So this past weekend I took my 4 year old chihuahua to the ER vet because his regular vet couldn't seem to determine what's wrong. Well they saw his lymph nodes were swollen slightly and did an aspiration. Come to find out it was "non reactive" meaning no lymphoma but he likely has peronditis. They put him on clindamycin 2xs a day. Since he has been taking it (going on 3 days) I don't see a huge difference, but it hasn't gotten worse. Meaning the swelling hasnt increased. What I do notice is he constantly is itchy on his face. He rubs his face on the carpet and scratches it with his paw a lot more then he did previously.
My question is this, does this mean the antibiotics are working and it's causing the itching or should I call to get a stronger medication?

I’m pretty sure I have had recurring ovarian cysts since puberty but just recently got an actual diagnosis. As a teenager I had extremely painful periods and could feel sharp pains in my ovaries throughout my cycle. My doctor told me it was probably just ovulation pain and put me on birth control.
I have always had pain during sex. It is typically sharp stabbing pain in my right ovary and makes it extremely difficult to enjoy the moment. I brought this up to several doctors and most just brushed it off. One suggested pelvic floor therapy but at the time I was not in the right financial situation. I have also experienced occasional bleeding during sex. No just spotting but something similar to the start of your period. My doctor was able to see me two days after this occurred. She gave me an ultrasound but didn’t see anything concerning and just told me to let her know if it happened again. I wonder now if it might have been a cyst rupturing and that’s why nothing showed up on the ultrasound.
About a year ago I went to the ER for extreme abdominal pain. After several test the doctors determined that my pain was most likely caused by an ovarian cyst rupturing. They were able to locate another cyst on one of my ovaries. I went to my doctor three months later for a check up. She gave me an ultrasound and found a cyst on my right ovary. I was basically told that this was just something my body does and to deal with it.
Since then the ovarian pain seems to be getting more constant. It’s almost always in my right ovary. The pain also seems to set off my sciatic nerve pain. Sex has been getting even more painful and pretty much unenjoyable. I’m at a loss on what to do. Does anyone with recurring ovarian cysts have tips on how to deal with the pain? I understand that there isn’t really a way to prevent them but any advice would be much appreciated. Would pelvic floor therapy help or is that no help for cysts.

I’m sure this has been asked before and I tried to find a post on it before asking. But I am just about 4 weeks post op and the anxious regret is settling in. I was a 32J going into it and was supposed to come out at a C but they are still huge, it feels like they barely got reduced in size and just got lifted. I am absolutely praying to any and all gods that they’re still swollen and they will get smaller still. Cause right now they feel like a DDD at least and I am feeling so upset over it. Even though I know a J to a DDD is still a huge improvement. So I’m asking for how long it took some other peeps in here for their swelling to go away and their true size to settle in.
TL;DR- When does the swelling go away and the true size show?

I posted about this awhile back and did not get much response but I am gaslighting myself and need people who have gone through this or similar to help me be objective.
I will Try to keep this brief but it's a lot.
-long history of stricturing Crohn's of terminal ileum diagnosed in 2006. First resection Sept 2018, Last resection in April 2022. Surgeon told me he found Crohn's high up in small bowel, could not remove safely, hoped new biologic (Stelara) would take care of it.
-6 month delay in starting Stelara due to GI F up (forgot to send preauthorization)
-July 2022 began having severe upper gastric pain (under ribs and belly button) after even the smallest amount of food, followed by severe nausea and often vomiting. Within half hour multiple liquid BM's undigested food and insane amount of fluid. Began to eat less and less, moved to soft diet, and finally to complete liquids in August 2023
-July 2023-Oct 2023- Weight loss of 20 lbs over 3 month period. Many ER visits needed for rehydration and IV anti emetics and pain meds as could not keep down any oral meds. GI did colonoscopy but only found microscopic Crohn's in anastomosis site (he only took 2 biopsies from that area and nowhere else). CT's done in hospital showed thickening of wall of ascending colon, and collapsed bowel, free fluid in peritoneum. GI dismissed as "not reliable". Fecal Cal slightly elevated. Constant low grade anemia. After 4th ER visit in Oct 2023 they did a high res Ultrasound and I was admitted by surgery department. However, as I was urgent but not emergent, there were no beds available. Was given choice of staying in ER and receiving IV steroids, or going home and following up with GI. Chose home and was given Entocort. Entocort slowed down bowel from 30-50 bm's a day to ten. Did not help pain, nausea, vomiting, lack of ability to eat. After several desperate emails where I begged for help, said I wanted to die-GI ordered urgent MRI, would not change meds or give prednisone without "proof".
-November 2023-Began to experience fatigue like never before. Could hardly keep eyes open. This would be followed by severe upper gastric pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that went on for days, followed by constipation for 1-2 days and severe bloating, only on the left side of belly which would be rock hard and hot to the touch. Then the diarrhea cycle woud begin again. Always pure liquid, sometimes black, always tons of mucous.
-Went to Mexico to visit my parents for the holidays where I usually feel better but still could not eat. Injecting myself with IM Gravol (anti emetic) just to keep fluids down. I lived off of chicken broth with rice. Saw GI in private hospital. Ordered full workup. Blood found in stool. 3 D CT ordered (could not find a vein for IV after 5 nurses, two doctors, and a radiologist with a vein finder so only had oral contrast) showed inflammation in small bowel, thickening of the ascending colon wall 11 mm, and inflammation of ileum. He wanted to send me to special IBD hospital in Mexico City for MRI but it would have cost 2500$ so I decided to wait till I got home to Canada where it would be free. Treated me with antibiotics for IBS (only available in Mexico and Germany) Zero improvement. I lived off of electrolyte drinks.
-Jan 29th 2024 returned to hospital because I could not keep any oral meds in (pills would be in toilet) also pain was 9/10, high fever, vomiting. Admitted again, but no beds. Left AMA with another prescription for Entocort.
-Feb 12 2024- High fever followed by two days of 40 plus liquid BM's, some of them bloody, all of them black. Husband insisted back to ER where I was admitted immediately. Cortisol levels 11 (close to adrenal failure) very low potassium. Doc said if we'd waited I likely would have died from heart event. Spent 8 + weeks in hospital having every kind of test imaginable. NOTHING showed on MRI, inflammation on CT, lower scope clear, upper endoscopy showed inflammation in esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. Negative for H Pylori, negative for celiac. Started on 150 mg of hydrocortisone for low cortisol to rescue my organs. MRI of brain showed small tumour on pituitary. Endocrinologist did ACTH test and was unhappy, kept me on 40 mg of hydrocortisone IV. PICC line insertion went awry when they Discovered I had complete stenosis of veins and needed port catheter surgically implanted. Was on TPN for 5 weeks. Needed pain meds and anti emetics every 4 hours or severe vomiting and diarrhea would ensue. 30-50 liquid bm's continued (they made me write down everything I ingested and every time I had a BM. They tested me for everything. No blood, NO CDiff, no parasites, no infection. High fever 104.5 plus delirium and CRP shot up to 50. Continued Anemia, blood work all over the place, even with TPN I needed potassium and sodium boluses 3 times a day.
-Requested pill endoscopy, GI said no Crohn's, no need for test. Suggested psych evaluation for a fucking eating disorder. Endocrinologist disagreed, said starvation and whatever disease process was causing symptoms was causing my cortisol issue. Psych diagnosed medical PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder (no shit) but NO eating disorder. Fired GI and hired IBD specialist from another city. Re ran all tests, CT showed huge diverticulum on duodenum otherwise clear. Was going to be moved to a ward from a private room. Had a panic attack because I could not share a bathroom and was not about to use a commode. Asked to be discharged after nearly 9 weeks. They were so overcrowded and basically did not know what else to do to help me, so they let me go even though I was still on TPN and NPO. Got a 5 minute instruction on how to insert a butterfly catheter for pain meds, and let go.
-Present-3 weeks later, still on liquid diet, (Boost drinks, blended oatmeal, yoghurt and soup) still on sub q and IM meds. Finally got new IBD doc to order capsule endoscopy and is treating me for SIBO (never been tested) plus set me up with nutritionist and psychologist for support. MRI repeated- totally clear.
I FEEL CRAZY. This is the sickest I have ever felt. It's been almost a year since I chewed food. The pain under my ribs just to the left of my belly button is now constant, whether I eat or not, pain meds barely take the edge off. Sometimes it's so intense I can hardly breathe. I keep passing out on the toilet. I projectile vomit daily, even using Gravol and Pantoprozole, the bile acid is awful. I've been doing tons of research and have learned that GDC and Jejunal Crohn's are extremely hard to diagnose. I have every single symptom and fit the criteria. Does this sound familiar to anyone????

Last year in April me and my family went to Florida as a vacation. This was before I was diagnosed with Lupus but we knew that I would get reactions when I would get sunburns so we made sure to get a sun hat and a lot of sunscreen. At the end of the day everything seemed fine just a little red, so we went to sleep. Then at 2:47 am I woke up with my face itching like crazy, I went to the bathroom to look at my face and it had swelled up so bad I didn’t even look like myself anymore. My cheeks were very puffy that it looked like my eyes were gone. We told my doctor about this when we got home and they suspected it was a sun allergy but later on we found out it was a butterfly rash caused by the lupus and the swelling was just a part of it. Does anyone else get bad flares or face swelling?

28 M, 6ft and 146lb
Hi guys 👋 I hope you're well, first off apologies in advance for what will be a long winded post but I'll try keep it concise and information based 🙂
I've been suffering for the past year with some very strange symptoms

• Swelling of lips, hands and soles of my feet (allergies have been ruled out I had a test already) it also appears to happen randomly hot days / cold days. When I haven't even eaten anything yet. There's nothing obvious I can link it to
• Extreme fatigue but also complete insomnia at night
• My appetite seems to fluctuate generally I was always a great eater. Dear God I love food haha. Lately though there could be some days that I don't feel hungry at all and have one meal just for the sake of it but food doesn't appeal to me really anymore.
• General feeling that like my body is inflamed hard to describe but I get like dull pains all over the place but mainly my lower back / knees
• Quite severe brain fog and forgetfulness. I will constantly misplace things. Walk into a room and forget what it was I came to do. This one is the main one that gets to me and upsets me because I feel like an old man. At one stage I thought I had dementia or something as ridiculous as that seems but I could watch a movie and then the next day be left scratching my head thinking what was that great thing I watched last night. My partner will talk to me about things and then say "I told you this already an hour ago/last week/yesterday" and I'll have absolutely no recollection of it.
• Very weak. My strength is laughable people have pointed it out to me that a guy my age shouldn't be struggling trying to carry a bag of groceries for example.
• Mood swings I can get quite frustrated for no reason again I'm usually a very laid back person but lately the smallest things are annoying me. Even my partner who is great is irritating the life out of me and I feel so bad because I'm like I have no reason to get frustrated at you.
• 2 weeks ago I also collapsed outside of a pub I had only like a couple of drinks (5 pints of beer over a period of 5 hours) and was not drunk. Started to feel very faint out of the blue and my vision blacked out and I ended up being taken by ambulance to the hospital. My heart rate was all over the place. I was discharged from hospital and was told it was alcohol intoxication which really annoyed me because although technically my blood alcohol levels would've indicated I was "intoxicated" I know for a fact I wasn't I have drank 3 times as much and been absolutely fine. I also walked out of hospital and had a perfectly coherent conversation with the nurses and doctors. I just feel like because of my age and being a young guy that just happened to pass out while out socialising they jumped the gun which has really bothered me.
• I have since had an ECG that came back normal but I was told those things are pretty useless unless you're actually having an episode while it's hooked up to you

I got blood test results back a few days ago and it said I had "raised non specific inflammatory markers" I'm not sure exactly what that means but my doctor told me to just take antihistamines. I'm currently waiting for multiple appointments with cardiology, immunology, respitory and sleep specialists.
Medication wise I'm only on 25mg promethazine (Phenegran) taken every night to help me sleep but it literally does nothing it's currently 1.30 am in Ireland as I write this post lol.
My doctor seems baffled and hasn't really given me any indication of what this might be. Obviously I'll have to just wait for all of these different specialist appointments but I thought maybe I could be pointed in the right direction of some possible causes of this or what might be beneficial to discuss with my doctor. I must admit I'm a terrible patient as when I go in I sometimes struggle to describe exactly how I'm feeling or else I forget to mention specific things due to the brain fog/anxiety I also hate bothering people and hate even asking for help as I feel like I'm being dramatic.
I have shared some pictures of the swelling I get in my lips. I have no pictures of the swelling I get in my hands or the soles of my feet as you can't even see it only feel it.
All of this is having a huge impact on my life I recently left my job because I was just physically and mentally not able to continue with it. It's irritating because I feel like my body is falling apart around me and I think people just think I'm dramatic but in my gut I know there's something going on.
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Two weekends ago my husband and I went out of town and when we returned, noticed that our ~11 year old DSH/Russian blue cat was slightly limping on his front left leg. We asked our trusted cat sitter, who comes 2x a day when we are gone, and she said she hadn't noticed any limping but said he did seem more stand off-ish than usual. We figured he might have just landed on it funny and decided to keep a close eye on it. The limping would stop for a day or so, but then return, and we also noticed that he was laying on the hard wood floor a lot, which is unusual for him, so we took him in to our vet.
The vet suspected a sprain or arthritis and said they would do some x-rays to be sure. After sedating him, she did a more thorough exam (he is always very spicy at the vet) and we were both SHOCKED to discover extensive and pretty severe bruising all over his left side. The vet said she had only seen this level of bruising previously with cats who had been in a severe trauma. She spotted some through his fur and then shaved him to get a better look. We were absolutely stumped as our cat is 100% indoor, and while he does have a younger and more spry sister that he occasionally plays and wrestles with, she is completely deferential to him and their play sessions never end in so much as a hiss.
We decided that he must have somehow gotten caught in something, or fallen down our stairs, but honestly were still stumped as to how this happened. The vet put him on some pain meds and said to keep a close eye on it.
The bruising hasn't really gone down and now we're noticing more swelling and purple spots under the skin on his back left paw. Even if something traumatic did happen to him the weekend we were gone, he has definitely not had anything new happen since. Our vet is completely stumped and we are about to take him in to urgent care, but eager for any and all thoughts on what this could possibly be. I have photos but some how not allowed to upload them here.
His only other medical issues are IBD (diagnosed ~2 years ago, treated with Rx food, a low dose of prednisilone and vitamin B injections) and cardio myapothy (diagnosed ~2 months ago, given a cardiac supplement and daily enalapril to treat). He got a full ultrasound 2 months ago for his cardio appointment and full blood work then and again during his most recent X rays and the vet didn't see anything that could be causing this. He is slightly anemic and white/red cell counts are slightly off, but nothing that she would consider out of the ordinary for his other issues.
UPDATE: After more blood work tonight he is very anemic (red blood cells at 18%) and abnormal clotting. Will likely get a blood transfusion overnight to stabilize him enough to run more tests.
Age: 11
Sex/Neuter status: neutered
Breed: DSH/Russian Blue
Body weight: 10.8
History: Above
Clinical signs: Above
Duration: First noticed April 28 - limping has improved but brusing has not
Your general location: east coast USA

I first noticed an itchy red mark on my waist in March 2023.
It's hard to remember exactly but it felt like the itching started very suddenly. At night, it got so bad I'd struggle to sleep and after a shower the itchiness would flare up pretty badly. I didn’t have bumps, it was more like a rash or hives. I thought maybe I was having a reaction to something.
After a while with no improvement, I started to google “itchy skin” and eventually went to see a pharmacist and told them I thought I might have scabies. I got poor advice looking back on it. I was told to do one permethrin application and see if it helped - I bagged up all my clothes for three days and cleaned my room.
At the time, I was living in a large house-share and didn’t tell my housemates I was doing the permethrin treatment. I was hoping it wasn’t scabies.
The treatment didn’t help and I tried to manage the symptoms instead with antihistamines and Eurax (an anti-itch cream), thinking I must be allergic to something. I contacted my GP on and off for months but was told to keep trying the anti-histamines and hope it would clear by itself.
My doctor would ask if I’d tried a scabies treatment and of course I said yes, not thinking that I’d only really completed half a treatment at best. They suggested it could be lichen planus amongst other things.
I started getting fully fledged bumps and bites by the end of the summer. I went back to my GP and they prescribed me a steroid cream and prednisone - which would give me some relief for a day or two. I now know that’s probably the worst thing you can do, as it interferes with your body’s natural defences to the scabies mite.
Finally, after a particularly bad flare up at Christmas, and having noticed large dark bumps on my genitals, I panicked and went to a sexual health clinic in January. A doctor told me I had scabies within about ten minutes.
I started my first (proper) permethrin treatment the same day, bagged everything up for three days and repeated a week later. I had a horrible reaction to the cream this time with intense itching and a delayed, blotchy red rash across my torso.
My housemate also started his treatment but we were a week out of sync. He’d had a nightmare back and forth trying to get a prescription and it didn’t help that there’s an ongoing shortage of permethrin. He ended up paying privately and the cost was exorbitant.
The treatment didn’t work. We tried again. I unbagged my clothes three days after my last application and within a day had new itchy red bumps. I was so disheartened.
It started with a few new bites and built up but I wanted to believe I had post-scabies so badly that I tried to ignore it for a month, just to see if it would clear on it’s own. It didn’t and I went through the process again of contacting the doctor, asking for a prescription, trying to find a pharmacy that stocked permethrin and starting the treatment for a third time.
I finished my (hopefully) last treatment about a month ago. Touch wood and a prayer to all the gods that this is finally the end, more than a year after it started. This time I bagged my clothes and left them for a bit over two weeks. I still have some clothes in bags - the psychological scarring is real!
I’ve noticed bumps pop up here and there but they clear within a few days. I’m using a steroid and anti-bacterial cream, plus Eurax and a daily anti-histamine, to manage them. It hasn’t been a linear recovery. Every time I notice a new bump or itchy spot I panic a little. The itch is no where near as bad as when I had full throttled scabies though and I can sleep again.
The gaps between bumps and strange skin reactions is getting bigger but I’ve noticed the hotter weather and certain types of clothing can trigger it. The worst part has been the constant worry and fear that I’ve still got scabies. Thankfully, I feel like things are improving.
Hands down this has been top three worst things that’s happened to me in a while - and some shit has gone down. I feel for everyone going through something similar.
This subreddit has helped me learn that post-scabies is most definitely a thing. I really appreciated it when people would remind me that it does get better and you can get rid of scabies. It’s also caused me a lot of stress and worry and I’d suggest taking a break from this forum when you’re really feeling the pinch (or itch).
My advice - you have to be your own advocate when it comes to healthcare. I was fobbed off for months and suffered unnecessarily for longer than I needed to.
I love nature, but man, fuck scabies.
TL;DR: I've had scabies for over a year and finally think I'm in the clear. It's possible to get through it.

I am 25 years old. My arthritis symptoms started over 2 years ago with my right elbow effused, limited mobility, and in significant pain. The symptoms then occured in my right knee as well, which swelled up severely in a short period of time. I got the fluid removed and corticosteroid injected into my knee and it fully healed. I finally saw a rheumatologist several months later, and went through all the bloodwork to determine the cause. Results came back that I had positive ANA, but was negative for rheumatoid, sjrogens, and other related diseases. He diagnosed me with oglioarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis... BUT IM 25 YEARS OLD. I have since been on all sorts of arthritic medications, now on Enbrel due to tmj issues, and most of my joints are generally sore or stiff most days. I know i have arthritis of some sort, but does my diagnosis even make sense??? I never had any arthritis symptoms before 23 years old, so I'm so confused why 2 rheumatologists have told me I have JIA despite my age. Is this normal? Has anyone else been diagnosed with JIA as an adult?

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i use skin bleach every morning and every night and i've been doing it with my current routine for a few months. i recently bought 2 new soaps and some new creams and ever since i used them my skin has been painful and tingly and throbbing. then today my right cheek felt like it was swelling even though it wasn't and every time i touch my face it hurts. is this something to be concerned about and does anyone know what ingredient could be causing this? it never felt like this with the other creams i was using before i bought the new ones. i also have a pollen allergy and since it's summer, my nose is redder, so could this skin issue be my allergies too?

I needed a cat to deal with rats in my house. I adopted one from a woman, she has a lot of cats and i chose one via cellphone that remembered me of the cat my loved one's had.
He came, the cat was a little bitch who doesn’t liked to be petted, pooped on the sink and around everything in the place he was, even in the car of the woman who brought him here and he was used to go out a lot to mate and disappear for days.
The motherfucker bited the hand of my mother-in-law when she get him out of the cone collar, he let her pet him once or twice, then all of sudden does that, like the asshole he is, and she needed to go to the hospital and get a lot of medicines to help with the swelling and could'nt move her hand because of the severe pain. I should have seen this as red flag, but since people who likes cats says to give him a chance, dont throw him away or let him on his own space i decided to keep him anyways, thinking he was scared or something, and marked a day to neuter the cat to see if he would calm down some time later.
I locked him in bathroom in his new home and was getting ready to neuter him next day.
I tried making a "bonding" with the cat until then, but he didn't give a damn about it.
Today when i was going to put him in the car the little monster runned away. I am now full of rage and frustration of my time and energy being wasted by this fuckin cat and the damage he has caused to others.
I prefer dogs now, not being a pitbull it will be fine i guess. Thats my vent, i dont hate cats that much, im just frustrated he escaped after all my efforts. Cats are so boring to bond with, that makes almost not worth it sometimes. Mostly was my fault because he escaped when i let my eyes out of him but still im very frustrated now.

1. Famure

Classrooms differ depending on the teacher, from an open floor with no tables like in duelling classes to musty, incense-smelling beanbags clustered together like in divination, or even massive auditoriums for year-wide classes like history.
Advanced Transfiguration and Transmutation is Nicholas’ favourite class because he’s so good at it and the teacher praises him so much. The extension class is less fun because he doesn’t have Rafael or Stavros in it. The tables in the advanced classroom are set up in long rows that drop down in steps with an aisle staircase on either side.
InCore also has the advanced class this year with Familiar Nurture track students, so that means lots of Famure with their cute animals running around – that Nicholas can snatch.
The teacher is droning on about something that Nicholas learned from tutors when he was nine so instead of listening he’s wiggling his fingers at a passing hamster who’s jiggling down the row of tables, nosing at people’s books, getting one-fingered pets.
There’s already a giant rat on Nicholas’ lap, a flying squirrel in his pocket, and soon the hamster gets close enough for Nicholas to snatch her up and transfigure a piece of paper into a little nest on his desk for her.
Stavros reaches over Rafael to pet the little hamster’s head. Nicholas kind of wants to pet Stavros too because Rafael combed out Stavros’ curls this morning in boredom while Nicholas was in the shower and now Stavros has a giant blond afro, which is very cute and very soft.
As revenge for the afro, Rafael now has his short brown hair in tiny, squat pigtails in random places over his head, also very cute. Rafael stays away from the hamster because familiars can sense he’s a werewolf and get twitchy.
Familiars are summoned creatures, normally small mammals but occasionally a fish, and some insects - there’s a high mage who has an eastern dragon even. Familiar Nurture students summon the animals around a month into their first year and channel their magic through the familiar to cast higher, more powerful magic.
Familiars can understand simple concepts and can have their own feelings separate from their mages, so if they aren’t taken care of then they can rebel and refuse to do any magic. One or two people over history have been killed by their familiars for mistreating them badly enough the magic between familiar and caster snaps entirely.
Nicholas and his friends have made a name for themselves stealing familiars, at one point luring all the familiars in the Famure dorms to RitCast overnight and then casting grooming charms so fur got everywhere. RitCast students are still finding fur on their couches.
It was for a good cause because a RitCast girlfriend of Adam’s dumped him for being ‘too hairy’ and they were thirteen and dumb (dumber) back then so this was peak revenge.
Having a reputation for snatching cute pets means not only do the familiars now know them enough that they can snuggle all the adorable animals that are close by, but also Stavros (and Adam, before) can use wildshape at any time and still hang out with them without getting any suspicious glances because everyone thinks they’ve just been stolen.
Nicholas loved carrying around Adam in raccoon form on a hip, or with Hearth under his jumper. Unfortunately, sheep are too big to be normal for a familiar, and Rito would also be very memorable with his breed being so blatantly different from normal sheep.
“Do you have another?” Stavros whispers, leaning back to look around Rafael and then spotting Nicholas’ bulging pocket. “Give me one.”
“You want this?” Nicholas whispers back, picking up the giant rat from his lap. “I don’t know what it is, I think it’s a giant rat.”
The giant rat is upset.
“It’s a chinchilla,” Rafael points out as they pass the familiar in front of him.
“If it didn’t want to be called a rat, why does it look like one?” Stavros scoffs and stands the chinchilla upright on the table, hands under its armpits and coos at it.
Nicholas pokes Rafael’s thigh now that he’s looking. "Hey, have you gotten fatter?"
"Rude," Rafael complains.
"You’re all bones and I like you pudgy, that was a compliment."
"Didn't sound like one."
"Fine, let me reiterate." Nicholas rolls his eyes. "Golly, Raffy, it sure is swell that your triple-c thiccc thighs are getting enough chub to match your dump truck of an ass."
Stavros throws back his head with the force of the laughter that explodes out of him.
A Famure finally realises her chinchilla is gone from the floor under her chair and quickly stands, hurrying around to get it back. The one with the flying fox still hasn’t noticed. The hamster’s mage already knows where his familiar is so doesn’t mind but does shoot Nicholas a few shy glances.
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Trigger warning - brief descriptions of anaphylaxis symptoms
Context: I'm 22F. I have a weird allergy history. Persistent seasonal allergies, I have noticed tree pollen affects me most. I started developing oral allergies as a kid/preteen. I react to most fresh fruits (apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, strawberries, blackberries are the worst) and some fresh veggies (carrots, snap peas, cucumbers). I remember having issues with macadamia nut cookies too. These reactions cause swelling and itchiness around my mouth/lips but no respiratory symptoms. I am getting new allergies even now. I reacted to almond milk a few months ago after not having any issues with it before; my throat started tightening and I immediately stopped eating and took an OTC allergy med. After, I got anxious and cut out all almond products. I was prescribed an Epi-Pen in February after telling my PCP. Additionally, I once had a severe reaction to iodine CT contrast (hives, nose and throat itchiness and closing). It can be mitigated by premedication though (if that's relevant).
Now for the current situation: I had two bowls of Honey Nut Cheerios last week - dry. It was definitely careless of me but I had tolerated them fine my whole life (I was high and had the munchies, too). I felt weird partly through the second bowl and decided to check the label. I saw that it contains almond ingredients and prepared for the worst. My lips were swollen, throat was closing and my while mouth felt numb. Not even 10 minutes later I was calling 911 and administering the Epi. I ended up in the ER and had to get more epi while there because the reaction came back. I was put on a course of prednisone and felt bit crappy for a few days but I'm fine now (minus the severe anxiety about it happening again). From everything I'm reading, Honey Nut Cheerios don't contain actual almonds but peach and apricot pits. I have an appointment with an allergist soon because of this but I feel weird about the whole thing now.
TL;DR: Can Honey Nut Cheerios trigger nut allergy anaphylaxis despite not technically containing nuts? Is it possible that it was the oral allergies despite never experiencing a severe reaction from fruits before? Any input is much appreciated. This is taking a big toll on me and I want to be armed with knowledge until my first allergist appointment.

I (35F) have been married to my husband (38M) for almost 10 years. We have 1 child together.
For context, many people thought I was marrying beneath me because he had been unemployed when we started dating and had only managed to get a job after a couple of years at a company that his family owns.
I didn't mind those comments and thought that as long as he's working hard, we're fine. I also had my own job, so we helped each other out financially. I should add that his workplace is a 3-hour drive away so he's only home on weekends. He doesn't earn much, but it's a steady job, and he seemed to enjoy it.
The distance was maybe part of the reason why it took us a few years to conceive. When we finally got pregnant, I found out that he had cheated on me a month before giving birth.
But that's not the worst part. I did not find out about his infidelity immediately.
After I gave birth, I was experiencing horrible stomach pains. At first, I thought it was just part of my post-CS recovery. But then it got worse. I started having chills and fever and it had reached a point where I wanted to see a doctor to have my CS wound checked. Maybe they left something in there that they shouldn't have?
When I told him that I wanted to see the doctor, that's when he confessed that he had cheated on me a month ago and that my abdominal pains might have been caused by an STD that he had been diagnosed with.
One month post-partum and that news really took the wind out of me.
After that, I wanted to get out of the marriage but he had begged me for another chance. For the sake of our child and because I was too much of a coward to admit that my marriage failed, I agreed.
Since that time, I tried my best to move on. We never talked about it again. But I always had that nagging doubt every time he was away from home that he might do it again.
On top of that, I've had to deal with his other issues. For one, he lacks drive and ambition. His job doesn't pay well, and I've been bugging him to find another one, but he refuses. I've always earned more than him.
He also has drinking issues. Not to say that he's alcoholic, he only drinks occasionally, but when he does, it's until he's passed out drunk in the early hours of the morning. That's how he ended up cheating on me, btw. He said he didn't know what he was doing because he was drunk.
He had also compromised our child's safety while he was on one of his drinking sprees. On that day, he was supposed to be home to meet our child after school. Our child was a first grader and could not be left alone in the house yet.
So the child got home from school, realized my husband wasn't home, wandered around the streets looking for help until finally deciding to just climb up the window to get into the house.
I was livid when I came home from work a couple of hours later. I admit I got violent and threw a plate at him in a fit of anger. I missed, so the plate ended up in pieces on the floor. On that day, I told him I was done and that he had to move out. My precious child, after seeing my husband cry, begged me to let him stay.
Last night was the last straw, I guess. He came home again at 4 am, with his phone missing. Said he could not remember where he lost it. Even tried to claim that he came home late because he was combing the streets trying to look for it. I found out the next morning when I woke up, so I was sympathetic and even tried to help him look for it. I was already asleep when he came home so I had no clue.
But what do you know? After we reported the phone missing at the police station, somebody called and told them they had my husband's phone. It was a woman, said she was the owner of a bar.
He had spent the night drinking and left his phone at a bar.
My mind was in overdrive. Was he drinking with someone? Was the person who called really the bar owner or someone he spent the night with? After several years, I still had not gotten over the trauma of his cheating.
In tears, and on Mother's Day at that, I asked him to move out of the house for the last time. I couldn't bear to move out myself and leave my child with him.
After a restless night, my emotions have subsided. And I am trying to ask myself, did I make the right decision? Am I doing what's best for me and my child? Should I have given him another chance?
TLDR: I have dealt with several issues with my husband. I have given him several chances to redeem himself. Should I give him one last chance?

I (m25) have had stomach problems for years but never this bad, normaly it was just bloating or pain for a few hours. Fast food whent straight through my intestines, alcohol was also a problem for me. My b12 was always low 130-150 (i'm not vegan, and my body does not absorb b12 pills) but mij Iron and Hb was perfect. Around July last year i started getting sick, watery stool 2-3 days and it would stop. 2 times with blood (allot of blood), for like 1 day and it would stop. Stomach pain, groin pain, hip pain, back pain... you name it, i had it. After(September) that came bad acid reflux and chest pain (burning chest pain), so i went to the doctor. Had basic blood work done (cbc,iron and b12, liver function urine, crp)... The doc gave me omiprazol and some more meds that dropt my b12 even more (almost died) after all that i made him checked my lab report again and he said that i need b12 injections (i had 12) the problems went away. Around November i started getting bad pains everything started hurting, like someone was cutting me open from the inside. When to the doctor and got sent to the Gi doctor, they had a spot for me the 3e of January. January they did an edoscopy and took multiple samples of my ileum. 14January I endid up in the hospital, I was pale whole body was stiff, throwing up, dehydrated with a crp of 103 (almost died again). Funny thing is the lady in the emergency room told me i was ok just needed tot rest at home. The docters still have no idea what was wrong. Around March i got my results and my Gi told me i have Crohns. He started me on prednisone(20mg a day) . It helpt, but the side effects... it was bad. Started seeing things, hearing things, feet swelling, papules acne on my chest and back, eating 24/7, restless. I started going crazy and getting panic attacks (i also have ADD). After a month i got new meds budesonide (9mg a day) but that does nothing... still have pain and bad flares every month (burning eyes, itching skin, pain from my neck to my lower back, pain under my right ribs, pain on the left lower right and center of my abs). It's like waking up and hoping that it will be an ok day. I don't want/ need good, ok will do just fine.
Any tips on what i should/ can do that will help, i'm kinda new to this😂😂 (Sorry if my english is bad, it's my second language)

The Changer of Ways

Your patron is the Weaver of Fates. Existing the spaces between and beyond reality, it is beholden to neither the Gods nor man as it weaves the threads of Fate into the tapestry of existence. Its motives are incomprehensible to mortals, its plans and schemes so complex and convoluted even it yet understands where they lead. The Changer of Ways may seem indifferent to you and your plight in this world, but it sees all, knows all, and with but the plucks of a few threads, changes your destiny in ways never imagined by the minds of mortal men.
A pact with the Changer of Ways is to invite chaos beyond comprehension. Much like the flap of a butterfly can cause a gale, the Changer of Ways may call upon you to raze nations, or live the life of a hermit so that one day, a single interaction between you and a young boy sets him on a path to greatness. Or infamy...

Embrace the Chaos Beyond Chaos

When you take this subclass, discard all pretenses of playing D&D like a normal person and plunge yourself and your table into chaos. Use the Spellcasting rules and spells from Dungeon Crawl Classics. Your class levels progress at a rate of one DCC level for every two 5E levels.
If you wish to make serious use of this pact, ignore this feature and continue reading.

Expanded Spell List

The Changer of Ways lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.
Changer of Ways Expanded Spells 1st - Chaos Bolt, Command
2nd - Alter Self, Magic Weapon
3rd - Bestow Curse, Lightning Bolt
4th - Arcane Eye, Polymorph
5th - Geas, Telepathic Bond

Hand of Fate

Starting at 1st level, your patron bestows upon you a mote of its influence over fate. Twice a day, you can turn failure into success, or success into failure. As a reaction, after you or a creature you can see makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can change the result to be one more or one less than the target value or DC. This ability returns on a long rest. You gain an additional use at levels 5, 9, 13, and 17

Auger of Fates

At 6th level, you are able to peer at the strings of fate with greater ability than most. When you cast a school of divination spell, double one numerical value of that spell.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Blessed Changes

Starting at 10th level, by involving yourself so deeply in the meddling of Fate, the Changer of Ways has wrought changes in you. Whether these are a blessing or curse depends solely on your perspective.
When making a spell attack roll, compare the total value against a DC of 10 + the spell's native level (I.e., a first-level spell has is DC11, a second-level spell is DC12, etc.). On a failure, you gain a mutation. Alternatively, if the target of your spell succeeds on a saving throw against your spell save DC, you also gain a mutation. The use of abilities, such as legendary resistances, to negate the need to make the saving throw does not trigger this feature. You can only ever gain up to one mutation per spell cast.
Remove curse can reverse one of these effects per casting, although this may displease the Architect of Fate

1d12 MUTATIONS

• 1. Febrile - Reduce your strength score by one as the failure saps your energy.
• 1. Extra Eye - You grow a new eye somewhere on your body. Roll 1d4 and gain 10 feet of that type. 1- Blindsight, 2- Darkvision, 3- Tremorsense, 4- Truesight
• 1. Corrosive Vomit - You gain the ability to vomit a destructive concoction on command. As an action, make an attack roll against one target within 5 feet, dealing 1d4 acid damage on a hit. Increase by 1d4 when this result is repeated.
• 1. Troglodyte Appearance - Your eyes become milky and your skin translucent. Reroll if you get this result again.
• 1. Reptilian Scales - Scales begin growing from your skin in patches. You gain +1 AC. Each repeated result causes scales to cover more of your body as your AC increases.
• 1. Feathery Growths - Bright, iridescent feathers begin sprouting from your limbs. Gain a glide speed of 5 feet and a -1 on stealth checks. Increase your glide speed by 5 feet and your stealth penalty by -1 for each repeat result. If this result is rolled 9 times, the feathers finish growing, replace your glide speed with a fly speed of 60 feet. Once complete, this mutation cannot.be undone by Remove Curse.
• 1. Chiropteric Ears - Your ears enlarge, improving your awareness. You gain +1 to passive perception and perception checks.
• 1. Corpulent Growth - Your body swells by 6d12 pounds. You gain +1 to your constitution and -1 to your dexterity.
• 1. Avian Talons – Bird-like talons begin growing on your hands and feet as your legs change to look more avian. Gain a bonus action melee claw attack (1d6 Slashing, proficient), this is treated as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistances and immunities. Each time this is rolled again, gain +1 to attack and damage rolls as your talons grow longer and legs become more avian in appearance. If this event is rolled 9 times, the transformation is complete and you cannot disguise the appearance by any means. Once complete, this mutation cannot be undone by remove curse.
• 1. Grotesque Visage** - Your face contorts in unnatural ways. Gain +1 to intimidation and -1 to all other charisma checks.
• 1. Benthic Tentacles – A new tentacle sprouts from your body each time this mutation is rolled. Gain +1 to strength, dexterity, or constitution and -1 to intelligence, wisdom, or charisma.
• 1. Extra Brain – You grow an additional brain. Gain +1 your intelligence, wisdom, or charisma

Champion of the Lord of Sorcery

Starting at 14th level, all of your spells are now cast as a 6th level spell instead of 5th. Additionally, the number of spell slots available to you increases by one to a total of four. At 17th level, your spell slots increase to a total of five.
At the end of a long rest, roll a D20 for each of your mystic arcanums. On a roll of one, that mystic arcanum is replaced with a random spell from those available to the class. On a roll of 20, you may replace that mystic arcanum with one of your choice.

28 years old male here, appear to be suffering from reactive arthritis according to my doctors. Wanted to see if anyone had experience with this before and how you are doing today and how long does recovery take.
Over 2 weeks ago woke up in the middle of night with sharp aching pain in the middle of my right foot, next day tried to ignore the aching pain and proceeded to walk on it but then by next day it swelled up instantly, couldn’t even walk on it anymore. Spent the next 2 weeks nearly bed ridden due to not being able to walk, went to see three specialists, first specialist (orthopedic) thought was extensor tendinitis, next one (podiatrist) thought it was gout, and then last week I went for a routine check up with a dermatologist (due to unrelated mild dandruff in hair) and she got nosy on what was happening with my foot and asked me questions and knew exactly what was happening and begged I see a rheumatologist ASAP. Currently uncertain with the exact cause, but my demertologist had also decided to inspect the rest of my body and found two strange lesions in my genital area that I didn’t see before which she’s believes is causing an infection and is the trigger, waiting on blood results from the dermatologist biopsy and the blood work from the rheumatologist. They currently have me taking 10mg prednisone which seems to be somewhat helping, was able to make some small steps with my foot finally without any pain.

I am having every symptoms of both. It started with lip swelling and tiny bumps all over my them that crusted and went away after a few days along with gum swelling. After those came out I had a severe headache severe fatigue.. throat pain ear pain that went down to my neck. Throbbing lymph nodes. My jaw pain has been horrible. I see a faint white oval patch on my tongue. And some very faint white lines all over upper lip gums.
Then vaginal itching started I see some red areas with raised bumps down there. I’ve noticed over the past few weeks some white spots all over my gums under or over my teeth. Now I have one single itchy spot near my hand injury. It does flair when I eat spicy food and seems to have created cheilitis on my top lips. I have a purple spot on bother upper side of my lips that have opened into a painful sore after using a spoon 😫 every symptom started mid march. I’ve gone to 3 dentist in a 2 day span during my last lip flair even showed them my gums. Said nothing…. I have gone to the OBGYN TWICE for a vaginal exam. Nothing. Went to the primary 3 times… no care and barely looked at my mouth and lips. A dermatologist, And walk in clinics twice. All since march. I’ve showed them everything. I’ve showed them pictures I’ve explained every timeline and they say oh oral herpes here’s some antivirals even though the swab was negative. I’m exhausted I feel like my own dr who’s doing an investigation on myself because so far they all push me away. SOMETHINGS going on with me all these symptoms all these changes. I finally believe it’s all my symptoms wholeheartedly I have OLP/LP/ AND VLP.
I’m definitely calling my primary with my concerns and more info and I hope she takes me seriously. I need help who do I see for this. A primary? A dentist? The obgyn? An ENT? What do I do and how do I find out what’s causing my body to do this. I’m broken right now I’m lost. Will anyone share their stories? It doesn’t seem like many people have this on here. I just feel like my whole world is changing just because of these symptoms.

Does anybody occasionally experience constipation, thin stools and a feeling of not being fully “empty” after a bowel movement? Can endo also cause these symptoms?
There has been so much discourse on social media recently about the rise of colon cancer rates in younger adults and what symptoms to look out for. I’m currently dealing with presumed SIBO and endometriosis (will do further testing later this year to confirm), but so many of these symptoms are the same as colon cancer symptoms. I know a colonoscopy can rule this out, but I don’t know if I can afford diagnostic surgery for endo AND a colonoscopy this year, so knowing how similar the symptoms are would likely give me some peace of mind before I get myself into loads of additional medical debt.
For reference, some of the most notable* symptoms of colon cancer include:

• Blood in Stool or Rectal Bleeding*
• Black or Dark Colored Stools*
• Pencil-Thin Stools*
• Feeling of Incomplete Bowel Movements*
• Chronic Constipation or Diarrhea*
• Chronic Bloating & Gas
• Chronic Fatigue*
• Abdominal Pain or Discomfort*
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Unintentional Weight Loss*
• Loss of Appetite*
• Acid Reflux & Heartburn

I very occasionally have thin stools and incomplete bowels when I’m constipated, which occurred tonight (hence prompting this post). I haven’t had bloody stools, chronic diarrhea, weight loss or any of the other “notable” symptoms, but the other symptoms are so vague that I’m starting to get paranoid!

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28, female, diagnosed with patellar tendonitis by my doctor two days ago. 5'8", 200-ish pounds, no smoking or drinking, diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and arthritis in joints.
I was prescribed Prednisone for 6 days by my doctor, who said that the redness, warmth, and swelling in my knee and down my shin is normal for what I've got going on.
I started having issues last Monday with my knee, where overnight it seemed a huge painful knot swole up on the very front of my knee. It felt squishy and painful. I also happened to be sick with a really nasty cold virus that day, so I made an appointment at minute clinic to have both of these problems looked at. The NP minute clinic said that nothing looked strange and that I didn't need to worry.
Well, spoiler alert...I DID worry. Lol. So I went to the ER, because my mother has a history of blood clots and even though I've been tested & cleared for any clotting disorder, it still causes me a lot of anxiety.
ER x-rayed my knee and found nothing structurally wrong with it and the doctor who examined my leg said that I most likely injured it in some way that I can't remember but must have been significant enough to hurt my knee.
After that, I went to the follow-up two days ago that I mentioned above. Doctor examined my legs and said that I had no symptoms of a blood clot and wanted me to take Prednisone to see if it helped any. I was told that if my symptoms didn't clear up after, then I should be referred to an ortho doctor because it could be something to do with the meniscus, bursitis, or ACL.
I guess the main reason I'm making this post is because my brain is still telling me that it's a blood clot, even though I have been told three times now that it's not. I still have the knot on my knee and it feels kind of mushy and painful, and there is also some slight swelling down my shin with some redness in my right leg as well. The swelling and the slight color of my right leg being off is just worrying me a lot and I'm so stressed that I'm on the verge of going back to the ER.
I know you can probably already tell from my post, but I do suffer from health anxiety, so I know I'm probably fixating on my leg too much and causing psychosomatic symptoms, but I would just like some other opinions on this.

Hi. I’m currently having tests as my GP suspects i potentially could have endo. I’m 27.
Since I first got my period I have been in agony with cramps as I got older into my late teens the list of symptoms kept adding up, which would creep in slowly from ovulation.

• painful ovulation, i feel intense pain and swelling
• agonisingly sore breasts -inflammation flares
• daily sickness
• brain fog -extreme fatigue

I’ve managed to eliminate the sickness and some of the inflammation through dietary change and working out that intolerances were causing the constant sickness and nausea.
I’ve always had a slight twinge in my lower back, on the left hand side. It feels to be behind my pelvic bone deep inside. Previous physiotherapy have suggested the pain is Whithorn my SI joint. However in the last two years the pain has become an unbearable searing/tearing pain that’s causing me difficulty walking/climbing stairs/ driving a manual car. It was originally a flare that I’d get before and during my period. Over time the flares have lasted longer and longer. Now I’m a mess waiting for the next flare to hit and not wanting to make plans.
However this month has been hell. My cycle is usually 34 days long.
I had the back pain from the day before my period until day 12 this was accompanied by some ruthless ovulation pain with tugging sensations in my abdomen. Which lasted 3-4 days. My breasts have been unusually sore up until day 18 of my cycle (this usually dissipates when bleeding ends) but didn’t this month until a few days ago.
Now I have had another back pain flare came on today day 22. And the searing/burning tugging pain has caused me to mentally breakdown today because I’m exhausted with dealing with all these horrible painful symptoms I’ve had 3 day of relief this whole month and still another potential 12 days to go.
I was sent for blood tests and an internal/external ultrasound my results have been made available on my GP app but I’ve not been able to get a follow up appointment yet.
Bloods came back satisfactory no action required (full panel) and my ultrasound found a small paraovarian cyst. I’m trying to get a follow up but they’ve basically told me that to see a gynaecologist this could take months of waiting and they’ll likely recommend birth control. However I’ve personally had bad reactions in the past and don’t feel that birth control is right for me personally, so it’s not an option I’m willing to consider. For me it’s a case of wanting answers / diagnosis.
I guess my question is, does anyone have similar symptoms in term of the back pain that affects mobility? And if there’s anything that I can push for when it comes to finally getting a follow up with my GP. In all honestly I’m becoming scared and unable to properly live my life due to the constant pain 😔.
In all fairness I’m considering private consultation should my GP not take me seriously again because I’m declining birth control.
My dad has primary progressive MS, which is why I went to the GP in 2023 as symptoms overlapped with some of his and my previous GP visits regarding my period scared me from every going back, as I was told my pain and symptoms are normal, to have a child at 17 and put on antidepressants the last time I ever went after that.