Re: My ultrasound results...??!!?

January 18, 2001

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Fluid in the lungs is a pretty serious situation. I urge you not to try

to second guess your doctors via this list. Ultrasound does not miss

" soft " stones. Sound waves bounce of them and they create shadows (I've

seen my own ultrasound).

Think about it: the fluid in your lungs - which is LIQUID, softer than

any gallstone - showed up on the ultrasound.

It sounds like you are trying to squeeze your symptoms into a specific

diagnosis. Would you rather have gallstones than pneumonia? I think it

is important to be an informed patient and to know as much as possible

about your condition so you can participate - as a partner - with your

health care professionals to make the best decisions about your

treatment. They are there and we are all here in cyberspace. We have

not seen your ultrasound or listened to your chest - they HAVE! It is

almost impossible for any of us to comment responsibly on their diagnosis.

Many, many conditions cause symptoms similar to other conditions. That's

part of the mystery of our bodies and the challenges of medicine

(traditional and alternative). Get a second opinion if you have time,

but don't put off treatment just because you don't like the diagnosis or

it is not what you thought you might have based on info you got from this

list.

Get well soon!

....Bill

On 1/18/01 3:54 AM, Bramer wrote:

>From you guys I want to know if you think it could still have been my

>gallbladder, but the stones are just not showing up because they are too

>soft. I think, since I couldn't take a full breath for a few weeks,

>that I developed a form of pneumonia. I'd been concerned about not

>being about to breathe fully (I've been able to take my walks with no

>problem). Boy did it hurt when I had the chest X-ray. They had me on

>my left side and it (the right side in the center) hurt so much and I

>could barely breathe.

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