Re: OT: Aunt in Hospital..Doctors don't know what's wrong

[Guest guest]

Hi Kristie,

If traditional medicine has not been able to help her, then she truly

has nothing to lose by trying some kind of alternative treatment...but

if *she* is unwilling to try anything, I don't know what else you can

do for her. Have you tried giving her anything to read about yeast

and its effects on the body and immune system? And can you offer to

go with her to an alternative practitioner? Regardless of what your

family thinks, ultimately, it's up to her.

Sorry I don't have any other words of wisdom...maybe someone else here

does...

Donna

>

> Hi all. I am hoping perhaps some of you may have some insight to

> share. My aunt is in the hospital with a machine breathing for her

> and a pacemaker making her heart work for her. She had hodgekins and

> went through chemo. It came again and she went through radiation.

> For the past year since ending her anti fungal and steroids I

> believe, she has slowly declined and deteriorated in health. She has

> lost weight, has no appetite, can barely speak because her lungs and

> the mass around her lungs are so deteriorated. She has sat in the

> chair in her living room with no energy to do anything. Doctors have

> tested her for everything under the guise of traditional medicine.

> She has seen heart doctors, lung doctors, neurologists, everything.

> They cannot and do not know what is wrong and can only say this is a

> degenerative disease. My mom is in her late 40's and this is her

> older sister so I believe she is in her 50's. She is very young. I

> tried unsuccessfully to get her to go to an alternative medicine

> physician before she was admitted to the hospital. I tried to see if

> we could get her tested for yeast and bacteria in the gut. My family

> is pretty resistent to this being an issue for my own son and so

> they are of course resistent to this being an issue for my aunt.

> Obviously no one can give a diagnosis here but I was hoping maybe

> someone has some insight and can offer me some educational advice.

> Side note: the reason she stayed on the breathing instrument after

> putting the pacemaker in is her lung capacity is so deteriorated she

> cannot expel CO2 as much as needed without it not backing up in her

> system as poison. This latest admit in the hospital was brought upon

> because her entire family is ill and of course she was prone to be

> effected by it. Please keep her in your prayers!

>

> Kristie

> Aidan 3.4

>

[Guest guest]

Kristie

Can you expound on her whole family is ill?

Have a friend of the family who was ill and was in the hospital and

no one knew what was wrong....I do not know symptoms either. But it

turned out to be a mold allergy...she had a recent exposure to bad

mold in her home when do some work on their house.

All of the radiation and chemo have to have huge bearing on balance

of good and bad stuff in the body. Does she have digestive issues?

You mentioned testing for that so I wondered what those symptoms

were.

--- In , " aaron2kristie " <aaron2kristie@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi all. I am hoping perhaps some of you may have some insight to

> share. My aunt is in the hospital with a machine breathing for her

> and a pacemaker making her heart work for her. She had hodgekins

and

> went through chemo. It came again and she went through radiation.

> For the past year since ending her anti fungal and steroids I

> believe, she has slowly declined and deteriorated in health. She

has

> lost weight, has no appetite, can barely speak because her lungs

and

> the mass around her lungs are so deteriorated. She has sat in the

> chair in her living room with no energy to do anything. Doctors

have

> tested her for everything under the guise of traditional medicine.

> She has seen heart doctors, lung doctors, neurologists,

everything.

> They cannot and do not know what is wrong and can only say this is

a

> degenerative disease. My mom is in her late 40's and this is her

> older sister so I believe she is in her 50's. She is very young. I

> tried unsuccessfully to get her to go to an alternative medicine

> physician before she was admitted to the hospital. I tried to see

if

> we could get her tested for yeast and bacteria in the gut. My

family

> is pretty resistent to this being an issue for my own son and so

> they are of course resistent to this being an issue for my aunt.

> Obviously no one can give a diagnosis here but I was hoping maybe

> someone has some insight and can offer me some educational advice.

> Side note: the reason she stayed on the breathing instrument after

> putting the pacemaker in is her lung capacity is so deteriorated

she

> cannot expel CO2 as much as needed without it not backing up in

her

> system as poison. This latest admit in the hospital was brought

upon

> because her entire family is ill and of course she was prone to be

> effected by it. Please keep her in your prayers!

>

> Kristie

> Aidan 3.4

>

[Guest guest]

Kristie,

I am so sorry about your aunt. I don't know what to say. It is such a sad

thing to see someone you love in such a condition, especially so young.

Donna and have made good points. The only other thing I can think of

right now is to ask about probiotics, because she has been on so many

medications that her body may be out of sync and it might help her to be

able to use the food more efficiently that she eats. She needs all the

healing power her body can muster up. Maybe if you asked a doctor in front

of her and she could hear him reply she might be more interested in trying

it.

I don't think the probiotics are the answer, rather something that might

help some. They seem to be something that most doctors never mention but

when I ask them they say " Oh, yes... that would be a good idea. "

If I think of anything else I'll post it.

Caroline

P.S. Please tell all of your family members to be extra vigilant about

watching to make sure the medical personnel in the room (treating your aunt)

wash their hands, etc. They shouldn't be shy about reminding them to. A

friend of ours died last week from a MRSA infection he probably acquired in

the hospital. Just like everywhere else in the world, some people are more

careful than others. I remember seeing a nurse drop something on the floor,

then use it anyway. That type of behavior is unacceptable.

[Guest guest]

Thank you everyone for you advice. They have a diagnosis written on

her chart now and it is Guillian Barre (?). More than likely she

will have IVIG.

To answer some of your questions I have suggested and offered to go

with her to an alternative medicine doctor prior to this occurring.

I have let her know she needed to be on a probiotic and that being

off the anti fungal for a year and this happening during that year

perhaps has some relationship.

Thank you again for suggestions!

Kristie

>

> Kristie,

>

> I am so sorry about your aunt. I don't know what to say. It is

such a sad

> thing to see someone you love in such a condition, especially so

young.

> Donna and have made good points. The only other thing I

can think of

> right now is to ask about probiotics, because she has been on so

many

> medications that her body may be out of sync and it might help her

to be

> able to use the food more efficiently that she eats. She needs

all the

> healing power her body can muster up. Maybe if you asked a doctor

in front

> of her and she could hear him reply she might be more interested

in trying

> it.

>

> I don't think the probiotics are the answer, rather something that

might

> help some. They seem to be something that most doctors never

mention but

> when I ask them they say " Oh, yes... that would be a good idea. "

>

> If I think of anything else I'll post it.

>

> Caroline

>

> P.S. Please tell all of your family members to be extra vigilant

about

> watching to make sure the medical personnel in the room (treating

your aunt)

> wash their hands, etc. They shouldn't be shy about reminding them

to. A

> friend of ours died last week from a MRSA infection he probably

acquired in

> the hospital. Just like everywhere else in the world, some people

are more

> careful than others. I remember seeing a nurse drop something on

the floor,

> then use it anyway. That type of behavior is unacceptable.

>