Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Had Sharon in the ER last nite for about 5 hrs. They weren't sure if they were going to keep her or not, but at the last minute decided to send her home with medication. The doctor had never seen anything like this and of course very concerned. It was in the lower part of the heart and it is not uncommon for people to have an extra beat, but what Sharon was experience was about 10 or 15 of them at one time, blood pressure, pulse, respitatory was all erratic. We have an appt 7 am Monday for an echo cardiogram and stress test, and then they will probably put a monitor on her. So we will see what happens then and I will let you know. A little bit of good news, maybe somethings ARE changing, the doctor that was examining her and just before we were ready to leave I informed him of what probably was causing her heart problems. We also had a discussion in great lengths about her chest x-rays and what her previous also had looked like, with the peribronchial cuffing and the collasped bronchial tube. These x-rays did look better, thank goodness, but it has taken 6 years of being out of that building to happend. There was still alot of marblizing or shadowing. The diagnosis then of her lungs was bronchial pneumonia at that time. I had then asked him could the fluid that was in the lungs have been blood. He said most definately, but you wouldn't know until you tested it. I then asked him these x-rays could it have been caused by aspergillus or legionnella bacteria, his response, most definately, but you wouldn't know again unless you tested for it. hmmmmm At this time I started to him inform him the last 9 years and he was actually interested and wanted to know more. I gave him my card with several websites and he was going to look into it. He actually was asking alot of questions out of concern. One comment he did make is that fungi is everywhere and I agreed. I mentioned that most physicians are only aware of the allergic and irritant reactions and NOt the infectious or toxic. I had also asked if fungi were everywhere and many people were suceptable whether immunocompromised or not, which I did explain in greater detail, why aren't there more tests available to our physicians like there are for bacterial or viral? His response, hmmm great question. I got his interest and now he is asking questions. I couldn't ask for more. Hopefully I will hear from him shortly. Just a little side note, upon looking up CSM in a prescription book it states that it is prescribed for people who have pesticide poisoning. hmmm another toxin... So by no means is this a new treatment. KC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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