Kyle Sanchez96 said:I don't get why anyone would bother traveling all the way to Germany and paying out of pocket for an operation that is completely routine and straightforward. I had my surgery eight years ago at Mayo Clinic, and the recovery was incredibly fast—never felt a single bit of pain.
With so many top-tier hospitals right here in Chicago, someone actually chooses to pay private rates in Germany for a totally standard procedure.🤷
You need to take this up with your surgeon. Since I can see you aren't getting treated here in the States, I have no business giving you advice on this....
They intubate you once you're out. You won't feel a thing when they go in or when they pull it out. The only thing is, your throat is going to be sore afterward.
It was pretty much the same story with some neighbors. They moved back from Germany and he refused to pay into the US healthcare system. Then he had heart issues, paid $1667, spent three days in the hospital, and underwent some kind of vein surgery. Since then, he’s been paying his premiums without complaint.
My experience - Memorial Hospital Eleven days ago, I had gallbladder surgery under general anesthesia. This was my first time going under general; I've only had minor procedures using local anesthesia before. The night before, they give you a thrombosis prevention injection and a sleeping pill. I wasn't nervous, nor was I afraid of the surgery. I just knew it had to be done. No other choice. In the morning, they wheel you into the OR. You lie on the table. The anesthesia technician and the anesthesiologist come over, introduce themselves, and check your height, weight, and any medications you're taking. You extend your left arm, they strap your right one to the table, and they put the blood pressure cuff on. Then she said, "Let's get started," and ordered the Dormicum. I saw them inject it into my vein, then she placed a mask over my face and told me to breathe it in. I took maybe five or six breaths, and after that, nothing. Total blackout until I woke up—I think I even dreamed during the procedure. The next thing I heard was someone waking me up, asking if they could hear me and telling me to open my eyes. I opened them and they asked how I was feeling. I said fine, though my throat was sore. They told me that's normal from the tube. I asked if they did it open or laparoscopically. Then they moved me to my room. No side effects aside from the sore throat, which made it hard to talk, and a bit of dizziness when I went to the bathroom that evening. That was it. Literally felt like I hadn't even been in surgery.
Diet and weight loss are obviously linked, but stress is the real killer here. For me, it was heart palpitations waking me up in the middle of the night, followed by shortness of breath and blood pressure hitting 180/120. Once I committed to daily exercise and overhauled my diet, I dropped about 20 pounds. My health stabilized and the symptoms vanished. I’ve been through the wringer with testing—blood work, hormones, ultrasounds, even an MRI on my adrenal glands and another on my renal arteries. Everything came back clean. The culprits were purely stress, body mass, and diet. That said, I deal with gallstones, so I get nauseous after meals. I'm scheduled for surgery soon.
Renal Doppler or what...? I need to see an endocrinologist to get my hormones checked out. They’ll probably want a Doppler scan of my renal arteries, maybe even the adrenal glands too. Have you had an abdominal ultrasound yet? And that feeling of being sick after eating—could you be dealing with gallstones?
Nancy Moore37 said:My thyroid is fine. It's panic attacks causing this shortness of breath; feels like I'm having a heart attack. Do you deal with anything similar?
Are you overweight? Maybe you have PCOS? That could be the culprit. Get your hormones checked out to see if they're the issue.
Has anyone else dealt with a situation where a urine culture from the CIA and a private lab give you completely different results? The CIA report shows Proteus for the third time and Klebsiella for the first. Meanwhile, the private lab says the culture is sterile. My standard urinalysis has come back clean three times in a row. I don't have any symptoms, nor have I ever had any. Is it actually possible for a government lab to make such a massive error three times straight on a urine culture? Thanks.
The issue was simply my search query. I typed in "m-jpmorgan chase," so the search engine kept defaulting to just the Chase investment branch. Once I tried searching for "m jpmorgan chase" without the hyphen, everything popped up and now it’s working perfectly.
What’s going on with the JPMorgan Chase app? First, I get a "null" error when I try to enter my PIN. Then, I wanted to update or delete it, but there isn't even a version on the Apple App Store—only a business version. Does anyone know what the deal is?
analogseal86 said:Sorry, I’m honestly not sure where to post this... couldn't find a better thread... Last week was rough. Ended up in the ER and they told me it’s something with my gallbladder. Now I’m stuck on a strict gallbladder diet... They ran blood work—slight inflammation, apparently. Scans showed nothing, but now I have to go back for an abdominal ultrasound and an endoscopy. Just posting this to give you guys an update on what's going on... The big question: can I actually eat chocolate pudding on a gallbladder diet or not? I have no idea what to eat anymore, and I am constantly starving. 🙂 😵 Thanks. 😁
It's weird they didn't hand you a printed list of approved foods. I have a list of everything allowed on a gallbladder diet right here; I can scan it and send it over to you. Let me know if you want it.
Here’s the breakdown of my insurance premiums over the last few years: pre-2013 (USA) - $560 2013 (Generali) - $433 2014 (Generali) - $467 2015 (Vienna) - $322 ,which includes bonus protection, roadside assistance, legal aid, and passenger coverage up to 40/80,000
Aurora - emergency services are a joke. Ambulances are just idling in front of the ER while they claim they don't have a crew available to handle a life-threatening situation. Most of the time, they’re just shuttling dialysis patients back and forth or showing up to minor fender benders just to look good for the local news and pad their vehicle count. Once you actually get inside, the vibe is incredibly laid back—like they’re just hanging out over coffee and beers. Nobody is in a rush to help anyone. You’ll be sitting there waiting at least ten minutes even when there isn't a single person ahead of you. It's a disaster. Honestly, I feel safer in Syria than in this dump of a town, which is supposedly one of the top seven largest cities in America. It's an absolute disgrace. You practically have to drive to the outskirts of Washington, D.C., or pull some strings in the capital just to get an ambulance to show up and take you to the hospital. This happens every single day. I know because my neighbor had a heart attack a few months ago and they wouldn't even come out; they told him to find his own way to the hospital. It takes an ambulance ten minutes, but driving takes forty. If you don't have a car or someone to drive you, you're dead.
Emergency services at Mayo Clinic (Napa Valley) - nothing but praise. The doctors, surgeons, nurses—everyone is incredible. They deserve a monument. They are fast, highly skilled, kind, and you can truly see they want to help everyone, regardless of who they are or how old they are.
Not sure if anyone else is dealing with this nonsense. My mom is retired and keeps her account at JPMorgan Chase. All she gets is her pension, nothing else. Then out of nowhere, she gets word from the bank about some agreement between the USA and America, and apparently, she’s supposed to show up in person to hand over details regarding her account. Honestly, it seems pretty ridiculous to me. Why should she bother providing data when she isn't even working? Besides, she has zero interest in wasting half a day or shelling out money for gas and parking just to give them information they should already have.