Are you a pro at making educated guesses during quizzes? ? Let's talk about the skill behind the guesswork! Share your tips and tricks for nailing those tricky questions without breaking a sweat ..read more

Long story short I've been back and forth to Dr/hosp with pain when urinating , blood in wee, pain left side belly and low left back, my bloods showed slightly raised white cells and my wee showed high white cells , they gave me 3 days of strong antibiotics but still sameI passed what I think was a kidney stone but not sure if was a clot? Looked quite 3d only way can explain , was red/brown , I'm going down the bladder cancer rabbit hole ? hosp refferd me for a tube into bladder was down as urgent but they are back logged with patients it's not until July ..read more

I'm in a spiral at the moment and I'm sure I'm overreacting and being stupid, but I can't stop worrying about a million things. I'm going through menopause now and that's really ramped up my health and general anxiety to a horrible degree and I'm so anxious about my adult kids which has me spiralling. My son (19) has some issues at work that he's dealing with and I keep worrying he's going to lose his job or that something will happen to him or his girlfriend. He had a friend die in a car accident a few years ago and I keep getting horrible thoughts about how devastated he'd be again if some ..read more

I started having mild stiffness and lower back pain around 2017, mildbpain in my back and arm that comes anf goes Doctor at the time couldn't find anything serious and suggested I drink more water and refer myself to physiotherapy. Back then I had bad GAD and also depression, also health anxiety where I'd be off to the doctor with multiple symptoms. I chose to ignore it in the end, brush any back discomfort, numbness or pain as probably something to do with anxiety, depression made me feel so down I just didn't care anymore.. These past 5 years, I noticed more symptoms and getting more pai ..read more

My dad died this afternoon, not even sure why I have come to post about it? Maybe because I am confused, numb, I haven't even cried yet and I don't know why. He went to hospital just over a week ago, they said he had heart failure, they put on meds, he was getting better, the water retention was coming off, his breathing got back to normal. Saw him this morning and he was the best I saw him. This afternoon they are telling us he had a heart attack. Doesn't make sense. Every doctor we were saw said he could live a normal life, he was getting better, not one doctor said anything about potentia ..read more

So I had had a blood test 2 months ago and it came back that my white blood cell count was low not sure how low . So I had another blood test about a month ago and it was still low . I have to have another blood test on Wednesday but I'm feeling quite ill like flu bad chest cough is bad sinus pressure generally feeling ill. Now I'm feeling really worried that it it some form of blood cancer can not stop worrying ..read more

I got approved yesterday after a meeting with the doctor! So surreal. I thought it was a joke. I had to request my medical records via FOI request, and had an appointment with curaleaf a week later. The doctor took a look at my medical history and asked why I want to use it. I explained my mental health problems, and that I don't want to be on medications for the rest of my life. He's put me on 3 different strains to try. These are THC strains, not CBD. I've got an official script, and can legally use, and carry it on my person. I'll give anything a try because I hate what my medication st ..read more

Since my mum passed away last year, I have thought about "giving up the life I know" to be a man of faith. A man of the church. I don't know why I began to feel like this. But it probably has a lot to do with my grief with various people over the years, and how at my age, most of my life now feels like a waste because of that. With my mother being gone, it feels like a huge part of me died with her. She did everything for me, and was the one person I felt I could open up to. I say my life was kind of a waste, mainly because every blooming time I felt I was close to having, for example, a suc ..read more

Hi Everyone, It has been a while since I posted on here but I hope everyone is doing ok. I went for my first mammogram last week. I was asked by the nurse if I had any problems and I told her I had a lump in my right breast that I first noticed during the 2nd UK lockdown. I did not get a GP appointment as it is just so hard to be actually seen by my GP and my depression was raging at the time, plus I have a history of breast cysts so I probably just brushed it off and kept checking it - I'm an ex-nurse and should have known better. The lump comes and goes and rises and falls depending on my m ..read more

So I’m having a bad day. I’ve caught the bug that’s going round my hometown and I feel pretty rotten. My throat hurts (is a bit better now) and I feel warm but my in ear temp is around 37. I’m scared I have sepsis as I am also being treated for an ongoing infected cyst which is much better than it was with no hotness or redness and has shrunk in size. The reason I am worried I have sepsis is that I have some petechia on my arms and legs- I’ve had them on and off for a while- and I’m terrified that I’m seriously ill. My pulse was quite high earlier 120bpm but is now sitting around 90. My blood ..read more