laura forrest

Doctor, mum, patient. Views are my own, Post/Repost ≠Agreement

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@EricTopol The info graphics are great too!

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@EricTopol Brilliant! Love the use of infographics to explain this too. I’m hopeful for the next generation as developing antibodies to the anti-TNF was frustrating so holding out hope for a real cure.

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@HarrySpoelstra This interests me & now I need to do some catching up with reading research…
Know plenty of Behçet’s disease patients (where endothelium inflamed in blood vessels) recognised symptoms post-viral infections long before Covid-19 arrived. Prednisolone & anti-TNF helped me recover

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@ProfSirera Great read! They should add descriptions like this to the antenatal course. Also remembering mum’s medicine could mean more investment in comfortable spaces for mums in hospitals when babies need admission.

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😻 Coffee, kitten, crumpet & CAMHS book club’s 1st novel; a thriller by Emma Curtis about a Psychiatrist in West London 🫣 📚 ☕️

Purrfecty peaceful start to Caturday 🐈🐈‍⬛

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@danbarker You never know when an inflatable watermelon will be needed in London 🤣

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😻Happy 2025 thanks to this new addition to our family❤️

Skyla, the silver Siberian kitten 🐈‍⬛ we gave in to the pleas from our children & soon all were smitten 🥰

She arrived in a storm, distracted us all with new tails to tell 🌈
Cat therapy + cycle therapy go well 🐈 🚴‍♀️😃

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@ProfLAppleby an interesting watch with my teens and insight into aspects of mum's work, colleagues, etc

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@ProfLAppleby wow, that is some present! And that first line is so true. the world needs more stories, and not the 3 second reel variety

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@AlinaV_Psy ...and it will be ok! Wishing you well with the next adventure. A loss to the NHS but lucky for Romania and not too far to return for RCPsych conferences. *I will be careful on my next trip home from Bath ;) My decisons to move overseas were far less planned + more escapes!

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@SuhanaAh Love ❤️
Here are my 2 favourite gifts this Christmas from the collection of 📚

Snuggled up with kids, their cousins & grandmother to read the first on Christmas Eve…with hot chocolate ☕️ & excitement about cake 🍰 just like the Mole

@charliemackesy

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@Rheumat_Aravind Very helpful!
Curious how this happens with anti-TNF medication 🩼?
Not sure many would be keen to stop their wonder drug if it had controlled other symptoms well? 🤔how long do you expect to see changes after stopping the anti-TNF and when would you recheck the
blood tests?

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🦌 Bushy Park ready for the post-Christmas Parkrun 🌞 sun shining & festive faces aglow with people smiling 😊 as they swap Christmas trees for these🌳🍁🍂🍃🏃🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️
❤️Teddington

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@ProfSirera I just saw the original post and did not realise about the risks of nickel in cacao 🍫Learn something new every day & may be time to rethink the chocolate advent calendar gift 🎁

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@ProfSirera @SamaHoole love the fun facts 😃

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@PippaCrerar @guardian Brilliant news! Erasmus was the reason I chose Bristol medical school as had enjoyed German A level. Studied in a hospital in Vienna for a few months, embraced the culture (art, opera, museums) & learning & travel with Europeans. So appreciated this as a state school student 😃🌍

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🌟Fascinating summary by Eric Topol on the hope for a CURE in autoimmune disease thanks to immunotherapy developments in cancer care🔬👩‍🔬🌅
Thankful for anti-TNF medication aiding recovery & return to work as a dr, to life as mum, to fitness & 😃@EricTopol https://t.co/XOL3NvgOSK

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@ProfSirera Where exactly does the fine autonomic control happen? And when it does wrong eg positional tachycardia
❤️Love the atmosphere when a city hosts a marathon!

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We are so thankful to Natalie & her team & all the volunteers who welcome people to Park Lane Stables

🐴Plaiting the tails of Big Mac & Trigger was v therapeutic🥰

I love that there is always a pony available to say hello at the cuddle bay & thankful for the Sit Stop chair🌈

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🎄Christmas magic at Park Lane Stables in the❤️of Teddington

🐴Campaigning to raise £37K this Advent to help children & adults with disabilities

🎅🏻Ho Ho Hay highlights the rising cost of feeding these beautiful horses who add sparkle to so many lives🌟
https://t.co/8aBHNPk8Ip