Open Question: cat goes limp for 30 sec. during play time?
I don’t want to take her to the vet because they tell me the same thing. My cat has a heart murmur. I got home after work and began playing with her feather toy with her. She always gets excited and runs around the house with me. I was rounding the corner and she didn’t follow me, only to find that she was stopped, lying on the ground. I tried nudging her and she only moved because of the nudge. She let out a pain meow and rolled to her side. This only lasted about 30 seconds but I’m wondering what this little limp situation was that had just occurred without having me go to the vet. This has never happened before. Any ideas?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:12:07 GMT
Open Question: song bout the ladies…ahhhh!! rate, comment, love it, just look at it at least!!!!!?
I just cant get the women out of my head
im goin crazy inside so i bleed through this pen
Put it on the paper, express all my thoughts
Been deprived for awhile, its been way too long
I just need someone there when i seem to be in need
Someone to help me please fight this disease
Its not a real sickness, its just tearing me apart
How i feel i barely have much left in my heart
It was taken from me, now im scared to love again
I need a women that wont care about my many sins
A women that will love me until the very end
I cant have no more girls who just love to flirt
walk around in those short skirts lookin for dirt
Then all they end up doin is leavin ya hurt
Cuz they found some other guy who was diggin their style
They tell you they dont like him but they so in denial
There just tellin you that so that you stick around
Man fuck those girls who just love to get down
Wheres the real ladies, drivin the mercedes?
Doin something with their life, she was born in the 80s
Cuz thats my kinda girl, only one in the world
I know shes out there for me, imma find ya baby girl
But until that day ill just be here with this stress
Waitin in my suit in tie for that stunna in the sundress.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:40:18 GMT

Voting Question: im male, 56 yrs. old aside from thyroid is there any sickness that couse heart palpatation( abnormal heartbeat?
What is the cure?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:12:14 GMT

Open Question: I think i have contracted herpes and don’t know what to do with my life…?
I’m not sure if i have herpes or not but their are little bumps around and im not sure what to do.. i want to go to the doctor and find out but im scared of the outcome, life isn’t fair… im a 17 year old male who’s still a virgin but i must’ve contracted it via oral =\ i have a girlfriend that im madly in love with she tells me she wants me to take her virginity and i want to take hers too but im just so worried about telling her, either way im not going to do something drastic and ruin her life too i will tell her about it but before that i really want to go check out at the doctor.. but it’s so strange =\ i received oral when i was about 15 and now im 17 but only recently the little bumps appeared.. but they don’t hurt they feel like just normal little bumps and everyone says that it hurts but it doesnt hurt me, what should i do? im so depressed i think about it alot i don’t want my girlfriend to leave me for this reason if i have contracted hsv-1 or hsv-2 most likely hsv-1 i’ve thought about ending it all =\ and if i do have it im scared to tell my mom.. im a single child with a divorced mom i’ve never met my dad im scared to tell her, she works so hard and has been diagnosed with RA which is a severe arthritis but she’s so young shes not even 40 and i know it’s going to tear her heart out if i tell her and if i did end it all i know my mom would be just torn i really need help guys.. im so scared i feel like my life is ruined and it hasn’t even kicked off yet im not even 18 and i possibly have a disease =\ i know it’s a common virus but i never thought i’d get it i saved my virginity to give to the one but now im sure my girlfriend will reject me i really can’t live with out her and i really do hope she understands, i know i have pretty much answered my own question but please i just want someone to tell me about their lives if they have been exposed to the virus or their partner is and are or were in a relationship with the virus present please please please give me your advice write as much as you need but i really need to know that i can live happily, i’ve considered becoming a monk lol if i can’t have my girlfriend i will never be happy because i know she’s the one and i know most people say high school sweethearts break up but me and her share so much in common and people say that if u marry young ur at risk for a divorce but i know i love her i understand the meaning of love and so does she and hopefully she understands and will still accept me, i mean i haven’t changed or anything its just a virus that stops us from doing a few things and i’ve always thought about marrying her so please give me your advice, and thanks in advance

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:00:46 GMT

Open Question: Risks with heart murmurs?
Ok I’ve heard that caffine and other things are really bad for you but I’ve never heard for sure or what other things are risks. Can anybody tell me anything about this?
Ok this isnt me I’m asking about my boyfriend, he has a heart murmur. Ok so Plz I want to know what will cause problems. I know he’s said Caffine makes his chest hurt. But how bad is it for him and what else could hurt him

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:17:31 GMT

Open Question: WHY WHY WHY lets ALL STOP SMOKING !!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D?
it REALLY CAUSES :
Men:affects teeth to 30% in color
heart attacks
blood diseases
impotence
Female: hurts pregnancy FOR GOD SAKE AND YOUR CHILDREN SAKE TOO!
WHAT THE hell
Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other cancers and illnesses.
Smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each year.
Of these deaths, about 42,800 are from smoking-related cancers, 30,600 from cardiovascular disease and 29,100 die slowly from emphysema and other chronic lung diseases
Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances.
When you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700

Open Question: Can stress cause a dog to have runny poop?
My dog is on a good food– Canidae All Life Stages. She’s fed at 8am and 5:30pm daily. We feed her the correct amount. (Just to clarify for the dog food martyrs out there).She’s been on this food for about a month now & she just started having runny stool yesterday. Due to the time difference, I don’t think the two are related.
In the past two weeks, my brother, my mom, and one of my friends have come to visit & stayed with us. She’s had to share her home with strangers and she never got comfortable around my mom at all. When I walk her to poop, it’s lighter in color and it comes out like cheese wiz (sorry if I ruined it for anyone). Could it be the result of the stress?
She had a vet checkup in June & was tested for heartworms (negative), given a Lyme disease vaccine, and wormed. She is on a monthly heart worm pill that is supposed to wipe out intestinal parasites as well. So I don’t think it’s parasitic either.
She just turned 1 this month, by the way. Chocolate lab/whippet mix. Sounds weird. She’s really pretty though.

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:49:12 GMT

Open Question: 25 year old female… heart problem? Please help!?
I’ll try to make this as short as possible. 25F..mostly healthy, I do have some anxiety issues, which I am not on any medication for. I want to start off by saying that my heart ‘condition’ seems to be more apparent in the summer months when it is hot outside. Basically it will randomly pound- it’s not even that it goes super fast, it pounds hard though, and just feels uncomfortable in my chest. Also, while this is happening, if I try to do any activities at all pretty much, it beats even more rapid & makes me feel somewhat overall sick. Sitting down typically puts it at ease, and after a somewhat short period of time it goes away. I know that when this happens it makes me anxious, which probably makes it even worse. I’m just not sure if anxiety causes it, or if I get anxiety because of it happening. It also sometimes feel like I have to force myself to breathe or else my heart is going to stop beating. That happens at night quite a lot once I lay down. I also notice it beats pretty fast and hard after a somewhat large meal, but it normally doesn’t last more than 20 minutes. Just to add a few more things, I am a singer in a band, and I notice that when I am singing at band practice I get somewhat dizzy & very anxious after hitting notes. Almost feels like i’m going to black out, like the blood rushes out of my head..I never do though. Could this all just be anxiety? It seems hard to believe that it could. Anxiety runs in my family, my mom has it very bad, and also gets a pounding heart, but has no real heart problems. When I was a bit younger (15 or so), I saw a cardiologist & had all the tests done, and it came back fine. Also last year I went to the doctor for it, but all she did was listen to my heart w/the stethoscope, and said she heard no murmur or any signs of an arrhythmia, and that it was just anxiety. She said just talking to me that she senses that I can quite high strung & anxious. At work when I am busy, it’s usually 100% fine. When I am home & have no plans to do anything, it’s usually fine. It seems like it happens when I am out doing things, or have plans to do things mostly. And although this isn’t a good thing, I notice it normally doesn’t happen at all when i’m drinking (unless it;s rum & coke- my heart pounds when I drink that), but If I drink beer, it’s usually fine. Any advice or insight besides saying to get a 2nd opinion would be very helpful!!!
For the record, I do not get chest pain with these symptoms. So I guess that’s kinda good.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:42:55 GMT

Open Question: Ok. Had this question.. How do Offensive lineman become so big?
I mean im around 6′3 280. u know, but i want to change it to 280 pound of muscles and no fat so i dont get health problems. What do most offensive tackle( mostly around 6′4 300 pound) eat to keep them healthy? thats my real question because i heard a lot of lineman at the age of 30 die of heart disease
and i also heard they drink mix fruit juice with like bunch of fruits like orange,apple tomatoes and salary all mixed together in like a 16 oz cup. lineman drink a lot. But how do they get so big? i know they are big like extraordinary but how do they stay healthy and continue to dominate the field?
on the NFL. and how do i become a healthy 280 pounder? like no blood pressure
I KNOW! I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY SURVIVE WITH ALL THOSE WEIGHT!

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:22:21 GMT

Open Question: My adoption story (as a birth mother) *a long read*, and also I need some advice?
When I was younger, I had a great deal of problems stemming from my mentally abusive home (divorced parents, many stepparents including physically abusive ones, sexual abuse when I was 7, etc.). I was hospitalized in a mental institution at the tender age of 13 due to this.
After receiving mental help, I started to get my act together. Unfortunately, I fell into “puppy love” with a boy when I was 14. Shortly after my 15th birthday, I was pregnant.
When I informed my mother (she was a very cold hearted woman), I was told that either I could get an abortion or live out on the streets. Since I was only 15, I had no idea what my rights were and I seriously thought that my mother would throw me to the hounds. Even though I was so deathly afraid, I stood up to her and told her under no circumstances was I getting an abortion.
A little while after that, my mother came to me and told me that her best friend (who was married and infertile) would be adopting my baby. I knew I couldn’t say “No”, it wasn’t an option.
I met with my mother’s friend and her husband and they seemed nice enough. I was given all sorts of promises. I was told that I would still be able to see my baby whenever I wanted and that it would be like a big happy family!
We went through a private agency for the legal documents. I met with the agency once before my child was born and they just rambled off a bunch of legal mumble jumble that no 15 year old would understand.
Then the day came when I gave birth. I was still holding onto my last hope, which would be that when my mother saw her grandchild then SHE would change her mind. I was asked to fill out a form requesting where I would like my baby kept while he/she was in the hospital. I put down the nursery as I wanted the option to go and see my baby without anyone around.
While I was in labor, I was treated like an animal by the hospital staff. And this is NOT some 1950’s story, this happened only 13 years ago. My son was born and handed right to my mother’s best friend. I didn’t even get to touch him. I was whisked off immediately to a separate ward to recover (I had a few minor complications and a very long labor).
I fell asleep and when I awoke 7 hours later, a doctor was signing papers to discharge me from the hospital on psychological grounds. I called my mother (it was 6 am) crying and asking her to come get me because the hospital was releasing me.
I got dressed and wandered back to the maternity ward, hoping to at least catch a glimpse of my baby. I looked in the nursery and he wasn’t there. I asked a nurse where my baby was and she told me that the adoptive parents had stayed in a hospital room for the night and he was in there with them (I had NOT signed any type of papers at this point).
The nurse then led me to the front desk where a lady was waiting for me. She simply said “sign here” and handed me a paper. So I signed it and walked away. I was in a state of shock and I wandered the hospital halls crying like a lost little girl until my mother finally showed up and found me.
My mother brought me back up to the maternity ward, so I could say “goodbye” to my son. I was allowed to hold him for exactly 1 minute.
I went home and stayed in bed. I lost so much blood that I shook all day and night and I had a fever. My older sister came in my room to find me buried under a mountain of blankets with my teeth chattering. She ran to my mother and begged her to take me the hospital, she thought I was dying. My mother refused and said it was just a normal process after giving birth.
I remember I tried to take a bath because I felt SO cold and I was standing in the tub and a big blob of tissue (easily larger than a fist) plopped in the water. I just sat down and cried.
The next day (3 days after giving birth) I went to the courthouse. I had to wear adult incontinence diapers because the blood was too much for normal sanitary pads.
The lady from the agency was there, but she didn’t say too much to me. Also the father of my son was there and so were his parents. We went into the judge’s chamber to sign the official documents. I think something was wrong with the judge though (either he didn’t sleep at all or he was drunk). He kept murmuring and mixing up the word “abortion” with “adoption”.
I remember I hesistated once before putting my pen to the paper. I looked up and I saw both my mother and the father’s parents just staring me…it was like they were saying “Don’t you even think about it!”. I looked over at the father of the baby and he was happily signing away. I felt so tired physically and emotionally. So I signed the paper. Where I lived at the time, once you sign then it is all over. There is no period to change your mind.
The agency offered me counseling which I decided to accept. I thought it might help some. So a lady came around to my house and we went and sat in a park together. She told me that she was an adoptive mother and then she went on and on abou
My son is 13 years old now. In a few years time, I might be able to see him again if he decides that is what he wants.
Now my only questions are, should I tell him (when he is an adult) that I never wanted to give him up in the first place? Should I tell the adoptive mother that I never wanted to give him away?
Thanks to anyone who decided to read my very long story! Also, thanks in advance to anyone who would like to offer their advice!
about her story. I’ll never forget what she said at the end for as long as I live. She said “I live in fear every day that my son’s birth mother will knock at our front door.”
I decided to end the “counseling sessions” that day.
The adoptive parents didn’t keep their promises. I never got to visit with my son (my mother’s best friend never spoke to her again), but they were nice enough to at least send me a photo once a year. That is until 4 years ago, when they stopped.
But I never gave up and I tracked them down, even though the adoptive parents had divorced, the adoptive mother moved, and changed my son’s name.
I found him and I wrote a letter to the adoptive mother requesting that photos be sent once more. And she replied back, saying that she did not have any recent ones but would send them when she did.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:31:37 GMT
Open Question: why isnt a woman satisfied?
why do i repeatedly break mens hearts? i’m not model material but not ugly. i have a pattern of meeting men, starting a relationship, having a subconcience goal of wrapping them around my finger(so 2 speak) And when they are I get bored,tired disgusted. theese men r good people and deserve a good woman. (all 3 of my ex husbands and a couple boyfriends)so why do i not like them anymore when we reach that point ?i feel like a very bad person out of this and refuse to get into a relationship because of it. is there a gene or disease that makes me like this?like i said i not gorgous, skinny or model material. i have great personality and strive to make a man fall in love with me and when he does i dont want him anymore. i rather be alone than hurt someone again.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:33:07 GMT

Open Question: Is it normal to have shortness of breath and palpitations during early pregnancy?
Am only 5 + 6 and slightly concerned. My mum has a heart murmur and concerned that I may have too??? First pregnancy so worried about everything!!!

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:37:39 GMT