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Thank you! FYI: I'm doing fine health wise. It is a major health issue that a family member is dealing with...need all the prayers for the family and for strength.
My sweet friend CJ :loveyou:Just letting you know that I am here and have read your post, I have a lot on my mind. A monkey has thrown a wrench at us and I'm trying hard deal with it. When I am ready, I will talk about it. Keep us in your prayers...love you all.
BBM If your MD did not get a tissue swab of your stomach or do the other tests available for H. Pylori, you may have the H. Pylori bug and that may be the reason you still have stomach pains occasionally. I don't think it's normal to have stomach pains.
Please do yourself a favor and reread that article I posted yesterday. H. Pylori can/does cause stomach cancer (what my grandmother died of) and it is better to be safe than sorry, IMO. H. Pylori can be a silent killer. :scared:
And read this one:
H Pylori: The silent killer living inside all of us
"...“H Pylori is one of the most widespread infections in the world and around 60 per cent of the UAE population has it,” says Dr Gopalan. “Yet most people don’t know about this silent infection until they start suffering from gastritis or the painful effects of ulcers.”
Its presence is hard to detect, but delayed discovery can give rise to a number of problems as H Pylori is associated not only with ulcers, but also with stomach cancer and gastric malt lymphoma, which is a stomach cancer affecting the white blood cells of the immune system.
Thankfully, once the cause of Alisha’s problems had been pinpointed, her infection was easy to eradicate. “She was put on a course of antibiotics for 14 days, after which the symptoms she had been suffering from for so long subsided remarkably,” says Dr Gopalan...."
http://gulfnews.com/leisure/health/h-pylori-the-silent-killer-living-inside-all-of-us-1.1093053
(guess I'm just a little paranoid about H. Pylori because of my grandmother's stomach cancer....:scared![]()
coffeejunkie said:Thank you! FYI: I'm doing fine health wise. It is a major health issue that a family member is dealing with...need all the prayers for the family and for strength.
Morgan Freeman visits Illinois serial killer Brian Dugan for documentary
Dugan readily admitted he is a psychopath. He acknowledged that he remains a danger to society, because of a "very strong rage," and is not rehabilitated. Yet, Dugan said, through aging and his own efforts at self-improvement, "I can remember my old self, but it's like a different person now."
He continued, "I've changed to a point, but I'm still dangerous. ... He still lives in me."
Dugan said his crimes were motivated by sexual compulsion, self-preservation and an emotional "numbness." He attributed that feeling to his drug and alcohol use, an abusive upbringing and his psychopathic nature.
"I was driven by some kind of an impulse that kept growing," he said. "It was like being a hamster on a little wheel."...
"I know I'm a psychopath. I know I'm impulsive. I know I don't have much empathy. I know I used to be glib. I've improved myself on each point. I still have impulses, but they're controlled now."...
The documentary series is set to air on the National Geographic Channel in the middle of next year (2016)."
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I have a theory about the relationship between violent crimes and testosterone levels, wherein young men are prone to such activities. Older men, even if they had violent pasts, outgrow it. Kinda wish those young, violent types could be put on a pill.
JMO
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I also wonder about how many young men today use steroids, which seem readily available to most people these days...
The Simple Reason College Tuition Costs Have Exploded
"...The Fed’s assessment is that a vicious cycle has taken hold of the education market, and increasing costs are being fueled by an increased demand for loans and student aid. “While one would expect a student aid expansion to benefit its recipients, the subsidized loan expansion could have been to their detriment, on net, because of the sizable and offsetting tuition effect,” the study says.
In a nutshell, what’s happening is that the expansion of federal student loans and aid is causing schools to drive up what they charge in tuition. Why? Because they can, basically. It’s as simple as seeing more money available, and taking the necessary measures to secure it. In all, for every dollar awarded in grants and federally-backed loans, tuition goes up 55 to 65 cents.
“We find that institutions that were most exposed to these aid ahead of the policy changes experienced disproportionate tuition increases around these changes,” researchers write. “We find a passthrough effect of Pell Grants and subsidized loans on sticker price tuition of about 55 and 65 cents on the dollar, respectively.”..."
http://www.cheatsheet.com/money-car...e-tuition-costs-have-exploded.html/?a=viewall
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So basically, they're charging more just because they can!!! And putting our young people in debt, just because they can???
I say boycott these institutions; there have to be better and more affordable ways for people to get a good education. JMO
Thank you! FYI: I'm doing fine health wise. It is a major health issue that a family member is dealing with...need all the prayers for the family and for strength.
This is a live cam of a great horned owl on her nest. She has two eggs that should hatch the last week of February... or first week in March. Hope it is okay to post link in case anyone enjoys watching nature.
http://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/great-horned-owl-cam
Thank you for posting this link. I not only saw the owl, but went to Hawaii too. This is very cool and look forward to watching more.
Thanks. I will definitely mention this to doctor and may even try to get tested just to be sure.
It definitely has some of the earmarkings of what I expereinced. And it could have caused the extra acid in my stomach to begin with so its still a possibility.
Its funny you mentioned something like this because I always thought I had a "bug" of some sort in my stomach like Giardia or something that may have triggered all my problems so it would make sense it could be something like this.
Especially since the article said it starts in young people as I was pretty young when it started.
Thanks Yes/No.
Hi hatfield! I'm sorry you have to deal with these stomach issues. I'm 30 and this past year while we were living in Ohio, I was hospitalized several times due to stomach pain and upper gI issues that resulted in two endoscopies. In the first one they found an ulcer, tested it for h. Pylori which was negative, and put me on a medicine called protonics. They checked again a few months later and it was gone but I think it's back again. I was told by my GI that it's standard procedure to test for h. Pylori so maybe they tested you and it was negative and just never brought it up? I'm sure it would be in your records. I was sent to the ER by my primary care doc last week because of my symptoms, she was worried I had a bleeding or perforated ulcer. Thankfully they ruled out anything that would require immediate medical intervention, and they don't know what caused the pain which is so often the case with abdmominal pain, so it's back to the GI doc I go to probably get scoped again.
I am not trying to be an alarmist, but I really hope you see a good GI doc and get a full examination. If they went in previously and didnt swab for h. Pylori in the areas you talked about in a previous post then that is really strange.
Also, maybe it's a dietary thing and a good GI doc would be able to start you on elimation diets and do specific blood work to see if there's anything dietary causing your pain.
I hope you feel better. Don't do what I did and wait until it is so uncomfortable that it gets to the point where it can cause serious problems. If it still concerns you and is uncomfortable then it's something that needs to be looked into further. I hope you feel better!
Thanks Spellbound. Ill add the info to my folder I keep about this and some day when I have time I may experiment some more with it.
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