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Posting Photos on the forum

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by Char » Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:28 pm » in Welcome and Forum User Guides.
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There are two ways you can add a photo to your posts.

To upload a photo via the attachments option you simply click on the attachments tab with you...
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Cancer Support France

Last post by Pathca « Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:33 am
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by Char » Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:23 pm
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Support for English-speaking people touched by cancer in France
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Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:33 am
Ticks - Alpha Gal Syndrome

Last post by Blaze « Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:59 am
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by Bayleaf » Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:30 am
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Wasn't sure where to put this - nearly attached it to Liz's thread, but that's in Pets. This is for humans, and I thought it worth a mention...

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Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:59 am
Teleconsultation

Last post by suein56 « Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:45 pm
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by Headers » Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:02 pm

I have picked up a leaflet from our local pharmacie offering téléconsultation services. Available via Doctolib, it is a useful backup to our 1...

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Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:45 pm
ezetimbe vs a statin

Last post by MAD87 « Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:12 am
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by manonthemoon2 » Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:18 pm

Does anyone take a drug to reduce cholesterol other than a statin?

I've read up about Ezetimbe on the NHS website, and wondered if it would be...

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Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:12 am
Lucy Letby

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by rabbit » Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:40 pm
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Horrific story. I have been following the case and I would be interested to know what medical evidence was used to convict her. Yes there is...
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Sat Aug 17, 2024 3:22 pm
Depistage du colon cancer

Last post by Lori « Mon Jul 29, 2024 3:44 pm
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by manonthemoon2 » Sun Jul 28, 2024 4:36 pm
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My husband's result has come back positive so our MT has advised he makes an appointment for a colonoscopy and given us a letter.

My question is, is...
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Last post by Lori
Mon Jul 29, 2024 3:44 pm
S1 and EHIC

Last post by elsie « Tue Jul 02, 2024 6:52 pm
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by manonthemoon2 » Fri Jun 28, 2024 9:31 pm
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Although I'm now on an S1, can I still use my EHIC card issued by CPAM when I go to Spain. It's in date
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Last post by elsie
Tue Jul 02, 2024 6:52 pm
Ear crystals

Last post by suein56 « Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:47 pm
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by manonthemoon2 » Wed Jun 26, 2024 3:17 pm

Has anyone had ear crystals and if so how was it treated? Thanks

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Last post by suein56
Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:47 pm
What a dump

Last post by hughnique « Wed Jun 12, 2024 2:55 pm
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by hughnique » Wed Jun 12, 2024 9:07 am

A place I always dread being dragged to is the hospital at Saumur, but according to the ambulance drivers, it is the nearest place, so it must be...

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Last post by hughnique
Wed Jun 12, 2024 2:55 pm
S1 Time

Last post by Quiksilver « Thu May 23, 2024 11:02 pm
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by Quiksilver » Thu May 23, 2024 4:39 pm

The DWP have acknowledged receipt of my State pension claim (only three weeks after it being sent..wow!). I can claim my S1 now, being within 90 days...

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Thu May 23, 2024 11:02 pm
CPAM Refunds

Last post by manonthemoon2 « Tue May 07, 2024 4:41 pm
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by hughnique » Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:55 am
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Once upon a time when we had to see the doctor, specialist etc. we paid the fee and within a few days were reimbursed via our bank account. Paying...
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Tue May 07, 2024 4:41 pm
Dentist appointment waiting times

Last post by Lori « Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:08 pm
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by L Austin France » Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:24 pm

Dunno what it's like in other places but seemingly not to bad in my commune.
I went to arrange an appointment for a check up this morning telling the...

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Last post by Lori
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:08 pm
English line

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by hughnique » Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:50 am
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The number I have, 0974753646, appears to be closed temporarily, fermeture exceptionelle, bit of a strange set up as it starts everything in English...
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Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:17 pm
Toe nail job

Last post by Blaze « Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:10 am
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by hughnique » Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:11 am

Some time back I had an ingrowing toenail sorted at the local hospital, local anesthetic, beforehand I had to see the surgeon, and the anesthetist,...

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Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:10 am
Another sigh of relief

Last post by Blaze « Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:55 am
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by Headers » Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:34 pm

OH has had a small lesion on the side of his nose for a couple of years.
We hadn’t done anything about it because our MT was overrun with patients -...

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Last post by Blaze
Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:55 am
That's that for another two years.

Last post by demi « Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:55 am
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by L Austin France » Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:46 pm

Today I had a 2 yearly check up at the Polyclinic Noyal-Pontivy for a dodgy heart valve inherited from my old man who popped his clogs the day before...

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Last post by demi
Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:55 am
Ouch!

Last post by Veem « Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:02 am
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by Liz » Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:29 pm
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Not been around much as I'm one-hand typing due to strapped up and pinned left wrist, thanks to Sophie a 70 kilo friendly but boisterous newfoundland...
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Last post by Veem
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:02 am
Hospital Transport

Last post by hughnique « Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:10 pm
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by Veem » Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:23 pm
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Biggles went today for pre-op appointments at CHU Limoges. He came home with a raft of papers and one is a 'Prescription Medicale de Transport',...
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Last post by hughnique
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:10 pm
Dépistage for kidney function

Last post by L Austin France « Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:41 pm
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by Headers » Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:51 pm

Just got an email from my regular lab inviting me to go for a kidney function dépistage.
Frightened me silly. I’ve already got stage 4 BC and now...

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Last post by L Austin France
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:41 pm
Bit of a problem perhaps

Last post by exile « Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:21 pm
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by manonthemoon2 » Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:27 pm

I'm now receiving UK state pension and have my S1.

I tried to get my husband on my S1 but, because he still works and pays social charges to France...

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Last post by exile
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:21 pm
doctors visit

Last post by Bayleaf « Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:59 pm
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by hughnique » Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:23 am
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Having contracted pneumonia at the start of the year, given it to the wife and seemingly got over it, I was surprised to feel a bit ill about a week...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:59 pm
Bit of a problem perhaps

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by manonthemoon2 » Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:28 pm

I'm now receiving UK state pension and have my S1.

I tried to get my husband on my S1 but, because he still works and pays social charges to France...

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Last post by Polarengineer
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:57 am
Gaviscon -v- Gavisconell

Last post by Coldonat « Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:49 am
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by Bayleaf » Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:40 pm

It turns out normal gaviscon does still exist! Last few times we have asked for it over the counter, at two different pharmacies, they have sold us a...

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Last post by Coldonat
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:49 am
Jabbed again.

Last post by L Austin France « Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:28 pm
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by L Austin France » Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:20 pm
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We had this years Covid booster yesterday. Fifth covid jab so far!
As usual I've had no ill affects but Mme LAF has been feeling bad.
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Last post by L Austin France
Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:28 pm
The medical problems

Last post by suein56 « Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:00 pm
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by rabbit » Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:07 pm

I was talking to an ENT consultant today and he was telling me he can’t get theatre time even for urgent cases and this not in a medical desert but...

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Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:00 pm

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