Posts by Melissa Phillips4

Yes, a polyp can develop into a tumor or cancer.
Gallstones can turn cancerous too, though it's rare.
Usually, you're looking at gallbladder inflammation, pancreatitis, infected bile, gangrene, and so on.

If you've got any issues at all, the best move is just to get it removed and get back to living your life.

I think surgery is the way to go. Go see a surgeon for a consultation and find out what they say.

mellowskipper said:I'm not entirely sure about Bivacyn, though I suppose you could look into Tyrosur powder instead. You can pick it up at any local pharmacy without a prescription, and in our experience, it has worked out fine enough.

Agreed.

Maybe give the Rib a shot. I know a few people who go there and they're actually happy with it.

Abolish those useless little municipalities where maybe 200 people live and call it a day. There’s zero chance they’ll let it happen, even if they go bankrupt within a month.

Grace Jones86 said:Look, let's say I have to head to Washington, D.C. for a job interview (and potentially to sign an employment contract), which won't happen until these hardcore restrictions are lifted.
I won't be able to get to Washington, D.C. anyway (because I seriously doubt the peasants working in government agencies even grasp the concept of a job interview or building a career), nor will there be any such interviews until these hardcore measures are completely gone.

Same here. I’m terrified that if they actually call me in for an interview, they won't even issue my pass.
The sign for Washington, D.C. is only 200 meters from my house, yet I’m banned from entering the Washington area.
They could have at least grouped Washington, D.C. with its surrounding suburbs and Washington County, instead of this absolute garbage.

Carl Wilson said:Look, I know I’m basically reposting what I wrote a couple of days ago, but seriously, we are flying blind here. There is zero strategy, and if you listen to those press conferences, you can't even tell what the actual goal is supposed to be.

If the whole point is reaching some kind of herd immunity, then this entire approach is a total bust because there is no way we're ever getting there with these numbers. Instead, the move should be keeping cases at the absolute max that the healthcare system can actually handle without collapsing. Right now, it feels like the goal is to drive infection numbers down to zero, which is just impossible no matter what restrictions they slap on us—just look at what happened over in Mexico. So, my question is: what happens in a month or two? The task force really needs to step up and tell us exactly what the game plan is.

I’m wondering what happens six months from now when hospitals are overflowing with people who missed essential diagnostics and medical care during their 3rd and 4th months of this mess.
Honestly, it all leads to the same place: let the chronic patients stay home, let healthy people get on with their lives, and just test hospital staff daily. That’s it.
Hospitals need to be open for patients. It breaks my heart to see a facility like Dubrava sitting completely empty—and anyone who has ever even walked through those doors knows exactly what kind of place that is.
Our healthcare system is already collapsing anyway; waiting lists are endless. If you want to actually find out if you're sick in a timely manner, you're forced to go private.
By the way, in Germany, hospitals are functioning normally for patients, even with 80 million people and 120,000 infections.

It’s just lovely how we aren't allowed within 200 miles of the capital of this legalistic nation, yet construction crews from Germany can breeze through four states and ten counties without needing a single permit.
Of course, they'll be in total self-isolation within their own four walls. Even though every single time they returned in the past, they spent days and nights out at every bar in sight. But now? They'll be quiet as mice. We totally believe them.

darkmaker13 said:So, over the last week, I’ve been feeling terrible right after eating. It feels like my blood pressure spikes; I can feel my heart pounding hard. I just feel off, like I'm shaking, and of course, the panic sets in. When I step outside into the fresh air, I get these little dizzy spells. This happens basically every single time I eat, and it can drag on for hours. Is it the salt? The fat? What could this be? Obviously, my diet is trash. Salami, soda, bacon, tons of bread, cappuccino—I don't eat much sweets, but I still indulge. I don't eat often, but when I do, once a day, I go all out. For the last two days, things have improved slightly because I've eaten less and cut out the bread, salami, and soda. Has anyone dealt with similar symptoms? What could this be so I can help myself now before I'm forced to see a doctor? I'm 35, about 30 pounds overweight (though I'm in decent shape overall), and I take low-dose blood pressure medication. I check my pressure during these episodes and it's fine; it's just my heart rate that jumps to 90 (it's usually 60-65). For the first few days, the panic was intense.
The heart is the heart, but I can see it's related to my diet—I just don't know EXACTLY what.

It could be blood pressure, gallbladder issues, food allergies, or blood sugar. Ultimately, you need actual diagnostics, which unfortunately isn't possible right now.

Mark Alvarez said:It’s just not working. 😵. Maybe it'll be back up by tomorrow morning.

Maybe you just need to disable your pop-up blocker for that site?

The mandate should have been strictly limited to those actually in quarantine who were breaking the rules. There's no reason to lock down 4 million people just because of 800 idiots refusing to stay home.

It’s absurd. You can’t even move within a small town of 2,000 people, yet in a massive metropolis like NYC with at least 8 million residents, everything is business as usual.
I’m forbidden from traveling to Washington, D.C., even though the city limits are barely 100 meters from my street. I can't even pull into a gas station because it’s located 1.2 miles, but somehow it counts as part of the city?
Absolutely terrifying. A total disgrace.

stormybadger8 said:Looks like everyone's reading the forums now. Great.
All of a sudden, there isn't a single case left in Washington County—everyone's miraculously recovered. 👍

https://www.cdc.gov/counties/139
Guess the fight against the virus isn't happening on all fronts, including the internet. 🙏
Everyone's cured. 👍

But you better hurry up...
Because the old data is still sitting right there.
https://gdi-online.maps.arcgis.com/a...bfad8db4f64aec
That needs to be wiped too...

They're grouping everything under Washington, D.C. now. Just a week ago, the map showed 3 cases for the local County, and now they've lumped them all into the city totals.

And what about these initial cases? So, this kid from Erie just infected his girlfriend and his brother? His parents aren't even sick. If this thing actually spreads through the air that easily, we’d be looking at massive outbreaks across all of Erie and Exelon already.

Does condensation form when I exhale?

melloworca6 said:I read that too, but I just don't see the logic. All it takes is one infected person sneezing or coughing in a store, and within three hours, dozens of people are breathing in those particles. Think about how crowded those shops were when everyone rushed out to go shopping—there’s no way there weren't people coughing or sneezing in those aisles. We should be seeing thousands of cases by now.🤷

Dana Brooks3 said:There are probably way more cases being covered up than we'll ever actually know about, but then again, it’s not like everyone is just going to catch it... you still need a certain amount of viral load to actually inhale it...

If stores had stayed packed, we’d likely have a massive spike in cases right now.
Fine, but then explain the hospital situations. Doctors infect patients and nurses, but how does that happen if they are wearing masks? Aside from the rare instances where a patient is asymptomatic, there are still plenty of people who don't get sick despite exposure.
If a single sneeze or cough is truly enough to spread it, does that mean anyone living with an infected person is guaranteed to catch it, even if they follow every protocol—coughing into elbows, using tissues, washing hands, not touching their face, and avoiding close contact?
Bottom line: if this isn't airborne, how likely is it that everyone catches it from one person if they are actually following the rules?

Rachel Allen55 said:Right after he bounced back quickly, they decided to stop counting recoveries altogether. It’s a purely political move, not a medical one.

Deciding who gets tested and who doesn't is also just straight-up politics.

I have some really close friends over in Norway; both him and her were showing crazy symptoms, but the authorities refused to test them—again, just a political call. And they've got a kid at home with asthma. They went into self-isolation, she felt totally fine after about 6 days, and it took him maybe 8 or 9 days to recover.

Both of them ended up in the stats as "infected" because that's how they're registered. Her doctor even told her she wasn't contagious anymore, while he's still waiting on word from his.

They’re actually laughing about it themselves, asking, "Is this really it?"

So they live with a kid, and the kid didn't catch it?

Tyler Morales2 said:Where'd you snag it? Drop the link.

eBay and AliExpress.
But I bought it over a year ago. Honestly, I'm not even sure if anything is actually getting through from there anymore.

I've got that $1 digital one from China and it's dead on; just takes a minute or two to settle.
Otherwise, when you compare it against a mercury thermometer, the results are identical.

It’s not even just the clerks at the service window anymore; we're dealing with administrators now. And given how they handle hiring around here, it’s hardly any surprise that things have gone south.