1. Did you mean: with some always sometimes in my through

2. 'I'm happier, more truthful and more self - accepting'

   05/11/14

   upper body and I deliberately didn't look at my lower body in the mirror. I'd always been ... my knee swelled up. Both the doctor and I thought I'd pulled something. He put it in plaster. ... in my head, reading books on calming down and relaxing but without realising I had to actually do ... More

3. Shaun: 'I have a sweet tooth and like fast food'

   25/07/18

   Shaun is in his 40s. He has type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed four years ago after a blood test. ... I was shocked. I’d been feeling a bit tired and thirsty but didn’t know why.  The doctor told me my body ... was making less insulin. I control it with Metformin- one after breakfast, one after tea. I’m also ... More

4. Justin: 'I feared being found out as gay'

   04/08/16

   meant being gay was by proxy through music, film and art. These offered virtue in my solitude that I was ... happiness in the smallest of things. I have had several lapses in my mental health – my first at 16 and my ... current at 43- all marked by personal seismic incidents in my life course. I came from a stoic family ... More

5. Bob: 'How Dr Who helped me to dance'

   03/06/14

   I did. A sense of not being good enough, regardless of my achievement in life, has always been a powerful ... in the eye and said “when I was a child my life was a nightmare of sexual abuse and violence in ... hindsight I can see my mother was suffering from some form of mental distress. She could be very violent, ... More

6. Lee: 'Undiagnosed diabetes nearly killed me'

   25/07/18

   couldn't pee, I was constipated and screaming in agony. I went to my GP who diagnosed me with flu, and told ... unpredicatable. I spend some time with my nephews, do a little photography... How has diabetes affected my life? ... started losing more weight, feeling very tired. I was always drinking water, my mouth was very dry, I was ... More

7. World Cup Survival Guide

   21/12/17

   wearing a cardigan in 95% humidity without breaking sweat.) How to deal with the inevitable The best ... benefit of this thorough apprenticeship in humiliation, here are some tips to beat depression if and when ... sensations of defeat flood over you like an English summer downpour, safe in the knowledge that with each ... More

8. Symptom Watch

   26/07/18

   appointment with your GP in good time. We don't currently post comments online but are always keen to ... some symptoms for men to be aware of. A lump in your balls Testicular cancer is the most common cancer ... everybody with a slight twinge in the chest rushing off to A&E but to raise awareness of possible ... More

9. Tiredness and Lethargy

   03/06/14

   I can feel throbbing through my head in line with my heartbeat. I frequently get very hot and then cold, ... I just always feel shattered. Last year at a visit I was advised to get some exercise and stick to my ... and this helped and I was able to return to the gym and carry on with my life. I did not want to stay ... More

10. Do it while they're alive

    20/05/16

    In a second article on stress ahead of Men's Health Week, Jim Pollard remembers some advice ... I’d disagree with that – there’s a lot of male identity tied up in our tribal loyalties to our ... the pair of us in to trial a game that she wanted to play with her pupils, a card game designed to get ... More

11. Questions on cancer and other prostate problems

    03/06/14

    sloshing through along with a high secretion rate, calcium can build up in the ducts or arteries. The ... of the prostate in producing the nutrients for the sperm is often disturbed for quite some time. If ... in their career. Women have the same problem with their breasts. Anywhere you have lots of blood ... More

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