July 19, 2009 — There is something that keeps nagging at me and it is starting to affect everything I do. So far the medicos have found I have a problem in my chest, an enlarged prostate, an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, and mild ischemea in the heart. All of this seems fairly significant to me. I agree that the chest issue needs to wait a bit as biopsy is not good at this time due to the nodules size. I am taking a medication to decrease the size of my prostate (hopefully), but it is one of those drugs that takes forever to work (>4-5 mos) if at all. I am going to see a vascular surgeon this Wednesday about the aneurysm. He'll read the PET scan results and I would then think order an ultra sound to examine this more closely. This supposedly is how this sort of issue is analyzed. If he does not, then I am going to be asking some serious questions. On the 29th of this month I have a cardiologist appointment that starts with the prerequisite EKG. I've had a million of those and they always show normal. He will also have the report of the nuc stress test. How do you define "mild ischemea of the heart?" Isn't there something that would better define what is going on and how to address it. I'll bet there is and I intend to aggressively find out.
Am I again being impatient? Am I becoming a hypochondriac...a person who worries or talks excessively about his or her health. I think not! It's my health and my life and while I may have been the one that has abused that at times in my life, I still have the right and a need to know. I've said it time and time again, if I do not pursue this strongly then no one else will. It is the right thing to do and it's what really matters!
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