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Are Travel Sickness Tablets For Me?
Ok so I don’t travel regularly but the times I do, when I’m in the back of the car, like today, I travelled 30 minutes and thought I was gonna be sick half way. I was on my phone but lots of people do that in the back. After I got home, I’ve just felt sick all afternoon and night. Even after meals. Just that sicky light…
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Cataract surgery
Hi. My husband has been told had cataracts, both eyes. He is now unable to drive, read, or lead a normal life. Waiting times on the nhs Scotland vary, therefore looking at going private, even although it goes against the grain. Despite spending ages checking online, still none the wiser about practioners. Any…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis - anti inflammatory diet
Short version - do anti inflammatory foods work? Or should I go straight to some form of medication? Long version - A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with possible seronegative inflammatory arthritis after I had a Baker's Cyst at the back of my knee treated with steroids. The consultant said he only suspected said…
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Filling an adult tooth for a 10 year old
Hi, I know this will sound dramatic but I have mum guilts. My son has just had his check up and we’ve been told he needs a filling on one of his back adult teeth. I’m worried it will cause issues in future. He brushes twice a day, on a morning with me and night on his own. He mainly drinks water at home, with the odd cup…
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Changing my diet and eating habits?
Myself and my girlfriend have put on a fair bit of weight over the last few months and we want to get into shape before we go away towards the end of March. Now I wouldn't say we have a bad diet, I do cook relatively healthy meals each day. I never cook ready meals, nor use sauces from jars, everything is done fresh, we…
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Any experiences of getting help with health costs ( NHS HC1 form) please?
Good day everyone, I have been experiencing several ongoing and recurrent health issues during the last few years. I am currently not working and even though my husband does, I find it difficult to fund my prescription medications on top of eye checks, spectacles + contact lenses and regular dental treatments. A couple of…
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Sharing of medical records within NHS
For the past couple of years I've been referred within the NHS to various hospitals for investigations into a health condition. I've found that there's very little communication between them. I had some presumably expensive tests done in a London hospital, in several big shiny machines, but 6 months later the specialist in…
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Cheapest ways to buy in bulk?
Hi all, We're trying desperately to cut down on plastic use so have been using soap and shampoo bars for a while but it works out so much more expensive compared to own brand supermarket products. The bars are £2.60. I'm now considering buying in bulk instead, 5l bottles for example. The cheapest I've found online are…
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How do you store and organise your medications?
Having started the year with a few elective medications, I end the year with four prescriptions for life, plus another four elective tablets to take each day. How is everyone storing their meds at home, and how do you organise your daily doses, especially when away from home, pls? Is it worth buying some sort of bag or…
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Anxiety about the future
Hello, I hope someone can give me some advice as I feel I am going insane. I am 58 and suffer with depression and anxiety. I am divorced and live alone, I work full time. I’ll try to keep this as brief as I can. My current worry is where I live. I am finding problems with it when there shouldn’t be but I can’t stop…
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Plant Based Diet
Firstly, this is not me preaching or telling people what they should or should not eat. I'm not advocating for one food plan over another and do believe in a balanced diet. However, due to some health issues arising I have been researching ways and means, including exercise, to improve my specific health issues as well as…
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question about weight and appearance
bit of a strange one, is it possible to stay the same weight but your belly become bigger/fatter? I eat a lot of junk food, I'm 13 stone 2 pounds and i've not lost or gained any weight but i worry with my bad eating habits, my belly would look fatter even if i don't gain any weight??
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(Dentistry) Dental implant being contested - advice needed
Hi, I hope this is the right place - I don't know where to go. I had 4 single tooth dental implants placed with a very reputable implantalogist (at least if I was to go off of word of mouth and ratings online) back in June - I went with this dentist/implantologist because my own regular dentist recommended this person (he…
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New lenses
Am going in for an eye test tomorrow and am sure that they're going to tweek my prescription. Bought a new pair of frames last week with display lenses. Will be looking to have my current year old frames re-glazed. Have been told that that might be an issue? Question 1 it better to go into a Specsavers and get it all done…
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spectacles online
Sadly I need varifocals and they are a lot more expensive for a platinum pair using the £40 frame in Boots it is over £200. Has anyone bought specs on line and any advice?
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Advice on a dentist to fit a dental implant
I use a NHS dentist, who I understand do not usually pay for a dental implant. Any advice on choosing a good dentist to fit an implan in Bristolt? How about BUPA? I broke a wisdom tooth late Friday afternoon, and am seeing the dentist tomorrow, Monday morning, so haven't had much time to think about it, so any advice will…
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Enamel-safe whitening?
My teeth have become quite yellow due to drinking tea during my adult life, and as a child my dentist told me I had 'weak enamel' so I've been very wary of trying anything. I was wondering if any of the pros on here could tell me whether there are any whitening methods that are truly safe for enamel, please? [Whitening…
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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries November 2019
Here we go again for another month. As usual this initial post has been shamelessly copied from the many previous months. A big thank you to,er, me sstevo19 for starting us off last month. Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash…
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Toothpaste
I purchased some Asda toothpaste when it was reduced (stock clearance) a while back. It doesn't have an expiry date. Opened it (foil seal on the tube intact), squeezed it, and it appears to have separated into constituent parts. If you've seen the Yorkshire Vet squeezing an abscess on a bull you'll know what I mean. Do you…
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Which electric toothbrush
Don't know which to get out of these two on sale right now: Oral B 9000 at 78.99 pounds or Oral B Genius x at 119.99 pounds? Is the genius x worth the extra 40 pounds?
