Olive Drab Green
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I guess it was more implied? I'm clearly not a medical doctor.
CBG ?? My fiancé may have liver failure idk what to do..
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wallflower2884
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I think that it read the way you intended it to.
And yes...none.or not that many of us are DR.'s. We offer our personal advice or experiences. It is up to the receiving end to speak with their Dr. /thoroughly investigate available options.
ovo
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my point is completely about learning how to communicate carefully and sensitively with people who are suffering. you have said nothing that demonstrates you understand what i am talking about. to be more direct, you are an unnecessary alarmist in this instance, re-read post #2 if you care. please don't reply to me
Olive Drab Green
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I got you. I'm probably not the best guy to communicate the way that you'd like me to, which is probably the right way. But I am not an alarmist. I am being matter of fact. Because I've dealt with a lot of death, so maybe I'm desensitized and callous, but I'm being upfront with him. If you don't like that, please take your shit somewhere else.
OP, I'm only telling you what anyone would tell you if your wife really does have failing kidneys. It is serious, but she can live with weekly dialysis and eventually a transplant. I really do wish you luck. I think it'll be alright. Just keep fighting the good fight.
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Olive Drab Green
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Ovo's just starting shit, and I'm sorry it's a bit distracting, hijacking, and rude, but as you can see, people are saying the same thing I am, save maybe the marijuana thing. I do think if anything, you should discuss medical marijuana with your doctor before just going for it, though.
Traxx187
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Yes we are and also she has a docs appt today.. Its alright man i understand what you said. Thanks !
b4ds33d
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The most important questions are what is the underlying cause of her organ failure? What medications are they stopping? What were her pre-existing medical conditions?
If the meds they are stopping are known to be hepatotoxic or nephrotoxic, then that in itself may solve the organ failure. Things she needs to stay away from that the general public views as relatively benign meds- Tylenol especially and ibuprofen/NSAIDs.
Generally liver failure is painful and nausea inducing, and those folks are put on opioids, which cause their own set of problems. I've found also that the typical anti-emetics given for nausea have shitty side effects, don't work well for some people, or are expensive. Obviously the problem with oral nausea meds, is those people puke, and that pill you just ate is now in the toilet. There is a med called zofran or ondansetron that dissolves under the tongue that used to be a couple hundo apiece. The other anti-nausea meds can cause dystonia and sleepiness.
Obviously in this case, I'd definitely advocate for the cannabis because it's gonna suit your pain control needs without the negatives of high dosage opioids (respiratory depression/altered mental status or lethargy/severe constipation/addiction) and also suit your anti-nausea needs without those negatives (altered mental status or lethargy/expensive/delayed response/not effective for roughly 50% of people.)
Also, the whole dialysis thing, instead of what was previously mentioned by another poster, with blood cleaning machines/dialysis clinics (known as hemodialysis) she can also get peritoneal dialysis that she can do at home where you basically flush fluid into the abdomen via a catheter, and then drain and you are done. The fluid is tailored to pull the impurities out of the abdominal mucosa's capillaries via diffusion. Really neat shit. You don't have to get shunts surgically constructed in the arms like you do with hemodialysis.
If you have specific questions about treatments, meds, or outcomes, you can shoot me a pm. I'll be glad to help you with info, because most people in medicine don't take enough time to educate patients, and that's always something I hated about my coworkers.
If the meds they are stopping are known to be hepatotoxic or nephrotoxic, then that in itself may solve the organ failure. Things she needs to stay away from that the general public views as relatively benign meds- Tylenol especially and ibuprofen/NSAIDs.
Generally liver failure is painful and nausea inducing, and those folks are put on opioids, which cause their own set of problems. I've found also that the typical anti-emetics given for nausea have shitty side effects, don't work well for some people, or are expensive. Obviously the problem with oral nausea meds, is those people puke, and that pill you just ate is now in the toilet. There is a med called zofran or ondansetron that dissolves under the tongue that used to be a couple hundo apiece. The other anti-nausea meds can cause dystonia and sleepiness.
Obviously in this case, I'd definitely advocate for the cannabis because it's gonna suit your pain control needs without the negatives of high dosage opioids (respiratory depression/altered mental status or lethargy/severe constipation/addiction) and also suit your anti-nausea needs without those negatives (altered mental status or lethargy/expensive/delayed response/not effective for roughly 50% of people.)
Also, the whole dialysis thing, instead of what was previously mentioned by another poster, with blood cleaning machines/dialysis clinics (known as hemodialysis) she can also get peritoneal dialysis that she can do at home where you basically flush fluid into the abdomen via a catheter, and then drain and you are done. The fluid is tailored to pull the impurities out of the abdominal mucosa's capillaries via diffusion. Really neat shit. You don't have to get shunts surgically constructed in the arms like you do with hemodialysis.
If you have specific questions about treatments, meds, or outcomes, you can shoot me a pm. I'll be glad to help you with info, because most people in medicine don't take enough time to educate patients, and that's always something I hated about my coworkers.