My brother-in-law was recently diagnosed with an ANEURYSM! please help? read more?
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The doctor was correct. We do not operate on abdominal aneurysms until either:\n1) they exceed 5cm or\n2) grow more than 0.5cm/year.\n\nWith good control of cholesterol and blood pressure, as well as complete smoking cessation, his risk of rupturing is fairly low.\n\nWhen the doc starts talking surgery, make sure that they at least consider the possibility of endovascular repair. This means a stent is threaded into the aneurysm and then expanded.\n\nBe sure that he is seeing a board certified vascular surgeon.\nAvoid the local hack that makes his bread & butter with gall bladders and appendectomies. See an expert in aneurysms!
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Additional history would be helpful such as health conditions and medications he is taking.  If he is a smoker ask him to stop.  There are medications for peripheral circulation but they are of limited effectiveness.  Depending upon the origin of the problem surgery is sometimes curative.  It should be emphasized however that an exercise program for this purpose leads to a significant improvement in function independent of any actual change in circulation.  Finally - I assume that he has undergone testing and that this is not simply an impression but rather a diagnosis.
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Hi Smoothladyb.  I am a retired Chiropractor so I will suggest a good Chiropractic evaluation, but I would like to make a couple of additional comments.\n\nYour condition is very unusual, which makes it very challenging for any doctor to 'sort out'.  However, just because your symptoms are unusual it does not mean they are not real!\n\nYears of experience (meaning my many screw-ups that turned into learning experiences) have taught me that when the patient has a strong sense about the cause of their condition it often 'pays off' to listen to their insights.  So, if you truly feel like you are dealing with a circulation problem, continue to push your doctors to evaluate that.\n\nYour hypertension and kidney issues clearly indicate that you have problems with your vascular endothelium (the lining inside your arteries).  It doesn't sound like your doctors are addressing this underlying problem, but rather, are merely treating the sign of the problem - the hypertension.  It may be a good idea to find a doc that is more focused on treating CAUSE rather than signs and symptoms.  A good Naturopathic Physician, Chiropractor, or Medical Doctor interested in 'Functional Medicine' may be able to help you.  You can find a list of Functional Medicine docs on the website for "The Institute of Functional Medicine" (just do a web search of that name to find their website).\n\nAn excellent book on Hypertension and related cardiovascular issues just came out called:  "The High Blood Pressure Hoax".  It is written by Sherry Rogers, M.D. and covers a large variety of underyling causes of hypertension and damage to your endothelium (issues that most medical doctors don't care enough about to educate themselves on).\n\nThe last time I checked, this new book was not yet available at Amazon.com, but it may now be there.  If not, you can order directly from the publisher at 1-800-846-6687.  I highly recommend this book for someone like you who clearly has the intelligence and motivation to do a little 'real' learning about your health.\n\nAnother book on hypertension that I might suggest for you is by Mark Houston, M.D., professor of cardiology at Vanderbilt Medical School.  The book is called: "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension".  This book is available at Amazon.com for only $10.17.  I have heard Dr. Houston lecture at professional educational semiars and his info. is cutting edge 'medicine'.\n\nI hope this long discourse has been helpful to you.  Best wishes and good luck.
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Hello Sir,\nI can understand your problem because my mother suffered almost with the same kind of proble. she also consulted with many neuro surgeons and orthopedic surgeons but nothing happened. The only thing that helped her was physiotherapy. You better go to a qualified physiotherapist. I hope that will definitely work for you.\nI hope that the problem of your wife will soon be over.\nI will pray for her.
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By all means ask people in this forum, as they are certainly more well-equipped to answer this question than the team of doctors that are obviously currently involved in your relatives care.\n\nsorry, but you're asking a really specific question with a paucity of information.  Ask the doctor or doctors involved.
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sorry to say sounds like the same symptons my aunt had and she died 5 weeks later , my dad, 3 months after that biopsy , Be there for her and make peace with your guilt now  . Pray for a miracle but be prepared for the worst . Sorry for my blunt honesty but I really think you should do every thing you can now to work off that guilt .
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I am so sorry that you and yours are having to experience that malady. A specialist in Neurology is my suggestion. If you've already consulted a Neurologist, check out yet another one. Truly, I will pray that you get the wisdom and help to deal with this.
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If i were you I would call the hospital and talk to someone in patient accounts. i had a friend who was told they had a brain anurism (sp?) and they shipped him to another hospital etc etc and racked up alot of bills and the wife called and ended up they didnt have to pay it. Chances are you will have to pay for the first one though, it was part of your treatment.
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Yes, and I'm going through it right now.  I'm pretty sure it's my uncle who died two years ago January 16th.  He started having a lot of pain right around this time and in the beginning of December, was put in the hospital.  He had a lot of pain.  So much pain.  HIs pancreas was failing and so was his liver.  His lungs also kept filling up with fluid.  Right after he died, my stove kept turning itself off.  The electrical part of it.  My satellite receiver in a completely different room started doing this too.  Since two days ago, it keeps doing it.  Multiple times per day.  Not every once in a while like it was doing.  Also, my 9 month old son keeps looking at the celing and smiling and laughing.  He was doing that when there was a large balloon hanging from the ceiling.  It was for my daughter's third birthday party, barely full and two days old.  she turned three on Monday.  Well, as he is looking up there, smiling and laughing like something is there, that balloon all of a sudden pops on its own.  Nothing was visibly touching it.  It just popped.  The balloon next to it was blowing like wind was on it.  There are also these orbs of light that come and go.  They usually come from the hallway and go towards the windows.  When the balloon popped, some orbs were going.  Oh, yeah, and two elderly women had died in this house.  I didn't know this until two years after living here, when I was already experiencing what seemed like an angry spirit.  The things I was told by my neighbor matched exactly what was going on in this house.  At times, you hear this loud thud.
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My husband has had 4 bypass surgeries in the last 15 years. Over the years his heart has become weaker and unable to pump the blood efficiently. He has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He takes care of himself and gets plenty of exercise. Coronary artery disease is one of the causes of CHF. As time passes her heart could become weaker and she could have CHF. Only time will tell. I've just spent some time looking up information on CHF on webmd.com so that I can understand it better and be able to help my husband. I have a lot of reading to do. If you want to see what I found: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/51/40650.htm.\n\nIt would be wise for your mother-in-law to go to cardiac rehab when her doctor says she's healed from the surgery. My husband went to rehab (out-patient) after his last bypass surgery in 2003 and had a much better recovery! I pray things go well for her. God bless!
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Suggest a heart transplant ! \nOr even implant, since he does not have one.
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I don't have any great advice unfortunately but please keep pursuing it. If I were you I would definetly report it to his medical association. \n\nI'm really sorry you are going through this. Hope someone comes along with a good answer for you.
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I think that you are just a little restless ove the sudden death of your brother. I wouldn't tell you to just relax or be strong. I think its best that you talk to your doctor about it. Maybe he or she could suggest some sessions of therapy as you gradually recover from the death in your family.
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I am also 50 something and have already had a clogged artery in the heart that required a stent.\n\nSimple diet modifications can help. Just doing away with most meat and eating losts of fruit brought down my cholesterol from the 220-240 range to the 190s.\n\nHaving found out my problem in an airplane at 29000 feet I can say from firsthand experience that this would be a horrible way to die. It is not necessarily slow and it scares the daylights out of you. After the blockage was treated it took me several years to get over anxiety stemming from it.\n\nLet your Dad know that he does not have to die from this. He may be thinking it is genetic and that there is not much you can do to control it. This is not true many times.\n\nMy advice is to start doing everything natural that you can. I do not know if it is true but there is one article that claims Bromelain (you can get it at a natural helath food store) will clear your arteries. One lady took it and had a followup angiogram that showed no blockage. I had some pain in my back once and it went away not long after I took Bromelain. Maybe it was all in my head but I doubt it. It is a natural anti inflammatory , digests protein and helps keep the blood from clotting. Obviously if cholesterol is high you should follow a Doctor's advice for lowering it. Some Doctors are enlightened about using natural substances to help.\n\nRegardless of what else he does , tell him to eat 5 pieces of fruit a day. The pectin in the fruit binds with the cholsesterol and flushes some of it out.
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havent been there, but things can happen without explanation, but i might imagine he was hit hard in his arm, which would of caused the clot,  by no high levels of anything, i assume you checked his cholestoral, checked   him for high blood pressure etc   best of luck to you
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I can give you a good medical miracle from God. Back in April, my brother was found in a coma with a Blood Sugar of 10. He was hospitalized in an ICU unit on a vent. The Dr's said they could find nothing wrong with him, as he had no past history of diabetes and after entering the hospital his blood sugar was normal. They didn't expect him to come off the vent and was talking about putting a tracheostomy in his neck. All of the church members where we attend church began praying for him day and night. After a few days he was completely off the vent without the Dr's doing anything to help this. After a few weeks, he was walking again, talking again and eating on his own. Again all to the Dr's surprise. They were totally baffled by it. After about 3 weeks in the hospital he was released to go home and is still doing very well. There's nothing God can't do!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you & your friend and I will keep her in my prayers.
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Call and talk to his GP or better yet to the Gp's nurse.  Tell them he needs to be hospitalized until they can figure out what is going on.  As a nurse I can tell you we have put patients in the hospital for a lot less than what your husband has going on.  Keep calling....don't wait more than an hour for their call back.  The more you aggravate them the quicker he will get a diagnosis....\n\nHope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!