We’ve spent over 00.at different vets to save Sinbads eyes,they get better than bad again.Steroyds seem to get the job done ,but I’m worried about the toll they will take on his kidneys.He’s a wonderful stray cat that jumped into our lives on Cinco De Mayo 2 years ago.I hate to have to put him through all the drops and stuff.Any sugestions?

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Earlier today (Friday) around noon I had to take one of my mother’s Darvocet because of a pain in my back from kidney stones. I no longer have health insurance, so I cannot afford to see a doctor or afford a prescription.

Anyways, I am going to have to take a drug screening test either Monday or Tuesday for a new job and I am worried that I will not be able to pass the drug test or provide them with a legitimate prescription for the Darvocet since it was not mine.

With that all said, I am looking for anyway to pass the test, whether it is by drinking lots of water, dieting, specific vitamins and etc… Any help would be much appreciated especially from those within the medical field or who have been in this situation.

Thank you very much.

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On Wednesday the 7th of January I was tripped at work unleashing a previously unfelt kidney stone in my right kidney. By Saturday night, the 10th the pain increased. By Sunday afternoon I was in the emergency room at our local hospital. Hours later I was transfered by ambulance to a major hospital. The next afternoon I was transfered again to another hospital where I was to spend the next 8 days. The stone finally passed from the kidney into the ureters and bladder early Monday morning about 1:30am in a tearing pain. They are still inside my bladder, although I am finally now home, waiting to pass fully out. By the way, the employee who was not following OS&S has most likely lost his job as my back is also injured. Great! Not! And how much did the 3 ambulance rides? 11 days in a private room in hospital? 3CT scans? 3 x-rays? Nuclear body scan? An IVP kidney/bladder scan? 17 blood tests? Physio? Medication and extras cost???? NOT A THING!!!! I love our health care system.

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On Wednesday the 7th of January I was tripped at work unleashing a previously unfelt kidney stone in my right kidney. By Saturday night, the 10th the pain increased. By Sunday afternoon I was in the emergency room at our local hospital. Hours later I was transfered by ambulance to a major hospital. The next afternoon I was transfered again to another hospital where I was to spend the next 8 days. The stone finally passed from the kidney into the ureters and bladder early Monday morning about 1:30am in a tearing pain. They are still inside my bladder, although I am finally now home, waiting to pass fully out. By the way, the employee who was not following OS&S has most likely lost his job as my back is also injured. Great! Not! And how much did the 3 ambulance rides? 11 days in a private room in hospital? 3CT scans? 3 x-rays? Nuclear body scan? An IVP kidney/bladder scan? 17 blood tests? Physio? Medication and extras cost???? NOT A THING!!!! I love our health care system.

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A new technology has shown that a manmade molecules called dendrimers can slip out of blood vessels and precisely deliver a drug to tumor cells, at least in mice. The dendrimers can also advertise their locations, allowing researchers to track their progress. The researcher, James Baker, plans to begin human trials in July.It will prevent damage of body cells and doesn’t have the side effects like chemo. The molecule will be small enough for the kidneys to flush it out once it is done with its job. I am all for it. Chemo is nearly kills the patient and sometimes doesn’t do anything to the tumors.

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