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Post by sands42 on Feb 15, 2018 19:15:14 GMT -6
wineallthetime I could talk all day about it lol. I’m just really wanting to find something that works with minimal side effects. Like TMI- but I took lexapro at one point in time and it had bad sex side effects for me. I also don’t want to gain weight. Vanity. 😬
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Post by klong11 on Feb 15, 2018 19:16:46 GMT -6
What was his issue before klong11? Was it liver failure? Yes, he had liver issues previously and now he is on daily meds for his thyroid, but the meds cause kidneys issues we have to keep an eye on. He could possibly be having liver issues again.
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Post by wedding on Feb 15, 2018 19:25:00 GMT -6
What was his issue before klong11? Was it liver failure? Yes, he had liver issues previously and now he is on daily meds for his thyroid, but the meds cause kidneys issues we have to keep an eye on. He could possibly be having liver issues again. That’s kind of what I was leaning towards. Is he jaundice at all? Like yellow tint in the ears or whites of his eyes. I hope it’s just the thyroid though since that’s a semi easy fix. Max has been in kidney failure forever but once got a kidney infection that presented similarly. Strong antibiotics for two weeks took care of it and he hasn’t had one since. So maybe they can get a urine sample too. I’m sure they will do that anyway. Sorry for the ramble- pain meds make me chatty. Good luck tomorrow.
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Post by wineallthetime on Feb 15, 2018 19:32:37 GMT -6
wineallthetime I could talk all day about it lol. I’m just really wanting to find something that works with minimal side effects. Like TMI- but I took lexapro at one point in time and it had bad sex side effects for me. I also don’t want to gain weight. Vanity. 😬 I 100% get that!!! Those are important.
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Post by klong11 on Feb 15, 2018 19:42:00 GMT -6
Yes, he had liver issues previously and now he is on daily meds for his thyroid, but the meds cause kidneys issues we have to keep an eye on. He could possibly be having liver issues again. That’s kind of what I was leaning towards. Is he jaundice at all? Like yellow tint in the ears or whites of his eyes. I hope it’s just the thyroid though since that’s a semi easy fix. Max has been in kidney failure forever but once got a kidney infection that presented similarly. Strong antibiotics for two weeks took care of it and he hasn’t had one since. So maybe they can get a urine sample too. I’m sure they will do that anyway. Sorry for the ramble- pain meds make me chatty. Good luck tomorrow. Yeah, I was looking today for the yellowing and there is some. I got him to eat some more treats, so that's good at least.
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Post by Sunny41 on Feb 15, 2018 19:56:11 GMT -6
klong11 sorry about Ace. I'm glad he's eating a few treats. cagoldi congrats to Pete!
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Post by snoopmommymom on Feb 15, 2018 19:58:18 GMT -6
Question. Z takes minimum of 45 min to fall asleep at night, no matter how long or short her daytime nap was. I caved and bought the zarbees melatonin and gave her half a dose. She fell asleep so much easier. It’s been two nights. What’s the rule on this? How many consecutive days can you give it? Will i have to wean her off it? Now I’m scared i opened up a new can of worms, but she’s just such a terrible sleeper (both falling asleep and staying asleep) that i thought I’d give it a try.
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Post by wedding on Feb 15, 2018 20:08:26 GMT -6
Question. Z takes minimum of 45 min to fall asleep at night, no matter how long or short her daytime nap was. I caved and bought the zarbees melatonin and gave her half a dose. She fell asleep so much easier. It’s been two nights. What’s the rule on this? How many consecutive days can you give it? Will i have to wean her off it? Now I’m scared i opened up a new can of worms, but she’s just such a terrible sleeper (both falling asleep and staying asleep) that i thought I’d give it a try. Our Dr said to try not to do it more than a few nights in a row. Not sure why since I haven’t found any concrete info about it. No need to wean. It’s short acting. C takes it 4 nights a weed- Monday through Thursday.
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Post by wedding on Feb 15, 2018 20:09:46 GMT -6
If you have any chicken broth klong11 that is what I can usually get Max to eat when feeling really down.
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Post by flamingo on Feb 15, 2018 20:21:47 GMT -6
I hope your cat perks up klong11. Glad he ate some treats.
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 15, 2018 20:46:25 GMT -6
Congrats to Pete cagoldiCongrats on the bonus nam2013I don't hate the name peachsmama but I'm not in love with it. I hope your cat gets better soon klong11
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 15, 2018 20:48:23 GMT -6
Almost 19000 steps today...not a fun day at all. J got mad because one of my last minute meetings ran over and I couldn't get to the meeting we had scheduled and he had to handle it on his own. I worked 10 hours and only spent 40 minutes in our office.
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Post by lfig on Feb 15, 2018 21:22:08 GMT -6
Question. Z takes minimum of 45 min to fall asleep at night, no matter how long or short her daytime nap was. I caved and bought the zarbees melatonin and gave her half a dose. She fell asleep so much easier. It’s been two nights. What’s the rule on this? How many consecutive days can you give it? Will i have to wean her off it? Now I’m scared i opened up a new can of worms, but she’s just such a terrible sleeper (both falling asleep and staying asleep) that i thought I’d give it a try. Our Dr said to try not to do it more than a few nights in a row. Not sure why since I haven’t found any concrete info about it. No need to wean. It’s short acting. C takes it 4 nights a weed- Monday through Thursday. So here is my experience with melatonin.... We started it using the 1 mg Zarbees because we were having extremely difficult bedtimes. Over an hour...sometimes up to 2 hours of her fighting, wallering, ect. It was amazing and definitely helped her go to sleep quickly. But then we started having super early wake ups....like 4am ready for the day. I found that when used sporadically it did better (no early wake ups) than using it every night. So I would “save” it for the nights I just knew I didn’t have it in me to do the bedtime fight. Like when my H was gone, or if I was super tired. Then, with the introduction of a new seizure medicine that has a side effect of sleeplessness (ugh) the child was fighting bedtime even worse! And one of her biggest triggers for seizures is lack of sleep (seems a little counter productive right?). So the neurologist suggested melatonin. I explained my earlier experience with it. She suggested a higher dose (3 mg) and that we use it every night. Explained that it was perfectly safe to do so and by her getting better sleep we would also be seeing less seizures because the medicine would be more effective. Now with the 3 mg, she goes to sleep super quick and stays asleep! We’ve been doing this for about a month straight now. They also make a time release melatonin, but you have to swallow the pill for it to work...not crush, chew, or dissolve. So we can’t really do that yet.
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Post by Sunny41 on Feb 15, 2018 21:52:23 GMT -6
trtlcrzy inthekitty and anyone else watching the Olympics, are you moving your body with the skiers and skaters to help them along? I'm pretty sure they couldn't do it without my micro-moves
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 15, 2018 22:00:53 GMT -6
Does anyone have contact with csho? Is she ok? It’s been a while I’m fb friends with her but she hasn’t posted in a month. I can message her to see how she’s doing and beg her to come back
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 15, 2018 22:01:26 GMT -6
trtlcrzy inthekitty and anyone else watching the Olympics, are you moving your body with the skiers and skaters to help them along? I'm pretty sure they couldn't do it without my micro-moves No, I haven’t. But I do that sometimes with other things.
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Post by tgrimes on Feb 15, 2018 22:33:14 GMT -6
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Post by inthekitty on Feb 15, 2018 22:41:15 GMT -6
Our Dr said to try not to do it more than a few nights in a row. Not sure why since I haven’t found any concrete info about it. No need to wean. It’s short acting. C takes it 4 nights a weed- Monday through Thursday. Hehe. Weed might do it too, but I don't think it's recommend this young. 😉
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Post by inthekitty on Feb 15, 2018 22:43:57 GMT -6
Sunny41 lolz. No. But I think my cheering and shouting is essential. I finally got to see Adam Rippon skate (love him) and poor Jacobellis.
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Post by inthekitty on Feb 15, 2018 22:45:04 GMT -6
I'm sorry about your kitty boy klong11. 😿 It's so hard when they get older and have more health problems and there's not much you can do to help them.
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Post by cagoldi on Feb 15, 2018 23:20:22 GMT -6
Hope everything checks out okay with Ace tomorrow, klong11.
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Post by cagoldi on Feb 15, 2018 23:26:53 GMT -6
Atticus saw a girl get spanked at the mall play place the other day. It upset him and we had a talk. I wasn't sure what to tell him except that some people have mean mommies and daddies?
So today X dashed out of our front gate because apparently it hadn't closed all the way. I was only a couple steps behind him but I came back in and told Pete we had to be careful because it wasn't closing on it's own.
Atticus said, "we can't let Xander out there. Some mean mommies and daddies might kill him!"
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 16, 2018 6:40:09 GMT -6
Poor A cagoldi. He's such a sweet and sensitive kid.
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Post by Sunny41 on Feb 16, 2018 7:21:11 GMT -6
Sunny41 lolz. No. But I think my cheering and shouting is essential. I finally got to see Adam Rippon skate (love him) and poor Jacobellis. I loved watching both of them. Watching the snowboarding and skiing makes me miss being close to the mountains. I loved the snowboard racing and wanted to be in the action.
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Post by joelies on Feb 16, 2018 10:33:03 GMT -6
trtlcrzy inthekitty and anyone else watching the Olympics, are you moving your body with the skiers and skaters to help them along? I'm pretty sure they couldn't do it without my micro-moves I got so anxious watching the men's downhill last night after the first couple guys skied off the course. After that, I was basically frozen until each skier got down, and I couldn't fall asleep. I used to get that way when DH would watch lots of fighting and the guys would grapple on the floor. Punch each other in the face? Fine. But the wrestling around on the floor made me so anxious.
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Post by klong11 on Feb 16, 2018 10:43:33 GMT -6
wedding, ignore my last post. The vet just called with the results of the ultrasound and it's not good. There is a tumor causing a complete blockage and his gallbladder may burst. The prognosis for surgery and recovery are not good, so we are going to give him the benefit of passing in peace instead of living in pain.
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Post by xolastunicornxo on Feb 16, 2018 10:45:09 GMT -6
I’m so sorry @klongoria
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Post by slenle on Feb 16, 2018 10:47:03 GMT -6
Oh, I'm sorry @klongoria
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Post by klong11 on Feb 16, 2018 10:49:06 GMT -6
well, shit. I somehow posted in the wrong thread
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Post by tgrimes on Feb 16, 2018 10:50:23 GMT -6
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