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Hello, I had a spinal tap a few years ago to check for MS as I have foot drop and pins and needles in my feet and lower legs and now in my fingers. It came back negative but I would now not have it as it can damage the spine and cause nerve damage if it goes wrong. There are numerous causes for...

Hello fellow sufferers, not posted for a while due to being busy, busy doing nothing much. I had a tangled forest of bushes near my front door left by a deceased neighbour which resembled a scene from Sleeping Beauty. I do sleep a lot but I'm no beauty and there is no Prince Charming around so I...

Hello from chilly London. It's hovering around 4°C all this week so the brief spell of warmer spring temperatures is over for now. Gardening boosts my mood even if it is demossing and weeding and I need happy thoughts badly right now as my next door neighbour Lorraine was found dead at home in...

Hello from Suburbia in London, I had my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last week from a very large syringe. Two days with a sore arm but no other side effects. Next dose in three month's time. 80% immunity after 3 weeks so still wearing a mask and socially distancing. Not much to do so it's...

I wonder where you live to get -33°c, it must be Canada near the artic circle. Do you get polar bears and penguins ? CatLover in London.

Hello, writing from freezing London and waiting for my Iceland grocery delivery. I know it should be vegetable juices and lentils but this store is value for money. I have a scar from a fistula and I can feel it which is rather strange. A bit like a zip on a handbag. I choose yoghurts of all...

Hello, I'm 57 years young and have no diagnosis although I have had operations related to bowel disease. I think that if I asked for a social worker, I would be 70 before one showed up. In this pandemic, social workers are swamped and prioritising urgent cases. People with chronic illness feel...

Hello, snowing steadily since yesterday and settling on pavements and roof tops. I won some money last night on Admiral Casino so can afford the Co-op unlike the poor people who walk in and out again. I usually have a bucket of suet balls for the birds at this time of year so will shop online...

Hello, it's 4°C today and will get down to freezing by the end of the week. The bin men collected a pile of old fencing from my tiny front garden yesterday. I spent the afternoon pottering about and re-arranging my bins away from the footpath to put some space between me and passers-by. My...

Hello, I'm a wrinkly and female so we have very little in common. However, I understand what hormones "up the spout" can do to physical stamina and mood. It can feel like the end of the world when they are lacking. I would stop smoking anything at all and your appetite should improve as well as...

Hi, I banged my head and got an aneurism some years ago. It started then as well as going to bed with a teddy bear. That's life.

Hello, what you are going through sounds awful. Hopefully, you have a nutritionist and are on a specialised Crohn's diet excluding all foods that might cause inflammation. I find plain white rice, plain yoghurts and camomile tea with honey helpful. No fried, spicy or oily foods.

Hello, nice to meet you online. Fungal infections are really common, mostly due to excessive sweating and moisture on the skin causing bacteria to grow. Washing and drying thoroughly is really important and using talc to absorb sweat. Wearing cotton and not nylon also. If left untreated, you can...

Hello, nice to meet you online as a vegan. You seem to have a lot of knowledge about a food exclusion diet for Crohn's. I don't eat meat anymore having watched documentaries about intensive farming. I think if you have slow transit of food in the bowel/gut, it can cause bacteria you don't need...

Hello, it's 11°C and raining steadily in London. People in lockdown are being encouraged to feed and count the varieties of birds in their gardens as a yearly event run by the RSPB. (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).You can watch garden birds like robins, sparrows and blue tits live...

[QUOTE="CatLover63, post: 1034064, member: 445248 Hello, posting from the U.K. What I have found is that doctors don't like herbal supplements as they can be harmful to the kidneys and interfere with prescribed drugs. Apparently, there is a Chinese Herb Disease. Turmeric is big news as a wonder...

When I had my anal prolapse repaired and haemorroids banded I didn't get proper nursing care afterwards and peed the bed at night. My blood pressure became dangerously low and I kept fainting so I was kept in for over a week. I also developed pain and infection afterwards. A total nightmare.

Hello, when I was a size 10 and slim I had pain in my lower rib near my abdomen. Perhaps there wasn't enough fat to stop it digging into me. Always worth speaking to your doctor in case it is the result of an old injury.

Nice and toasty in my flat in spite of the zero temperatures at the start of the week. I look like an overgrown toddler in fleecy cat motif pyjamas ( Christmas gift, the older I get, the most silly the presents become ). My head gets cold so I wear a beanie hat indoors. I watched a programme...

Hello, Some pain relief includes swimming in a warm pool, soaking in Epsom salt baths, applying heat, avoiding the cold, not walking for too long, having a pet like a cat to release endorphins, using essential oils for massage, not wearing tight clothing or shoes. 🌈