And then, in 2018 ... After tracking my cycle and symptoms for three months, I took the info to my GP and when she saw my symptoms next to my cycle, she flippantly laughed and said ‘yes ...
But my teachers just assumed I was lazy or had stayed up too late the night before. Even when I went on the pill in my late teens, it made no difference to my symptoms. Then, in my mid-twenties ...
For the first time in a long time, I felt relaxed. My mind quieted, my shoulders dropped and I was no longer clenching my jaw. As someone with premenstrual dysphoric disorder that was something that, ...
I was independent, driven and wanted to travel - and I certainly didn’t ... symptoms was really hard work - on top of essentially being my own healthcare team of one. Years on from that first GP ...
My GP told me I was too young for cancer ... Reading other people’s stories comforted me while I was struggling. Sharing my own is the least I could do. Being told I was cancer-free was the ...
A man has sparked fierce debate by revealing he left his girlfriend after she gave birth to their disabled baby - and then refused to go to his own ... All of my parents' money and attention ...
After she started to experience these symptoms, Keira told the GP that something didn't feel right - and that ... "I thought they would just take it out for me then. "My GP said she wasn't ...
If your GP doesn't think you need any tests or a referral Can you explain why I don’t need to have tests or see a specialist? Is there anything I can do to help myself? Do I need to see you again? Who ...
But this emergency didn’t begin in my bathroom that night. I had raised the alarm on several occasions with health professionals over the previous two days but my symptoms were dismissed.
Michael McDonald is sharing about how his hit duet with Pattie LaBelle, On My Own, came to fruition nearly 40 years ago. Written by Burt Bacharach and his then-wife ... happy I didn't have to ...