Odd Diagnosis - Enlarged Aorta???
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Comments (43)Hey Kathy - here is something that may take your ? away from autoimmune: is the failure of an organism to recognize its own constituent parts as self, which results in an immune response against its own cells and tissues. Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an autoimmune disease. Prominent examples include Coeliac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1 (IDDM), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). See List of autoimmune diseases. I know that that's a lot multi-syllabic words, but basically, it is the body attacking itself, due to the inborn lack of ability to recognize it's own DNA. It is sorta like you kill your son when he comes in your home, cause you don't recognize him. Very sad, very scary. Hope you know I don't think you'd do that, but it is the best way I can explain how Be-Be's own body is attacking itself. ((((Hugs and purrs)))))) Nancy, Midnight, Nicademus, Sylvester and Ozzie!!!...See MoreMedical costs
Comments (105)Hi At this time i am cancer free ,at least according to my last tests lol Ofcourse will have to keep up tests for the rest of my life but hopefully MUCH longer between them?? Have some "suspicious " areas but not receiving any treatments at this time . i had a series of treatments called "Cyberknife" which have proven to be very effective . This was done locally and I feel I got excellent treatment. Results seem to indicate that . This involves very high radiation rather than surgery which means I can't have more of this type and will not have chemo though so far there has been no need . Both of my brothers and both parents died of cancer so i seem to be very lucky?? lol Thanks for the good wishes !!! gary...See MoreCat died days after teeth extracted
Comments (44)Had a routine check-up for my 14 yr. old cat, Chloe in Oct. Her blood tests were all normal, but she had gingivitis and needed some teeth removed. We felt we should do this and could prolong her life. Never were we told of what the consequences could be. She was perfectly healthy. Had good appetite and was loving her KD. She almost died 4 yrs ago, of some kind of poisoning. This could have affected her kidneys. They brought her back then. After surgery, they gave her the opiated meds, stayed over night, no antibiotics. She was lifeless when brought home. Two days later, I knew something was not right. She didn't move. Sat. we took her to vet again. They administered G-SubQ fluids, and noticed the suture had come out. So, they gave her antibiotics then and gave us the meds to take home. She was a basket case. They had said to give the pain meds 12hrs apart but after 7 hrs. at home they said give her more. We didn't want to but we did. By Sunday, she was still not responding. Brought her in again on Mon., they gave her fluids and more meds and this time a shot of anti-biotics that lasts 12 days. By Tues, we brought her in again and she stayed over night where they put IV in and did blood tests and had an ultra sound to see what was going on. They thought she had kidney stones blocking but it turned out to be an enlarged heart. How did this happen? We brought her home on Wed. and had questions for the Dr. Called 4 times and never returned a call. She had pooped and peed and we thought maybe thats a sign. We stopped giving her the opiate. We administered a different antibiotic they sent us home with. Meanwhile she had stopped eating the whole time. By this time we felt we should feed her through a syringe, since the vet never mentioned anything about feeding her. Later we gave her the fluids at home and then gave her the antibiotic they had given us. By this time she was lifeless. Thurs., and Fri came and went. No call from the vet asking how she was doing, NOTHING!! We were on our own. Chloe passed Sat. morning peacefully at 4am. She became so weak couldn't even stand.We were with her till her last breath. We are so sick now. We brought her in to prolong her life and this is what happened. Never did they tell us what the consequences could be. Doing research now and the opiate meds they gave her, say not to give to cats with kidney problems. I feel they overmedicated her and gave her the wrong meds. She was great before we brought her in. Had a healthy appetite, showed nothing of any pain. Still no word from the VET!! I think they know what they did. I truly believe this was malpractice. We miss her so much. It's so hard....See MoreDiagnosis - it's been 2 hours
Comments (145)Thank you, it helps. And it is easier to talk to strangers about it. Today I repeated my story 5 times - 1st the nurse, then the radioloist, then the oncologist and the social worker then the doctor. The radiologist scared me out of my wits! She examined me and then she said the size of the tumour, which I didn't hear. Then she felt my nodes and said they felt fine. But she added that I am going to need a mastectomy asap with a LOT of chemo! Then the oncologist made me feel a bit better. She examined me and this time I heard loud and clear 7cm which is what the report said. She felt around the nodes but did not say anything. Then had do all sorts of tests such as touch her finger, walk a straight line, etc. She suggested chemo right away and said that she has worked with the team back home and they're very good. She even wrote out what she would do, and said that I would be doing chemo every 2 weeks. 4 times on one medication, and 4 times on another one, plus shots to increase the white blood cells. So I figure it will be 4 months. She said that I would lose my hair which is no big deal because half the hair on my head isn't mine anyway. Lol Then my mom came in and then the social worker. Thought she was going to check into my mental state but she didn't seem concerned about it after she found out that my insurance company approved everything without the doctor's consent. Was wondering why she kept bringing up insurance. Then Dr. Karp arrived and he had already talked to the others. He examined me also and dug deep in the node area again, but did not say anything. At this point I didn't want to know so didn't ask. He agreed with the oncologist but said that I would still need the mastectomy after the chemo. I need the pet scan, heart check etc to see if it's spread to any organs. So I am a stage IIIb or IIIc but if it's in the bones, liver or other places that I'm stage 4 which is considered incurable. They stage and treat according to the largest tumour and both the oncologist and the doctor measured the hard mass that appeared after the first biopsy. If that's the case then it's worse thana that because they did not measure it with the mass that appeared after the 2nd biopsy, which wasn't on the reports. I had read that others had these masses appear after biopsies and they took almost a year to disappear so I am curious to see if these shrink with chemo. In the meantime the pain has just about left, but there is a lot of pain under the arm of the opposite breast, which started after the second biopsy when they put the clips in. Now I'm wondering I'm allergic to them. Oh, and the pain subsided right after I landed which tells me I'm under pressure in my country (snork). There are sooooo many people from there out here getting cancer treatments. The limo driver joked that the Staybridge/Sonesta should be changed to our country's name. So here I am ready to fight and be a pain to everyone, including you. My weight is finally under 150 which is how this whole thing started. Horrible way to do it though. I do feel better since the oncologist gave me a plan that she would do. If I can read it properly it says Adriny..., cytoxan, neulasta, taxol and something else I can't read but I'll use this to compare to what they suggest back home. They did not order any tests to confrm/deny what was done at the lab previously which tells me that they're comfortable with what they saw on the scans. Those who know me knows the country but I'm reluctant to name it right now because I'm not portraying it in a good light. But my doctor seemed to be spot on, although slow. I called today for him to arrange the appt with the onco but as usual he wasn't in today. Then he has to write a letter, so it's looking like next week before the chemo starts. It seems like I've wasted time coming here but so many people kept warning me about mis-diagnoses back home so now they have it! The end, lol....See Moreclubm
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