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  5. Would Your Dog Give The Alarm

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    Charlie doesn't bark at people walking past or knocking on the door or at the postman. She does bark loads when the windowcleaner is cleaning the windows tho! She barks at workmen and people in neighbouring yards though and I think if someone tried to climb into her yard then she would scare them off! If someone broke into the house without going through the yard though I think she's bark her very distinctive hello bark/howl and try and lick them to death!

  10. Unwanted Hair

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    A work colleague has tried laser and says it's brilliant. am contemplating this. I currently get eyebrows waxed every few months and pluck in between, shave legs and under arms and use electric trimmer for bikini line. my sister is trying to persuade me to get bikini line waxed!

  11. Fennel

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    Last week I got a fennel bulb in my organic veg box. I remember trying it as a kid and hating it! I'm not a big aniseed fan but am willing to try it again. I'm also trying to loose weight so want to use it for something healthy. So- any suggestions?

  12. Cracked Pads

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    charlie our staffie sometimes gets cracked pads. my theory is she will get a little crack or split/cut from something that is hardly noticeable and then over a period of 12-24 hours will constantly lick/chew it so a few hrs later it looks much worse. We buy hydrocortisone cream over the counter at the chemist which calms itching and any inflammation ( it's a very low dose steroid cream) which seems to help. We have started using this stuff recently and her paws seem better.

  14. Mole Removal

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    As others have said , the anaesthetic does sting and then it's numb. There is a risk of having a scar that looks worse than the mole does. One of my friends has a huge ugly scar on her knee. A Plastic surgeon would be the person likely to give the best looking result.

    If the mole is not though to be cancerous you may have difficulty getting it removed on the NHS, I know when I last did dermatology all the cosmetic procedures including mole removal ( providing it was not thought to be skin cancer) had to be paid for privately but I think it depends on local policy.

  17. Unassisted Births

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    Home birth possibly, bit unassisted - NO WAY. Having seen some very normal births occur and babies being born flat and needing resuscitation I'd never have an unassisted birth. If u look at the stats from developing countries where many babies are born without assistance the death rates of mums and babies are shocking. Some of this will be due of course to worse antenatal care but not all. Not worth the risk IMO.

    Incidentally it is as far as I know illegal for anyone other than a midwife or dr to assist in the birth so that goes for relatives/husbands and friends helping.

  20. Rabbit Stew (does Anyone Have)

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    Last night I was all fired up and ready to eat rabbit but for some unknown reason tonight this post is making me feel :sick01:

     

    I think I will just buy a chicken and apply it to Alexis' hubby's recipe (but what is passata?)

    passata is a tomato sauce thing u can buy most places. it's sieved italian tomatoes.buy italian plum tomatoes and sieve them. lots of them

  21. Medical Peeps Please.

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    The medications given in vascular dementia are similar to those given in heart disease and after stroke in that they are given to thin the blood to try and prevent further problems. Then other meds to control blood pressure and cholesterol. If Alzheimers is diagnosed then there are specific drugs that can be prescribed ( the ones that there has been the furore with with NICE!). Good luck

  22. Rabbit Stew (does Anyone Have)

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    we got a wild rabbit from the local farmer's market near wimbledon park, not cooked it yet tho, it's in the freezer.

    OH says 1 rabbit , gutted and skinned and chopped up roughly into pieces with bone in

    1 bottle red wine, 2 cloves garlic ( smashed up with peel on), fresh thyme and basil and black pepper. marinade for at least 24 hours

     

    brown rabbit in oil in a pan

    put passata, celery, carrots, onions (baby potatoes if wanted) into casserole dish, add rabbit and

    add marinade removing garlic first. cook slowly in oven on low heat for 3 hours until rabbit is falling of bone. You can then either remove rabbit and reduce sauce or thicken with cornflour etc.

  23. Medical Peeps Please.

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    We went to see Ray's new GP today and after chatting I said about having Ray tested for Vascular Dementia and she said we have two options.

    1. The local mental health morons.

    2. A specialist.

    We asked for option two but she said she would chat to her collegues and then decide which way to go. :(

     

    No 1 aint gonna happen. :(

     

    There is a 3/4 months waiting list (I have already waited three years) then they will have to arrange for Ray to see a specialist.

    So much time has already been wasted and I have no intention of speaking to or allowing those people in my home again.

    It took so long because I didn't get involved and stayed out of the way - but now I have no choice if I want something done about this.

    Ray refuses to see anyone unless I am there as he forgets so much stuff and sometimes doesn't understand what they are saying to him.

    I have trolled the internet but cannot find anything - I don't really know what to look for.

     

    Questions.

     

    1. If the gp's say option no, 1 can we refuse and go private for the specialist?

     

    2. How can we find a specialist?

     

    3. How much will it cost?

     

    Thank you. :flowers:

     

    you can refuse yes but you'd have to pay privately for it and sometimes the local private people are the same ones as in the NHS so you may have to go further afield.

     

    re testing for vascular dementia. There aren't really any tests that conclusively say yes it's definitely that. Diagnosis is based on a mixture of blood tests to disclude other causes of memory problems ( thyroid, vitamin deficiences to name 2) as well as looking for risk factors such as high cholesterol, formal testing of brain function and memory through questionnaires and standard questions- these are then scored and the score will give info about the severity of memory problems, CT/MRI of the brain to look for any vascular problems.

     

    Your best sort of specialist to look for is a psychiatrist who deals with people over 65/old age psychiatry. I may be able to get access to a list as a dr, otherwise it'll have to be an internet search or thru someone like BUPA I'm afraid. Cost - no idea, sorry

    There isn't really any treatment for vascular dementia, it's a matter of decreasing the probability of further vascular events(infarcts- it's often a combination of lots of tiny strokes in the brain). Dementia can be a mixture of alzheimers and vascular dementia.

  24. Help! Need Your Advice And Experience!

    in Animal Chat

    Posted · Edited by alexis

    zitac is cimetidine and zantac is ranitidine, 2 different drugs which work in a similar way to decrease stomach acid.Both can be used in dogs.

    Charlie has luxating patellas, one has been operated on and the other is ok for now. she limps intermittently. When her leg was bad ( before surgery) she started by limping intermittently and this then became more often until she was doing it most of the time. Xrays showed she had some arthritic changes in the joint due to it luxating intermittently. Hers was pretty obvious on examination once she was limping on it most of the time.

    Hope it goes ok for Mich

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