I have a 7 year old chow/wolf mix and he has been limping for a while. he ways about 150lbs, and eats a good portion of neutriants every day. He is a family pet and we havbe taken him to several doctors, but they all said it was nothing to worry about. The last time a vet told me that i lost my 3 year old border collie.. you can see why i dont trust there diagnosis. I have a close freind that did a project for her ap class on hip dysplayshia in different breeds of dogs and chow chows, and wolves are at the low raking score. so i highly doubt that it could be H.D.
Theres is also a possability of arthritis but it is very slim. his conditions seem to get worse and then better periodicly, but it has started to beacome worse and cause him to take a while to recouperate. I any of you face or have faced the same challenge as I please let me know. I would never think of amputating his leg (only if totaly necissary), so please try to obstain from advision so.
By the way im 13.. so bnice C.

He has been to the vet twice and they have found nothing. He used to have a history of arthritis, but has not had those symptoms for 3 years. He is older, about 10 years old, a German Shepherd mix. He seems to be depressed and has trouble controlling his bodily functions. He is in severe pain and I want to help him. He paces our house for great periods of time and you can tell that he just wants to sit down but it is uncomfortable for him to sit down. When we check on him, he yelps for no apparent reason. His legs sometimes tremble, probably because he cannot sit down.

Over the past few months, I’ve been having a reoccuring pain in my right hand. It stems from the base of my thumb, where it meets the bone of my index finger. It will often fade for a few weeks, then start up again, often when I do something that involves my thumb on that finger, such as playing my cello for extended periods of time.

I’m only sixteen, so I don’t believe it’s arthritis. I also looked up the symptoms, and it doesn’t sound like arthritis either. I feel pain while lifting things, holding things, and also if I lean on my hand. If I try to roll my wrist around, it hurts. I also feel pain when moving my thumb into some positions.

My mother has been convinced it’s just a tendon that needs to be stretched, and has refused to take me to see a doctor. However, now I’ve started to feel pain across the other areas where my fingers meet my wrist, and she says we’ll ask about it at my next physical, which may be up to a month from now, depending on when she can get an appoinment.

I would just like to know what this possibly could be, and if I should be concerned about it. Can it wait until a month? Or should I see a doctor now?

And could you also tell me more awhat these dogs can do exactly and where could i find more information at. im asking because my grandma lives alone in another state ( we tried to get her to come live with or near us but she doesnt want to) and she has rhumatoid arthritis and has had knee replacments in both of her legs. She can still walk and can remember stuff very well but imean she cant get around like she used to and cant lift things like she used to. She also does not have a car as when she was driving she was hit by another car and does not have the money riht now to pay for a new car. could a service dog help her in chores like getting something that may be too heavy for her or just giving her some company as we do visit her but we cant visit her always. thanks for awnsering in advance.
i meant heavy as in a plastic laundry basket or a small jug

Since I was a child I started to have widespread musculoskeletal pain. It started in my knees and in my wrists. Now I am 27 and the have consistent but intermittent pain all over my body. This includes sharp pains in my knee caps-especially when I drive, fiery feeling in my wrists-especially when I use my hands, and in the last year soreness in my spinal area from my neck all the way down to my butt. The soreness often goes up my arms and down my legs. The soreness is more intense in my butt/lower back though and the worst of my pain is in my knees/wrists. Like I said, the pains are not knew and they are progressing. I do have IBS, but no tender/trigger points and I am not depressed. I tried physical therapy but it only intensified the pain. I tried occupational therapy and no improvement. I also do not suffer migraines as most fibro patients do. My docs ruled out any type of arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel, and tendinitis. I’ve never had any MRI/CT scans done, and the docs think I’m making this up. Even though I keep trying to tell them the pain has been around for several years, they ignore it and say that it is all in my head and that I need counseling. This is so frustrating and agonizing, because they are supposed to be helping but are completely ignoring my condition. I never ask for pain medication because it never works anyway, so I’m not sure what reasons would influence me to make up the pain for over 10 years. One last thing, lately I notice that sometimes I will be in a store or standing somewhere and briefly blank out, not knowing where I am. But I will quickly regain my composure and everything will be fine. My sister-in-law is an RN and says I seriously need to see a neurologist and she doesn’t understand why they aren’t doing any tests. She’s known me since I was 14 and knows I am not making the pain up, so it is frustrating her also. What could be wrong with me and what should I do? No only will help ??? I’m at a dead end. They keep sending my in circles doing the same treatments that never even helped before, but they continue to ignore it. I even took lyrica and prozac against my better judgment and it didn’t help after month, but they are annoyed that I am looking for more answers beyond a pill or qick fix. Please help me or send me in a direction where I can find help. I have a 1 year-old to take care of and this pain is ruining my life. I asked the doc to renew my disabled placard and he refused, but it ended up resulting in me falling down a steep flight of stairs due to the intense pain. He could care less and told me to deal with it. Is this how docs usually tread chronic pain sufferers?
I should also mention that I do have problems concentrating/comprehending/confusing things, but am also told often that I am quite articulate. Sometimes I have dyslexia type symptoms.
Umm . . . I’m sorry lady. What are you talking about? I’m using my health to escape my situation as a single mother and from taking care of my son alone??? WTF are you talking about? I never said I’m alone and I never said I’m a single mother. See everyone, this is how unfair and inaccurate diagnosis’ are made. She is the perfect example. She made a rash judgment about me being a damsel in distress single mom and I never said that even in the least bit. I appreciate your advice lady, but please don’t judge me without having the facts. I’m not avoiding my son in any way, I absolutely love being about him and the rest of my family who are always there for me. They are just as frustrated as I am!

Last October I woke up and my leg was hurting and by the end of the day I could not move anymore. I went to the ER and they asked did a pregnancy test and found out I was one or two weeks pregnant. So instead of X-rays they did MRI’s and ultrasounds. They found fluid in my hip which gave me arthritis from my hip to my knee and that is why I was having trouble with my leg. But I am 20 yrs old (19 at the time) and do not really play sports. So they ran a bunch of tests and I came up negative for everything. I spent 8 days in the hospital. They tested me for Lyme’s disease 3 times and I came up negative every time though they were convinced that it what gave me arthritis. I have experienced all the symptoms except for the rash. Because I was pregnant they put a pic line in my arm and treated me with Rocephin for a month. I am still experiencing fatigue and my leg feels like it is getting worse. I can not stand on my left leg at all, I have to keep my weight on my right side. And some days I can barley move.

Unfortunately I just got a new job so I currently do not have health insurance, I am just trying to figure out what I should do so I have a few questions. What exactly is Rocephin? Should I keep taking the test for Lyme’s? And what should I be doing about my arthritis? What do you think are my best options?

My father was diagnosed with bone cancer- came from lung. Was told nothing else can be done. Took him to an alternative medical doctor- only given something to address pain. Tylenol was helping until they gave him Darvocet- only taking it once in morning and at night. Sometimes once during day. Was given Durgesic patches-which I refused to give him and the alternative med. doctor agreed. I am just wondering if there is something out there that may reverse or slow down his symptoms- We think its just arthritis, they state he should be in more pain. He’s 80 and otherwise in good spirits.
Also anything to increase appetite ? Thanks
We are Christians and are praying for a miracle.

here is the assigned case study for me. please help me resolve this problem on whether who should have the autonomy to decide in Angela’s case. thank you!

case:
Angela is 96 years old. Both her hands and feet are severely handicapped with Rheumatoid arthritis. She is admitted to the hospital with a bowel obstruction and several rectal hemorrhage. She is confused and is babbling incoherently. Her daughter wants her mother to have immediate surgery and other aggressive treatments. Her granddaughter says she has spoken often with Angela about her death. She says her grandmother just wanted to die peacefully. There is no living will.

My boyfriend’s dog, Shadow, was 13 years old, and it was definitely a member of the family. Unfortunately in these past few months he developed arthritis so bad that he couldn’t walk, not even to get up to go to the bathroom. Even after having laser treatments done to make his hind joints move easier. Finally this morning, my boyfriend’s parents put the dog to sleep because it just wasn’t able to enjoy life like a dog should. My boyfriend works in another state, and was unable to be with Shadow when he died – because Shadow’s decline in health was extremely dramatic over the past few days, it took my boyfriend by surprise even though everyone knew Shadow was very old and unable to move.

What can I do for my boyfriend and his family to show them that I care, and help them with the grieving process? I was thinking about rummaging through old photos with my boyfriend and finding a picture of Shadow and purchasing a frame for it, maybe even blowing it up bigger. I’ll really miss Shadow, too.

What do you guys think?

And no, I won’t get anyone another dog, they definitely need time to grieve. And it’s not in my place to do that anyway.

Okay, my family has a 2 year old Golden Retriever. She just recently tore her cruciate ligament. It’s fully torn and the vet says surgery but we can’t afford it, at all. No way possible. I did research online and it says their are some way with physical therapy, but my mom and dad say it wont work because it’s fully torn. I don’t want my dog to get arthritis before she’s even 3. I don’t want her to be a cripple the rest of her life, and I don’t want her to die. We just recently put our 13 year old dog to sleep, and if a torn ligament can kill a dog, it’d be horrible. I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?
Oh, and my parents don’t want to waist money on the surgery because we had surgery on our old dog, and it didn’t fix anything and we ended up putting him to sleep. /: