Body and symptoms
Side effect support
The ordinary tax, the frightening bits, and knowing which is which.
Most side effects are unpleasant and ordinary. A few are a reason to be seen today. The single most useful thing this circle teaches is how to tell the difference, and we teach it repeatedly and without drama.
We are not a triage service and we will never try to be. What we will do is say plainly when something you have described belongs in front of a clinician rather than in a thread.
Who this circle is for
- Something is happening in your body and you want to know if others had it
- You want the red-flag list somewhere you can find it
- You have come through something frightening and can describe it usefully
Agreements here
- Red flags go to a clinician, not to the circle. We will say so kindly and we will say so every time
- No home remedies presented as treatment
Gallbladder pain, and the scan
Bay11 replies
Something I have been sitting with: Gallbladder pain, and the scan Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure…
Pain that wrapped round to my back and would not settle
Maren14 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: Pain that wrapped round to my back and would not settle Before anyone says it: yes, I have an appointment booked. I…
My rash was an allergy to the plaster, not the drug
Nan12 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: My rash was an allergy to the plaster, not the drug I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure…
My injection sites have started arguing with me
Gitta8 replies
Bonn, and German thoroughness applied to a symptom diary, so I have the dates and the details of all of this written down, which turns out to be useful. For eleven months, nothing. No…
A symptom diary that finally made a pattern visible
Ravi12 replies
A question rather than an update: A symptom diary that finally made a pattern visible Something is going on with my body and I would like to know whether it is ordinary. The thing that has…
What my A&E trip was actually like
Nils11 replies
A question rather than an update: What my A&E trip was actually like Before anyone says it: yes, I have an appointment booked. I would still like to hear from people who have had this. I…
My heart rate has been higher and my GP checked it
Maren18 replies
A question rather than an update: My heart rate has been higher and my GP checked it I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure embarrassment. I have read the guides here,…
What changed when I slowed down
Taavi17 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: What changed when I slowed down I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure embarrassment. I have read…
Three days of being sick and I cannot keep water down
Tressa9 repliesfacilitator note
Clay country, practical to the bone, and I am going to be practical about this: I need something that works because I cannot get an appointment until Thursday. Sunday night I started being…
Vision changes — my optician sent me straight on
Lark15 replies
A question rather than an update: Vision changes — my optician sent me straight on Something is going on with my body and I would like to know whether it is ordinary. What I keep tripping…
When is vomiting a reason to go in
Lark14 replies
Something I have been sitting with: When is vomiting a reason to go in Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. Squeamish subject, so I am going to be plain about it…
Hiccups. Genuinely, hiccups
Viv11 replies
Hiccups. Genuinely, hiccups — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Before anyone says it: yes, I have an appointment booked. I would still like to hear…
I went to A&E on Saturday night with pain that wrapped round to my back
Gwyneth8 repliesfacilitator note
Valleys born, blunt and warm, and I am going to be blunt about this because I nearly did not go and I want somebody reading this at midnight to go. Friday evening, about eight, I got a…
When a side effect is your other medication, not this one
Casper15 replies
Something I have been sitting with: When a side effect is your other medication, not this one Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. Squeamish subject, so I am going…