Re: Good news/ not good news

[Guest guest]

Google what GI doctors in your area deal with Achalasia.  Make an appointment

with them.  If you insurance has you needing a referal, then insist with you

general Dr to give you one.  It's your husband's body not the doctors.

 

Suzanne 

From: milwaukeemommy <milwaukeemommy@...>

Subject: Good news/ not good news

achalasia

Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 10:09 PM

 

Good news -- my husband finally went to the doctor!

Bad news -- it wasn't the GI, just his general dr & he didn't even do anything

My husband had a horrible asthma attack last week Monday. He ran out of

Primatene. I've only been warning him for 2 years that they were going to stop

making it. He called his general dr, told him his Asthma story -- dr said he'd

write a rx that day but that he MUST come in for a check up.

GREAT!!! Finally!!!! Some xrays --- scans -- he'll hear his horrible cough ---

something will be done!!!

So when I called my husband the day after, I said " so what did he all do?? " He

said he prescribed a new inhaler, some Prednisone (infection in his lungs?? from

the asthma?? that part wasn't quite clear) & he doubled his dose of Protonix.

Now, I have NO IDEA if my husband told him how much he's been throwing up. I

would think this was his chance to say something.... to get a referral to a new

GI .... one that might help him ....or at least call him back. Nope. Not even

blood work (remember I said his blood tests from work came back showing

diabetic, hypertension, AND high cholesterol).

So here I was SO excited that he was going to see a dr ...... & really nothing

new. Oh wait, there is something new. Since he's been taking the Prednisone he

can't sleep, he's jittery & he's forgetful. Spacy, he said. And he's a welder.

Sigh....

Husband dx with Achalasia 7/08, HM 11/08, endoscopy because " something doesn't

look good " 4/09, never called for results, never been back to GI

[Guest guest]

The thing is, is he HAS a GI --- he chooses not to go see him. I don't know if

he's a GOOD GI, since he's not well known & I didn't know to research him

beforehand -- my husband claims he's been trying to call him & he won't call

back -- I find that hard to believe. And I think any GI is capable of at least

doing a scope, which he really REALLY needs.

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> From: milwaukeemommy <milwaukeemommy@...>

> Subject: Good news/ not good news

> achalasia

> Date: Monday, May 21, 2012, 10:09 PM

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> Good news -- my husband finally went to the doctor!

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> Bad news -- it wasn't the GI, just his general dr & he didn't even do anything

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> My husband had a horrible asthma attack last week Monday. He ran out of

Primatene. I've only been warning him for 2 years that they were going to stop

making it. He called his general dr, told him his Asthma story -- dr said he'd

write a rx that day but that he MUST come in for a check up.

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> GREAT!!! Finally!!!! Some xrays --- scans -- he'll hear his horrible cough ---

something will be done!!!

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> So when I called my husband the day after, I said " so what did he all do?? " He

said he prescribed a new inhaler, some Prednisone (infection in his lungs?? from

the asthma?? that part wasn't quite clear) & he doubled his dose of Protonix.

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> Now, I have NO IDEA if my husband told him how much he's been throwing up. I

would think this was his chance to say something.... to get a referral to a new

GI .... one that might help him ....or at least call him back. Nope. Not even

blood work (remember I said his blood tests from work came back showing

diabetic, hypertension, AND high cholesterol).

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> So here I was SO excited that he was going to see a dr ...... & really nothing

new. Oh wait, there is something new. Since he's been taking the Prednisone he

can't sleep, he's jittery & he's forgetful. Spacy, he said. And he's a welder.

Sigh....

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> Husband dx with Achalasia 7/08, HM 11/08, endoscopy because " something doesn't

look good " 4/09, never called for results, never been back to GI

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