Posts by Daniel Palmer22

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hollowhawk13 said:11 years old—5th grade? That's a mess—new teachers, new subjects, jumping from classroom to classroom... school just started two months ago. What kind of pain are we talking about here? And does she actually need treatment if it hurts?
Can she even function when it's hurting? Like, can she go to school, study, or do sports?
Does the pain fade if she focuses on something else? And you said this happens every single day? Is it constant or just short bursts?
Look, I'm no doctor, but we're talking pre-puberty here—everything is changing, physically and mentally.
(We dealt with something similar, just with headaches, and I know kids who throw up every single morning before heading to school).
Once you've run all the tests—and it looks like you've already done a ton—and ruled out anything physical, I’d take her to a psychologist too. Honestly, pain lasting two months feels a bit long; wouldn't something physical have popped up by now?
ps. maybe Google "abdominal migraines"

She isn't going to school right now, but I've worked it out with her teachers so she can take tests and exams. She stays on top of everything at home—studying, homework, you name it—and she's pulling straight A's on all her tests. When the pain is intense, she just stays in bed and sleeps a lot, but when it eases up, she functions normally. Still, I'll take the advice. Thanks.

Hey everyone,

I really need some advice from a gastroenterologist here. My 11-year-old daughter has been dealing with daily stomach pain for two months now. Our primary doctor started us off with basic urine tests—culture, sediment, the whole nine yards. Everything came back normal, except both tests showed a high amount of Ca oxalate. We were told to stick to a diet loaded with citrus—lemon juice, tangerines, stuff like that—and just give her painkillers when the pain gets too much to handle. Ten days later, the pain spiked, so we headed to the pediatric ER. Blood work and urine (aside from that Ca oxalate) looked fine. Abdominal ultrasound was totally clear too. We ran stool tests next—Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia spp., parasites, and Campylobacter spp. all came back negative. However, they did find H. pylori antigen. Her treatment was 7 days of Fromilid (250) 2x1, Amoxicillin 2x1, and Nexium (20g) 2x1, followed by another 3 weeks of Nexium 1x1 along with a specific diet. Meanwhile, the pain hasn't budged. It usually wakes her up around 5 AM, and she’s sleeping an insane amount. Painkillers aren't even helping anymore—in fact, they actually started making her vomit. In the meantime, they put her on a gluten-free diet, but there's zero improvement. After all this, her blood serum was sent to Washington, D.C. for AGA, EMA, and TTG testing. Now we've been handed yet another different diet and told to take Ares 1x1 10mg for two weeks. Please, if anyone has any insight or suggestions for further testing, I'm all ears. She’s always been a healthy kid—hasn't even been seriously sick before, only taken antibiotics three times in her entire life until now. She isn't overweight and eats relatively healthy, including plenty of fruits and veggies. But after two months of bouncing between these different diets, she’s lost 3 pounds and has basically no appetite left. Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for the quick Google search—I wasn't really feeling up to digging through articles myself 🙂
So, you’re actually claiming the Democratic Party is a "sister party" to the Republican Party? On what grounds? And don't give me that "they act the same" crap—I mean in terms of actual ideology, economic policy, or social stances.
Since they aren't even remotely similar by definition, this tight little coalition they've got going is a total slap in the face to the party's reputation—it's pure hypocrisy—and a massive violation of Article 7 of the Republican Party Bylaws.

rowdyranger44 said:I don't know about that, Braco. If the fact that they’re stripping away the last bit of open space available for the city to actually grow doesn't give you enough motivation to show up at the polls—regardless of how much the media spins it—then I honestly don't know what else there is to say.

Look, the golf thing isn't even the real issue here. If the people in Venice actually gave a damn about their own city—if they acted like a real community—they would’ve shown up for a referendum. They would’ve hit the polls and voted differently. But they didn't. And honestly? That says everything you need to know about most Americans.
The real issue? It’s all just political inconsistency. This whole idea that one party stands against the other on ideology, the economy, or social issues—it’s a joke. Total mess.
So when both halves finally decide to get their act together—where does that leave the membership? Where do the voters even stand? Stumbled onto this on a forum earlier:

Listen up, all you Republican Party members: since Dubravka Šuica went ahead and signed that Magna Carta—basically spitting right in the face of Article 7 of the Republican Party Bylaws—she’s committed a massive breach of duty under Article 45. It's a joke. As local committee members, you’ve got a job to do: demand an ethics committee hearing to strip her of her position and maybe kick her out for good. If you just sit there and do nothing? Then you’re just as guilty as she is. Period.

The Republican Party Bylaws explicitly forbid this kind of cooperation. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party doesn't have any rules about who they can play nice with—they'll shake hands with anyone. Honestly, I’d love to hear what the actual GOP cardholders think about all this.

Killer piece by Jurica Pavičić in The New York Times on this topic:

Jesse Ortiz71 said:They’re part of that coalition even up in Indianapolis.

As for what happened at Alcatraz, those locals have nobody to blame but themselves. They should have shown up for the referendum and drawn a line in the sand against the golf courses and all that overdeveloped apartment madness, but clearly, they had "more important" things to do that day—assuming they were even against it to begin with.

Besides, didn't those folks elect Vlahušić again?? Wait, isn't he a convicted felon?

Honestly, you get the politicians you deserve.

Yeah, but not in such a formal, signed-off way.

Jesse Ortiz71 said:They’re part of that coalition even up in Indianapolis.

As for what happened at Alcatraz, those locals have nobody to blame but themselves. They should have shown up for the referendum and drawn a line in the sand against the golf courses and all that overdeveloped apartment madness, but clearly, they had "more important" things to do that day—assuming they were even against it to begin with.

Besides, didn't those folks elect Vlahušić again?? Wait, isn't he a convicted felon?

Honestly, you get the politicians you deserve.

Like he always loves to point out—convicted, but it hasn't even stuck yet. 🙂
I’m with you on all that—but look, I don't want this to turn into some massive, deserved teardown of most people in the city. That’s not the move. Let's pivot this into a real conversation about that whole "they're all the same" mentality instead.

Well, it actually happened—the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have formed a coalition in Venice. Sure, you see weird alliances like this in some tiny rural towns, but this is the first time we've seen it happen in a major city.
The Summer Olympics are kicking off, and the political "actors" finally dropped the act. United by a single (and already paid-for) interest—turning the Manhattan skyline into a sea of vacation rentals under Aaron Frenkel’s management—and with plenty of backing from Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Barack Obama, and Jimmy Carter, they hammered out a deal last night. As of this morning, the coalition is official: Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, Libertarians, Greens, and the Labor Party. This unnatural freak show managed to elect a City Council president, which clears the way to start discussions on the Pebble Beach development project—basically removing the final hurdle standing in front of the bulldozers.
During the campaign, the Republicans were screaming that "a vote for Labor is a vote for the Democrats," scaring people with posters of communist zombies, but it turns out a vote for the GOP is also a vote for the Democrats. And vice versa. All those campaign slogans, promises, and the supposed opposition to the Liberal mayor just vanished into a black hole the second the phones started ringing and the envelopes full of cash arrived.
Political ideology clearly doesn't mean a damn thing anymore. Real debate and actual conflict of opinion just get buried under a mountain of cash. It's all just "everyone gets a piece of the pie."

So, a question for the Republicans, the Democrats, and their fanboys: how does it feel to watch your leaders embrace "brotherhood and unity" with the very people they claim to hate?

Joshua Hall4 said:That is exactly what I thought too. I always assumed the movie was titled "My Enemy." It never even occurred to me that the word "mine" referred to an actual mine. The action in the mine only happens in the final few minutes. The entire plot is actually about two enemies building a connection so they can survive together on a hostile planet.

By the way, I don't think anyone else has realized that the movie is based on the book of the same name by Barry B. Longyear. That work won the Nebula in 1979, and followed that up with a Hugo in 1980.

Barry B. Longyear: Enemy Mine

For those interested, an English version came out under the title "Land Mine." Not sure if it ever hit the mainstream publishers here. http://www.scribd.com/doc/84121539/Alef-04

feralorca82 said:Yeah, back in the day, that movie was actually mislabeled as "My Enemy" where I grew up. 🙂
I mean, at the end of the day, it's just a mine. 😁
It’s a solid movie, regardless of how you look at it. 👍
Talk about a nostalgia trip... immediately brings back memories of someone I miss dearly. The Last Starfighter. A total relic of an era that doesn't exist anymore. I remember watching this on VHS back in the day and thinking it was the peak of sci-fi. It’s got that specific kind of charm you just don't see in modern blockbusters.-a

Isn't that backwards? Back in the '80s, you'd find it in video stores under the title Enemy Mine—it wasn't until the '90s when it started hitting TV that they renamed it My Enemy.

Where can I snag...
a microwave plate?