Addicted to painkillers at 14: Schoolgirl speaks of 'horrendous ordeal' after developing excruciating back condition
Louiselle Morris, from Cardiff, was diagnosed with scoliosis - an extreme curvature of the spine - which left her in agony and relying on the strong painkiller Tramadol. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen ’ s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen ’ s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Feeling Positive After Hysterectomy – Helen’s Story
They say we all have a cross to bear, and mine has always been gynae issues. Dodgy smears as a teenager, the agony of endometriosis and finishing off with a fibroid, despite having a Mirena fitted to control the endometriosis (Mirenas are often the first line of defense to prevent a fibroid increasing in size).
I am 44, have never had kids and had a grapefruit sized fibroid. I opted to have a hysterectomy because my body had been through enough quick fix procedures. It was simply time to take control back of my own body.
Reading your stories has made me consider how negative our experiences can be but I wanted to express ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - February 11, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Recovery Your Stories Fibroids Source Type: news
Does tramadol cause paradoxical hyperalgesia?
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Tramadol Induced Paradoxical Hyperalgesia. Lee SH et al. Pain Physician 2013;16:41-44.
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This paper presents 2 cases of patients who developed increased sensitivity to pain (hyperalgesia) as a paradoxical reaction to being chronically on tramadol. We’ve talked before about opioid-induced hyperalgesia, a still under-recognized phenomenon in which chronic opioid use increased pain perception. This is the first report I’m aware of describing hyperalgesia as a result of long-term tramadol use.
Tramadol has only weak affinity for the opioid μ receptor. (A metabolite binds somewhat more st...
Source: The Poison Review - January 30, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical narcotics opioid-induced hyperalgesia pain tramadol ultram Source Type: news
Post Op Recovery Questions – Lina’s Story
Hi Linda and fellow hysters. I am 43 and after 3 months of decapeptyl (and suffering the debilitating effects of a radically enforced menopause) treatment, I had my abdominal hysterectomy (kept my ovaries) on 30 Nov in order to remove an 8cm uterine fibroid.
All went really well as was expecting a longitudinal cut but with an unexpected change of surgeon at the v last minute (my own surgeon was off sick) I had the under-tummy incision, which was great.
Post- op ok-ish except I suffered 5 continual bouts of dreadful vomiting on the first day after the op which was incredibly painful, and trying to hold off the urges as i w...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 26, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Latest News Your Stories recovery travelling work Source Type: news
Post Op Recovery Questions – Lina ’ s Story
Hi Linda and fellow hysters. I am 43 and after 3 months of decapeptyl (and suffering the debilitating effects of a radically enforced menopause) treatment, I had my abdominal hysterectomy (kept my ovaries) on 30 Nov in order to remove an 8cm uterine fibroid.
All went really well as was expecting a longitudinal cut but with an unexpected change of surgeon at the v last minute (my own surgeon was off sick) I had the under-tummy incision, which was great.
Post- op ok-ish except I suffered 5 continual bouts of dreadful vomiting on the first day after the op which was incredibly painful, and trying to hold off the urges as i w...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 26, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories recovery total abdominal hysterectomy travelling work Source Type: news
Post Op Recovery Questions – Lina ’ s Story
Hi Linda and fellow hysters. I am 43 and after 3 months of decapeptyl (and suffering the debilitating effects of a radically enforced menopause) treatment, I had my abdominal hysterectomy (kept my ovaries) on 30 Nov in order to remove an 8cm uterine fibroid.
All went really well as was expecting a longitudinal cut but with an unexpected change of surgeon at the v last minute (my own surgeon was off sick) I had the under-tummy incision, which was great.
Post- op ok-ish except I suffered 5 continual bouts of dreadful vomiting on the first day after the op which was incredibly painful, and trying to hold off the urges as i w...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - January 26, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories recovery total abdominal hysterectomy travelling work Source Type: news
Fibroids, Hysterectomy and Facing the Fear: Miranda ’ s Story
I just wanted to say a big thank you for all the hints, tips, website and personal responses to my emails. I can’t tell you how well supported I have felt throughout what was a very harrowing lead up to my op. You may remember I had fought this op for 3 years and was terrified, so much so I had felt like doing something really stupid. I am 47 and had fibroids the size of cricket balls.
I had my op as planned on 3rd April at 5pm and was back out in Recovery at 7:15pm. My surgeon said the uterus was monstrous and he didn’t know how I had coped with it as long as I had, it was about a foot long, all knobbl...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 2, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Fibroids, Hysterectomy and Facing the Fear: Miranda ’ s Story
I just wanted to say a big thank you for all the hints, tips, website and personal responses to my emails. I can’t tell you how well supported I have felt throughout what was a very harrowing lead up to my op. You may remember I had fought this op for 3 years and was terrified, so much so I had felt like doing something really stupid. I am 47 and had fibroids the size of cricket balls.
I had my op as planned on 3rd April at 5pm and was back out in Recovery at 7:15pm. My surgeon said the uterus was monstrous and he didn’t know how I had coped with it as long as I had, it was about a foot long, all knobbl...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 2, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
