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Old 10-14-2008, 10:12 AM
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I am sorry about your mother.
The nasty little resident who was in charge of my care just did not have a clue and was arrogant. When I first started to go downhill - he came in and told me (and I quote), wow, we only see blood work like this in really old people. Obviously, I was getting sick then but instead of acting, he let me just hit near death. He decided I knew nothing about my own health.
I went in healthy (well, sort of)... excited even, at the prospect at feeling better. I told my husband to just stay at work, not to worry... but with no adrenals, my health turns on a dime.
I thought about an attorney, but I am so sick, and in need of care, that if I sue, I am afraid that other doctors will not take me on. I am having trouble finding a doctor as it is. True, they made a gross error, but their own records (or the few that I do have) of course make them look just fine like I was hardly symptomatic. They actually wrote that I did not have the symptoms of an adrenal crisis. I am not sure I could get a jury to understand how wrong they are.

As for your disappearing tumor.... what is the size of your tumor? MRIs have 3mm slices so it could have been lost in a slice. Unless you have been taking meds to reduce the size. Or you could be like me - I had a hyperplasia that just slimed its way all over the pit - it was there, bigger than ever, but became a shadow but just as nasty as ever but now, impossible to remove. Surgeons read the films better.

And yes, I will keep my meds secretly with me.
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