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Okay, I am really lost right now.

I have 4 cats.

One of them is a cat I got from a hoarding case (used to work at a shelter, and he would have been euthanized otherwise). He's extremely inbred (the hoarder thought by breeding a bunch of cats that looked vaguely Siamese together she would end up with purebred Siamese...he's about 6 generations directly inbred, eek). He may have FIP, but since there is no specific test we are not entirely sure. If he does, it is the dry form.

He has not had a solid stool since the day he was born. Nothing helps that, and he is comfortable. He's a very happy go lucky cat, though it is obvious he does have mental problems - that sounds odd, but it's true.

We had to switch to high wall litterboxes because he stands to poop, and it sprays everywhere (ew, I know). But lately, he is pooping everywhere. On the carpet, on bedside table, coffee table, right outside the box. He doesn't appear to be stressed, though. We've added even more boxes with various types of litter - that worked for a couple weeks, but now he is back to going on the floor.

What do you recommend?

He is seeing the vet on Monday.

I really don't know what to do anymore. Do they make cat diapers?? Right now he is living in the bathroom because it's tile floor, and we rent.

There have been no major changes or stresses introduced, as far as we know his health is fine but we are double checking. We may put him back on depo-medrol injections once a month...they didn't help much, because going to the vet stresses him out BADLY, but when he was getting them he always used the box, but at that point he had always used the box before that too.

I do not want to euthanize him unless he is in pain we cannot fix, or unless he will be permanently stressed or unhappy. We definitely can't rehome him (and I wouldn't anyway) but I want to come up with a way to get him to use the box. He always pees in the box, but he just won't poop there.

Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance :)

I'm so desperate, I'm asking an internet forum.

I have been sick for six months. This illness continues to get more painful and more debilitating. I have seen multiple doctors, to no avail. Is there ANYONE out there with advice? My doctors are seeming to get sick of me. My life is non-existent. I can't leave my house. I can't function. I am constantly in pain, all over my body.

I am a 20 year old female. I have had digestive symptoms for months.

I have frequent bowel movements (7+ times per day), most of which are diarrhea or extremely loose. Anti-diarrheal medications do not work; the only thing that "works" to solidify my stool is Vicodin, but this constipates me, which doesn't help either.

My stool contains a great deal of undigested food - vegetables (lettuce, tomato, etc), meat, grain (rice cereal, etc.).

I have severe abdominal distension.

I have sharp pains throughout my abdomen constantly.

My stool is usually extremely fatty, foamy, and foul-smelling.

Nearly every bowel movement is painful.

I am nauseous daily. I never know if I will be able to keep down food. Accompanying food with milk seems to ease the nausea.

My weight fluctuates extremely. My typical weight is 140 (I am 5'11") and it drops down to 125 and back up within a week or two.

This is accompanied by many other symptoms - joint pain, extreme fatigue, chest pain, heart palpitations, inability to control body temperature (alternating quickly between sweating and shaking with cold chills), muscle weakness, hand tremors, hypoglycemia, low blood pressure, blurred/distorted vision, memory loss, confusion, frequent urination, near-daily low-grade fevers, constant headache.

I have seen an internist, a gastroenterologist, and a gynecologist.

In May, I went in for surgery to remove a ruptured ovarian cyst, at which point they also noticed appendicitis and removed my appendix. The biopsy of my appendix returned somewhat normal, except they had found multiple stones and stool within the appendix, but said it seemed normal.

During a follow-up gynecologic exam, my doctor did an ultrasound due to my abdominal distension, and saw that my large intestine was in between my uterus and my bladder.

I have since had a colonoscopy, an endoscopy, a great deal of bloodwork (vitamin levels, ANA, CSR, RA,H.pylori, liver and kidney panels, CBC) an EKG, and a stool study to test for bacteria and parasites.

All of these tests have come back clean/negative.

What do I do next? My doctors are literally guessing. I'm currently taking meclizine, in the off chance that I may have an inner ear infection that they can't see? The medicine is not helping.

They have not given me any more medicine.

I am completely lost, and constantly miserable. Any advice would be appreciated.