Friends, I have come into a small issue so to speak that has to do with my own health and the medical community. A few months ago I was falling and had an MRI of the brain. It showed I had a 1 X 3 inch cyst in the rt parietal area of the brain. I was also found to have empty sella turcica. That is what the pituitary gland is suppose to be located in. The cyst they say is nothing.there and the pituitary is flattened. However, with the empty sella one is suppose to have normal hormones. It looks like the hormones of the anterior pituitary are very much lacking. My mom took me to every endocrinologist growing up and nothing was found except for me to move away from the table. Mom knew it wasn't so. I wish she was here to know. Well, I was referred to an endocrinologist which found my cortisol level extremely low and my growth hormone which can have an impact on the cv system, muscle strength, and other things. The technology wasn't there years ago. In aquiring the labs and such I got a copy of the new MRI and she said what about the one from 94. Fine. Well, it was never documented in 94 so my attending and the consultant were never tolds. I can even see it on the MRI. Well, it happens that the same radiologist read both but never made a comparison. The 94 one says normal MRA and normal MRI. I also had a CT with contrast in 88 and that report which there is only one of says normal The docs have already told me that if it had been caught when I was a teen my life would have been different. A classic sign of low growth and cortisol in females is an enormous amount of weight goes on during puberty. That is exactly what happened. If I had been treated since 94 my mom would have known. I would not have had the clinical depression as badly as I did requiring ECT, and I would still be working in the career I lived. Well, I ended up having stapling and bypass surgery as I ballooned to 425 about 10 years ago. In just the 8 years the docs have said I found this out in the first week of May of this year. According to Florida Statute one has 2 years from the point of finding out except in the case of children. I am on Medicare and Medicaid and not sure if they will even cover the hormones I am missing. Do you think I should seek an attorney? Oh my neurologist--migraines and diabetic neuropathy which would be less. This issue is only found in 5% of the population of the world. Yet my neuro says he has plenty of patients that have it. I don't think so and he says the only way they usually find it is on autopsy? So should I contact a lawyer to see if I can get the cost of the hormones and the diabetic supplies and other supplies go on as I have extensive diabetic neuropathy that has happened prior to my May discovery. So colleagues I want to know what r u thinking Also, most of all because of the ECT my former employer did not need my services any further So now I am on Social Security disability and Medicaid. I would rather be working. I once said if I could do it over I would have done my nursing for nothing beyond except for having a hat on the head, a roof over me and a couple of meals a day. I truly miss it even with the shortage and all as I feel for you guys. I am open to suggestions. I can also be reiached by [email protected] any ideas would be appreciated. We all have to stick together as no one else will. Thanks ahead of time. Disabled otherwise known as Marian
Friends, I have come into a small issue so to speak that has to do with my own health and the medical community. A few months ago I was falling and had an MRI of the brain. It showed I had a 1 X 3 inch cyst in the rt parietal area of the brain. I was also found to have empty sella turcica. That is what the pituitary gland is suppose to be located in. The cyst they say is nothing.there and the pituitary is flattened. However, with the empty sella one is suppose to have normal hormones. It looks like the hormones of the anterior pituitary are very much lacking. My mom took me to every endocrinologist growing up and nothing was found except for me to move away from the table. Mom knew it wasn't so. I wish she was here to know. Well, I was referred to an endocrinologist which found my cortisol level extremely low and my growth hormone which can have an impact on the cv system, muscle strength, and other things. The technology wasn't there years ago. In aquiring the labs and such I got a copy of the new MRI and she said what about the one from 94. Fine. Well, it was never documented in 94 so my attending and the consultant were never tolds. I can even see it on the MRI. Well, it happens that the same radiologist read both but never made a comparison. The 94 one says normal MRA and normal MRI. I also had a CT with contrast in 88 and that report which there is only one of says normal The docs have already told me that if it had been caught when I was a teen my life would have been different. A classic sign of low growth and cortisol in females is an enormous amount of weight goes on during puberty. That is exactly what happened. If I had been treated since 94 my mom would have known. I would not have had the clinical depression as badly as I did requiring ECT, and I would still be working in the career I lived. Well, I ended up having stapling and bypass surgery as I ballooned to 425 about 10 years ago. In just the 8 years the docs have said I found this out in the first week of May of this year. According to Florida Statute one has 2 years from the point of finding out except in the case of children. I am on Medicare and Medicaid and not sure if they will even cover the hormones I am missing. Do you think I should seek an attorney? Oh my neurologist--migraines and diabetic neuropathy which would be less. This issue is only found in 5% of the population of the world. Yet my neuro says he has plenty of patients that have it. I don't think so and he says the only way they usually find it is on autopsy? So should I contact a lawyer to see if I can get the cost of the hormones and the diabetic supplies and other supplies go on as I have extensive diabetic neuropathy that has happened prior to my May discovery. So colleagues I want to know what r u thinking Also, most of all because of the ECT my former employer did not need my services any further So now I am on Social Security disability and Medicaid. I would rather be working. I once said if I could do it over I would have done my nursing for nothing beyond except for having a hat on the head, a roof over me and a couple of meals a day. I truly miss it even with the shortage and all as I feel for you guys. I am open to suggestions. I can also be reiached by [email protected] any ideas would be appreciated. We all have to stick together as no one else will. Thanks ahead of time. Disabled otherwise known as Marian