how fast would you get to a doctor if you vomited BROWN stuff?
 

holy stubborn old man across the street. he used to be so active! always working on his house. i rarely see him anymore..when i do, i see him getting skinnier and skinnier.

i saw his wife..she is so worried but cant get him to the doc. the old guy is vomiting brown..and keep any food down.

i would do a burnout of my garage if i puked brown..right to the ER.

she said he is afraid of what they will find.

He's probably got a good point there.

'brown' is a bit vague..
coffee grinds is what folks rightfully freak about..
that's blood making it's way thru ..
he's losing weight is because food intake causes him pain down the line..
should he go ..
of course..
but he will most likely be barfing & split a line...
then it's a matter of minutes before he bleeds out..

Rika

Are his bowels working, is he having pain his belly?

what T is referring to is..
color & consistency ..
tar like would be my guess..

Dr's can tell much by what one expels..
same goes for urine..
figure the old guy knows he's got problems...
he's got a regime...
certain foods, barf to relieve pain, Maalox,Rolaids by the handful..
rinse & repeat.

Rika

I suspect he knows what time it is.

If it stank like hell and sort of granularish his liver may be shot. Esophageal varices because his liver is all plugged up.

Vash always has the best threads. Blook, blook ,blook

figure he'd have some edema going with liver going kaput..
my $ is Esop or colon..
not matter ..
agree with Biv...he know's it's bad news & made his decision..
no surgery, no this or that..
best he can hope for is to bleed out before the pain takes him to a hospital..

Rika

2 different mind-sets at work here:

my dad has leukemia. He's been fighting it for about 4 years. It has been an ugly, draining, terrible fight. And very expensive in all ways, not just $$$
Unfortunately it has taken it's toll. I don't want to say any more about it.


My wife asks why I only go to the doctor about once a decade. Paraphrasing.
When it's my time, people will say "wow, that was fast. all the sudden". I won't go through what he has gone through and I won't put anyone else through it either.

Some folks are afraid of what's next and some are not.

I think we may be related. Walk proudly and carry a big life insurance policy.

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Beer through the nose

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In the movie Saving Private Ryan the medic gets hit badly about half way to their objective. The rest of the platoon hovers over him, asking for his direction on what to do to save him. He suggests that a few more ampules of morphine ought to be about what he needs. After exchanging confused looks for a few moments, the rest of the platoon gets what he means. They nod and to each other and agree with him that they'll pump him as full of morphine as it takes to make him comfortable.

Perhaps Old Crotchety Neighbor is aware that what he needs is a case of single malt Scotch, a box of Cubans and a companion on the porch to share them.

U should be so fking lucky.

I subscribe to early warning system of regular doc visits. It's hard staying healthy. I would want to know.

He does know Vash.

Yep. Seems he's decided to check out at home if he can. I don't blame him.

As should you.

Give me a visit to the doc, hospital if necessary. Then if you don't have much time left they give you meds to make the trip into the next world more comfortable. Barfing up brown stuff at home and suffering needlessly is stupid. But each one to their own.