Nursing interventions for bladder cancer

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My parents church is super non denominational and toxic with a psychotic hierarchy (par for the course you know). There was a lady at their church who was estranged from her family ( I WONDER WHY no offense) and she and terminal illness so they took turns sitting with her and giving her free rides and food (nice of them but she had free housing and Medicaid with help and some friends to help out but obviously they had to only helpf rom the church bc thats the only valid thing right?? Anyway, unfortunately, she passed away peacefully in her home recently. My mom used to talk about ho she was weirded out at the help people gave this lady for free bc she thought it was too much and the woman was just benefiting from everyone. After the death, my mom like joined a committee to plan her funeral bc she didnt have a plan before she died. The SAVIORISM is sending me right now. Also then my mom started looking up cremation laws and asking me about it bc im a cancer center nurse (i dont really manage this side of death…..) and was screaming at me bc I snapped and told her to have more respect for the deceased by not being a fake bitch haha. It does not end people…

Without exaggeration, the decision making at OpenAI in voicing Sky is shocking and very worrying.
I'm a data analytics professional, and occasionally come across issues with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that can slide into unethical and illegal practices if not addressed. People have rights to privacy, and collecting PII around certain things (especially medical) requires a lot of care to not breach that privacy.
Similarly, people have rights to their likeness and it not being used without their permission.
"Oh," you (might) smugly reply "the voice for Sky comes from another voice actor - and actually it sounded more like Rashida Jones than Scarlett Johansson anyway!"
Storytime for how actual professionals handle things like this. I was the data analytics person attached to a cancer research study that had roughly 80 participants, about half of which were in the intervention group. We had a lot of data on these individuals that could easily breach PII and become unethical (as well as illegal). The idea came around to give them fake names to more easily outline the results for the individuals. So we just pick random names, right? Wrong. Because what if we accidentally assigned the correct name to one of the participants? So we had to have the names assigned by one of the HCPs that knew their real name and would assign what was specifically an incorrect name to each participant.
So not only did we not try to find PII of the individuals, we actively and painstakingly avoided it.
That is not at all what OpenAI did.
They were told "no you cannot use my voice". IF they were ethical professionals, they would have specifically not included a voice model that was even close to resembling the person that specifically did not give consent for their voice likeness to be used. In the very most charitable version of events, they accepted they could not use Scarlett Johannsson's voice, and then did a totally blind casting of voice actors regardless of how close to hers it was.
When offered the opportunity to wade into a morally grey area or to avoid it completely, the decision at OpenAI was to wade in.
And the stakes could NOT have been lower. This was all over being able to gin up a little extra marketing excitement. This wasn't about the quality of the product, how many people it could reach, or how it would impact users. This was all over a marketing gag.
So what about when it actually matters? And according to these same people, it will. According to the people that chose to potentially infringe on an individual's rights, the technology they're shepherding will have the greatest impact on humanity in generations.
We should be worried by this.

Klaus Schwab is 'stepping back from his executive role' in the WEF ( https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/world-economic-forum-davos-founder-klaus-schwab-to-step-back-from-executive-role.html )
He was used at the end of his position in a very strange way. All those terrible quotes and seeing him looking like an evil Darth Vader type... that was really strange.
I never could figure out how making WEF seem so villainous served their goals...
Now it's obvious they knew he could be used that way since he would be out before long anyway. But what was the point of it?
I've always speculated that the complete and total absurdity associated with everything related to "Covid" and the push for the vaccines was so they would target a very specific demographic:

• Gullible/naive people
• Unintelligent people
• Follower types
• People with no backbone or ability to resist peer pressure
• People who would harm themselves and their own families for 'the greater good'
• People who would turn against their own kind
• Weak people unable to withstand hardship
• Addicted consumers who would shoot up a needle directly in their body in order to keep consuming nonstop

Sorry, no one wants to hear that but if you think about it --- that was their target demographic. To anyone thinking and/or paying attention, they made it ridiculously obvious that those shots were a bad idea.
Here were some clues:

1. Widespread censorship of citizen thoughts and opinions
2. Widespread censorship (and worse) for people in the science/medical community
3. Constant assertion of easily disprovable lies
4. Insane & bizarre measures to coerce people
5. Economic things that made no sense
6. Sending sick people as young as 20 into nursing homes even though the hospitals had already been emptied (and then censoring anyone who showed others that the hospitals were empty)
7. Blatantly exaggerating risk in obvious ways (testing only sick people in order to claim a high IFR)
8. Pushing the PCR test to a whopping 45+ cycles (a test that will detect anything with a high enough cycle threshold)
9. Making sure we knew that the people on the inside weren't following their own orders (elite/politicians had large unmasked parties, non-stop footage of authorities not wearing masks but pulling them up for the camera and off right after, etc., newscasters peddling fear vacationing maskless around crowded pools in Florida and other places that reopened or never shut down) etc.
10. Pushing unhealthy lifestyles, division, and hate during a time we were supposedly in "the worst pandemic of our lives"
11. Using expected deaths to trick people into thinking the death count was unexpectedly high. (~80 years ago began a massive global ~25 year baby boom. You can't have a baby boom without a death boom later on -- it's simple math. Anyone that explained this was shamed, censored, and banned.)
12. Intentionally death protocols -- separating people from their families and then administrating medications that killed them
13. Blocking treatments that appeared to work
14. Encouraging people to go out in the streets and protest in crowds while simultaneously shaming others for stepping outdoors
15. Arresting people for harmless activities, like walking their dog, being alone at a beach, or fishing at a pond, etc.
16. Lying about the shots being "approved" when they never were, and when called on it they said, "Well the approved shots are the same as what's being given to people so that's good enough!" Without telling them that they would be excluded from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program(!) ... And for the few who bothered to look it up, they claimed there was a "Countermeasures Program" to
17. Bold, blatant lies, coverups, and censorship with regard to vaccine side efficacy, adverse events, and death.

I could go on and on... But if you were offended by my prior list, look through those 17 examples and just try to tell me the first list is wrong.
It's not. This is the sad truth no matter how upset it makes anyone. It is what it is, and we were all attacked from within by our own governments...
And there's something critical about the way Klaus Schwab intentionally played the part of a cartoon evil villain. They didn't cast him that way and dress him up like a Space Invader for nothing. That played a role in this psychological operation -- it's just hard to tell precisely what.
For those of us who pay attention, it will likely become clear later -- as most people (from the first list) are caught up in the next Current Thing. Those who haven't yet succumbed to the long term effects of what was done to them. One of the most profitable mass poisonings in history.
(You may have noticed Pfizer & Moderna heavily investing in treatments for cancer and heart problems. This is no coincidence.)
PS. For the coincidence theorists out there -- don't forget that in the court of law people are convicted based on 'coincidences' and 'circumstantial evidence' all the time. Here in California juries are ordered to treat circumstantial evidence on the same level as direct evidence. When a series of coincidences add up to form a pattern -- they aren't coincidences anymore. And we're WAY past that point now.
But will they ever be held accountable? No, the naive & weak who allowed (and even encouraged) them to do this would rather stand in their defense than to admit they were wrong and hold them accountable. And that is probably why they were targeted in the first place. "Useless eaters" as Klaus Schwab's right hand man called him. (Their words, not mine.)

Quick Recap:
This is a continuation of an ongoing event. I checked my timeline of fasting. After I finished a fast a few days later Laura's mother had a medical emergency. This is when they learned that she had some kind of brain cancer.
Story:
Since then, Laura returned to work. I was absolutely surprised she had returned to work so soon. She was different. A woman going through great pain. Still emotional and angry. She had chosen to come back to work. She was not ready to be back at work. She was still highly emotional from the whole ordeal. This puzzled me. But, then it all made sense. This is exactly around the time I finished my consecutive fastings and began to crystallize a new reality. In other words, my reality started to become stable. I had also eaten sugar after the fast. That tended to give me some anxiety. I won't go in too much detail about this, but I know it was allowing my reality to stabilize and I stopped surfing through parallel realities so to speak. And reverted back a little bit to the old reality. But, not completely.
That was also very interesting because it allowed me to understand things that were going on behind the scenes. She told me what happened during the time she was away. Her mother started berating and cursing her. Almost as if she can't control herself anymore. This was every day. Laura told me that she cried every day. She says it got so bad that she thought about suicide. That it got that bad. She just couldn't take it anymore and she didn't have much support. Not from her own sister or boyfriend.
The cancer continues to eat away at her brain. She continues to get worse by the day. It is almost inevitable. She found a good nursing home for her mother. This is where she is currently living. There is not much the doctors can do for her having brain cancer. She's awaiting her last days.
Conclusion:
Her(Laura) mood seems to have improved. I believe she still has days of tears. However, I think I understand the emotional demons she carries. I have seen them during the fast. And they seem to be the ignition to my triggers. That lets me know I have triggers to get rid of. More weaknesses to overcome. More demons to transmute. Laura has this natural ability in personality to activate triggers within me. Now, things are starting to make sense as to why she is greatly affected during my fasts.

This isn't a super interesting story I just need to write it to gather my thoughts. This might be all over the place. I'm not a writer.
TLDR: My narcissistic pastor father became an alcoholic in his 60s. Left my Saint of a mom who he was married to for 40 years yesterday. 20+ years of ministry to drink in an RV in South Carolina. We're from South Dakota.
So my dad has always been a narcissist. Always the smartest person in the room. Reactionary, conservative, anti everything good for human beings. Most manipulative person I've ever met and he's damn good at it.
When I was 5 we moved from Columbus, Ohio to the Pine Ridge Reservation to start a church. The church still stands for now. He took care of us and protected us my whole childhood. He was a good person at one point.
Several things led him to start drinking more than usual:
-My mom got terminal brain cancer when I was 16 which kind of broke him. She's still alive all these years later.
-Trump came around and he absolutely worships the dude in an unhealthy way.
-My sister and I came out as bisexual (were mostly straight and have opposite sex partners and kids)
-My eldest sister who was working at the ministry with her husband and kids had to move to PA cause he was such a god awful employer.
-My sister and I moved to Minnesota. I moved for rehab and she moved to go to college lol.
-He couldn't use anything against us financially anymore because we were all independent now for a while.
It all got really bad when his brother died. My uncle was an alcoholic but one of the sweetest people in the world when he was sober. They had a bond that not many people get in life. He hit the booze very very hard. He was sneaking it. Only a few people knew about this. It got so bad he had serious withdrawal. He was showing up to the ministry with a couple in him before church. That particular reservation has an extremely high alcoholism rate and it's a dry reservation.
Us as a family had an intervention. He went straight to defense mode. Told my mom theyre getting divorced after 39 years of marriage. Said he didn't have a problem, we're the problem, typical addict shit. I did this too when I had my intervention but it didn't last long. This lead to the board of directors of the ministry telling him he's gotta go to rehab or he's gonna face consequences. He resigned on the spot.
He went to a luxury rehab in Florida. 30 days. He came back clean (allegedly) and unchanged. He said some really fucked up shit to all of us. My mom was legit scared of him and had to leave the house periodically from the verbal abuse. Said were all dead to him and other fuckery.
Fast forward to a few weeks from now. He decided to finally leave my mom to go to South Carolina which I can't make sense of. He has no ties to SC. He flew out, came back in an RV to get his shit from the house he built himself and left for good supposedly yesterday.
Some sort of switch flipped and I can't make sense of it. He says the most insane shit I've ever heard sometimes which kinda makes me laugh sometimes. It's like he went crazy and has no way of returning to normalcy. Maybe it's not his rock bottom yet?
I don't know but it's really fucking me up. He's always been a closeted piece of shit but he has absolutely no shame now. It's messing with all of our kids too. They don't get why grandpa is being so mean.
Thanks for reading if you did :) It felt nice to type this. I'm in therapy and shit.

• Why not just put everything on autoverify?
• Why not just let pharmacy use a SCA instead of investing in a clean room?
• Why not cut in-house pharmacy hours and let nursing compound for immediate use if any IVs need to be made?
• Why have clinical pharmacist shifts? Just let pharmacy handle the bare minimum (ie vanco, warfarin, TPN dosing) - no need for additional interventions?

What specific laws/measures/quality indicators would be violated by doing the above? Sure a hospital could theoretically have more med errors/adverse events due to not having these things, but it would be hard to prove it would be due to lack of pharmacy services.

37yo, non-binary afab, 5' tall, 200 pounds, on a long list of medications, and have several diagnoses including recently diagnosed lung cancer.
Could someone help me out with understanding these lab results I got? After my cancer diagnosis, they did a bunch of random lab tests. Everything was normal except sodium, potassium, and bicarbonate, so they ordered a venous blood gas (and told me to drink sports drinks). Then they repeated a second one last week later. I'm including the results below. They seemed to be somewhat concerned about them. I started nursing school but had to drop out due to other health issues and know just enough to be dangerous to my anxiety, but my basic knowledge of how the body works tells me that it's the opposite of what should be concerning - ie. an off pH would be bad, low O2 or high CO2 would be bad as well, but I have normal pH and HIGH O2/LOW CO2? Does this mean anything or am I just *really* good at breathing (at least until they remove part of my lung with the cancer)? I included the lab's ranges and how they marked it as high/low. No symptoms except occasional chest pain, a bit of a cough, and a tumor that "accidentally" showed up on a kidney CT and ended up testing positive for mucinous adenocarcinoma.
pH, Ven - 7.34 and 7.37 (normal range 7.31-7.41)
pCO2, Ven - 38.5 and 33.4 (range 41.0-51.0 mm Hg) LOW
pO2, Ven - 76 and 83 (normal range 25-40 mm Hg) HIGH
HCO3, Ven - 21.0 (normal range 24.0-28.0 mmol/L) LOW (for some reason wasn't on the repeat)
Base Excess, Ven -3.7 (normal range -2.0-2.0) LOW
O2 Sat, Ven - 96 and 98 (normal range 40.0-70.0%) HIGH
FIO2 20.9 and 21%/L (no range given)
Thanks so much! I see the thoracic surgeon soon and will discuss it with him but if I can put my mind at ease until then, it would be great.

I’m 37. 22st male statins. Basildon hospital. I was working out in a garage for 6 months boxing lost 4 stone from24. I went to the garage to hit the punch bag felt drained 2 o’clock in the morning felt like I was having a heart attack. So went to the hospital for them to say it’s not which is great news but gave me naproxen but I was already taking statins for high cholesterol. 2nd day of taking them I had a really bad reaction. Hives all over face swollen lips. Felt very strange for months afterwards very weak. Throat would go tight and swell after eaten foods and drinks. I thought I was allergic to these. So would get test always come negative then I asked for a full allergies test 10 months ago I’ve been waiting for ten months I had it booked for next month on the 3rd only for the clinic to cancel my appointment that I’ve been desperately waiting for. I’m gutted they have just randomly cancelled. this is Basildon, and honestly I felt like it was keeping me going. 14 months of hell the doctors have been pretty poor to me I never ever go to the doctors until 14 months ago. I’ve had the ambulance out on a number of occasions I’ve been up the hospital during the nights because I’ve woken up with tight throat. It’s not strep negative it’s not cobble stone negative the believe it could be allergies they also believe it to be silent reflux had taken medication lanzopro can’t spell very well either lol but was making me unwell, I get blurry vision and was asked to get my eyes tested my eyes haven’t changed and are ok. Burning throat white mucus. Probably unrelated but also started 14months ago right shoulder pain right back of neck pain. Because I’ve been going through this for a long time you can imagine mental stress off my throat closing up and not being able to breathe properly. I’ve taken Antihistamine every day for 14 months I feel like they don’t help. I have had test for pots copd and asthma was all under long Covid testing but the only thing they found was a restriction on my left lung but don’t know what it is. I got referred to respiratory clinic FINALY after 14 months of begging then I got a letter to say it will be October. I’m very depressed on how things are going I’m not getting the correct help the doctors I’ve had to change because the lady wasn’t helping me so I made a complaint and refused to see her and the see the head nurse if that’s a thing she wasn’t much better I said I need test to see what these lumps are it could be a tumour or cancer she laughed at me. I put the phone down check my nhs app online for her to write. patient thinks he has cancer and he would benefit from counselling therapy and now I’m doing therapy second session honestly hand on my heart these gps have really made me feel like I’m going insane at times. Can’t find nothing wrong with me but I’m really unwell with all this. Blury eyes sore tight throat flare up. Itchy skin sometimes swollen tongue itchy skin after shower, hard to swallow at times back of tongue lumps swell red spots on tongue keep having white film over tongue white mucus over throat fatigued every day. Wake up during the night with tingling arms and shoulders. Was out in the sun the other day few hours my hands burned but felt tingling for days. Very dry hands almost like I was having a reaction from the sun. Im not a praying man but I’ve done a lot of praying this year. Any help suggestions would great be appreciated. I’m at the end with it all.

I feel like I’m going crazy. Nobody understands what I’m going through or how I’m feeling right now. I have severe health anxiety, and I’m currently going through a health problem that is scaring the crap out of me. I visited the dr last week due to problems I have been having, my left testicle had become larger than my right one, and I was getting an aching pain and swelling in my scrotum. This is following previous issues that I had which included feelings of needing a wee, pretty much straight after finishing, and feeling like there was wee still in the tip of my penis and feeling like it was going to dribble out. The dr told me that he thought I had a case of Epididymytis and prescribed me a two week course on Doxycycline. I have been on the antibiotics over - a week now, and still every night without fail I’m getting the same dull ache in my testicles, in my groin and into my pelvis, and whenever I research this on google, it is telling me that it’s testicular cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, literally every cancer and I’m scared to death! The dr has sent a referral to the hospital for an ultrasound of my testicles also but I still haven’t been contacted yet to get booked in for this, and I just feel like I’m waiting around, that I’ve got cancer and that I’m going to die and I’m scared to death. Sorry to vent, but I just don’t know what to do, the waiting around is horrible, I just can’t stop worrying that I’ve got cancer, and I just feel like I’m in a constant state of panic.
30 male white UK

I feel like I’m going crazy. Nobody understands what I’m going through or how I’m feeling right now. I have severe health anxiety, and I’m currently going through a health problem that is scaring the crap out of me. I visited the dr last week due to problems I have been having, my left testicle had become larger than my right one, and I was getting an aching pain and swelling in my scrotum. This is following previous issues that I had which included feelings of needing a wee, pretty much straight after finishing, and feeling like there was wee still in the tip of my penis and feeling like it was going to dribble out. The dr told me that he thought I had a case of Epididymytis and prescribed me a two week course on Doxycycline. I have been on the antibiotics over - a week now, and still every night without fail I’m getting the same dull ache in my testicles, in my groin and into my pelvis, and whenever I research this on google, it is telling me that it’s testicular cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, literally every cancer and I’m scared to death! The dr has sent a referral to the hospital for an ultrasound of my testicles also but I still haven’t been contacted yet to get booked in for this, and I just feel like I’m waiting around, that I’ve got cancer and that I’m going to die and I’m scared to death. Sorry to vent, but I just don’t know what to do, the waiting around is horrible, I just can’t stop worrying that I’ve got cancer, and I just feel like I’m in a constant state of panic.
30 male white UK

Firstly, I am not a cancer denier. I believe Amber had cancer. However, after today’s video I went back and watched a compilation of the time Amber was diagnosed with a bladder infection.
In the video from 2019 she claims that she went to the ER and they found bacteria in her urine which led to the bladder infection diagnosis. This was during the time she now claims to have been bleeding for 2 years straight.
In the video today she says she was mistakenly diagnosed with bladder infections when really it was misdiagnosed and she actually had cancer.
My takeaway is this, either—

1. She was lying about bleeding for 2 years, thus, this info was never given to the drs and so they would’ve had no reason to diagnose her or check on anything cancer- related, and she DID have repeated bladder infections contrary to what she is saying now
   
2. She wasn’t lying about bleeding for 2 years and simply did not pass along this information to the drs, but did in fact have repeated bladder infections likely due to her poor hygiene, seeing as the bacteria was found in her urine
   

Basically, not all this info can be true at the same time. It’s my belief she simply was too embarrassed to share this info with medical doctors about her bleeding for two years which could’ve gotten her help much quicker and also that she is trying to deny bladder infections happened bc she resents the fact that people blame the infections on her poor hygiene.

Keep letting my ex sting me
TLDR:
I was with this guy for one month shy of six years.
I broke up with him one day while he was at work. I did not feel loved anymore. He has alot of baggage from his previous relationship ( guilt mostly because she is ill and he shirked responsibility of caring for her) and I didnt trust him or his judgement because of this.
We reconciled for sex around Christmas and exchanged gifts. Then he disappeared and told me he couldnt get over me breaking up with him the way that I did.
I hadn’t seen him for four months then he shows up at my house unexpectedly
We had sex.. and took turns renting hotel rooms. Then all of a unexpectedly sudden he cut me off.
I knew I had no business letting him come back into my life, but loneliness is overwhelming at times .
Loneliness speaks, louder than depression
I am seeing a therapist and trying to get better
I can’t keep letting overwhelming loneliness overcome me.
I remember he was in bed with me texting an ex. He said it was ok because they are just friends now.
I dont know why I keep letting him do me like this. But I do know its a lonely empty feeling.
I am better than this .
Edit: I forgot to mention during this relationship i nursed him back to health from prostate cancer. He is a total heel. He doesnt realize it.
Idk why I keep letting him hurt me like this.

Hi guys, this is my first post on here, sorry if it’s a long one. 24 year old here. I’m in the beginning stages of being officially diagnosed with endo and I’ve been a silent watcher on this thread and it has been a great resource for me so I wanted to share myself after a disappointment of an visit today.
Backstory, I first went to my OB last year in May 2023 for stabbing pelvic pain during my period and ovulation, bleeding between periods, and other symptoms I’m now noticing (GI issues, bladder pain/bowel movement pain, and severe fatigue), and shooting rectal pain. I actually switched to a male OB after being gaslit by a female OB. I saw him in May for an ultrasound and exam, and the ultrasound was normal which I figured. Upon exam he said he could feel lesions (I think he called it uterosacral nodules?) in my cul de sac and he was pretty sure I have endometriosis but didn’t want to do unnecessary surgery on me and cause me more pain.
He (of course) recommended birth control to slow the growth of endo and “preserve my future fertility” since I don’t have any kids yet. I started them for 2 weeks but then stopped since I started getting awful mood side effects. I had bad side effects from OCPs in college and am still trying to heal my body from it.
I’ve also been having some spotting lately so he did another scan (which showed nothing) and offered either to do nothing, start OCPs, or do a saline ultrasound to see if anything was missed on my last scan. I chose the saline ultrasound. I just had the SIS done today (which hurt, bad) which I know won’t show endo, but just to rule other things out. Results were normal. He again suggested northeindrone(?) birth control and I kindly declined. It has ended here.
I guess what I want your guys thoughts on is where do I go from here? I feel stuck. I do not feel like my endo is very severe, I feel it is likely stage I, maybe stage II. But I just don’t know if I just give it a rest from now on until it gets worse and I need more intervention? I’m afraid of taking birth control but I also don’t want unnecessary surgery that might make my pain worse (and it doesn’t sound like he would want to perform it since he just said it’ll grow back). Do I just leave it alone for now and cope with the symptoms? They are manageable still.
Thoughts?

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I have a 7.5 year old baby with adrenal disease and two liver masses, one which is pressing on a lobe. Inoperable, and terminal.
He has good days and bad days. On the good days, he's almost normal. You wouldn't be able to tell that he is dying from liver cancer, except that he is only awake for 1-2 hrs out of the day instead of the typical 4-6. When he's up, he runs around for a max of 10 minutes, uses the bathroom, then goes to sleep.
But when he is having a bad day, he doesn't eat. He no longer drinks, either, I mix wet food with electrolytes and water and give it to him all together. On bad days I need to force feed him. On bad days he vomits. On bad days he loses control of his bowels and bladder, to the point where the puppy pads covering the floor of his 6' by 8' enclosure is nearly saturated with his feces and urine within six hours. And yes, it's a lot of output.
He also seems panicked on bad days. Cage raging every moment he is awake and not out of his enclosure. He never used to do this. (He gets 6 hrs of outside time a day.) He seems to want to be around me a lot more. I'm guessing he is in pain. But he still wants to run around and explore - he just won't play. NO war dancing. Not for a few weeks now.
He was diagnosed seven months ago. I was happy to have that extra time with him. But now - I really hate to say it - I want to nip things in the bud BEFORE it gets bad. His ALC liver values are so high the machine can't read it - multiple vets have run into this problem with him. When he first crashed, he was all yellow and his bilirubin was over 1,000 units.
We don't want him to know what it's like to have a seizure. We don't want him to lose the use of his back legs. We don't want him to crash again. We've been supplementing with Milk Thistle and prednisone, but that can only buy us time for so long. And it's been a long time.
But today, he's been having a good day. It's so hard when they flip back and forth like that.
We made the appt for next wednesday. My fear is that the Lap of Love vet will turn us down for euthanasia, and that he will have to have an emergency or a crash before they will do it. We don't want that. What we want is to see him slip away at home while he is comfy, after having a wonderful party where he gets to eat all the things he wasn't allowed to eat before and explore all the places he wasn't allowed to explore and chew on all the rubber things. We want him to feel safe, cozy, and loved instead of having to feel sick and scared and on the way to the emergency vet in the car, which he HATES.
We don't want him to know what it's like to have a seizure, or to know what it's like to lose function of his back legs, or to ever have to crash and be jaundiced again.
Tell me ... am I doing this too soon? Do you think the vet will turn us down?

I want to write this here since I'm a fan and to get some advice since my post keeps getting removed from other subs. I came home about 5 months ago after deciding that I wanted to take a break from college because of burnout. I had been begging my father to send me back to our home country to refresh and get back to school, and about a month ago, he agreed because he had been wanting to go to the doctor where there isn't as long a wait to get a consultation as it is here so we went together. Unfortunately, he had to go back to the U.S. about a week later since the doctor told him his condition was severe and that he needed to get further tested since they didn't have that kind of equipment and especially not for cheap as our home country is a 3rd world country, we have a healthcare plan in the U.S. that covers most things anyway. Not even a couple hours later after he landed, we got the news that he had colon cancer and that he had to go into surgery in a couple of days.
My family all collectively decided that because I wasn't "doing anything" and because my mom didn't want to put in the effort of learning how to take public transport even though she's lived here for 5 years, I was the one who had to take care of my dad. They flew me back the next day. When I landed, I didn't even have time to rest after traveling internationally with our suitcases. I was pretty much told by my grandmother to get food ordered and head straight to the hospital to take care of my dad, and I did. In a way, I was happy that I was finally being helpful to my parents. My dad was in the hospital for about 10 days. For those 10 days, I fell asleep by his side in a chair almost every day, calling and texting family to update them on his condition; every few hours, the nurses and doctors would come in to give him meds and talk to him. I would pretty much be awake for all those days with only a couple of hours of sleep as I would be the one to have to translate for him and to tell them of any questions he may have. I only left the hospital to take public transport for an hour and return home to shower. But honestly, that wasn't hard at all; it was the way that my family and even my father would talk about me that made me depressed.
My aunt slashed out at me because I called my other aunt a shared Uber from the hospital to her house to not spend a lot of money; she called me a penny pincher and said that I put her in danger by doing that at night, but she later apologized. My father would call me useless and tell me that I was worth nothing and that I might as well stay home because I was doing nothing to support him. This triggered me as my mom had been telling me that stuff my entire life, and hearing it from my father made me feel like those words were true. I tried to push it aside and forget about it; I knew that he was just probably easily agitated at the hospital because of all the medicine and needles and having his surgery pushed back. But his behavior hasn't changed; if anything, he became more hateful towards me.
A couple of days ago, I woke up to them and my grandmother talking in the living room and calling me all types of things. Useless, worth nothing, unhelpful, berating my entire existence just because I couldn't get on the line with my father's doctors to make his appointments due to the lines were always busy saying that I couldn't even do that. After they changed the topic, I went out pretending to have just woken up and called the doctors in front of them. I was finally connected with the doctors and got the appointments for him. My grandmother thanked me and told me that I was so helpful for doing all of this and being the backbone of the family through this challenging situation at such a young age. Honestly, I couldn't even look at her, knowing she could say that not even an hour after she talked behind my back, criticizing me. I wasn't surprised that my mom was in on it, but so was the aunt I mentioned before, my grandmother, and my father. Some days after that, I accompanied my father to one of his appointments again to translate for him, and after I relayed the fact that my father needed chemo to my family, they all got angry at me for saying that even though that was what the doctor had told me point blank. They contacted a family friend who works at the hospital to ask him if this was true, and he said that it was, but it was likely only to be preventive. They never apologized for questioning me and calling me a liar, even though what I said was precisely what the doctor had told me. I mean, I'm 18; I don't think I'm supposed to have the medical knowledge to know what type of chemo a patient needs.
I thought I could get over this entire situation since this is stuff that I have had to deal with my whole life from my mother but to hear those exact words from my father and my other closely related family is making me fall into crippling depression again. To listen to those things from people I thought cared about me and wanted to watch me succeed to find out this is what they really think about me. He was supposed to be my good parent. I don't know what to do anymore nowadays. Even getting up from my bed to use the bathroom seems like a chore. I've just slammed my mind with media every waking hour so that I don't think about it anymore, but the words they said are always looming at the back of my mind.

I’ve been lurking in this sub for a minute. The posts and comments relating to people’s experiences getting the endoscopy were very helpful and reassuring for me, as I was pretty anxious about getting one done. I wanted to share my experience of having the procedure today in case it would help anyone else who has been putting it off, or worried about the prospect of having an endoscopy.
The procedure (with sedation) was super quick and easy. No pain, no discomfort. The anticipation was way worse than the event. Honestly, as I’ve read so many times on here, it really was a non event. The sedative goes in, next thing you know, it’s over and you’re in recovery feeling great, a bit sleepy and relaxed, with little to no recollection of the procedure. You get the feedback from the doctor straight away (except for biopsy results that will come a bit later). In comparison, getting a filling at the dentist is worse.
I couldn’t eat ~6 hours before the procedure, and no liquid ~3.5 hours before the procedure. I was in the hospital for about 2 hours total. I was there for about 45 mins before the procedure, had the cannula put in (didn’t hurt), signing consent forms, waiting etc. Then I was into the endoscopy room, and got on the bed. They gave me the numbing throat spray, two lots of about 8 sprays each time. “It tastes like wasabi vodka and banana” the nurse told me! It tasted a bit weird but fine, you swallow it and makes your mouth and throat numb, but it’s totally fine. I then had to lie in the recovery position and put a mouth guard in, then they adminstered the sedation. They did the endoscopy procedure and it took about 5 mins, I don’t really remember any of it. The next thing I know, I’m in the recovery bay. I wait here whilst the sedative and numbing throat spray wear off. The nurses continued to monitor my heart rate / blood pressure / pulse rate. After about an hour they brought me biscuits, water, and green tea, and told me to phone my partner to come get me. The doctor comes and explains what he’s seen inside, and tells me it will be 7-14 days for the biopsy results. The nurse takes me out to reception where my partner is waiting, and the nurse explains a few things to my partner in case I forget due to the sedative (results, don’t leave me alone for 24 hours, don’t let me drive / drink alcohol, don’t work tomorrow, rest and drink lots of water).
I’m in the UK, and had it done at a private hospital. As I understand you’re usually not offered a sedative by the NHS. The sedative was Midazolam (Versed). The doc took 10 biopsies. The doc said everything looked healthy and normal which was reassuring, but doesn’t help explain my acid reflux symptoms. Some redness on the right hand side of my throat where it’s been sore.
I’d have no hesitation doing it again with the sedation, as it took all the anxiety out of it. Others I know who had it without the sedation said it was a bit strange but not too bad.
My symptoms prior to getting the endoscope were bouts of acid reflux, water brash / sour taste in mouth, difficulty swallowing, sore throat etc. PPIs (Lansoprazole 30mg) helped, along side cleaning up my diet and sleeping on a wedge pillow.
My friend told me to get the endoscopy even if PPIs helped after his dad was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. I probably wouldn’t have got the endoscopy if he’d not told me that as I was anxious about doing it, but the reassurance or some sort of diagnosis are better than burying your head in the sand.
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STM due with my second in November. I would describe myself as unmedicated-curious, and I am looking for resources to prepare myself for the possibility of an unmedicated birth without being totally sure I’m going to be capable of it.
My first birth was a medicated vaginal delivery (which was what I hoped for). My water broke in the middle of the night, I was given prostaglandins to ripen my cervix, my contractions got real intense real fast, I completely tensed up against the pain, and I got an epidural at just 2.5cm. I don’t think the epidural was the strongest, because I still had a whole lot of feeling throughout. I ultimately pushed for 5.5 hours (2 of which were on bad advice from the nurses before my baby was at the right station) and delivered vaginally without further interventions.
A big challenge for me with labor last time was that I felt like I completely lacked a toolkit other than the epidural for comfort measures and pain management. As soon as the pain got bad I was without techniques or resources for managing it. I had wanted to labor upright and in different positions for a much longer time before getting the epidural. This time I would really like to be better prepared and to maximize my chances of going unmedicated or at the very least laboring for much longer in more upright positions before getting the epidural.
This time I am working with very experienced doulas. They are all trained in Spinning Babies, and I feel confident I will have someone in my corner who is knowledgeable about positioning, pain management, and comfort measures, so that feels like a big step in the right direction. They also teach a four-part birth prep course, including a session on comfort measures that I think will be especially helpful. So I am mainly curious about additional resources I can tack on to build my own toolkit in preparation. My doulas recommend the Gentle Birth app and Ina May’s book; I have started the former and I have a copy of the latter but haven’t opened it yet. Does this sound like enough? Are there programs other than Gentle Birth that would be a better supplement to the prep I am already doing?
Thank you!

My mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer last summer. They removed her bladder and constructed a new one with her intestines. The cancer is now stage 4 and metastasized. There is an inoperable mass on her vagina that puts pressure on her nerves which has massively increased her pain and decreased her mobility. She lives with my two sisters (29, 32). They have been trying their best to keep up with providing in home care and taking her to immunology and radiology appointments (which are palliative and not curative at this point) but its too much for them to handle. I came back home and have been staying with a friend while I try to sort things out like getting them a car, wheelchair, being there for them emotionally. Ive been taking her to appointments. We dont know if her treatments will result in any improvements in her quality of life. Now that I'm here I don't know how long to stay. I thought I could help them get to a point where they can keep up with her care but now I think we will need professional help to care for her. I feel like I'm being selfish for not wanting to completely move back and dedicate myself to making my moms life better. I want to be able to help and spend time with her, but it feels unsustainable to do it on a constant basis. I can't stop thinking about how scared and sad she is and it makes me want to spend every minute with her but I get exhausted so fast and spend the time I take to rest just wracked with guilt. I'm thinking I can spend another month out here trying to make things easier but eventually I have to go back to my own home, life, wife and only come back to visit.

I (19F) have been experiencing these awful intense intermittent pains in my groin area (ALWAYS on the right side, under my pelvic bone) since I was about 9-10 years old. I never have this pain happen on the left side area of my groin, just the right side.
Like stated, the pain is intermittent when it does happen (as I can go weeks or months without having this pain come) so it will usually come in ‘waves’ when it does happen. They last about 1-2 minutes, sometimes a bit longer but then go away for maybe 5-30 minutes before returning. A lot of the time it comes in these waves FOR HOURS. Sometimes the entire day.
The pain is like a sharp stabbing (and almost pulsing kind of feeling??) but incredibly deep in the area. It can get so bad that it can spread down the rest of my upper right leg or to my lower right backside - when I was younger I sometimes couldn’t make it to school because of the pain. It’s like the kind of pain that makes it a bit difficult to breathe and if I’m walking around while it happens, I usually have to sit and hover on the ground and wait before I can return back to sitting or laying down as that’s the best position to be during these waves. I find that stretching out my leg can give a tiny tiny bit of relief or sometimes putting pressure on the area.
I’ve never been pregnant, had any surgeries, or serious illnesses and I’ve had all of my shots since birth done (if this info helps) The only thing relevant is that a year & a half ago my spleen became enlarged due to an underlying condition - the doctors said celiac but I am almost certain that isn’t the full answer as no actual celiac tests were done (lazy doctors lol)
However, while I was in the hospital before they could figure out what was happening or that it was even my spleen that was enlarged (since I came in with symptoms of extreme pain from my stomach all the way into my chest, shoulders, and back affecting my breathing and body positioning) they were doing a bunch of random tests. One for pancreatitis, one for something to do with my kidney or gall bladder, of course some ultrasounds, and a test for Leukaemia. During these tests, they discovered a ton of white blood cells gathered all over my body but really around my right side in my abdomen and around my heart (which is why they assumed cancer initially) However besides that - my blood tests and other normal tests were completely normal, just low in iron so they just settled with Celiac?? (My spleen is no longer enlarged due to my knowledge but the whole ordeal caused a series of random minor infections in my eyes, teeth, and skin as well as losing 10-15lbs in a single month during the time)
Every. Single. Time. I ask my doctor, she just says it must be a normal cyst in my ovaries or for some reason keeps asking if I’ve ever had trauma to my right abdomen/pelvis area… which I have not. So I know Reddit isn’t the best place to go or anywhere online, but my doctor has been constantly insisting ever since I was a kid, even before all this spleen stuff, that it’s either one of those things sooo I’m hoping to hear of anyone that’s been or going through something similar?? I can’t find something that even sounds similar online to ask my doctor to check out and I’m at a loss. THIS PAIN IS NOT NORMAL!! Especially for 10 straight goddamn years in the exact same place with the exact same pain!!! Anything would be helpful, I just want some sort of insight or even relation or really any suggestions or advice!
Age: 19F / height: 5’5ft / weight currently: around 120lbs / location: Canada, BC. / race/ethnicity: 50/50 Italian & indigenous (native)