He is already on a pill called Rimadyl and gets an adiquin injection bi-weekly. He never winces or whines, but I feel it’s progressing. The vet said it’s not his time to “go” yet, but I want him to be as comfortable as possible. How come they haven’t prescribed a painkiller?
no, he hasn’t had cortisone shots. Thx for all of the great answers! He is such a beautiful, sweet boy…I really don’t want to cheat him of any time b/c of lack of knowledge.

I quit smoking about 2 months ago, and while at times my breathing is easier, a lot of the time i feel like I’m a step away from wheezing, and i have trouble taking in a breath. Anyone have any idea what this could be or have a similar experience?

The reason I’m wondering is that I can’t finish books or sit through class without getting up to leave. In high school this didn’t seem to weird but I’ve noticed that in university I am almost the only person who ever has to make a trip out of the room.

I’m not really asking about my own situation, that is just an example.

disappeared to be referred for surgery as i have it and feel it has social consequences and full of stress

I want to quit smoking. I’ve been reading up on this and smoking affects your fertility and smokers take longer to conceive. I am torn between quitting now and risking throwing my ovulation off because of stress or waiting until I get pregnant and quitting. It’s going to be tough either way but I think if I quit ahead of time it would be better for the baby. I (tentatively) picked January 7th as my quit date. I have the patch and hopefully I don’t go too nutty trying to quit. I have bought a fertility monitor, preseed and I drink a cup of green tea every day. Smoking, I think, might be interefering with my fertility. I am a relatively heavy smoker (pack a day) and have been ttc for 3 months now with no luck despite reassurances from my handy fertility monitor that I am indeed ovulating. My only fear is that when I quit smoking the stress I experience might delay ovulation or cause it not to occur. Any advice?

without treatment or exercising, how long does cholesterol stay in the body?

I’ve been looking at several websites, and most seem to say that herpes is spread through skin-to-skin contact. I read that you shouldn’t touch an affected area to reduce the risk of spreading the outbreak to other parts of your body. I also read that both genital and oral herpes can be caused by either HSV-1 or HSV-2. So now I want to know if you can get genital herpes by performing oral sex? It seems clear that you could get it by receiving oral sex if the person has a cold sore on his or her mouth, but what about the other way around? Can you get genital herpes if nothing has actually come into contact with your genital area?

My doctor said i have a bacterial infection. . it isnt necessarily a yeast infection. it is a bacterial vaginosis and she gave me medication for it. I have to insert this cream for a week and the medicatin nor my doctor told me when i can resume having sex?

I’m going to go to a gyno with my sister who i believe has a yeast infection and I was just wondering what they exactly do…how they check you for one?

Do they make you pee in a cup or do they look at your vagina? what goes on?

thanks!

I don’t have a lot of money but I am trying to find any free/affordable social anxiety support groups to goto in NYC? How do I go about it?