Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 Hi all; Ann here from MN. Mother,(Mable)needs to see a doctor. I just don't know what TYPE of doctor to set her up with. The problem is, we have no faith in the local clinic and hosptial. It's a very long sad story. So Mother sees a Opthamologist in Fairview, MN. about 180 miles away. She also goes to the Parkinsons Center in Mpls,MN again almost 200 miles. She has seen a Orthopedic doc in Fargo and chooses Fargo as her primary care which is about 55 miles. The doctor contracted with the Nursing Home is a Internist (sp). He has recommended an EKG, chest X-ray and lab work. He wants to rule out pnemonia. It seems like everyone at the Home has a cold, coughing or a running nose. Later to follow Ba Upper GI...? To try to get the bottom of the phlegm and spitting-up problem. Mother has been having more food getting stuck in her throat. Another Internist or a Neurologist or what????? Mother is now getting speach thearpy!!! Ps..thank you for the 'Ames ' link, what a savings on compression hoses. wow!!!!! I wish this site had a SPELLING CHECK. sorry Ann->Freezing in Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 Mar;y Ann, ;my brother died SDS in 1998 . Believe he had it many more years before diagnosed in 96 now that I read your ;messages here. I finally got him to go to Mayos in ville, Fla and they diagnosed him after several different types of doctors checked him and they all compared notes etc. You are in MN so could go there to Mayos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 Ann, The internist is doing the right things. In checking her carefully for pneumonia and starting speech therapy, he is working on the symptoms which are worst at this time. If they show nothing ask about other types of infection as MSA patients are prone to weird infections of blood and even yeast infections. But it sounds to me as if he is already looking for something with the upper GI series. Remember this type of doctor deals with old people's diseases every day. Speech therapy will help with swallowing problems, if she does the therapy daily. When you go to see her run though the exercises with her, especially on days that she does not see the therapist. Watch for things like does she swallow before taking in a breath, then breath ii and speak several syllables, then start over. Our therapist works on that with Charlotte, and Charlotte has less problem with the phlegm. She should do the hard swallow first, before taking in a deep breath. It is like learning to speak all over, because you have to concentrate hard on each phase. Be prepared that it will take longer to make sense of what she says, but it is worth the effort. As kids we learn to do this without thinking, because everything works by reflex Remember, MSA patients can only do one thing at a time. We learn bad habits all our life and get away with eating and talking at the same time, but when things don't work automatically we have to think through every move. P.S. If you download Netscape 4.7 something and use it for email - it has a spell checker in it and it's free. If you don't have download capability, you can get it on CD-ROM for very little. Eudora software also works well, but is a little more expensive, but internist was spelled correctly ) Take care, Bill and Charlotte --------------------------------------------------------- Ann Pedersen wrote: > Hi all; > > Ann here from MN. Mother,(Mable)needs to see a doctor. I just > don't know what TYPE of doctor to set her up with. The problem is, we > have no faith in the local clinic and hosptial. It's a very long sad > story. So Mother sees a Opthamologist in Fairview, MN. about 180 miles > away. She also goes to the Parkinsons Center in Mpls,MN again almost > 200 miles. She has seen a Orthopedic doc in Fargo and chooses Fargo as > her primary care which is about 55 miles. The doctor contracted with > the Nursing Home is a Internist (sp). He has recommended an EKG, chest > X-ray and lab work. He wants to rule out pnemonia. It seems like > everyone at the Home has a cold, coughing or a running nose. Later to > follow Ba Upper GI...? To try to get the bottom of the phlegm and > spitting-up problem. Mother has been having more food getting stuck in > her throat. Another Internist or a Neurologist or what????? > Mother is now getting speach thearpy!!! > Ps..thank you for the 'Ames ' link, what a savings on > compression hoses. wow!!!!! > I wish this site had a SPELLING CHECK. sorry > > Ann->Freezing in Minnesota. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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