"Gastric Help Now - Gastroenterology Relief"

My 1 year old female staffy cross has had diarrhoea and sickness on and off for months. Ive taken her to the vet many times about it- she had to stay in once when she was dehydrated but apart from that shes been diagnosed with gastro enteritis and prescribed canicure to help. The last time I took her the vet mentioned doing a biopsy to check its nothing serious. Ive also tried her on lots of different foods and have found one that seems to help her
She was spayed a few months ago and it seems to have healed fine. But a few days ago I noticed a small lump low down on her tummy next to the scar. Its nearly doubled in size since then- although its still small- less than 2 cm. I have a cyst on my neck and it feels like that to me, but Im concerned that it could be something more serious- especially with her diarrhoea and sickness. or could it be related to being spayed. She also seems to have other lumps in the area but not as big- could this just be scar tissue from when she was spayed.
Im taking her to the vets tomorrow but am very worried and wondered if anyone could give me some advice.

Thanks
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No I don’t mean a tax on fatty foods, I mean a tax on overweight people themselves.

This idea is only morally OK (in my opinion) because fat people are a direct cause of our high health care costs. They are more prone to heart attacks, diabetes, gastric bypass surgery, and a plethora of other expensive and life threatening conditions that arise from being morbidly obese. Studies clearly show that obesity is a direct cause of these chronic health conditions that so plague our society, rendering fat people a quite heavy burden (quite literally :P) for our already indebted American society.

Also, this concept is OK because as a general rule, fatness is a choice, unlike other conditions like cancer and asthma. Yes, some people have a lower metabolism than others, and yes, some people are naturally built heavier than others, but being overweight to the point of being unhealthy is very much a lifestyle choice. We see this proven time and time again on the biggest loser when even the fattest people lose immense amounts of weight. There is no “fat gene” like some people believe, if there ever was such a gene it would have died out millions of years ago due to evolution, and survival of the fittest.

How Fat Taxes would go about:
Each person in America would have a healthy weight range deemed by their doctor, and should they fail to stay in this range, the person in question would (after being weighed by their doctor) have the amount of pounds overweight they are sent to the US government. **Note that the body type, height, weight, age, gender, other conditions like pregnancy and MD will be taken into account** Then forthwith, each month until the persons next official medical weighing the fat person in question would have to pay taxes on their excess fat. These numbers are hypothetical, but look at the mathematical logic I am trying to get across:

If person A is 4 pounds overweight(POW) and the price per pound (PPP) in that state is 5 dollars, this person would have to pay:

PPP*POW=$
5*4=$20 per month

or this person who is 55 pounds overweight:

PPP*POW=$
5*55=$275 dollars per month

Of course note that these numbers are hypothetical and people would have at least a year to get the weight off before the fat tax is instated.

People who would get tax breaks are: Pregnant people, people with a chronic condition like MD or Cerebral Palsy, and overweight people who have a very low body fat percentage (like pro wrestlers and likewise)

But the flip side is.
No taxes/ restrictions on fatty foods. I’m skinny I guess (5′8″, 122lbs) and eat Mickey D’s all the time. Mickey D’s will never make me fat because I am a 3 season runner for my high school (cross country, indoor, outdoor track). Therefore why should I and Mc Donalds pay extra. Mickey D’s isn’t making me eat their food are they. I am keeping off weight by running aren’t I. No harm no foul, and inb4 argument about insolence. We are living in modern times with the internet as an inexhaustible resource are we not. No more BS about “I didn’t know this food was bad for me”, this is a stupid person response. (Perhaps I should exempt dumb people from fat taxes too. :D)

Time for more “inb4’s”:

inb4 profiling:Motor Vehicle Insurance companies profile against teens and Asians, store clerks profile against black people, the TSA profiles against muslims and my 91 year old grandma (because they aren’t suppose to profile, lol.) None of these acts of profiling are without cause (besides my grandma) so why shouldn’t we do it against fat people.

inb4 fat genetics: DNE=Does Not Exist

inb4 you hate fat people: my cousin is fat, and my Godmother, you think I hate them.

inb4 TL;DR, I know it will come.
I spent a very long time devising this concept, please read it before ridiculing or deleting (Yahoo answers people)

Original concept credit goes to my dad, he said it as a joke one day, but it made me think.
one quarter of Americans smoke, >1/3rd of Americans are obese. Lung cancer usually kills before it can cause chronic conditions like diabetes.
Originally posted by “Annie”:
I didn’t even finish reading your question. You don’t have the slightest idea what you are talking about. What are you, 12.

Obesity is a disease. Do you honestly think anyone WANTS to be fat.

Get over your silly little self.

Me: Shut the Fuck up you dumbass. Maybe you SHOULD finish reading the question.

5. The primary treatment of gastric cancer may include (Points : 1)
control of symptoms by using Valsalva’s maneuver.
antibiotic therapy, bland diet, and antiinflammatory drugs.
gastric resection usually followed by chemoradiotherapy.
none of the above.

6. The most serious complications of bulimia and anorexia nervosa include (Points : 1)
loss of weight.
denial and anger.
electrolyte imbalance and cardiac irregularities.
a morbid fear of being fat.

It could be there is more than one thing going on, but is the liver the primary cause. I have pain in the right upper abdomen. I also am bloated around the mid section and is tender upon palpitation. I suffer from chronic duedinitis (sorry, sure I spelled that wrong.), gastric reflux, usually diarrhea, but right now constipation, and hemorragic bleeding, which was treated with progesterone and it worked for 5 days, now I’m bleeding again. My ast, and alt are elevated, my cholesterol and every protein are way out of the high range.250 and above, my mono and neut’s are elevated and my lymphs are low, but my wbc are on the high end but not abnormal, and I have a possible clotting disorder. I am waiting for the 2nd set of blood tests to come back to confirm for sure on clotting. I have polyps growing in the bladder, uterus, and goiter nodules on the thyroid (which are growing). In March had the endometrium polyps removed and got an infection supposedly in the gut. Took the doctors about a month to clear it up then April 30th started bleeding that hasn’t stopped yet. I don’t feel the gut infection is gone completely. In fall of 2010, had the polyps in the bladder diagnosed and removed. In Feb 11′ blood in urine again and something is growing back but not polyps. I have had episodes of arm tingling and chest pain, back pain, and neck and jaw pain. The pain comes and stays for approx. 15 min. or sometimes less or more.then the pain completely goes away.so I know its not a pulled muscle. Rest eases the pain, I was an EMT for 10 yrs, so I am familiar with the symptoms specially in a woman. I am 42 yrs old and have an extensive family history of coronary artery disease, diabetes, and colon cancer. Why does it take so long for a diagnosis. Maybe I’m not communicating clearly to my doctors. I feel like my body is dying. Anyone have suggestions.

Currently undergoing chemotherapy for gastric cancer IV. The other day after some hecktic fits of coughing (bad, bad flu), I felt a sharp pain and pain thereafter in ribcage. At the hospital I had x-rays and showed that the 10th rib was fractured.

I was worried that it fractured due to weakness from possible metastasis (to date, I do not have any mets to bones that I know of). However, I am aware bone metastasis is not common in gastric cancer patients. But anyway, the x-ray didn’t show anything that looked like cancer, and no other tests were performed, and they just put it down to the force of my coughing.

Anyway, my question is, do you think it’s possible that the bone could have been weakened due to cancer that was NOT detected in the x-ray. Or do x-rays generally pick up bone cancers. As I understand, ribs are built to withstand strong forces, so I don’t understand how coughing (mind you, it was a lot of hard coughing) could have done this all by itself. What do you think.

My grandmother is in her sixties was recently diagnosed with lung&brain cancer. We were never really close and now that I know shes going to die, I really regret it. I’ve only had to deal with the death of a family member one other time when I was eight(I am now fifteen) when my other grandmother(she was like a mother to me) died of gastric cancer. I’m having a hard time coping with the fact that my previously healthy grandma now has cancer. No one suspected it, she went into the hospital because we thought she had a stroke, not even a day later the doctor informed us that she had spots on her brain and lungs. It was all so sudden. I believe I’m in denial.

Does anyone have any tips or advice for preparing/knowing that a loved one is going to die.

she has sickness and diahreah for 4 days before it but when i took her to the vets the vet said it was gastro enteritis but she wasn’t dehydrated, didnt have a temp and was a healthy weight. he gave her anti-biotics. when i got her home she went to sleep for 30 mins on the couch and i woke her up go give heer some scrambled eggs as was told to give her bland food to help her poorly tummy she wouldnt get up from a sitting position and her back legs were in a funny position out to the side of her she ate her scrambled eggs ok but still wouldnt get up i tried to coax her off the couch and eventually she dragged gerself from the couch with her front legs back legs dragging behind her. it was then i noticed she couldnt walk on her back legs i phoned the vet she had seen not even an hour before it and he said it was normal try feeding her something to boost her enegy i tried and she would not eat and would not drink i rushed her to an emergamcy 24hr vet hospital who said she was severly dehydrated and had a very high temp which an hour ago the other vet said she didnt have any of these things and they kept her in overnight on a drip and then in the morning i was to pick her up and take her to a day vet which i did but not the same vets as the night before they kept her in that day to put her back ona drip when i got her back she was walking again but since this has happened she seems to get tiered quite quckly and has to lie down to take arest the vets offered no explination as to what had happened or what could have caused it can anyone offer any help or advice as to what this could be as she is a purebred blue staff and i was wanting to show her as she is a very good pedigree and am scared there is something wrong with her. she is clear by her parents for hereditary catirac and L-2-HYDROXYGLUTARIC ACIDURIA (L-2-HGA) thanks for any replys and help that anyone can offer me

dionne and sapphire

Why is teen pregnancy so bad. I understand that some teens are not responsible and dont deserve or can handle a baby. I am seventeen and want a baby very bad. I partied like crazy and drank but never did drugs or steal or anything like that but i did all this at 16, I’ve known my boyfriend for seven years and he was my best friend and still is, when we ot together we made a promise to quit everything and we both have lost interest in partying and everything else, we literally stay home and do nothing, we live together I cook and clean and he works and treats me like a princess, I can’t explain how blessed I am to have him. When i was 12 my little brotheer was diagnosed with cancer and nearly died so my moms interest went directly to him, I could leave home for 3 days and she wouldnt even notice, my dad is hardly in the picture while my mom was at shands with my sick brother my aunt took over being my mother, after y brother and mom came back home she died at the age of 25 from gastric bypass surgery, I’ve been through hell and back and I’m not trying to give you a sob story, but I do believe that if i was to get pregnant I know it would be more than hard but I also know it’s something I want more than anything, I know my boyfriend could get up and leave me but I know he loves me and would do anything just to make me happy, I know i sound like a teenager in lust but if we didnt love each other we honestly would not still be together. he’s 19 and wants to wait till he’s had his job a year to have a baby and get married so we’ll have benefits but I’m very inpatient especially since we found out about the endometriosis and after each surgery you have about a year to get pregnant and there’s still a chance you could be infertile and still not be able to conceive we’ve been trying for a year and I had a miscarriage back in september right after my birthday, also caused by the endo. In my situation I do and don’t understand why people would look down on me, there’s just something in me that can’t take no for an answer, My mother didnt do her best, she also tried commiting suicide when I was two and again when I was 12 in which I had to call an ambulance. I dont want a baby just to prove a point, I want one because it’s a part of life, it’s a blessing and something I can’t and don’t want to wait any longer to share with the guy I’ve given and will always give my everything too.

Hello,
My girlfriend just had her gastric cancer removal surgery. She is in Germany whereas I am here in Australia. Their Parents are not letting out enough details to me and I am getting worried. COuld anyone here please tell me how long does it take to recover out of anesthesia after the operation.

Someone told me she is on ventilator/ life support system. Aren’t these two things completely different. Please enlighten me as I am really worried and scared at the same time. I feel helpless and I think you guys can guide me a bit more towards what is actually happening. The surgery almost tool 8 hours and she was out of surgery theater almost 10 hours ago. Please Help. It was a stage 1B/2A cancer.
@ Cute Puppy : Hey, Thanks for your reply. She got the whole stomach area removed. It was a sub-total removal. The doctor said next two days are critical. I am feeling so helpless. Thanks fro your answer. Could you please tell if you know how long did that person suffering from cancer took to come out after the surgery.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/nyregion/31cop.html.src=recg

When George Wong, a retired police officer, died last week after a battle with gastric cancer, his family assumed, as Mr. Wong had, that the cause of his disease was the many hours he had put in directing traffic around ground zero in 2001.

And when a doctor wrote on Mr. Wong’s death certificate that toxic 9/11 particles had contributed to his death, the family believed that was the end of the matter.

But they were stunned at the phone call they received during his wake: it was the New York City medical examiner’s office, saying it needed his body, right away. The office wanted to look into the assertion that Mr. Wong, 48, had died from exposures to toxic substances around ground zero.

After the family and some police officers protested, the medical examiner agreed to wait until after the wake, and pick up the body at 10:15 p.m. Monday and return it the next morning.

“To treat a hero like this, who died at the call of duty.” a family acquaintance who was at the wake, Wellington Chen, said on Wednesday.

And the had the nerve to ask to do an autopsy.
Our bodies are not property. You disgust me who think there was any right to even ask for an autopsy when they OBVIOUSLY didn’t want to give up the body.