1. Phil: 'I thought I had a bad back'

   12/05/16

   anything which might have made me act sooner. The turning point was a holiday in Tenerife with my wife. For ... irritable bowel syndrome. I was going more often but I adapted. I didn’t really have blood in my stools or ... drugs. Two were standard. The third, in people with a certain DNA profile, helps one of the other two ... More

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. Other penis questions - smells, bumps, itches and blood

   04/03/22

   Hi. I'm a male in my early twenties who has been sexually active since 16 but only with one ... in some light it looks slighty translucent.... Due to this problem I cannot pull my foreskin all the ... and flaky and I have begun to notice a small one now forming on my right side. I have always used ... More

4. Domestic violence: you dishing it out?

   24/03/21

   behaviour? Domestic abuse comes in many forms, but it  is always about control – forcing your partner  to do ... are  returning. If your partner wants to discuss  the situation with you, do so in a non  abusive and ... frontline workers who come  into contact with perpetrators in their work. 0845 122 8609 (same cost as ... More

5. Mid - life crisis: the best thing that ever happened to you?

   03/06/14

   protected, blessed or special in some way. (Even people who are special in some way — those with an ... And which, as with wisdom teeth, for some people may never come at all. Here's how it happens. ... copying and imitating yet, in this vulnerable, ill-equipped state, they will make some big decisions about ... More

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Incontinence: 'I'd rather admit I can't get it up'

   14/04/16

   there in the same boat, and to know that with proper attention the problem can be successfully ... more common than diabetes. In OBS the bladder muscle contracts suddenly, as if in spasm, even with ... through the bladder valve involuntarily. This usually results from a blockage, which in severe cases can ... More

10. 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

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