A friend of my daughter's has been over at our house three times in the
last 2 weeks for dinner. She eats a lot of food and then she says she
will be back in a minute and she goes outside and vomits all of that
food up. She is not a small girl and she told me she has a stomach
problem, and that her Mom knows she does this and has been seen by a
doctor. She says her doctor put her on Oxycontin, for this problem. She
is 17 years old and looks healthy, I am just worried about her. Should
I ask her Mom about this or just mind my own business?
ABSOLUTELY talk to this girl's mother. I am the mother of three
teenaged girls, and I know I would want to be told if one of my girls
was engaged in this kind of behavior.



The girl's story sounds kind of fishy (I'm pretty sure they don't put
you on a powerfully addictive narcotic painkiller for stomach
problems!) but to give her the benefit of the doubt, you could say to
the mom, "You know, Jane [or whatever her name is] spends a lot of time
at our house with my daughter, and she told me about her stomach
problem and her prescription for oxycontin. I'm sure that's really
difficult for her and for you, too - I get so concerned when she throws
up all the time. I'd like to help, if I could. Maybe if you told me
more about her stomach problem, like what the doctor says she should do
or not do, or eat or not eat, I could prepare meals and make sure we
have snacks on hand that are going to be OK for her? Or, if you just
want someone to listen, I am willing to do that, too...."



That way, you are not saying - "Look, I think your daughter is bulemic
and possibly has a problem with painkillers," but you are letting her
know the situation so she can follow up on it however she sees fit, and
offering support, too.



Equally important, though, is talking to your daughter. She needs to
know that her friend has a problem, and that how that friend is dealing
with it is not OK. Help your daughter to see that although she can (and
should) continue to befriend this other girl and support her as much as
she can, she can not "fix" her. Only the friend can fix herself!



Hope this helps....
I took your advice and talked with her Mom, as I was afraid, she did
not know any of this and she has been getting the drugs at school. Her
Mom will get her professional help! Thank you, Betsy
Dear Miss,
You are still an adult and thus owe it to a child to
try to help. Oxycontin is NOT what they give you for stomach problems.
Oxycontin is morphine for pain and likely to make a person sick to
thier stomach. That is why they often give you phenagren (spelling?) to
calm your stomach when you take the Oxy. Could be an eating
disorder-thats my bet. I would approach her mother with concern and in
a helpful manner. She may look healthy now, but that wont last if she
has an eating disorder. Her behavior and age would certainly point this
direction.
She 'seems' to have a valid explaination, and there's no physical
reason to assume anything from what you're saying. However, if you want
to talk to her mother- do it. It'll cause no trouble if she's telling
the truth, and if she's not, you could be bringing an important problem
to attention.
oh my goodness yes oxycotin was out lawed years ago it killed several
people !!! one of the side affects is it makes u skinny go to the mom
the girl is a bilimic and needs to see a pycologist this problem is
mostly mental look at her nails if thery're yellowish its for sure!! do
it nw omg and get rid of that oxycotin shes lucky shes not already dead
make 100% sure she get proffesinal help!!!
I would not think they would put a 17 year old on Oxycontin for a
stomach issue unless she has cancer. That is a seriously addictive drug
! I would say speak to her mother. At the very least tell her to stop
throwing up on your tulips and use the bathroom.
Have to agree with poopy. Oxycontin is not , I repeat, NOT, used to
treat eating disorders. Talk to the girl's mother. Unfortunately, if
her mother is aware of the situation, she may be in denial.This child
needs help.
I would be concerned for the girl. When she's puking at your house on a
regular basis, right after eating your food, it does make it your
business. It wouldn't hurt to call and have a quick chat with her mom.

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ok so i was on my pill( combined pill microgynon 30) which i got from
the doctor without permission from my mum..But she found it and took it
off me binning it three days from when i was meant to have my seven day
break.Me and my boyfriend recently had sex without a condom..I dont
know when im supposed to come on my period or what i should do.. Help ?
** ( i mean we had sex a day before she took it off me )

This is not an easy one to answer. The phrase
'recently' had sex without a condom doesn't say whether you're within
the time period for emergency contraception (and there are more options
than the pill, an emergency IUD can be fitted up to 5 days after sex
and is actually more effective than the morning after pill). You should
get withdrawal bleeding from your pill withing 7 days of stopping it,
it's not a 'period' but your body's response to falling hormone levels.
If you had unprotected sex within the seven pill free days, regardless
of what point in the pack they started, and then carried on, or are
able to carry on taking your pill, then you should be fine. if that
seven days isn't up go back to your doctor or GUM clinic, get a repeat
prescription and carry on, taking a pregnancy test 28 days after the
unprotected event to make sure you're not pregnant. If you haven't
followed these steps then its more uncertain. There are so many
variables in the efficacy of the combined pill, ranging from your
bodies efficiency in metabolising and excreting the hormones, to your
gastrointestinal floras ability to recycle the oestrogens. some women
ovulate soon after stopping the pill, for some it takes longer for
their body to resume it's normal hormonal regulation.

On another note, even if you are still a minor, which i guess you are,
if your doctor has deemed you competent to request a course of
treatment your mother can't just override that and prevent you having
treatment, and your doctor isn't obliged to get any kind of permission
from her. That said. if you're having sex at a young age I as a parent
would be concerned if it was one of my own children and while I
understand that I couldn't stop them i'd much rather sit down and talk
things through with them. The fact you didn't and your mother caught
you out is probably the reason that she was so pissed. And there is no
way in hell you should be having sex without condoms at your age, there
is no such thing as a 'safe' partner, een if you were both virgins
and/or tested, I know from bitter experience that people screw around
when they're younger and the amount of STIs in the young population is
vast. Unprotected sex should be something you have with someone in a
long term relationship who you trust absolutely implicitly.

I'm a nurse and a parent.
Try to remember when your last period was and that'll give you an idea
as to when you can expect your next one. In the future, you might want
to insist that your boyfriend use condoms or maybe go to a planned
parenthood clinic and get the depo shot - that way, your mother won't
be able to find your birth control and confiscate it.
well firstly you shouldn't have had sex without a condom when you knew
your mom took away your pill. Secondly, tell your mom, you are sexually
active and you need the pill, or just use condoms. If you've been on
the pill awhile I wouldn't worry, it's still prolly in your body

you might get pregnant so get a pregnancy test if you dont get your period within a week /10 days of your stopping of the pills.
sex with no protection may lead to pregnancy - see your doctor
get the morning after pill fast and tell your mom thanks for possibly ruining your life

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Do you have really stinky or sweaty feet and dont care to admit it? Or
are you one of those girls that try and act like your perfect?
My Feet Stink Aswell But Maybe Its Just The Shoes You Wear Or You Could Wash Them More!!



Hope This Helped
They aren't stinky and sweaty, but my toes seem to have circulatory
issues so i keep getting chillblains in the winter. Its always a gamble
to figure out if i need to be wearing my oh-so-comfy summer cotton
sports socks, or the ichy wooly ones. Oh, and it makes my toe nails and
toe tips kind of ugly, so i wear nail polish in bright colours on the
nails.
My feet stink at the end of the day. I shower every night and in the
morning put on fresh socks (I wear socks to bed) because I don't want
to risk that my feet will start stinking if I was sweating in bed. As
long as I make sure I change socks and shower nightly, the smell isn't
bad. But, if I'm running around in the heat all day -- I definitely hop
in the shower when I get home!
The soles of my feet, and palms of my hands sweat. Always. I can't help
it. My feet only stink though if I wear one pair of sneakers everywhere
I go for a long period of time. But, don't worry, sweaty feet is
normal! =P
mine do but only in my black flats. i rarely wear shoes so mine don't
that much. my sisters used to really bad and the doctor said that it
was from her not drying her feet well enough after a shower. she
started drying better and it went away.
honestly, my feet are the only thing on me that BARLEY ever sweat
unless im playing soccer, but i put babypowder on them every morning as
welll

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I was playing paintball with my stupid boyfriend and his friends last
weekend. He ended up shooting me point blank in the crotch. The
paintball nailed me right in the clitoris and I dropped to the ground.
My stupid boyfriend thought it was funny and laughed, but that is a
different matter. Anyway, two days later my clitoris and vulva are
still badly swollen and I have problems walking. It hurts bad. What
should I do? Is my clitoris damaged?
sounds like shock. swelling is a defense mechanism so that could be a
good thing that you are experiencing swelling. your body is trying ot
heal itself. it can also be a bad thing because it can also be a sign
of irritation and infection. go to the doctor if the problem persists
over 5 days.
I would think that it would be sore just from bruising. I mean, a
paintball can do major damage...my cousin just got a 3rd degree burn
from one. I would say put some ice on it and try not to do to much
walking if possible. If it is still really bad in a week go to the
doctor and have them check it out and make shur everything is ok.
unless you were laying down with your legs spread, i doubt it hit you
right in the clitoris, since this is covered by your labia. its
probably just bruising of the area. Regardless, see a doctor just in
case.

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