More Than One Man To Worry About!!

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:42 pm

Okay!! I surrender!!
Jack also went to a neurologist yesterday due to him experiencing numbness on the bottom of both feet. He's tolerated this for quite some time.
Muscle pain in the top, right leg.
Quite often, muscle cramps.
He had an EMG done and there is neuropathy going on, so Friday he will have a battery of bloodwork, 2 hour glucose test, 24 urine test......
Deep breath.......
Then when we got home from camping on Sunday, I had an email from my daughter's, boyfriend Ben's,
Father, asking me if I had spoken to her pertaining to Ben having a health problem. I had not, so, I made a call to her.
Ben is the young man that I have spoke of, that graduated from med school last year and also received his PhD in molecular & cellular biology.
Evidently, when Ben was in his freshman year of college( 14 years ago) he started developing blind spots in his left eye, and was misdiagnosed. Of which now, he has developed scar tissue from that.
This past Thursday while he was at work he was reading another doctor's report and what was supposed to be the letter d he saw it as an l and right away knew that something was wrong with his eyesight.
So, he hooked up with some doctors at the hospital that he is doing his fellowship at and they ran some tests and kept checking his eye.
It's turns out that he has an aneurysm behind his retina on his right eye.
He was checked Tuesday for diabetes and he doesn't have that.
Thursday he will see one of the best retina doctor's in the country.
We are anxiously waiting for Thursday's appt..

Sooooo Tex, I sure hope to hear some positive news from you!!

Love
Dee~~~~

Post by **tex** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:12 pm

Dee,

I'm afraid I didn't do much better, in the news department, but I sure hope that both of these men in your life have the best possible outcomes. I have to admit that I have occasionally felt numb spots, and incorrect heat/cold sensations on the bottom of my feet before, starting about the time that my gluten issues came to a head.

Best of luck to them.

Love,
Tex

crranch · Post by **crranch** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:44 pm

Oh my!!!

What we all need around here is a little less drama

Sending good thoughts your way....Hang in there...

Hugs Kitchen Hero...

C

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:35 pm

Dee,

I have fingers and toes crossed for the best possible outcomes for your men.

Please keep us posted.

Love,

Polly

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:49 pm

Dee,

I hope all goes well with your DH and your daughter's boyfriend. You must be on an emotional roller-coaster right now. I'll keep your family in my prayers.

Gloria

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:57 am

I'm hoping you will have some positive news to report today, Dee.

Love, Shirley

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:16 pm

One more to add to my list!

My son has been hospitalized & so far it involves his pancreas & liver. Will know more tomorrow...
No word as far as Ben's appt. for today with the retina doctor.

Prayers Please...

Love
Dee~~~

Post by **tex** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:11 pm

Dee,

Prayers on the way, of course. This has been a bad week, hasn't it, to say the least. Don't forget to take care of yourself, with all that stress surrounding you.

Love,
Tex

JLH · Post by **JLH** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:22 pm

So sorry, I hope all the men improve.

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:38 pm

I'm so sorry, Dee. I hope you'll get some good reports soon.

Gloria

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:39 am

So sorry to hear all that is going on with the men in your life and my prayers are coming your way. Hope you get good news today on your son.

Love, Maggie

jodibelle352 · Post by **jodibelle352** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:01 am

Goodmorning Dee:

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your son and family. OMG! It seems if it doesn't rain that it pours!

My goodness; so much has been happening and I just have not been able to be on much this past month with everything going on with Graduations, Anniversaries and this week our friends from Colorado are here for David and Bob's 50th Class Reunion. Have been soooo busy finishing Scrapbooks for both Bob and David that I just have been on the "Go Go Go" constantly for something. Also tonight is a Birthday Bon Fire for our daughter-in-law; Amanda who turns 30 today! Phew!

Please know that I love and care for you dearly my friend and feel that I've neglected my extended family but not on purpose and once I get through this weekend I can get back on like I should.

Love and God Bless: :angelpraying:

Jodi

Hopefully, all will go better today and keep us posted on both your hubby and son.

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:09 am

Dee, It certainly does seem to be pouring on your head. Praying all will be resolved and everyone will soon be back to normal. Post when you can.........

Love, Shirley

JoAnn · Post by **JoAnn** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:02 pm

Hi Dee, Add my thoughts, prayers, and hope for good things with all the others. It's time for some good news and good things to happen. I hope it comes to you soon. Love JoAnn

Dee · Post by **Dee** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:44 am

A couple updates.

This is what Ben has been diagnosed with.
Sounds like another "orphan" disease at this point.
MacTel is a disorder of the blood vessels which supply the
macula, the central part of the retina that lines the back of the eye and
picks up the light like the film in a camera. The “fovea,” in the center of the
macula, has no blood vessels at all because they would interfere with
central vision. MacTel refers to a curious, very poorly understood condition
of the blood vessels around the fovea (juxtafoveal) which become dilated
and incompetent, like varicose veins but on a much smaller scale. While
MacTel does not usually cause total blindness, it commonly causes loss
of the central vision, which is required for reading and driving vision, over a
period of 10-20 years.

Why The MacTel Project?
Although MacTel has been previously regarded as a rare
disease, it is in fact probably much more common than previously thought.
The very subtle nature of the early findings in MacTel means the diagnosis
is often missed by optometrists and general ophthalmologists. No new
information has emerged about the condition since its clinical features were
first well described by Dr. J. Donald Gass in 1982. There is much work to be
done to understand the disease better, to raise its profile and to search for
treatments.

Now on to my son.
When we went to the hospital on Friday, they had moved our son to the floor that was a step above ICU because his heartrate & blood pressure were off the charts, due to alcohol withdrawl. His pancreatic enzymes were also still very high. They wanted to monitor him very closely.
It wasn't pleasant for a parent to see their child having full body tremors and his eyes rolling back into his head, plus the fact, of the pain meds and Ativan doing a number on him...
The very upsetting situation was getting a phone call from his girlfriend at 11:30 Friday night, telling us that he had signed himself out of the hospital. Out of our control because he is an adult.
At present, I don't know what I am feeling. I guess I could say numb.
Please keep praying.

Jack won't get the results of his testing until Sept. unless they have a cancellation. Sigh.....

Love
Dee~~~~