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Gloria Faye Brown Bates @GrannyGee (3517) • Louisburg, North Carolina 15 Apr 20

Skip has been getting injections in both eyes every month in Chapel Hill. He needs them to keep from going blind. His last appointment was at the first of April. They called to cancel indefinitely because of the coronavirus...

hard to know what to do

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Thank You, Dr. Raynaud!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86910) • United States 10 Jul 17

Dr. Raynaud and I have never met (considering he died in the 19th century), but I have his "syndrome." Nine months out of the year it's a pain in the butt to have Raynaud's disease (or Raynaud's syndrome as they call it now,...

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Travel Insurance

Alexandria37 @Alexandria37 (5717) • Ireland 17 Jul 14

Does anybody know of an insurance company where two Irish citizens, aged 66 and 69, can get travel insurance. Both were diagnosed with cancer within the last two years but have been assured by their respective consultants that...

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Dealing with Bi Polar

scooter1024 @scooter1024 (1243) • United States 10 Nov 10

My husband has Bi Polar Disorder and this is hard to deal with. He has been on medicine for about a year now. He does pretty good for the most part but we still have alot of issues with getting aggravated easily. Anyone else...

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I have had about enough Lol

maggemorgan @maggemorgan (24) • United States 10 May 10

I started about two months ago trying to get myself back to my ideal weight. Just the healthiest weight for my height, I am not trying to be Twiggy over here. So my husband and I started walking a mile a day every afternoon. I was...

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What Are You Most Thankful For???

deeesfamilyvalues @deeesfamilyvalues (318) • United States 12 Oct 08

This has been a long year. Our family has experienced money issues, death and every medical issues ranging from time in the NICU, Alziemer's,MRSA,fractures to WPW. I am very thankful that we have made through all of our medical...

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I want to share with my friends

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 9 Mar 08

Hello my Lovely Friends While responding to a discussion asking about arthritis it occurred to me that I have resources at my fingertips that might be useful to you all. In my back office I have...

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Kidney Stone attack, I am in such pain! Any natural cures out there?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 12 Feb 08

I have had kidney stones for the last few years. In fact while I was staying in L.A. I nearly lost my right kidney when it shut down on me ad they stuck a stint in it for a month. I came back to Palm Springs two months later and...

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How to keep from getting another kidney stone

kmdoughert @kmdoughert (85) • United States 28 Nov 07

The second day of my freshman year of college (last year) I was taken to the hospital and found out that I had two kidney stones. One was too big to pass and had to be broken up using a laser, but before the surgery my mom was...

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Have you ever heard of IBC?

babyangie27 @babyangie27 (5176) • United States 26 Oct 07

It stands for Inflammatory Breast Cancer,and you can't find it on your own. I was on Yuwie the other day and someone sent me to this woman's page and she had a you tube video showing a news station talking about it. There is a...

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Chronic Pain

Litwriter21 @Litwriter21 (45) • United States 16 Sep 07

How many deal with chronic pain? I have cervical and lower back problems. I just had RFA approx--5 mts ago to burn several nervs at c3-c4-c5 and c6 and for two months of the summer I was able to do things I never thought I'd ever...

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YOU rid the world of...

Amber @AmbiePam (121247) • United States 10 Aug 07

We all know the world is full of disease. But if we had an opportunity to rid the world of one disease, which one would you choose to rid the earth of? I know some people would say AIDS. A lot of times that disease is...

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Do you worry about having a stroke? Have others in your family had one?

Myrilia @Myrilia (209) • United States 23 Jun 07

Several people in my family have had strokes. My grandmother was left blind and with no short term memory from one. My brother died at 49 from one. I often wonder if they run in families. How can we prevent them? They are the...

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Paris Hilton out of jail after 3 days

squaretile @squaretile (3778) • Singapore 8 Jun 07

Paris was reported as being released after serving just three days of her 23 day sentence for medical reasons. the LA county sheriff's office did not give details of her medical condition citing privacy. She will now merely be...

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Have you had a doctor tell you what are experiencing is only artritis?

craz2max @craz2max (254) • United States 23 May 07

A few years ago I had a doctor tell me that the pain in my back was only arthritis and i would have to learn to live with it. He had not done any tests other than an e-ray. Meanwhile the pain was getting so bad that I could not...

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Is WebMD reliable?

allshookup @allshookup (597) • United States 13 Apr 07

I just went to WebMD for a "self diagnosis" of a fluttering I feel in my chest at times. Frankly, I didn't even know to describe it as a chest flutter. Anyways, I got 13 possible conditions for it, and the one that stuck out was...

medical conditions

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How many test does it take for a doctor to tell you what's wrong?

Italianprincess1976 @Italianprincess1976 (263) • United States 6 Mar 07

I have come from yet another uncomfortable test, with still no answers. Just another prescription of some other drug he thinks might help. The headaches hurt, but the testing is driving me nuts. Today was yet more needles and more...

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Surgery for acid refulx

ammyers05 @ammyers05 (71) • United States 17 Feb 07

I had surgery for acid reflux about 8 years ago. I had a pretty bad case of it and it fixed the problem. I recently had a baby and it came back. Has anyone ever had this surgery? If so, can you tell me if the pregnancy might have...

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Cervical Health Awareness Month

ashiflett @ashiflett (1045) • United States 11 Jan 07

It is important that women realize that January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Issues with the reproductive organs in a woman can be fatal. This is why January is devoted to this issue. You should be sure that you have having...

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Anyone ever passed a kidney stone before?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 8 Dec 06

I have almost, I have a 14 millimeter kidney stone in my right kidney, it is too big to pass. Though I have started taking a homeopathic cure for it and it seems to be working (know on wood) I found out about the stone in April...

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