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I'm at 50 year-old with normal body weight who doesn't drink alcohol or smoke. Last week I started BP medications. I got Zero lifestyle or nutritional information from my Family doctor. As someone who was recently an Alzheimer's caregiver, I was looking forward to travelling more extensively. I'm wondering how people manage while traveling. I'm also celiac so this is like a double restriction. Any suggestions would be helpful.

I live in North America. I recently liquidated local assets and my question is how much money will the Barbados Central bank allow to be transferred to a foreign bank per calendar year?

I’ve developed leg cramps on my second day on Amlodipine. Will this particular side effect go away or will I need to ask my doctor for a different medication? I already take magnesium supplements.

I'm looking for words of encouragement and suggestions on how to deal with my severe health anxiety. Last night I went to the hospital because my readings went from 178/88 to 188/100 to 156/102. I had been told to measure my readings by my Family doctor after having a few high readings during other medical appointments.

At the hospital, the doctor said my blood pressure was high, but not so high that would damage my organs. He gave me sufficient Amlodipine to last until my appointment with my Family doctor.

Prior to a recent surgery to correct a previous unsuccessful surgery, the readings were somewhat high, but not as high as this. Unfortunately, due to pain I used Celebrex for a couple weeks and I have just discontinued it. Today The pharmacist said it likely raised my blood pressure readings.

I'm 50 years old, 5'4 and 134 pounds (I have lost 5 pounds in 6 weeks). I have a family history of hypertension. My nutrition is excellent and I cook 95% of my own food. I don't drink alcohol or smoke. Prior to my surgery I exercised five days a week.

In addition to the Celebrex, I've been under tremendous stress, having to have major surgery and recovering by myself. I'm also still processing that my first surgery was so unsuccessful that I am exploring my options. But in general, I have very severe health anxiety. I'm scared that I'll have a stroke.

I live alone and I have very severe health anxiety. It is very hard for me to check my readings and to stay calm. Sometimes my readings at home are higher than in a medical setting. I'm open to any suggestions and kind words as I have just started this journey.

Edited to add that my sleep has been extremely poor. For two weeks I wore a heavy cast on my right arm and couldn't sleep more than four hours at a time. I haven't gotten back into a sleep rhythm and now the anxiety doesn't help.

February 2025 I had tennis elbow surgery. It was a repair with the tendon anchored to my bone. My orthopaedic surgeon became quite nasty when I explained at the six month mark the pain was increasing. He told me nothing was wrong and the pain was in my head. Two weeks ago my new surgeon performed surgery on my elbow again. The plan was to do a debridement this time of the decaying tendon that had been stitched.

Today she said that To her surprised she found the anchor was not in my bone. As soon as she opened my right elbow, she found metal and took a picture as proof. She removed it, and I am already seeing improvements.

I was potentially walking around with a metal foreign object in my elbow for 16 months while pursuing interventions that would not be successful. In that time, I injured my left wrist through overcompensation. My quality of life could've been so much better.

Friends have suggested launching some sort of complaint about the doctor's attitude of not even wanting to explore what was causing the lingering pain. I wanted to share that if you ever feel that you're not being listened to, and you feel the answers you're being given by a medical team are not correct, please try to get a second or third opinion. My physician was known as the top guy in orthopedics, and yet the surgery was not successful.

February 2025 I had tennis elbow surgery. It was a repair with the tendon anchored to my bone. My orthopaedic surgeon became quite nasty when I explained at the six month mark the pain was increasing. He told me nothing was wrong and the pain was in my head. Two weeks ago my new surgeon performed surgery on my elbow again. The plan was to do a debridement this time of the decaying tendon that had been stitched.

Today she said that To her surprised she found the anchor was not in my bone. As soon as she opened my right elbow, she found metal and took a picture as proof. She removed it, and I am already seeing improvements.

I was potentially walking around with a metal foreign object in my elbow for 16 months while pursuing interventions that would not be successful. In that time, I injured my left wrist through overcompensation. My quality of life could've been so much better.

Friends have suggested launching some sort of complaint about the doctor's attitude of not even wanting to explore what was causing the lingering pain. I wanted to share that if you ever feel that you're not being listened to, and you feel the answers you're being given by a medical team are not correct, please try to get a second or third opinion. My physician was known as the top guy in orthopedics, and yet the surgery was not successful.

I live in Canada. I’ve had excruciating tennis elbow for four years. Please trust me when I say I’ve tried everything including surgery. As a consequence, I get overuse injuries on my left side. 2 months ago, I felt that grating, rubbing feeling when I extend my wrist upward. Despite icing The pain continues. My previous orthopaedic surgeon had referred me to a physiatrist. I asked my family doctor to refer me to the physiatrist that was already treating my elbow.

There were issues with the referral from the start. I called and checked In frequently with the two offices. First, my family doctor’s office sent the referral to the wrong number. Then there was a referral form that the office hadn’t completed. When I went to my appointment today, the physiatrist never received my imaging reports. I checked, but I expected my family doctor to send that information.

My physiatrist did a very quick ultrasound and said he saw nothing. He suggested the previous Report of wrist tendinitis was incorrect because the Imaging clinic was shady. However, I’ve been using this Clinic for years and it has a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic. I pushed my luck a little bit by asking for a repeat ultrasound in his hospital and got a positive response. I also asked my family Dr to please send the Imaging.

So right now I am hoping to have a revision of my right tennis elbow surgery in the future while I have pain in my left wrist. So I have no good hand. I’m wondering how you deal with constant setbacks and disappointments especially when you have limited control over how the Health system works. When I finally got home, I just burst into tears at my lack of progress. Edited to add I went and hoping for a Cortizone shot in my wrist

I live alone with multiple upper body injuries. I am waiting for my second tennis elbow surgery on my right elbow. I have a left shoulder rotator cuff tear. Through overcompensation, I have a new tendinitis in my left wrist. I've been dealing with injuries for over four years and twice I have had to hire a company for heavy cleaning. It's a good option, but it's expensive. How do you manage cleaning so you don't get a new injury or exacerbate an old one?