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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / March 2007Catching Up
Hello Everyone, My mother's , 82, health has been a huge issue this past year. She has chronic nausea. It was mild at first, for about three years actually, but for the past two years it's been debilitating. She's been in and out of BIDMC in Boston for Acute Diverticulitus, three times this past year. (She also has acid refux.) She just had gallbladder surgery two weeks ago, HAS NOT HELPED. She'll be having surgery for the Diverticulitus some time late this month or early next month. I don't hold out much hope that it will help either. It's so weird that they can't help her with this nausea, they don't think that it's life threating but I don't see how much longer she can live like this. She's lost a lot of weight and she's losing her will to live. They've also done every test in the book it seems; and have come up with nothing. Everything is within normal parameters. I'm okay except for feeling helpless. I need to find a good wrist surgeon in Boston, right wrist bone on bone. Does anyone have a referral? I was letting my stuff just fester but it's hard to fetch and carry with the wrists so painful. Thank you, Elizabeth Hi Elizabeth, so sorry to hear you and your mom have been having such rough times llately. I assume your mom is seeing some *good* gastro-intestinal experts, but if not , make sure she does. I can't help much beyond that, but can tell you about my grandmother and her diverticulitis. She had it in the 70s and 80s, when they foolishly believed a bland, low-fiber diet was the way to go. After a number of hospitalizations, she had the surgery. She'd make comments about not having much "storage space" after that, but she was much, much better. I'll send Duckie/Caroline an email to check in, I think she's too busy right now to be lurking. She had loads and loads of work done on her hands and wrists when they lived in Burlington. I don't know if her surgeon was there or in Boston, but I'm sure you'd be willing to go a bit further for a good, recommended wrist guy. Do get those worked on - feeling a bit better yourself will help you deal more effectively with everything else that's going on.  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Hi again, Elizabeth. I deleted your post, so I'm replying to my reply! Pasted below is some info for you from Duckie, re: her hand surgeon and some possible alternative help for your mom. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann tell Elizabeth that I used Lahey Clinic in Burlington and my surgeon was Dr. Margles pronounced like Marbles but with a G. He operated on me 6 times at least, maybe 7. I started with him right after he finished his residency [sp] and when I left he was head of the department. Just checked and he is still there [loads have been defecting for higher pay - like Delleripa]. <http://www.lahey.org/PhysDir/Detail.asp?ID=572>http://www.lahey.org/PhysDir/D etail.asp?ID=572 Who was having that stomach problem -- was it DeeTee? Elizabeth's mothers story sounds familiar to me. Maybe it was ummmm such a blank -- can see her face. Gimpfest. Starts with an S. Maybe Sarah? Anyway she was having much the same problem but I think hers turned out to be gall bladder. Tell Elizabeth to call my acupuncturist who is in Watertown, MA His name is Marty Feldman at the Japanese Acupuncture Center. 617-926-4076. Ask him if he thinks he could help her symptoms move to the back burner. Not cure but make her life better. I know he was working with a friend to eliminate her nausea after this friends chemo. Frankly, if the mother has been tested to death, time to try something which will not harm but might just help. Man I really miss Marty. Found a lady her that was okay for about a year when she stopped her private practice. So she sent me off to someone else who cost double+ what I have paid anywhere else -- never took history -- had someone massage me first which does not work well for me -- and then do things which made me hurt for about two days running. Never happened with Marty or with the lady I had first on this coast. Marty is very honest and he will tell Elizabeth if he thinks he might help or not. Sometimes he tells people that he can't help right over the phone., Sometimes he suggests say three sessions and then he and the patient decide if the treatment helped or was no difference.
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