1. 'I've lost Nine friends to the pandemic'

   14/05/20

   everyday and someone I knew had gone. My late mum used to start every phone call with ‘do you know who’s ... dead?’ It was getting like that. Seriously, it was very difficult. My partner and I are close so we’d ... Made me think For me, I’m overweight and male, it’s made me think about my mortality. I’ve always been ... More

2. Questions on pain and other testicle worries

   04/03/22

   especially while standing in a warm shower. Compare like with like, the rough edge along the top pole of the ... a while in both my testes is there something wrong because it never happened when I was young and also ... a variocele? Q. My partner woke up on Wednesday night with severe scrotal/testicular pain and pain in the lower ... More

3. Digestive, Stomach and Bowel Problems (including haemorrhoids but not cancer)

   03/06/14

   means there is something terrible happening. Problem with eating Q. I have had a problem digesting my ... and have a strange sensation in my throat. I work out regurlarly and have no problem with emptying my ... was caused by this. They diagnosed constipation. I did not agree with this because my son has always ... More

4. 'Jogging, writing - lockdown was an opportunity…'

   13/06/20

   newly-fried bacon. In conclusion, I coped with lockdown by planning what I would do with my time. Some of it ... John Walker, 64, has not been bored these past few months. It is highly likely that in nine months ... people though. My coping took a different path. In fact, it took several of them. Please don’t get me ... More

5. Lennie: I went from a mild breathing difficulty to 100% oxygen overnight

   11/08/20

   up and was back in bed ten minutes later. The next day my partner was calling the paramedics. I’d ... goes through your mind. My brain was off somewhere else: coffins, graveyards. Have I said my goodbyes? ... in to do a deep clean. I got up and started walking On the night of my 58th birthday, I was moved to ... More

6. Paul: 'I know what it's like at the bottom'

   04/08/16

   6 months in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne searching for him before I found him. I found my way through with heartache ... Paul, now in his 30s, says getting involved with Men's Sheds is helping put alcohol behind ... him. I have a long history of problems with mental health starting many years ago with the death of my ... More

7. Penis problems - erections and pain

   04/03/22

   male, with an unusual question... when I don't have an erection and my penis is in an unaroused ... transparent lumps in it like jelly which was not there before. The rash sometimes sends my foreskin underneath ... anything be done about it? I have no problem in pulling my foreskin back but it does not remain there ... More

8. DIY Man MOT

   08/09/22

   the tendons running through the opposite wrist. You should be able to feel the radial artery pumping. ... After exercise Teens/20s 86+ 102+ 30s 86+ 104+ 40s 90+ 106+ 50s+ 90+ 108+ If you’re in or close to the ... (If you’re older, very overweight or have an existing health problem, check with your GP before ... More

9. Chris: 'I've only had one person walk out at the sight of my cock.'

   03/06/14

   Hypospadias is always there in a relationship. Even if my partner has no problem with it, I think I still wait ... everything else. I was always in hospital as a kid and my mum was overprotective. My siblings were jealous of ... all the attention I got and because I got to stay with my Aunty in London every time I had surgery. ... More

10. Mike: I had my 70th birthday in a coma

    12/08/20

    Mike was one of the first people hospitalised with Covid-19 back in February. The virus has ... coma on a breathing ventilator. I had my 70th birthday in a coma. Before I got Covid-19, I was pretty ... Cytokine storm I’ve been told I was probably the first person in Nottingham to be admitted to hospital with ... More

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