The end of the HRT patches
I’ve been on HRT for over four years and, for most of that time, I’ve been using HRT patches. But the HRT patches are now…
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The HRT shortage
Around the end of last summer, I became aware of a shortage of HRT in some parts of the country. I was lucky, I could…
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The avulsion fracture and recovery part 3
Back in June, my son suffered an avulsion fracture on his pelvis. Avulsion fractures are usually related to sport and are more common in young…
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The avulsion fracture and recovery part 1
Earlier this year, my son suffered an avulsion fracture on his pelvis. Avulsion fractures are usually related to sport and are more common in young…
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The HRT patch
My GP recently recommended that I move to an HRT patch rather than take HRT tablets. You can read more about that here. So what…
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Night sweats, the perimenopause and HRT
About a year ago, I started sweating at night. In winter and only wearing underwear in bed, I would wake up literally drenched in sweat….
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The broken nose
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from my younger son’s school. A call from school can mean one of three things –…
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Not ‘a bit ill’
There was a time when if my kids told me they felt ‘a bit ill’ that I would give them some paracetamol and they would…
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One of those days
Wednesday was the day the phrase ‘one of those days’ was surely invented for. It started at 5.45am. My husband needed to catch an early…
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Not ‘just a cough’
My daughter had already been ill for several days. She’d had a very high temperature, she’d lost her appetite and some weight, she struggled to…
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Project 365 2017 Week 5
Last week was a good week with lots going on. This week has been the complete opposite, with my daughter ill for the whole week…
