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gibbrn,
I can see why you are confused. When I went to the hospital with massive arm swelling (double its normal size) they first did an ultra sound which pretty much showed a clot. Then to be sure, they did an MRI (both non invasive), which indeed confimed I did have a blood clot in my subclavian vein. At which point I was sent to the hospital in Denver which was better equipped to deal with my issue. Early the next morning I had an angiogram, which showed without question that the subclavian vein was being pinched shut between my collar bone and 1st rib bone and muscles and was not allowing blood flow and therefor casued the clot. Then while they were in there with catheters and wires they did a thrombolysis (to desolve the clot). I had numberous angioplastys (a painful invasive process in which they again go in through the arm and try to blow the vein up with balloons) before having to have rib resection surgery a week and a half later. The thrombolysis procedure was mentally the worst. First they ask you if you have a living will and then let you know that the procedure may not work or it may kill you - not somthing anyone ever wants to hear. They drug you up so you cant feel anything but they did not warn me what I would see on the big tv screens that are using. When I saw the clot break into a million pieces and shoot a million miles per hour in the direction of my heart and lungs - I thought it was all over! Ugh... One of the worst experiances of my life! I guess since I have decent insurance, and they knew they would get paid, they put me through every test imaginable. |
Medicine is a science and sometimes seems like, for the patient at least, still Mad Science for humans :D
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San Diego Physician Who Diagnosed You
Hi There,
I am in the San Diego area and am struggling to locate any physician who can even just diagnosis me. Please, please, who was the physician who referred you? That is at least a start for me. I appreciate that your physician knew his limitations and referred you to a specialist. But have all the symptoms after an injury and no San Diego area doctor seems to be able to know what's wrong. Pretty please, what was his name? |
Hello Mags,
this list is from our Drs & PT sticky thread. Hopefully it will be of help until you get a specific reply. California Sheldon Jordan Neurological associates of West LA 2811 Wilshire Blvd #790 Santa Monica, CA 90403 310-829-5968 Also PT's, don't' know if they are there: Westside Spine and Joint Rehabilitation 1082 Glendon Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 209-2011 Joyce Wilkinson 2664 29th street Santa Monica 90405 310-392-8259 SALINAS PHYSICAL THERAPY/Sports Medicine 21540 E Yorba Linda Blvd Suite A, Yorba Linda, CA 714.695.1566 fax 714.695.1533 www.salinaspt.com *Docotrate in PT He has been helping me so much since my 911 call Joyce in Santa Monica that Johanna, Shelly, Ali and everyone uses was booked for 2 weeks Dr. Wladislaw Ellis 2445 Carleton Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 849-4703 (510) 849-4995 (FAX) David Agnew MD Neurology/Pain Medicine 533 E. Micheltorena St Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 805) 962-1116 Samuel S. Ahn, MD, FACS Vascular Surgeon University Vascular Associates 1082 Glendon Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310)209-2011x3 (o); (310)209-2113 (fax) email address: sahn@universityvascular.com Dr. Hugh Gelabert UCLA Gonda Vascular Center 200 UCLA Medical Plaza Suite 510-6 Los Angeles, CA 90095-6908 310-206-6294 FAX: 310-206-3885 Website: www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/asp/doctors.asp Dr. Ernestina Saxton / Neurologist 2070 Century Park East suite 401 Los Angeles,California ,90067 phone is 310- 556- 0765 Dr. Aaron G. Filler / Neurosurgeon Institute for Nerve Medicine 2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 3082 Santa Monica, Ca 90405 (310)314-6410 http://www.nervemed.com Dr. Richard M. Braun 770 Washington Street, Suite 301 San Diego CA 92103 619 - 297-9200 -works closely with physical therapists in the same building: The Hand Center 770 Washington Street, Suite 207 San Diego CA 92103 619-299-5000 Dr. Linda M. Reilly, MD Associate Professor of Surgery in Residence Assistant Chief of Vascular Surgery University Of California San Francisco, CA 94143-0222 (415) 476-1357 Hugh A. Gelabert, MD., F.A.C.S. Associate Professor Division of Vascular Surgery UCLA GONDA Vascular Center Newkirk Neurology METS Clinic 1099 D Street San Rafael, CA 94901 Phone: (415)258-1838 Fax: (415)457-2850 Website: www.drnewkirk.com James Avery, II, Thoracic Surgeon CAL Pacific Medical Center 2100 Webster Street #320 San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: (415)923-3150 Fax: (415)563-2527 Dr. Darren B. Schneider Clinic: Vascular Center at UCSF 400 Parnassus Ave. Room A-6110, Box 0957 San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415)353-2357 Thomas McClure MD CPMC Davies Castro & Duboce San Francisco, CA Phone: (415)565-6616 Jon C. Bowersox, M.D.,Ph.D. Associate Professor of Surgery Chief, Vascular Surgery Mount Zion Surgery Faculty Practice 2330 Post St., #420 San Francisco, CA 94115 Tel: (415) 476-1070 Fax: (415) 353-9526 Dr. Pang / Neurosurgeon Sacramento, California UCD (University California Davis) Medical Center Peter Edgelow, PT Northern California (510) 732.7881 Todd Soares, P.T. North Santa Rosa Physical Therapy 2305 Mendocino Ave., Suite B Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Tel: (707) 579-4217 Fax: (707) 579-3271 Dr. Scott Peterson Santa Rosa, CA. Dr. Daniel Cross DC Fair Oaks, CA Dr. Matan / Orthopedic surgeon Pinole, CA. Dr. Stallone & John Pletz, M.D. Oakland Ca. Spine Clinic 1-650-994-0459 In Daly City (just south of SF) on Mon & Wed In Fairfield (near Sacramento) on Tuesday In Santa Rosa on Thursdays www.spine-clinics.com/ Dr. Michel Gagnon, DC, ART, & Dr. Tina Roach, DC, ART Active Release Therapy 6105 Snell Ave., Ste. 101 San Jose, CA 95123 (408) 972-5686 Fax (408) 578-1804 Murray Tanner/Physical Therapy 3640 W. Lomita Blvd. Suite 203 Torrance California 90505 Ph (310) 378-1212 Fax (310) 378-0124 Linda Johnson & Bob McGrath: PT & Feldenkrais Practitioner Clinic: Movement Matters PO Box 492722 Redding, CA 96049 Phone: (530)222-3622 Fax: (530)222-3657 Dr. Louis Messina Clinic: Vasular Surgery-Chief Surgeon 400 Parnassus Ave Room A-6110, Box 0957 San Francisco CA, 94143 Phone: (415)353-2357 Dr. Terri Turner DO Osteopathic Doctor 698 Peteluma Ave. Sebastopol, CA 95472 Phone: (707)824-9742 Dr. Richard Fischel Chapman Medical Center 2601 East Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92869 Phone: (714)633-0011 ext. 1423 Website: www.chapmanmedicalcenter.com |
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I would love to get a second opinion but will try with my hematologist and if he won't I will ask my GP to refer me to another vascular surgeon who is a little more pro active :eek: |
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