u/heatheroanthehill

I've never had nice nails. They have always been stubby with too much skin around the tips and sides than nail but working with horses for over 40 years a manicure was never high on my priority list. When I finally did look at them I didn't know where to start. Lotions and potions and scraping and filing bamboozled me and I tried them all. Mostly all at the same time and that's when I went down a rabbit hole and made things so much worse for myself. Trying to 'fix' them became a mission but I never did. I just made them worse and made myself more miserable about it every single day. Watching pedicure videos of the grossest toenails being transformed into normal ones has made me realise that the fingernail manicures that I watched before never ever showed ugly nails like mine. They were always for people who already had half decent nails to start with. The toenail ones however show you where the nail grows up and how it should be properly manicured.

Had a letter today detailing that a recent CT scan found that I have a vertebral aneurysm, not a subarachnoid one. My doctor called and explained that it is at the back of my head and in a circle of Willis. I did have a wee google at what this was but it was way over my head. I've been referred to another hospital who specialises in brain stuff and wondered if anyone has any words of advice.

Loooong story. Been having earth shattering headaches on and off for the last ten years. Silly as this may sound but this kind of headache only ever happened when I was on the toilet with an upset stomach. We had a shaver light in the toilet that we used as a night light and I just assumed that sitting on the toilet at night with this light on was somehow disturbing my eyes, hence the headache and nothing to worry about. We moved house three years ago and I hadn't had an episode in all that time. No shaver light. It happened again last week and it was the worst one yet. It sank me to my knees. Next morning it happened again and I was worried enough to call the doctor. She seen me that afternoon and sent me to the hospital. Had a CT scan done that night but it didn't show anything. It was decided to do a spinal tap just to be sure and although it was clear the results did show that there may be something hidden. Next day I had another CT scan but this time with they injected some dye to make it clearer. They found an aneurism at the back of my head. They explained that my original headaches were not connected to the ane but were probably from me having a sympathetic nervous system. The hospital that found it was going to send my results to another hospital who has specialised doctors and they would decide what was to happen next. As this all only happened last week I'm hoping for some advice, mainly on what I shouldn't do in the meantime. I'm at a bit higher risk because my mother had a stroke at my age and a cousin had a ruptured aneurysm last year. Thanks

A Glasgow woman goes to the dentist and sits down in the chair." Comfy?" asks the dentist." Govan," she replies.

Been taking Zumenon in tablet form for nearly 30 years without any problems after an entire hysterectomy. Doc wants to now move me onto a gel form because tablets are delivered through the liver and they have concerns that this 'could' cause problems in older ladies. She offered me a gel, patch or spray as 'safer' alternatives and I chose the gel. I haven't started it yet but wondered if anyone else could give some advice.

I'm 63. Had long and healthy hair all of my life but got it cut into a shoulder length bob about six months ago. It's been dry, flyaway and brittle ever since. I would love some advice on good shampoos and conditioners to buy that would help to nourish it. I usually just buy mine at the supermarket. Thank you.

Many years ago a neighbour gave me a glass jar of green stuff that he had made. His instructions were that it should be placed on a sunny window sill and turned daily. It was delish. I would spread it on sandwiches, put it on the side of my dinner plate and even drop a bit into a fried egg as it was cooking. As far as I can remember it had green chillies, ginger, garlic, lots of coriander and some kind of oil. They had all been blended together. Does anyone know of such a recipe? I would like to know what kind of oil would have been used please? Would it all have been cooked first or put into the oil raw? Thank you in advance for any advice.

Husband had a urine infection that didn't clear up after a round of antibiotics and it came back. His doc referred him yesterday, Wednesday and he has a prostate exam appointment on Tuesday. Our NHS service is delivering the goods here.