Hives (urticaria) The NET Effect

Hives (urticaria) The NET Effect

Background to why I created this blog post. For many years, I've read numerous comments and posts where people mention hives (full medical term urticaria).  As far as I know, this is an issue that has never bothered me all of my life ...... until recently.  I've never had any allergies other than certain cats and dogs (....I guess there might be a connection there).  I'm currently taking an anti-histamine tablet each day until the issue resolves.  My normal reaction to these changes is to research, so here is my research! The response in patient groups to questions about hives…
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Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer – the 7 Year Itch

Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer – the 7 Year Itch

I quite like the Facebook memory thing. This morning I got a reminder of a post I made from 7 years ago whilst I was in hospital recovering from my 9 Nov surgery.  It had taken 12 days for me to feel strong enough to venture onto social media with a simple message "I'm feeling perkier".  For those not familiar with English localisms, it just means lively, spirited, bright, sunny, cheerful, animated, upbeat, buoyant, bubbly, cheery, bouncy, genial, jaunty, chirpy, sprightly, vivacious, in fine fettle, full of beans, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.  I guess I met some of these descriptors most…
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