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Hi everyone, 🙂
I'm dealing with a difficult situation regarding my mother.
She’s 65 and had been relatively healthy until recently.
Back in September 2009, she was admitted to a pulmonary hospital because of fluid in her lungs, which they drained. Based on those initial findings, doctors suspected lung cancer, so she was sent to Jordan in Washington, D.C. There, they also drained the fluid and eventually told us her lungs were fine and that the issue actually stemmed from her thyroid. She was then transferred to Vineyard Hospital, where they biopsied two rice-grain-sized tumors on her thyroid. Her bone scans came back clear. By early December 2009, she was transitioned to home health care. But today, her condition is devastating; she has lost 16 pounds, refuses to eat, relies on IV fluids, and is taking morphine.
I remember seeing an advertisement in the newspaper a long time ago about full-body screenings and early disease detection. I would be so grateful if anyone could recommend a facility, a specialist, or even a private practitioner who could advise me. There is clearly a source of this illness, but we just don't know where it is. She isn't on any specific medication right now, but she gets worse every single day. We are waiting for a call to return to the hospital, but by the time they run all the necessary tests again......
Thank you,
Betty Ramirez4
I'm dealing with a difficult situation regarding my mother.
She’s 65 and had been relatively healthy until recently.
Back in September 2009, she was admitted to a pulmonary hospital because of fluid in her lungs, which they drained. Based on those initial findings, doctors suspected lung cancer, so she was sent to Jordan in Washington, D.C. There, they also drained the fluid and eventually told us her lungs were fine and that the issue actually stemmed from her thyroid. She was then transferred to Vineyard Hospital, where they biopsied two rice-grain-sized tumors on her thyroid. Her bone scans came back clear. By early December 2009, she was transitioned to home health care. But today, her condition is devastating; she has lost 16 pounds, refuses to eat, relies on IV fluids, and is taking morphine.
I remember seeing an advertisement in the newspaper a long time ago about full-body screenings and early disease detection. I would be so grateful if anyone could recommend a facility, a specialist, or even a private practitioner who could advise me. There is clearly a source of this illness, but we just don't know where it is. She isn't on any specific medication right now, but she gets worse every single day. We are waiting for a call to return to the hospital, but by the time they run all the necessary tests again......
Thank you,
Betty Ramirez4