General Medical issues thread

[VPS]

Well the honeymoon at the nursing home is over. Last night, mum had an unwitnessed fall getting out of bed to go to the loo. She forgot that she can't do it and needs 2 carers to help her. She declined a trip to ED at that point (not sure how long after the fall they found her), but this morning was in severe pain, so agreed to an ambulance. My sister went with her. They have been up there all day and are still waiting for an X-ray. Not sure if it his her ribs, hip or pelvis that is hurting the most.

boy you just can't win sometimes can you. At least she was in the nursing home and not alone.

 

[MARTINE]

This is going to be a close-to-but-not-entirely-useless response: I can't find the news item, but about five days ago I read an article that mentioned promising new treatment (non-surgical IIRC). Perhaps you'll be able to find mention of it through judicious keyword/timeframe/LLM search? Apologies for not having retained even a hint of more detail in my shrinking brain this week.

Lots of non-surgical ablative options available for enlarged prostates. Lasers and other techniques
Greenlight is one