Re: Can U say crock o chit?

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In a message dated 10/6/01 11:41:07 AM Central Daylight Time,

LIVINwEDS@... writes:

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Janet, if he says the ultrasound is normal, ask for a copy for your records.

Then when you read it ... if it says sludge, demand a second opinion from a

surgeon. Do you have an HMO?

Peggikaye

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In a message dated 10/6/01 11:41:07 AM Central Daylight Time,

LIVINwEDS@... writes:

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> Can you tell I woke up COLD this morning? (Can't Offer Love Duh!) It's

> cuz

> we don't have heat. (My arctic wolf says, " What'd ya mean Ma, it's NICE in

> here! " But I'm gonna put a FIRE under Tony's ass and maybe then I'll be

> warmer. : )

>

>

We haven't lit our furnace yet. Don asked me last night if I thought he

should. We never light it before the end of October. I looked at him like he

was an alien. Couldn't figure out why he was wanting to light it. (makes it

hotter on days that are warm, yesterday's high was 86. Why would we want to

light a furnace when we're still running the A/C during the day? Well

ditzbrain Hubby (my interpretation of DH) doesn't bother to tell me that he'd

watched the weather ... which I hadn't and we had a cold front come through

.... woke up to 37 flippin' degrees. We had the electric blanket on 7 by

morning, trust me ... it was a horrible shock to get out of bed this

morning!!!!!!

Peggikaye

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In a message dated 10/6/01 5:31:04 PM Central Daylight Time, pghand@...

writes:

> Other things to look into may include hiatus hernia, which may mimic

> gallbladder disease, and no blood test in the world can diagnose this - it's

> done with the use of contrast or a scope to take a peek down your throat.

> Other considerations are subluxed ribs, etc.

Those can imitate gallbladder disease?!?!?! I had my gallbladder out 4 years

ago, yet still get those awful pains. I have both hiatel hernia AND ribs that

pop out! (actually I have a rib that's out right now .. might I make a

suggestion ... if your ribs pop out, don't hire a Seventh Day Adventist

Chiropractor and have the problem on Saturday ... they ain't open on SATS!) I

didn't know that it could mimic gallbladder. I've been yelling at my GI doc

for 3 years about the phantom pain. He says there is so much wrong with my GI

track he's not surprised. Once a year he checks the labs that could show the

problem as being more serious, and have left it at that.

Peggikaye

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Janet,

Please understand that although your symptoms sounded like gallbladder ones,

there are other avenues to travel and investigate, so I would not expect the

doctor to just say that 'it ain't so' and then move on without a plan.

Other things to look into may include hiatus hernia, which may mimic

gallbladder disease, and no blood test in the world can diagnose this - it's

done with the use of contrast or a scope to take a peek down your throat.

Other considerations are subluxed ribs, etc. Please don't be upset that the

diagnosis was not a simple one, good diagnoses are ones made with all

evidence on the table, so forge ahead and try to not lose hope.

Jill