Mary asks…
I am having skin problems for the first time in my life.What is causing this?
As a teenager, and all through my adult life, I have never had a problem with my skin. Now, at 56, I suddenly have bumps all over my forehead, down to my temples. They itch really bad. Could this be shingles that I have heard of, or what?
admin answers:
Welcome to the club of life over 55. It sounds like allergies..Maybe also could be allergy to wheat; nickel;cig smoke…Have a dermtologist check you…Best yet go to a allergist. You can find one in the yellow pages of your phone book.
Paul asks…
Does god punish you for the bad things you do in life?
I admit I was a very bad little boy / teenager. Take all three “problem child” films and roll them up into one,that was me:-( My parents were two very headstrong people, they fought constantly. I’ve never known a time when they were in agreement about anything! Me,the moment I was born I was made to feel like an unwanted burden. A unwanted dog you couldn’t get rid of,or abandon in some forest area. I was a very sickly newborn. The doctors gave me a very slim chance to live. But somehow my mother worked a miracle and I lived and grew up. I ask myself why? You as a parent should know if the child can’t survive on his own,he shouldn’t be alive in the first place, because in this world,HELP is a word not found in anybodys dictionary! Because of modern medicine I was allowed to live and grow. My parents are decease father died of kidney failure in 2003. Recently my mother passed away in our apartment on march 8th 2009. I often wonder why she just didn’t let me die in my crib? Back in 1967 before the discovery of sudden infant death syndrome. You put the baby to sleep on it’s stomach,the baby would stop breathing,and there you have it! If I was such a burden why not let me die,infants die all the time in 1967 I’ve never seen any mother go to jail for it in 1967! I caused my parents a lot of heartache with my stupid little wants and needs. The days that my parents weren’t fighting,of which there were few,I made trouble with of course my needs:-( things didn’t change as I grew into a teenager,they got worse! My wants and needs grew even bigger. And truthfully I didn’t much care about anything except finding a way to get the things that I wanted. And the almighty GOD made me pay in more ways than one for putting my selfish needs above my parents. As I got older into adulthood, my parents became too sickley to care for themselves. It was 1986 and I was about 19 when I thought to myself. Maybe in the eyes if god I can make amenze for all the bad things I did to my parents,by caring for them. Seeing to their everyday needs. Cooking.cleaning.laundry.medication.shopping. Keeping the apartment clean. Anything and everything including windows and the bathroom. I waited on them hand an foot for 20+ years. There every need was met. They didn’t have to lift a finger for anything! My parents were the cleanest well fed.well cared for senior citizens AND IM DAMN PROUD OF IT:-(:::::::::::::::: but I guess in the eyes of GOD it wasn’t enough for the bad things i’de done. The last 15 years since 1995 have been a nightmare! Relatives dying like flies. Watching my father fall apart and die in front of me. Then the house we’ve lived in is sold to a puerto rican gangster landlord slumlord with about as much sympathy as a snake to a mouse! Then my mother contracts shingles (adult chicken pox) it almost kills her! There were days I thought “is this going to be the day” and I prayed to god “please don’t let it be this day”. She lived but not like before. Her COPD was very bad,but she continued to live! I Blame myself for my mothers death. Instead of watching her more closely, I decided to go to sleep. I woke up at 3am and found her that way. No one can imagine how it feels to find your mother that way. And having to look at her for three hours while the nypd used our apartment as a social gathering. It was almost dawn befor the funeral director arrived to take my mother away:-(:::: it would be the last time Ide ever see her again. Since then the nightmare has grown a thousand fold!!! I can’t get welfare,food stamps or SSI because my mother left behind 25k in savings! I had medicade for 14 years,and it was taken away from me because of my mothers savings. A big middle finger to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg for that one. This gangster landlord slumlord wants me out! I have no lease and no rights because New York is now the most PRO landlord state in America! I can’t stay with anyone, or in a shelter, because the shelters here in brooklyn & queens have two year waiting lists! Are you athiests sure there’s no GOD?? Maybe you should walk a day in my shoes. Because it’s pretty clear to me that god wants me to end my life in some comical way. With Asthma. Allergies. Depression. Heel Spurs. Tinnitus. Astigmatism. And a herniated disc in my lower back, I still want to work. But I can’t find even an entry level job ad a cashier. Sales Associate or Stock Room! It sure sounds to me that god is going out of his way to make me pay for the things I did! I forsee only two possible futures for me. I will end up on the street where I will freeze to death in a cardboard box or be beatin up by kids for their amusment, or I will get stabbed to death in a homeless shelter for a tiny pocket radio.
So why don’t you tell me catholic community about the kind and forgiving god!!! Willing to forgive if you are truly sorry for your sins…wel
admin answers:
According to Hinduism, Karma plays a big role….
We think twice even to think bad about others….
Also our past life’s determined our present life….
I can only suggest you to do as much good you can do for other, people who will be benefited by your little help..
You can do service to old homes n hospitals etc…
Have faith in God, go to Church whenever you can n pray sincerely,
Avoid black colour[ Clothes] for atlest 4-5 years.
Don’t give up hope……….
James asks…
Spotty rash, started on torso?
And has spread to upper thighs, and arms. They’re just red spots. They were itchy but have stopped and just keep spreading. I’ve had chicken pox before, but I’ve been in contact with someone who’s had shingles recently. I’m an adult and I’ve heard it is possible to get chicken pox more than once but if you get it as an adult, you get really sick. I’m okay health wise and never, ever get sick. I did have some kind of bite on my forearm from about 3 weeks ago which hasn’t gone away, wondering if whatever bit me might be the cause? I thought maybe it was Ross river fever, but apart from the rash, and some pretty bad night sweats, I have no other symptoms. Any ideas?
admin answers:
Don’t have a diagnosis for you, but I can tell you shingles is not contagious. It’s a related recurrence of the chicken pox you had in the past, that’s been hiding out in your immune system (to massively oversimplify things). But, yes, it is also possible to get full-blown chicken pox a second time. If it is not itchy anymore, then it is not chicken pox. Could be an allergic reaction. I’d see a doctor, possibly for an allergy test.
David asks…
Need help with adult daughter on pain meds?
My daughter who is now 26 has had several back surgeries which have caused her much pain. She was 14 with the first one (scoliosis) and had the second one to correct a problem from the first one about three years ago. The rod in her back was too long and irritated a rib which caused the rib to attach to the rod. They cut off part of the rib and part of the rod. Then things got much worse. She had been seeing a pain specialist which made things even worse. He was injecting her with 14 shots twice a month with a nerve block drug. The last shot caused her to get drug induced shingles. Now she has dropped out of collage because she can no longer concentrate, because she takes so many pain pills. she can’t work because of her pain. She had to move back home and file for bankruptcy. She doesn’t go out because she vomits without warning, she says its bloody now. she breaks out in hives all over her body, she shakes, she falls asleep on the toilet at nite because it takes her forty five mins to pee, falling onto the floor wakes her up, she has had accidents in bed, she is depressed of course, she isn’t sleeping, eating or doing well at all emotionally. I got a call from her best friend the other night that got a disturbing text from her asking for some of her pills for her ADHD because they keep her someone awake and focused, and the person she was buying them from is gone. My daughters friend called me because she is afraid my daughter will overdose or just voluntarily check out. We are afraid too. I don’t know where to turn for help. The doctors say they don’t know what to do. No one knows what to do. She can’t go to a rehab because she is in pain, she needs her meds. she had a bright future. She had excellent grades in collage. She was studying law. She used to volunteer work every week with at risk youth. I am losing my baby and my heart is breaking. My husband and I are trying everything we can. We are almost broke. My husband has stage four cancer too. My daughter is very attached to her father, if he doesn’t make it, neither will she, I know it. I am not asking for sympathy. I am not. I hope someone can explain to me why she is vomiting blood, and can’t pee and breaks out. Sorry for the very long email. But any help is much appreciated. Even prayers. thank you.
admin answers:
She needs to get into a pain management specialist that is legitimate and understands her pain. She can get on some better meds like methadone. I have to agree with her wanting to take the Adderall, it is a true godsend to people who are doped up from opiate meds. The problem is most doctors wont prescribe it alongside the pain killers due to the likelihood of the DEA coming down on them. Understandably they don’t want the hastle. If you can find a physician willing to prescribe a stimulant for her it just might be the key that unlocks her door. There is another drug called Modafinil (Provigil ®)( it does come in a generic which has been reported to actually work better than the brand name drug) and this is not a highly scheduled narcotic and will help her be way more alert and her doctor should be willing to let her try it. Unfortunately she will probably have to be on the pain meds for quite a while to come so dealing with the drowsiness should really help.I myself take lots of caffeine to combat the drowsy affects of the drugs. Best wishes
Thomas asks…
whats up with these people please read?
Ok its a bit long but bare with me. My son who is 17 has been working for a small roofing comp. He enjoys working and works hard. to prove that, he gets a 50cent raise like every other paycheck. he started at 7 hr and now is up to 9.00. Just last week thurs.he was fired. He calls me really upset to pick him up since he has no car (hes saving for one)I asked him what happened he said he was working and all of a sudden out of the blue hes told hes fired cause he wasnt wasnt working hard enough. And what was weird was that the guy who fired him (John)was just another worker who’d only been working for 10 months and not his boss Larry. But Larry was there when John fired him but he didnt say anything. So there i go to pick him up in the next town cause John said that Larry wasnt going to take him home. Anyway my son was really bummed out. as soon as we got home he called around for other jobs. I told my son to call Larry and ask why he let John fire him and that if he wasnt working hard enough then why all the pay raises. My son says that he is mistreated and he feels its cause he is not a Jehovas Witness. everyone who works in this little comp. is a JW. and Larry has envited my son to attend Jw meetings. and I feel that he is trying to convert my son into becomeing a JW. my son was raised Catholic. My son had gone a few times cause he feels pressured and wants to be on Larrys good side.Well my son told larry that his GF is preg. and will have to find a second job. Since then they have treated him badly saying he shouldnt be fornicating cause that was a sin. Well. just this past Sun. my son got the nerve to call larry and ask why he allowed john to fire him larry told him that they were just joking. that he could have his job back. My son asked why he didnt call and tell him so larry tells him he was waiting for my son to call. this is a really cruel joke my son was bummed out all weekend and worried he wasnt going to get another job fast enough. i told my son he should complain but he doesnt want to hes just happy he got his job back. he feels john just doesnt like him and since john is a close family friend to larry i guess he felt he had the authority to fire. I feel that this is just so wrong. and that larry should of said something to john the moment he told my son he was fired. instead of making me drive 15 miles to the next town and try to find where my son was working at to pick him up. My son says he is left out eating lunch in the work truck while the others dine at a restraunt. My son says john has thrown crow bars at him instead of away from him while he is picking up shingles from the ground and is told that he was just trying to scare him. His boss larry thinks all of this is funny. I dont see anything funny about it and it makes me soo mad. But my son doesnt want to make matters worse. He just wants to work. Ive thought about calling the comp owner who is Larrys father since he was the one who hired my son in the first place but i feel that my son is old enough to handle these things on his own he will be 18 in a few months and will be legally an adult. MOMMY cant be handling his affairs anymore. and i dont want to make things worse for him at work. Knowing John hed prob. make fun of my son for having his mother but in. Does anyone else agree with me and do you think it all boils down to religion? Please let me know what you think.
admin answers:
I am a Christian, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
What you’ve describe doesn’t sound the least bit like a Religious issue. I know a company in my hometown, where all but 1, sometimes, 2, of the employees are Witnesses. The non Witness employee is rather skilled, and hasn’t quit to work elsewhere in the many years she’s been there, and when I’ve been there, I’ve never seen her treated differently in the least.
Either your son is exaggerating (hopefully) or he probably should look for work elsewhere, and file a complaint, especially about the crowbar part.
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