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Health Boards Take my Dad please!  
06:54 20-Jun-06   [Replies: 34, Views: 4393]    By: Unnamed
Well I've taken care of my mother through her lung cancer and my sister with down's syndrome (see my angel Marcia) and now I'm taking care of my father through his throat cancer and various othe...
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Health Boards Out of my mind!!!!! Both parents 24/7  
02:13 20-Jun-06   [Replies: 7, Views: 678]    By: Unnamed
The spiral downhill started two years ago when my dad (who is now 82) broke his leg while he was in the hospital. My mother had a stroke shortly before that, and was diagnosed a couple months lat...
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Health Boards Need to get Custody  
22:53 2-Jun-06   [Replies: 5, Views: 691]    By: Unnamed
Hello, I don't know if you can help me or not but I figured it was worth a try. My name is Tanya. I'm 20 years old. My younger brother and sister were recently removed from my father's care by DCF...
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GhettoMedic.com Am I crazy...or what?  
13:38 28-Apr-06   [Replies: 46, Views: 1079]    By: Rescuebunny1696
Why is it that EMT's (B, I or P), atleast in my area, are not allowed to take temps? I mean...we can start lines, give meds, take BS, but no temp...doesn't that seem strange? What the heck? Can...
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Health Boards Looking for support as caregiver to Dad with Diabetes  
15:17 23-Apr-06   [Replies: 1, Views: 356]    By: Unnamed
Hi, I am new to this website! I guess I am looking for some type of support, but would also like to share my view points about caring for my Dad who is Diabetic.. Here goes.... I am 40 years old...
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Health Boards allergy during pregnancy  
19:18 20-Apr-06   [Replies: 0, Views: 2]    By: Unnamed
Hi... im 34 weeks preggy i have allergies.. i mean rashes! im taking steriods for days and really helped. is eating eggs too much can trigger this allergies and can cause itchiness? i r...
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Health Boards Newbie Looking For Understanding  
21:50 8-Apr-06   [Replies: 11, Views: 916]    By: Unnamed
Hello to all - my name is Misilla and my husband is a 33 year old Type 1 Diabetic. He has many complications at his young age - numbness in his feet, reduced kidney function, he's had 13 laser treatme...
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Health Boards I think I'm dealing with PTS  
00:13 6-Apr-06   [Replies: 2, Views: 516]    By: Unnamed
Hello. I'm new here. I started caring for developmentally disabled adults in January. The first day on the job I got assaulted and beat up by my client. I am no longer working with this client. I am ...
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Health Boards jealousy or not  
19:49 1-Apr-06   [Replies: 0, Views: 468]    By: Unnamed
comic sans My married daughter has cancer and lives in another city from my husband and I. This is her third bout. She had two other bouts before living with her best friend but now she is married. ...
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Health Boards Long-term care advice needed  
19:46 29-Mar-06   [Replies: 5, Views: 705]    By: Unnamed
Hi -- I'm new here but hope I can get some advice. Here is the situation. My wife's brother has severe cerebral palsey. He can't talk or communicate in any way, walk or move himself in anyway, fee...
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Health Boards New at this. Caregiver for Mother that is 83.  
06:46 27-Mar-06   [Replies: 3, Views: 726]    By: Unnamed
verdana5darkslateblue I'm new as a caregiver for my Mother and need some help with so many things. Mom's always been depressed and now that she has moved 8 hours away from her home that she lived in...
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Health Boards Have No One.  
18:33 25-Mar-06   [Replies: 11, Views: 1423]    By: Unnamed
hi Im 36 years old married and have 2 boys Im taking care of my dad who had a stroke he is 62.I have no one to help me,its so hard.At first it was not so bad.he has only been with me about 1 and ...
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Health Boards pulled two ways  
17:43 17-Mar-06   [Replies: 3, Views: 866]    By: Unnamed
Hello fellow posters: I am a 46 year old disability welfare case, with long-term depr, social anx, and agoraphobia. My issues not only keep me from getting and holding a job, but from basic things...
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GhettoMedic.com Coagulate Blood  
19:12 8-Mar-06   [Replies: 7, Views: 117]    By: Unnamed
I had a case the other day inwhich a patient had a head laceration and on top of it he had made his own bandage with some bounty and a hat. Well also all around him was coagulated blood. My questi...
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Health Boards How to easily detect the little-known warning signs of any affair  
03:23 19-Feb-06   [Replies: 0, Views: 2]    By: Unnamed
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Health Boards Problems w/ elderly dad  
08:11 14-Feb-06   [Replies: 2, Views: 397]    By: Unnamed
My dad, who is 74, is physically unable to keep up with household chores, the garden etc. and now also with errands, shopping etc. His behavior and the things he says indicate that he feels completely...
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Health Boards Bored Parent Advice please!  
20:30 30-Jan-06   [Replies: 7, Views: 1062]    By: Unnamed
Does anyone has any suggestions about a mentally stimulating activity for a senior who can't get out much anymoree. My dad's 82 and he's already done every hobby known to man. The problem is, he's onl...
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GhettoMedic.com Pulse Oximetry  
16:25 10-Jan-06   [Replies: 63, Views: 1359]    By: Unnamed
Does anyone elses state prohibit the use of pulse ox by basic squads? State of Indiana has seen fit to remove them from basic busses because basics are "practicing beyond their scope and ...
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Health Boards Elderly Mom  
01:30 9-Jan-06   [Replies: 4, Views: 432]    By: Unnamed
On Monday my mother slipped and could not get out of the bath and I had to force the bathroom door and lift her out of the bath. She had been stuck in the bath for over an hour and she had ...
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Health Boards Care of Nephew  
17:51 26-Dec-05   [Replies: 6, Views: 834]    By: Unnamed
I was caring for my nephew, age 10, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in Sept. After three long hard months of chemo, he is clear of the tumors. That is the good news. He did not suffer...
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Health Boards at the end of my rope and need to vent  
09:44 26-Dec-05   [Replies: 3, Views: 574]    By: Unnamed
In 1989 my wife was diagnosed with MS and it was hard to deal with. Also in the same year my mother drown while fishing. So 1989 was a tough year for me. We have 3 children, 27 year old, a 25 year ...
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Health Boards muscle tone gone is it normal?  
10:29 23-Dec-05   [Replies: 0, Views: 141]    By: Unnamed
My mom has severe and I mean severe rheumatiod arthritis, she is 73 and has been in wheelchair for last 20 so years just this last year, she has fell off as we call it here in a southern state, all he...
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Health Boards Mom in denial. Feel so helpless  
23:04 16-Dec-05   [Replies: 7, Views: 817]    By: Unnamed
Hi guys, I am not a caretaker but I think I will be one very shortly. My mom is about 70 years old. The last few months, she developed a terrible stomach ache, lost 15 pounds and is tired all ...
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Health Boards Just need to unload  
14:16 13-Dec-05   [Replies: 6, Views: 1191]    By: Unnamed
In May we were hit by a drunk driver and while I have recovered, my partner was critically hurt and is still recovering. She was in the hospital for three months and I took care of everything at home...
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GhettoMedic.com Department requirements for driving  
22:29 11-Dec-05   [Replies: 19, Views: 465]    By: Unnamed
I've been an EMT-B for about 2 years and was waiting till I turned 21 before being able to drive the ambulance. Now I'm almost 22 with a perfect driving record (knock on wood) and my department i...
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