1. 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 ... extent, and in some cases, fully retracted when flaccid. My problem is that the foreskin is not ... More

2. Golf Has Made My Life Better

   01/07/20

   a game that can’t be won, only played. In my younger days, golf was a way to spend time with friends, ... considered the health benefits of playing the game, but after my father and grandfather had some heart ... issues, they became regular playing partners with me.  So, I dig in on the health benefits of golf and ... More

3. 'I didn't know until I was in my 40s'

   22/09/14

   some of my ADHD behaviour- ‘sideways’ thinking, creativity, moving from one topic to another- fitted in ... when things like ADHD and dyslexia hadn’t been ‘invented’ so didn’t find out until I was in my early ... we self-medicate with drugs, alcohol or high-risk behaviour. Because I work in drawing and the arts, ... More

4. How to live with a long - term condition

   26/01/15

   every website. You need to take what you read in the mainstream media with a pinch of salt and for some ... 'normality' that sometimes makes living with an LTC so difficult. Because we're all different and our ... happened. This may involve you in grieving for some aspect of your old self, your old body or your old life ... More

5. 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

6. 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

7. Skin Problems

   03/06/14

   my face, close to my eye. I know this as a liver spot and it's been with me for a few years. It ... spots under my left eye and on my lower cheek. Is this something I will just have to live with, or is ... in a house infested with the following moulds (aureobasidium, penicillium, and aspergillus). The skin ... 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. 'I'm 16 years old and I have hypospadias'

   03/06/14

   this topic can be found here: Hypospadias FAQs.   Some people who have Hypospadias got in touch with ... embarassment. My son was born with the same and had two ops at the age of 2 and 3. I stayed with him in hospital ... My son has had two operations. He has been through so much pain and traumatized after the operations. ... More

10. 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 ... paramedics did some tests but I was barely lucid answering their questions. They said they’d take me in for ... goes through your mind. My brain was off somewhere else: coffins, graveyards. Have I said my goodbyes? ... More

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