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Lounge Doctors. **UPDATE** surgery is complete.
October 5, 2012 at
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My husband has been having trouble keeping food down for months now. He has dropped below 130 pound now. His Gastroenterologist scoped both ends last month and ran a bunch of other test with no findings. So today we went in for a ultrasound on his tummy. We have not heard anything from his Doctor yet. I was looking over the technicians shoulder as she wrote her notes. She wrote that he appears to have a occlusion in his SMA.
I googled it and came back with Occluded Superior Mesenteric Artery Has anyone ever heard of this. It sounds like the cure is some sort of surgery to fix it. Tell me I'm wrong.
I googled it and came back with Occluded Superior Mesenteric Artery Has anyone ever heard of this. It sounds like the cure is some sort of surgery to fix it. Tell me I'm wrong.
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Undergoing invasive diagnostic procedures for suspected conditions (which are now much lower on the differential diagnosis) is unecessary when a problem has been found, and needs to be addressed. Although, it is certainly in CCs right to voice all her questions/concerns to the treating surgeons.
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Undergoing invasive diagnostic procedures for suspected conditions (which are now much lower on the differential diagnosis) is unecessary when a problem has been found, and needs to be addressed. Although, it is certainly in CCs right to voice all her questions/concerns to the treating surgeons.
I haven't had a moment to read through it all, but maybe you can take a look at it and see if your hubby is eligible for this, I would think so, considering the circumstances - it's worth a try
Keep the faith and the frosting
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He is also at the point he will lose his job soon. (yes it is only two days a week at this point, but very much needed income)
i got hit by a car 5 years ago by a pickup truck that didnt see me while turning into his driveway. was knocked out, busted up....still am. had and still have medical problems because of crushed vertebrae, crushed discs pushing into my spinal cord causing numbness and major pain, shoulder was crushed, still have pain and can sleep on that side, and just had another muscle tear by same shoulder. so now i have to have ANOTHER surgery on 31st to repair the muscle tear in my back-shoulder. SuCKS!
a few times i was thinking about taking myself out because of the pain/cost/being in bed alot, but im still hanging in there for the kids/wife.
good luck to you and your family!
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i got hit by a car 5 years ago by a pickup truck that didnt see me while turning into his driveway. was knocked out, busted up....still am. had and still have medical problems because of crushed vertebrae, crushed discs pushing into my spinal cord causing numbness and major pain, shoulder was crushed, still have pain and can sleep on that side, and just had another muscle tear by same shoulder. so now i have to have ANOTHER surgery on 31st to repair the muscle tear in my back-shoulder. SuCKS!
a few times i was thinking about taking myself out because of the pain/cost/being in bed alot, but im still hanging in there for the kids/wife.
good luck to you and your family!