him and that how he was treating me was mental abuse, because of course they got the full history. There is no affection or love in the relationship and I don't think he's having an affair, well there are certainly no regular patterns of different behaviour. I am also worried about how I will manage financially if I leave and would love to know exactly how much I'd get in benefits until I return to work. A few years ago I remember I had hit rock bottom and was gunna leave it took me 4 hours to build up enough courage to tell him and when I did I was gobsmacked when he asked if I wasn't going to give him the chance to make things right, that was the last thing I ever expected him to say, especially as I had convinced myself by his treatment of me that he didn't want to be married anymore but didn't have the courage to leave me, anyway he was ok for 2 days then back to his usual horrible self. I need someone to do it for me so I can avoid the confrontation but I know that that is impossible, but I just wish I could find it in myself to leave, I dream of the releif of not having this agravasion everyday. I have considered us both going to relate but I don't think it will as I don't think he will ever change and I feel so low I don't hink I could change how I feel and forget about how he has been treating me. Could anyone help and suggest something to give me that kick and tell me the best way to leave. I am an army wife living in Germany and I know the army would help to a certain degree and if he refused to leave I could call the military police and they could get him to leave plus I am entitled to stay in the house for 90 days, so I have some relief in that area but it all boils down to me, sorry for waffling on so much but I hope you can see my desperation.

max clifford

tia mia — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:42:05 GMT

he named a network who help people with addictions and problems with custody of children can any one help me with this name of network thank you .