Health - 29 September 2007

My mother weighs around 210 lbs. She carries herself very well and doesn't look bad, believe it or not.
Okay so anyway, she has to have surgery but the dr. put her on a liquid diet for 8 weeks. I'm worried about this. Anyway, the calories barely total 800 per day.
At her weight how much is she going to lose on a liquid diet for two months? I read somewhere that she will probably lose between 35-50 lbs, is this true? I mean isn't this DANGEROUS?

Thanks!

2007-09-29 05:00:07 · 21 answers · asked by jadamoonstarlovesu 1 in Diet & Fitness

is OB really a hard class? is there any nursing student/nurses whose having a hard time with OB or is it just me? I'm on my peds/ob rotation, and before i started everyone has been telling me how hard peds is, they told me to just be happy with a C but i found that ironic because i've been having an A on peds and a D on OB! i'm single never been pregnant, do you guys think it could have been easy if i was a mom?

2007-09-29 04:55:55 · 2 answers · asked by nursing student 1 in Women's Health

when u have s** during the period is bad or good?

2007-09-29 04:53:12 · 3 answers · asked by Jessica C 1 in Women's Health

Whats the average age to stop having periods. And when you do is this when hot flushes and other symptoms happen.

2007-09-29 04:52:51 · 7 answers · asked by dexter 2 in Women's Health

my scalp is bandaged but my face is left open. Is there way to clean the skin on my face?

2007-09-29 04:45:03 · 6 answers · asked by Chachee 4 in Injuries

2007-09-29 04:41:25 · 7 answers · asked by skin 2 in Women's Health

It's 11:40a.m. and I have taken 2 showers already.

2007-09-29 04:41:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

2007-09-29 04:38:19 · 15 answers · asked by ? 1 in Other - Diseases

2007-09-29 04:32:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I've been on Xanex, Paxil, Celexa, Zoloft, Buspar and they all gave me weird feelings. Chest pains, dizziness, headaches and such as. Does this mean that antidepressants aren't for me?

2007-09-29 04:30:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

83 yr old grandmother was presrcibed to help sleep Rx description seems to refer to acid reflux type medicine? she already takes alot of medicine..she does not want to take if it will not help her sleep..

2007-09-29 04:29:12 · 5 answers · asked by kerry h 1 in Other - General Health Care

I have a hairline crack in one of my bottom front teeth. It does not go down to the gum and isnt very noticible...but I want it fixed. I've heard that bonding will fix it. I have an appointment for 4 weeks from yesterday, what can I do to prevent it from cracking further between now and then?

2007-09-29 04:16:27 · 2 answers · asked by aerosmithbaby05 3 in Dental

Ok so, I went to the doctors back in June, when this problem first started, and he said that I dont have herpes. He said its just some rash. But recently I just started to get a bump and a scab type thing on my penis? But the thing is, its not what herpes looks like? Ive also had a reaction to detergent lately and it caused my whole body to itch, so im not sure if that could be a part of it? Ughhh. What do you guys think?

2007-09-29 04:12:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

2007-09-29 04:10:24 · 1 answers · asked by stardust 1 in Alternative Medicine

can they charge you if you wanted a copy of your birth certificate(sorry for misspelling) and any other Info on your health

2007-09-29 04:10:07 · 6 answers · asked by lulu_264497 1 in Other - General Health Care

Try to be short with this. I was diagnosed in June 2002 that i had Pulmonary Fibrosis and that i would need a double lung transplant. At this time i went on portable oxygen tanks to help me breathe. Feb 2003 i was transplanted for the lungs. March 27 i was released from the hospital. June 1 2003 i went back to work. From that date on i have had numerouse problems freom the transplant as well as other organ damage because of the medicines. I have chronic kidney failure which according to all my doctors is whats causing all the other ailments i am having because my kidneys arent working like they should. They have cause me to have neuropathy in my hands and feet but i am NOT eligible for a kidney transplant because the doctors say my lungs wont hold up for any type of major suregery, plus they have stated that there is no way they will re-transplant me at all because my body is basically torn up from the meds i am taking. ANYWAY i am currently still working for the fed govt but i have to go out this year on med disability because there is no way i can now perform my job because of my lungs and kidney and heart disease. What i want to know is: do i or did i qualify for ANY type of disability from any agency during that time frame. I am still considered to be disabled according to the doctors because of the health problems now, plus i use oxygen again as a result of my lungs failing again, this time its called "broncholitis obliterans" and there is no cure for it except the transplant that i cant have. I was told by some outsiders that i still would or should be qualified for some form of social security from the very first day until now june 2002 until present even though i still work. One of my wifes co-workers had a kidney transplant and the ssa recognized it and they pay her TODAY a monthly check and she is working full time. They told me that lungs were not recognized in the medicare or social security guides or rules. Now am i entitled to any thing at all while i am still working...THANKS...Tony

2007-09-29 04:10:03 · 2 answers · asked by rigged2 1 in Respiratory Diseases

2007-09-29 04:06:53 · 14 answers · asked by youcanthavenoneofthis 2 in Mental Health

I cant think of the word Im looking 4 - but since I moved from NY 2 FL I feel as if i cant breath. Can any1 tell me how I can get over the move? I cant move home b/c I dnt have the $ n my family is here. Ive been in distress and denial since Ive been here - bout 2 years.

2007-09-29 04:05:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

URGENT! PLEASE READ TILL THE END!!!!!


I'm an ORDINARY guy, I have friends and enemies..

WHENEVER I'M TOLD SOMETHING POSITIVE (THAT I LIKE) ABOUT ME, IT KEEPS ECHOING IN MY MIND AND SO, I BECOME BAD IN IT.

For example, if I'm told I'm good in something, I get TOO CONFIDENT and that ends it!

I've just taken 2 online personality test :
What's wrong with you? What type of boyfriend are you?

I got that I'm too attractive and that's what gets some people being REALLY jealous from me (which is right) and I'm the "laid-down"boyfriend who is really cool..

The problem is
WHENEVER I'M TOLD SOMETHING POSITIVE (THAT I LIKE) ABOUT ME, IT KEEPS ECHOING IN MY MIND AND SO, I BECOME BAD IN IT.

What can I do? I don't wanna lose this by having it stay in my mind + I don't wanna tell myself the opposite as I'm destroying my self-esteem?!?!

plz help

2007-09-29 04:02:12 · 7 answers · asked by MaNiC MoE 1 in Mental Health

I only have a few pimples but they really bother me and I want them to go away.

2007-09-29 03:56:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

why am i always sad? even wen i dont want to be the only time im happy is when im around my big sissy(20) but shes 5 hours away and i cant leave the state because im on probation. am i depressed or just really sad? i dont understand it not one bit. cutting takes my mind off it and ive lost alot of weight because im to sad to eat i used to always laugh and there was never a single time you didnt see me smile but now i cant remember the last time i smiled or laughed. i have 2 brothers one lives in nc hes 11 one lives in va hes 15 we are all spread apart across the country and the only time my mom takes me to see them is when we run out of money and my dad's paycheck comes im different from my brothers idk why my mom always wanted kids she even pretended to be pregnet in high school and even bought paternity clothes. everyone thot she would be the best mom and she was but why was i treated different from the time i was 2 months old to idk what age she drugged me and got me drunk she thot it was funny plus it made me sleep she smokes her pot in my room and hides it in my clothes so that if we get cot i get the blame she doesnt care what i do but my brothers shes strict and protective i lost my virginity not long ago so now i dont even have my innosents wats worse it was to my best friends 33 year old uncle who has a wife and a 2 year old for some pot and now my bff is threatning to tell the cops im already in trouble with the law for bringing a knife to school and am probably going to juvey and if i get in trouble one more time i will be put in foster care. i always wanted to be a daddys gurl but my dad doesnt like me idk why we dont even talk so i couldnt have possibly done anything to him my mom is always asleep so that makes everything so much more depressing i miss my sister and i cant even talk to her on the phone cuz my mom is waiting for one of her boy friends to call she has 2 boyfriends plus a husband and im the only one who knows so if she gets cot talking to one she sumhow can link it back to me she steals my money and im only 12 i make good money bcuz i have a job though. my brothers all are outside playing and laughing im in my room crying and cutting with mascaera running down my cheaks listening to music my stomach hurts all the time and wen ever i do talk at home i get fussed at

2007-09-29 03:51:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

i am about to go run 5 miles at the gym on the tredmill. will that help my stomach? will crunches? i would do crunches but i do not want man muscles. someone help!

2007-09-29 03:47:39 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I'm concern about a friend of mines, they may be using cocaine. But I'm not to sure, I do have reason to believe though because someone close to them is using it and they both hang around eachother a lot. But how can you tell if the person is using that drug? I've never used any drug in my life, so I don't know much about it. This is really serious and I just want to know if you can help me.

I'm really scared for this person, but I don't want to just come out and say it to them..what should I do??

This is not a teen, someone in their 30's

2007-09-29 03:47:15 · 8 answers · asked by SexyBlackFasho 3 in Mental Health

i have this bad pain in the right side fo my stomach its on the sides going back (groins) where the kdneys are kinda i went to the doctors they did a urine dip stick test and said it was normal and gave me tablets. the pain comes and goes and its only on the right side. lyk under my ribs on that side.15 yrs old

2007-09-29 03:45:21 · 2 answers · asked by lesleyheath 1 in Pain & Pain Management

victimized and harrased in public, have survived attacks and assaults....so your fears about going outside are based in reality, because those things have occured.
plus you have post traumatic stress symptoms to.

how can you over come these conditions when your fears have been based in reality?

plus you worry that you will be victimised again if you venture outside.
so how can anyone tell you your fears are not real and that its ok to be outside, when your reality has been far different?

2007-09-29 03:35:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

2007-09-29 03:34:16 · 9 answers · asked by NeveroddoreveN 1 in Alternative Medicine

how long it take to show up on test how many months u have to go

2007-09-29 03:33:17 · 2 answers · asked by Rob C 1 in Infectious Diseases

ok lastnight after i ate, i cannot burp even though my burp is comming out the air wouldn't come out from my throath. Until today I head starting to hurt cuz of it, i drank soda but brup still doesnt come out, can u plz help me! i have hard time burping!

2007-09-29 03:30:34 · 9 answers · asked by War1ock 1 in Pain & Pain Management

My stupid *** grandmother just called and said to my mom this is ur granny calling from heven. My Granny did not raise my mom my mom's grandmother raised her. My mom is very sad right now her granny just died last week at the age of 101. Her granny was her mom. Her birth mom was out getting drunk. How can I make my mom feel better. My granny is a heartless person all she cares about is when she can get drunk the next time. My mom was so close to her granny. I feel like calling my grandmother and tell her not to call us anymore and just stay away.Then my granny was laughing about making my mom cry. My dad is with my mom right now in there room trying to calm her down. Should I call that ***** and just tell her to leave my mom alone? I don't like people hurting my mom.

2007-09-29 03:26:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

my dad's cancer is a little smaller size of a baseball and he is all doped up and has restraints on him and can someone tell me how you can get intestinal cancer and how long do u live thru that? The DR said they cant take anymore of the cancer out or he will not have no more stomach to digest food....can u pls tell me everything you know about intestinal cancer....thanx to anyone....

2007-09-29 03:24:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer