What Doctors Don't Tell You: Active Threads

Polymyalgia Rheumatica/Steriods

peter2 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:13:00 GMT

My wife as been diagnosed with Polymalgia Rheumatica and put on Steroids (Prednisilone)

with all the nasty side effects. Any sujestions for an alternative pain relief to Steriods.

Lung Cancer

Muguet — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:19:42 GMT

A friend of mine has had cancer in one lung and has had both chemotherapy and radio therapy.

Chemotherapy August 2007. Radiotherapy November 2007, and a second radio therapy about 4 weeks ago.

He feels sick practically all the time, does not feel like eating and cannot eat late. He is eating as much as he can

and presently his weight is stable. He is a very intelligent man who was very active. His main problem is extreme tiredness

which gives him a terrible feeling of guilt when he does not do what he set out to do.

eczema

sundaymondays — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:25:45 GMT

I have eczema just right behind my elbows and around them. This is the reason why I don’t wear short-sleeved shirts/blouses. I try to hide them. Nothing my dermatologist (I think) is working for me. I’m going to talk to another dermatologist for another opinion. Can you suggest anything that I can try to get rid of the eczema? Thanks.

Homeopathic vaccination against swine flu

rhunt — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:41:54 GMT

Will taking influenzinum give protection against the 'flu? If so, what kind of dose should we take?

Nerve damage during surgery

bbush402 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:22:47 GMT

My daughter recently had Tendonitis surgery on her LEFT elbow. When we got her home, she could not get out of the car. Her RIGHT leg was total numb from the knee down. She walked into the hospital, but couldn't walk out. When she was admitted through the emergency room, the attending doctor said she was probably laid on her right side and had a nerve compressed. The operating physician said no, she was on her back. She still cannot stand or walk without help. She will lose her job in 6 weeks if she can't walk. She is mildly retarded, and it took us two years to place her in this position. No one is taking any responsibility for this. HELP!

"lost ankle cartilige" and ankle rebuild op being the only answer!!

buksang — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:23:01 GMT

The ankle cartilige gave up in October last year and despite physio and acupuncture i could only get about normally and free of pain after cortisone type injections in the left ankle in Jan 2009. I can only walk short distances and play limited golf before the ankle area stiffens up, but at least within a couple of days i am walking as near normal as can be. Has anyone had similar experience and would appreciate recent experiences from anyone after an ankle rebuild op!! Many thanks MB

loestrin 20

leneandjeremy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:58:06 GMT

is this safe to take for a first timer? can anyone tell me more about it please?

Moods

jane.cuthbertson@vantisplc.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:08:33 GMT

Hi i have been off and on seroxat for anxiety/depression for the last 10 years or so. I have been off them for about 5 months now and haven't been too bad except for the last 4 weeks. Iv'e noticed it gets worse a week before and during my period so am now taking 1000mg three times a day of evening primrose oil from Holland and Barratt and have noticed that it has stopped my period pain at least. I don't really want to go back on seroxat but if they make me happy and like my mam said it's quality of life not quantity, but i am just scared of all the bad press they get and if they are doing me more harm than good in the long run. Iv'e heard about the herbal remedies St John's Wort and 5HTP, but am so confused about everything and what to do for the best. I try to eat fairly healthish. Any ideas?

lack of oxygen at birth

sabracke01 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:27:26 GMT

A friend of mine has adopted a 1-year old boy from Kazachstan. He suffered from lack of oxygen at birth (I don't know the details), which shows in his development. Is there anything that can help this boy?

thanks,

Sofie-Ann

Cervarix and Gardasil

emv — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:24:40 GMT

Can anyone tell me whether Cervarix - the GlaxoSmithKline HPV vaccine the Scottish government is poised to give to all girls aged between 12 and 17 - differs in any significant ways from Merck's Gardasil, about which WDDTY has been cautioning for some time? Specifically, does it have a comparable safety record, a better one or a poorer one?

There is a major advertising campaign (the website has the emotive URL fightcervicalcancer.org.uk) now under way across Scotland and when the schools go back in 10 days' time, the pressure will be piled on eligible girls to take part. (The programme is school-based.) I am encouraging my 16-year-old daughter to research the matter very thoroughly before committing and am instinctively against her having these jabs (she's not had MMR or MenC), but at the same time I feel that I should allow her to make her own decision based on all the available information.What I need, though, is a lot more information, so all help greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Parasites after gall bladder removal

sphillips01 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:31 GMT

I had my gall bladder removed 30 years ago. I know that if something about the op. is not done properly then parasites are always going to be problem. After well over a year taking herbal anti- parasitics I had a hair analysis done which showed no parasitic infection, but a sensitivity to green walnut hull ( a main ingredient in these products). I stopped the capsules and felt for the first time in years that I actually belonged in my body. My face looked years younger as well. Then a few months later, I was awoken in the early hours by a wriggling feeling in my right side and I realised that 'they' were back. Down hearted, I reluctantly restarted the herbal remedies and from the first day, my face swelled and I now feel as if I have a bullet proof vest attached to my abdomen - swollen, uncomfortable, but with little feeling.

The wriggling has stopped, but I know that this is going to be a life long problem. The area around the op. can be fairly taught like my other side or hugely flabby and puffy. I've tried hydrogen peroxide, but it eventually made me so nauseous that I had to stop. Any suggestions for long term health would be greatly appreciated.

Hormonal problems

epenaluna — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:22:17 GMT

My son's partner suffers very severe mood swings which make her almost suicidal in the latter part of her monthly cycle. She has tried all kinds of therapies, including medication from her Dr. She eats a totally organic diet, does Pilates regularly and runs every day to help herself. The first part of her cycle is reasonably OK although she seems to be on a 'high'. During the second half she plummets to the depths of despair. Since their daughter was born (she is nearly 3) her periods have been regular. During her pregnancy and whilst she was breastfeeding she was incredibly well and stable. If anyone has any suggestions as to what we can do to help her, we will be very grateful.

Peyronies

GR — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:50 GMT

Does anyone have information on Peyronies Disease … diagnosis, progression, treatments, specialists, etc.

Exercise and Fitness

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Macular degeneration

heather pendlebury — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:43:09 GMT

My friend in the UK has just been diagnosed with Macular in one eye and has been told that she'll go blind. I know someone here in Perth who cured herself but it was 15 years ago and she's not sure of the diet etc that she followed. Is there anyone who has had experience of this who can give my friend some hope?

Chocolate

SueEBE — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:23 GMT

I don't know if anyone else caught the programme about dairy products (shown in the UK) - can't for the life of me remember the title of it - sorry about that. Anyhow, I was very shocked about some information that came at the tail end of it about the major chocolate producers. They use sustainable cocoa in the making of their chocolate but the palm oil they use isn't sustainable. What hit home for me is that my Cadbury's chocolate treat is at the expense of the habitat of orangutans - and I love orangutans. What made it worse for me was that the documentary presenter approached the manufacturers and gave them an alternative sustainable palm oil option, something that they could change to. Initially they said they were planning to change "sometime in the future" - when he pressed them they said 2015. How many orangutans will die in those 5 years because they can't be bothered to change - I mentioned Cadbury's but they aren't the only ones. Anyhow, that's too high a price for a bar of chocolate for me. Another habit broken!!

Sue

burning mouth syndrome relief

spaghettisue — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:48:21 GMT

Hi, I would appreciate anyone's information about any relief they have had for burning mouth syndrome. I have had this now for over a month, and am struggling to cope. Have been referred to a specialist, but don't know when I will get seen.

growth

margaret rodgers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:36:02 GMT

My granddaughter who is 15 years old is only 4 foot 9 inches. This causes her to be depressed and fearful about being bullied. She started her periods at 12 years and an endoctrinologist said nothing can now be done to increase her height. Does anyone have experience of thi. what can we do to help her other than try to give her more confidence. Is there any way she might gain a few more inches

anti tnf treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

squirrelette — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:47:41 GMT

I'm about to begin treatment with Humira after a year on Methotrexate. I had a severe episode of inflammatory (rheumatoid) arthritis last year, on top of existing spinal pain from scoliosis, and although I was saved from certain death from haemorraging, the month before, by surgery on a burst artery I became so ill with the rheumatoid pain that I began to wonder it it was worth while struggling with such pain and limitation. What was the point of saving my life and then for me to be living with such savage chronic pain, despite strong opiates. I'm able to be more independent, thanks to a year on methotrexate, but I would love to hear if anyone else has had improvement with Humira. Also, I'm experimenting with different foods which might cause inflammation, any advice welcome.

Thanks for reading this

Vaccines - Be Very Afraid....

KiwiGal — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:41:52 GMT

Dr Mercola reports: Since 1990, the U.S. government has collected many thousands of reports of damage caused by vaccines. This database, called the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), is available for anyone to download. However, the data available from the government is difficult to use for these reasons:

It is broken up into separate databases for each year.
Each year's data is split into two different files: one with the details of the case, and another with specific information about the vaccinations that were given.
The data is in raw form, and must be imported into a real database system before any analysis can be done.
There are some formatting errors in these files.

http://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/

Found 4 events with Merck Vaccine MMR and Symptom is Acute leukaemia
Found 7 events with Vaccine MMR and Symptom is Brain damage
Found 25 events with Vaccine MMR and Symptom is Blindness (plus paralysis, seizures and other that occurred with it)
Found 1376 events with Vaccine MMR and Symptom is Autism
This last one should not please our resident Dr Saji, who was "so relieved" to find that it was proven (Yeah, Right!) that MMR was not responsible for autism....

This is just what I found with almost random selection. You can choose the vaccine, click on it so it goes in the right-hand column, then in the box above above are myriad symptoms; you choose one, click on it and it will come up with Yes/No symptoms to your chosen vaccine.

Of course, this is a government statistics site; we can be sure that there are a great many more out there which never made it to publication - and this is just a U.S. one, never mind British, French, NZ or even our next-door neighbour, whose symptoms of brain damage might not show up, of course .. he he...

hip bursitis?

jfrith01 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:31:50 GMT

I fell heavily on my hip bone six months ago and since then have had continuing and worsening pain over the entire area, into my buttock and down the outside of my thigh. I am finding it difficult to sleep, to walk or to sit (not much left is there?). I have had xray and MR scan and everything is OK. I saw an orthopedic surgeon who diagnosed trochanter bursitis and gave me a cortico steroid injection (horrible). I had a bad reaction for a couple of weeks then the pain settled a little for about two months but now it is back again with a vengeance. I am having physio but with no success. I am taking turmeric for the inflammation and am icing frequently but nothing seems to help much. Any suggestions?

Zapping

aobbard — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:31:26 GMT

I have not heard of this until very recently. Does anyone know anything about this?

Thanks.

Adrienne.

implanted cardiac defibrillators

guy1 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:21 GMT

What is the latest balanced opinion about these devices. I live in France where there is great enthusiasm for the latest technical and pharma approaches. I wonder if there is a potential to do more harm than good in patients post infarct, like myself, who on a day to day basis are well.

Excessive perspiring.

vicky — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:40:16 GMT

Hi, I have advanced Rheumatoid Arthiritis, an underactive thyroid, just been diagnosed with wet and dry macular degeneration. i am 66 years old ( female).

For the macular eye disease, I have an Injection of Lucentis into the white of my eye every five weeks. ( I have had just one so far. )

For RA I take 20mg methotrexate wkly. 9 predisolone tablets ( steroids ) daily, an infusion of Infliximab ( in a hospital unit ) 8wkly, also I take 125 Levothyroxine,i take HRT tablet every day too, also for pain relief, I take 2 co-dydromol at night and in the morning, and paracetemol during the day, for a long time I have experienced horrendous sweating of my head and back , mainly, which makes life very difficult, my hair is soaked in minutes, this can happen at differant times, usually :- morning, if I'm shopping, evenings, and sometimes during the night, my GP, suggested it may be painkillers ( co-codomol and Tramadol at that time, so I got myself off both eventually, and only took paracetemol, this DID reduced the sweating bouts, but didn't control my joint pain, three weeks ago, I was told to try co-didromol, wehich gave me brilliant pain relief, but alas the sweating has returned, I am at my wits end now, it is so severe that it trickles off my ears and nose, not a pretty picture, I need a pain killer which will control my pain, but not make me perspire, is there such a wonder drug????? desperate Victoria.

12 year olds bloated tummy

SheDragon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:12:49 GMT

Having read this article and your response to it, I feel certain that you may have overlooked a very important possibility.

If when the girl was younger she got lots of bouts of tonsilitis, and our wonderful conventional doctors, whose only idea of treating this is to REMOVE the tonsils, her body's reaction will be to use the next available glands, which just happen to be in the tummy area and are a frequent cause of 'unexplained' tummy ache in children.

Now the REAL cause of all these problems frequently comes from either a damaged foot or leg, or sometimes even if a child is born with a 'clicky' hip. The problem only manifests itself when the child starts walking.

I have proved beyond just assumption the connection between damaging a foot or leg and frequent bouts of tonsilitis, through both personal experience (I've dislocated my left knee twice, and badly twisted the same ankle. OUCH! After each occasion, I ended up with severe tonsilitis) and through speaking to other people. Conventional medicine merely throws antibiotics at the problem, whereas the best treatment is a chiropractic approach, which will realign the pelvis which will have become misaligned through the limping caused by the damage.

When I told my own GP about this connection, he typically just looked at me as if I was stupid. The truth of the matter is that conventional doctors are the stupid ones since they are trained to create legalised junkies!!!
I hope this will be of help to many readers

Penny