INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Unlike other larger pets, hamsters can have free access to food and water up until surgery. Prior to surgery, continue to feed your hamster as usual and provide it with plenty of fresh water. On the day of surgery, prepare a package of your hamster's normal amount of food. Bring this food with you to the vet, along with your hamster's water bottle. Because of your hamster's small size, your veterinary team will be extra careful to monitor your hamster during surgery. After anesthetizing your hamster, they will monitor its body temperature, breathing rate, and heart rate. They will also give your hamster fluids so it remains well hydrated during surgery. Your vet will make an incision and carefully remove the tumor. After the surgery, either your vet or a member of the veterinary team will call you to let you know how the surgery went and how your hamster is doing after surgery. They will also let you know when you can come pick up your hamster. When you pick up your hamster, your vet will give you a set of instructions on how to care for your hamster at home. Make sure to follow these instructions carefully to help your hamster recover after surgery. Before heading home, ask your vet any questions you may have about at-home care, including: How long will it make my hamster to recover? What if my hamster looks sick? Will my hamster need medications?

SUMMARY: Feed your hamster food and water. Have your vet perform surgery. Pick up your hamster.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You may want to reconsider placing a burlap flower on a silk blouse. Hold a piece of burlap up to the material you want to use it on and make sure they match. Sometimes bigger isn't always better so make sure you are sizing your flowers appropriately for your project. Fabric that is one and a half inches wide by 30 inches long, or about four centimeters by seven and a half decimeters, is a good size to start with. The longer strips of burlap you use the more petals you'll have. Place hot glue on the bottom of the flower and along the sides to ensure it is fully contained. Cover the bottom with a felt center and hold both pieces together, until the hot glue is dry and set.

SUMMARY: Match the burlap with what you're using it on. Size the flowers correctly. Glue a felt center on the flower base.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You'll need to create an additional account on Facebook to take over your account once Facebook deems you "dead." You'll also need to deem someone as your legacy contact if you are trying to trick the internet. Change the relationship status. Make the fake Facebook account a sibling of yours via Facebook's family setting. This will make it easier to convince Facebook that your "death" is legitimate. Add several friends of yours on the fake account. From your current Facebook profile, set your legacy contact in your settings as your "fake" sibling (which you just created). Facebook will give you a template that you can expand or detract from. You can find the legacy contact in the security section which is found in the settings menu. You'll need at least a couple of friends to write "RIP" on your Facebook wall. This will help curb any suspicions from the Facebook team responsible for memorializing accounts. Ask a small network of friends. You might be able to get the request accepted without the help of your friends, but it doesn't hurt your chances. From the fake account fill out a memorialization request for yourself. It helps if you are good with an image editing software in order to generate a fake article about your death. If there is anything you can use, submit it through the memorization request. The additional obituary or newspaper article is only optional as it says on Facebook. It should take a couple of days for Facebook to review your request. Once they do they will send either a confirmation or denial to your fake account. Try not to log into your real Facebook account until you received a confirmation from Facebook. Once they memorialize your account, you will have complete control of your "old" Facebook through the fake account.

SUMMARY: Create a fake Facebook account. Choose a legacy contact. Get a few willing friends. Send in a memorialization request. Wait for the confirmation.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Loss of smell and taste can sometimes be caused by deficiencies in zinc. Zinc is very important for proper bodily functioning, but isn't stored for long periods of time in your body. You therefore need a constant zinc supply from your diet. Foods like oysters, beef, pumpkin seeds, tahini, dark chocolate, crab, lobster, pork, and beans are all rich in zinc. Sometimes a zinc supplement is required, but don't take one without first consulting your doctor. Consuming too much zinc, more than 100 to 200 milligrams (0.0035 to 0.0071oz) a day can lead to reduced iron and copper levels, vomiting, and gastrointestinal issues. A dry mouth can cause you to lose your sense of taste and smell. Staying hydrated is also a great way to remain healthy in general and possibly prevent colds that can diminish your sense of taste. Your fluid intake is likely sufficient if you're rarely thirsty and your urine is clear or pale yellow. Some people might need more or less than 8 glasses of water a day to be adequately hydrated. On average, women need about 11.5 cups (2.7L) of fluid a day and men need about 15.5 cups (3.7L). and floss regularly. Maintaining good dental hygiene is important for preventing gingivitis, the early stage of gum disease caused by plaque build-up on your gum lines. Excessive plaque on your gums as well as tooth disease and deterioration can all lead to impaired taste, so keep your mouth healthy by flossing and brushing with fluoride toothpaste for at least 2 minutes twice daily. Try different strategies until you find one that works for you, such as going cold turkey, using a nicotine replacement therapy like gum or a patch that gradually reduces the amount of nicotine you consume, or getting a prescription medicine like Chantix or Zyban that reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms by changing your brain chemistry. Not only is smoking bad for your overall health, it can impair your ability to taste foods. You can regain your sense of taste in as little as 2 days after quitting. It can certainly be challenging, but don't give up trying to quit smoking because there are lots of strategies and one will work for you. Some smokers have success quitting by using hypnosis, acupuncture, and meditation to help break the mental and physical habits associated with smoking cigarettes. Your sense of taste naturally diminishes as you get older.To compensate for losing taste buds, you can get more flavor out of your food by topping it with spices and herbs, like basil, oregano, cilantro, and black pepper. If your diet permits, put cheese, bacon bits, butter, olive oil, and toasted nuts on vegetables to get more flavor out of your food. Avoid adding too much salt or sugar, which can be unhealthy. Avoid dishes like casseroles that combine many ingredients and mask individual flavors. This can dilute the taste. Make sure your spices aren't too old, since they lose their flavor over time.

SUMMARY:
Eat foods rich in zinc. Drink about 8 cups of 8 fluid ounces (240mL) of water a day. Brush Your Teeth Quit smoking if you're a smoker. Use extra spices and and flavors in your meals as you age.