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Health and care leaders in Gloucestershire are urging people to approach the festive period with 'great caution' as they warn of rising hospital admissions and a potential third COVID-19 wave in January.
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This page gives you advice and information about Prostap® or Zoladex® treatment for non-cancerous gynaecological conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis and severe Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). Please see below for explanations of these conditions.
Your oncologist has recommended that you have a course of radiotherapy. This page is for patients having radiotherapy to their upper abdomen and gives you information about the planning, delivery and side-effects that you may experience during and after treatment. Please be aware that radiotherapy centres are training centres for doctors, nurses and radiographers. Students may be present in the department but they are supervised at all times. If you would prefer not to have students present during your treatment, please let a member of staff know. You may find it useful to write down some questions before you start your treatment.
Deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase, results in Fabry's disease, an X-linked, recessive, lysosomal storage disease, also known as Anderson-Fabry disease.
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ESR tube (Trisodium Citrate)
I have worked my way up from a Band 5 nurse on Neurology, Trauma & Orthopaedics to a Band 6 on Neurology, Dermatology & Rheumatology, then a Band 7 on Care of the Elderly before becoming the Matron on COTE & FAU. I was delighted to be the first Filipino matron at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital!
This page gives you information about uterine fibroids which may answer some of the questions you might have following the discussion with the specialist. Fibroids are common, benign (non-cancerous) growths of womb (uterine) muscle. They occur in around 25 in every 100 white women and 50 in every 100 black women. Fibroids do not always cause symptoms, but those that do, account for about one third of all hysterectomy operations.
The information on this page will help you to safely give yourself the denosumab treatment by subcutaneous injection (an injection under the skin).
Gloucestershire Hospitals will be lighting up both hospital sites in a spectacular way this evening (12 May) in recognition of International Nurses Day and to coincide with the 200th birthday anniversary of Florence Nightingale.
by Michael Connelly
by Jonathan Cobley
11DEOXY, 11CORT
Your oncologist has recommended that you have a course of radiotherapy. This page gives you information about the radiotherapy and what will happen during treatment. Please be aware that radiotherapy centres are training centres for doctors, nurses and radiographers. Students may be present in the department but they are supervised at all times. If you would prefer not to have students present during your treatment, please let a member of staff know. You may find it useful to write down some questions before you start your treatment.
Support with your cancer diagnosis continues even after your treatment stops.
by Clemency Nye, Sophie Boyd and Suzanna Lake
This page gives you information about having a caesarean section.
It is essential that your bowel is empty for this investigation. In order for your bowel to be empty please follow the instructions below.