# blood test (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover blood test. Page: Feed: --- ## [What Your Doctor is Really Thinking #7: You’ve been on cyclical HRT for 3 years and you want to switch to a continuous regime](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/what-your-doctor-is-really-thinking) _2026-08-20 · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Inside the GP’s brain: first impressions, what not to miss, and what comes next. ## [5 Steps Everyone Can Take in Midlife to Reduce Dementia Risk](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/5-steps-everyone-can-take-in-midlife) _2026-08-18 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Find out what you can do in midlife to reduce your chances of developing the commonest types of dementia in later life - Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia ## [Jason Arday. A tragic and unnecessary death. Online abuse.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/jason-arday-tragic-and-unnecessary.html) _2026-08-15 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ I already knew of Jason Arday. I knew his story — the autistic boy who didn’t speak until 11, learned to read and write at 18, and went on to become an academic, becoming the youngest Black professor appointed at Cambridge at just 37. What I didn’t know was what had been unfolding around him recently. I hadn’t followed the headlines or the scale of the public conversation. So when I heard… ## [What Your Doctor is Really Thinking #6: The Missing Information in Your Ferritin Lab Results](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/the-missing-information-in-your-ferritin) _2026-08-13 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Inside the GP’s brain: first impressions, what not to miss, and what comes next. ## [I became a Christian Life Coach and why it is not easy.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-became-christian-life-coach.html) _2026-08-13 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ This does not make life any easier. Showing up as a coach impacts lives in unexpected ways. People may assume you know what's going wrong in their lives. Or that you have this great, profound insight. Truth is, being a Christian coach is humbling. It's about getting me out of the way so the Holy Spirit can do Her work. Rooting my work in biblical principles and not wavering off the narrow path… ## [2 minute mystic](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/2-minute-mystic.html) _2026-08-11 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ We don’t force positive thinking. We practice seeing without rushing to name it. Breathe in. Don’t label the out. Sit in the room before you decide if it’s "good" or "bad." Let the flame be small enough to light everything, not just the target. Because the world is not waiting for you to arrive. It is arriving, constantly. And the version you get depends on the version of you that’s looking.… ## [2 minute mystic](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/2-minute-mystic.html) _2026-08-11 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ We don’t force positive thinking. We practice seeing without rushing to name it. Breathe in. Don’t label the out. Sit in the room before you decide if it’s "good" or "bad." Let the flame be small enough to light everything, not just the target. Because the world is not waiting for you to arrive. It is arriving, constantly. And the version you get depends on the version of you that’s looking.… ## [What you need to know about thyroid blood tests (and why one abnormal reading doesn't necessarily mean you need treatment... yet)](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/what-you-need-to-know-about-thyroid) _2026-08-11 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Behind the scenes with your thyroid lab results - what they mean and how to interpret them ## [Back by Popular Demand - The Clinic is Open and I Want Your Questions!](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/back-by-popular-demand-the-clinic) _2026-08-09 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Let's tackle some of this midlife mayhem together! ## [Blocking the wheelchair space on buses](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/blocking-wheelchair-space-on-buses.html) _2026-08-08 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ It happens most of the time I get on a bus. Mothers with prams in the wheelchair space sat down on the seat and on their phones. I have had dirty looks and comments as the bus driver tells them to move their prams. One woman refused to move, and another passenger had to intervene. Eventually, after realising the bus driver was not going anywhere until she moved, she actually gave up the space. She… ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vE0nRBKFPokW) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Know What Your Doctor is Really Thinking #5: What ‘Doing Well’ on GLP-1s actually looks like (and 4 losses you need to avoid)](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/what-doing-well-on-glp-1s-actually) _2026-08-06 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ The vital areas your prescriber won't ask you about ## [The reality of living with hidden disabilities.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-reality-of-living-with-invisible.html) _2026-08-04 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Story time. Living with an invisible illness such as Fibromyalgia is very difficult. The public does not understand the suffering from an illness they cannot see. Medical professionals think it is all in our heads because there are no tests for Fibromyalgia. Friends and relatives grow exhausted at plans that keep being rearranged due to fluctuating pain or fatigue levels "But you were fine… ## [I'm overweight, I hardly eat anything, but I just can't shift it!](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/im-overweight-i-hardly-eat-anything) _2026-08-04 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ How to undo the years of damage dieting has done to your metabolism ## [4 Stressful Experiences in Medicine and the One That Finally Makes You Leave General Practice](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/4-stressful-experiences-in-medicine) _2026-08-02 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ The answer might surprise you. ## [A review: Portswood High Street and Chaiiwala.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-review-portswood-high-street-and.html) _2026-08-01 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Whenever I go to Portswood, it never fails to stop me in my tracks by how much litter is just everywhere. The bins are always overflowing. Portswood is neither inferior nor superior; it just is. Residents are more than a little ticked off with the protests from the far right and far left, and the police presence that goes with that. The traffic is always hectic when these protests take place, hard… ## [What freedom to walk feels like](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/what-freedom-to-walk-feels-like.html) _2026-07-31 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Fruit is ripe, thick apple slice in the sky The moonlight shines out, cinnamon twist in the hand Toad grips and slides about, a sparrow a song Madness is never far, and never so wrong Make it make sense when I can Move your body about, a dance or a jive Spinning around treacle jumps on the inside A sliver a sprite, a bungee jump makes it right Freedom of air through my hair And when the wind… ## [A wheel by the river after opticians.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-wheel-by-river-after-opticians.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Barry and I took a wheel by the river today. I went to pick up my new glasses, as you can see. It was stressful getting on and off buses. I'm getting nauseous travelling backwards in the wheelchair space. It is a 45min journey into town on the bus. I send emails, text and read to pass the time. Things would be easier with a car. In other news, my son starts on an antidepressant tomorrow. I am… ## [Know What Your Doctor is Really Thinking #4: Night sweats at 59 - hormonal or something else?](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/night-sweats-at-59-often-hormonal) _2026-07-30 · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Inside the GP’s brain: first impressions, what not to miss, and what comes next. ## [Dynamic Disability ...what does that mean?](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/dynamic-disability-what-does-that-mean.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Dynamic disability: A health condition where a person's symptoms, functional abilities, and energy levels change unpredictably. These fluctuations can shift from day to day or even within a single hour, meaning someone might use a mobility aid or need rest on one day and feel able to walk unassisted the next. The amount of suspicion someone with a dynamic disability faces is unreal. Even GPs who… ## [Christ.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/christ.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Christ He crawled up from the dirt One mother no shirt and he kept all along the stars were his song And by each passing time was no reason nor rhyme he carefully concocted the sum that lingered like voodoo plum so you can scratch where you are wrong For you to be his song So he kept on with digging No sense in his winning the layers were peeled back Nothing was called to his task the rosehips and… ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WK9pB5eGnBFe) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Christ.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/christ.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Christ He crawled up from the dirt One mother no shirt and he kept all along the stars were his song And by each passing time was no reason nor rhyme he carefully concocted the sum that lingered like voodoo plum so you can scratch where you are wrong For you to be his song So he kept on with digging No sense in his winning the layers were peeled back Nothing was called to his task the rosehips and… ## [No Uterus... No Progesterone (Why This Isn't Always the Case)](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/no-uterus-no-progesterone-why-this) _2026-07-28 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Behind the scenes on why some types of progesterone can be useful even after hysterectomy ## [Know What Your Doctor is Really Thinking #3: Dear GP, Please refer this overweight lady to the dietician. (Dear Colleague, No - and here’s why)](https://midlifemedicineedit.substack.com/p/dear-gp-please-refer-this-overweight) _2026-07-23 · Dr White MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCGP · The Midlife Edit - with Dr White_ Dear Colleague, No. And here’s why. ## [Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 6 of 6: Researching IL-23s, Why I Chose Stelara to Replace Entyvio, and My Experience with Stelara’s Infusion and First Self-Injection](https://thecomicalcolon.com/autoimmune-pancreatitis-part-6/) _2025-04-28 · The Comical Colon · The Comical Colon_ Hi and welcome back to this six-part blog series about my 2023 – 2024 journey with autoimmune pancreatitis. Today is part five, but if you missed any previous posts, be sure to read them here first! In part five, we left off this story with me deciding to stop Entyvio. This was one of the \[…\] ## [Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 5 of 6: A Strange Doctor’s Note, Researching the Link Between Entyvio and Pancreatitis, and Stopping Entyvio](https://thecomicalcolon.com/autoimmune-pancreatitis-part-5/) _2025-04-15 · The Comical Colon · The Comical Colon_ Hi and welcome back to this six-part blog series about my 2023 – 2024 journey with autoimmune pancreatitis. Today is part five, but if you missed any previous posts, be sure to read them here first! In part four, we left off this story with my alarm bells ringing. The fact that I continued to \[…\] ## [Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 4 of 6: Three Prednisone Tapers, Declining Azathioprine, and a Possible Alternative Diagnosis?](https://thecomicalcolon.com/autoimmune-pancreatitis-part-4/) _2025-03-22 · The Comical Colon · The Comical Colon_ Hi and welcome back to this six-part blog series about my 2023 – 2024 journey with autoimmune pancreatitis. Today is part four, but if you missed the first half of this series, be sure to read those posts first here! This post will cover my three prednisone courses and tapering structures, why I declined my \[…\] ## [Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 3 of 6: My Third Hospitalization, a Specialty Endoscopy, and Starting Prednisone](https://thecomicalcolon.com/autoimmune-pancreatitis-part-3/) _2024-09-24 · The Comical Colon · The Comical Colon_ Hi there! Welcome to part three of this six-part blog series about my crazy rollercoaster journey with autoimmune pancreatitis. Did you miss part one or two? Check them out here! This post will cover my third (and final) hospital stay, my specialty endoscopy procedure, and my super strange pathology results. We left off in late \[…\] ## [Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 2 of 6: My Second Pancreatitis Hospitalization, Digestive Enzymes, and My Unofficial Diagnosis](https://thecomicalcolon.com/autoimmune-pancreatitis-part-2/) _2024-09-11 · The Comical Colon · The Comical Colon_ Welcome back to part two of this 6-part blog series about my recent journey with autoimmune pancreatitis! If you missed part one, be sure to check it out here first. It’s all about my pancreatitis symptoms, blood tests and procedures I had done, and my first (of three) hospital stays. Today’s post will cover my \[…\] ## [Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 1 of 6: My Health Update, Pancreatitis Symptoms, and First Hospitalization](https://thecomicalcolon.com/autoimmune-pancreatitis-part-1/) _2024-09-02 · The Comical Colon · The Comical Colon_ In December 2023, my world tipped upside down. I was just coming out of a six-month ulcerative colitis flare. One day, it felt like a literal bowling ball had lodged itself in my upper abdomen. It hurt to move. It hurt to eat. It hurt to breathe. The only thing that gave me some relief \[…\]