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What do you think of my story??

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:00:28 +0000

Lucky Man As far as I can remember it all began when I started secondary school back in in 1999. I was a carefree 13 yr old but suddenly one day I began vomiting for no reason. This started the ball rolling for other symptoms such as massive headaches, extreme weight loss, forgetfulness, blurred vision and severe depression to name but a few. Over the following year my health and vision really deteriorated. They thought a strain on my eyes was causing the headaches and I was prescribed glasses. I weighed 6 stone, my head felt like it would explode etc and yet doctors could find nothing medically wrong with me. They thought it was psychological. In July 2001, I collapsed in my aunts in Ennis. The local GP diagnosed me as having depression but this was just a symptom of the illness. It was a very surreal time as I only remember a few minutes of the next couple of weeks. Family were afraid to leave me alone because of the depression. On the 18th August 2001 I collapsed again at home. It was only my mother and me at home and she was very scared and called my grandparents and Dad. One image that will stay with me forever is of my Granddad Peadar sitting beside me on a chair in my room crying his eyes out wailing “ why won’t you tell us what’s wrong with you ?” The worrying thing was that none of us knew…..My family couldn’t take any more and immediately drove me to Crumlin Hospital with a referral letter from my GP. The last thing I remember leaving my house was my nana Patsy helping me into the car (this will be important later). They did lots of tests and scans and rushed me to Beaumont Hospital at midnight by ambulance. After more tests and scans I was diagnosed as having a brain tumour in the pineal gland (over my right eye) I remember being told “brain tumour” but not knowing what it was. I especially didn’t know how serious it was or that it was cancer. I thought I would be back in school by at the latest late September. The Hospital quickly set about removing some of the brain fluid which was causing the headaches as it was being blocked by the tumour. I later found out off my Dad that I would have died over the next day or 2 had they not removed the excess. I had a 10 hr operation to remove the tumour. There were complications during surgery. I had a bleed on the right side of my brain which left the entire left side of my body weakened and left me in a coma for 14 weeks. After the coma I was in a vegetated state and was sent back to Crumlin for chemotherapy. I caught a bug which meant I had to return to Beaumont half way through the treatment. I had a total of 18 operations on my head, spent 9 months in a hospital bed as a vegetable (a parsnip as Jamie says, but was probably closer to a cabbage) I remember nothing of my time in Beaumont Hospital and only know this information from asking. I had my 16th birthday party in Beaumont Hospital.In may 2002 I was discharged from Beaumont and admitted to Dun Laoighre N.R.H As I couldn’t walk, talk or move etc. At this point although I was cancer free I was extremely soft in the head and was still being fed through a naso gastric tube in my nose. The feed always made me sick which brought the tube back up and it wasn’t very nice getting it replaced. I spent a long hard 10 months there in rehabilitation. I eventually went home for weekend visits every Friday afternoon and came back Sunday evenings. The ironic thing is my nan was the first person to help me out of the car As my physical injuries improved I was upgraded from a wheelchair to a walking frame. I remember taking my first unaided steps at home with the same aunt, Trisha in November 2002 (I took I was discharged in march 2003 just before my 17th. I walked out those doors unaided that time.I was forced to leave school the summer before my Junior cert and my class had moved on in the system but I was slowly integrated back into it. I started it in September 2003 in third yr and did my junior at 18 in a class of 15 yr olds. I have to say that the entire school were very helpful and understanding with me. I stayed on at school after it.In the meantime I joined Canteen Ireland after spotting it while doing a random “cancer” search on the internet. But I didn’t go to any meetings because I was on a lot of medication at the time and wanted to forget my past. But when I went to my first meeting in “Carlingford” in 2005 I realised that this wasn’t just a club for “sick” people but a family. A family I was being welcomed into with open arms. It was 1 of the best things I ever did. I love all the meetings and weekends away and we are all a really close nit group/family (even if there is the odd joke about my horrible horrible accent and my Pidgin English nothing is meant by it.I stayed at school for the leaving cert in which I got one of the highest marks in the year. I graduated in May 2006 and won the “Student of the Year Award”. This brought my story to the attention of the Local Media and some National Newspapers. I postponed my Mechanical Engineering place in DKIT and did Engineering PLC. In the meantime I was nominated and subsequently won the “Co. Louth Person of the Year 2006”.I started college in 2007. Initially I enjoyed it and was top of my class but the stress of the 12 hour days of Honours Physics, Chemistry and Maths and other personal problems meant that my grades began to slip. I decided to leave in December 2007. At present I am doing Employer Based Training for Clerical work, it suits my skills and means I can work my way up. Life has never been better. I am off all medication have a clean bill of health, have a wonderful loving family and close circle of friends (who help me so much). I am at my optimum and going to America on a trip of a lifetime in August.I look upon my cancer experience as a positive one, although it caused family and friends great pain, personally I think it was good for me. Life not about the destination it’s the journey. I’m a lucky man and I see that now, although it has taken me 7 years and almost two years in hospital to realise and come to terms with this. It has made me appreciate and respect family, friends and the little things in life more. If we didn’t have the hard times we wouldn’t appreciate the good times as much. Surviving cancer is great once you have the right attitude. I don’t know hat life has in store for me but it will be fun finding out. I have really grown up and matured as a result. I’d like to say thank you to everyone who gave their help and support to both me and my family over the years.Life’s for a good time not a long time………..so enjoy it!Paudy.www.bebo.com/dalegendthatis

What do you think of my story??

NY Medical Malpractice – Fetal Distress, Hypoxia & Anoxia – A Case …

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:00:25 +0000

Let me tell you about a brain-damaged baby case I handled that started when a woman came to my office and told me about how she was in labor with her second child. She was admitted to the labor floor and apparently hooked up to a fetal monitor to evaluate the baby’s heart rate and the mother’s contraction patterns.

She was on the labor floor for hours with infrequent visits by a nurse and a resident doctor every so often. Mom told me that despite continued complaints of labor pain, her pleas to help went ignored. Nobody checked on her for more than an hour. When a nurse finally checked in on her, she noted abnormal fetal tracings and ran for the doctor. The doctor came in, examined the patient, reviewed the fetal monitoring strips and decided she needed an emergency cesarean section. All mom knew was that there was a problem with the baby.

At the time of birth, the baby had very low Apgars- the scores that are given to the baby to try and objectively asses the baby’s well-being at the time of birth. The doctors look at whether the baby is breathing at birth, whether he’s crying, moving his arms and legs. The color of his skin is evaluated, among other important factors that make up a baby’s “Apgar scores.”

Unfortunately for this mother, her child was deprived of oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia, which is a lack of oxygen, that led to brain damage. We claimed that the baby’s distress was visible on the fetal monitor tracing that went ignored, along with mom’s complaints. The doctor who was responsible for this patient initially claimed the patient didn’t need an emergency c-section, but then later changed his testimony and claimed it really was an emergency c-section because the baby was in distress.

Anoxia is a term doctors use to mean “no oxygen.” Hypoxia is a term doctors use to mean “lack of oxygen.”Either condition is extremely bad for the baby since our brains require oxygen to survive. If the baby’s brain is deprived of oxygen of a period of time, the baby can experience permanent and irreversible brain damage.

In our case, I was able to successfully resolve the case in favor of the mother and child. Obtaining appropriate compensation as a result of the failure to recognize fetal distress during delivery allowed mom to be able to support her disabled and brain-damaged child for the remainder of her life.

NY Medical Malpractice – Fetal Distress, Hypoxia & Anoxia – A Case …

Should I still go to the doctor for a head injury?

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:21 +0000

I had hit my head a couple of days ago while playing a sport. I had a headache, dizziness and a buzzed feeling. Do I still need to go to the doctor a couple of days later? What should I do as home treatment?

Should I still go to the doctor for a head injury?

Effective Concussion Treatment With Homeopathy

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:00:21 +0000

Concussion treatment is often simply watching and waiting. This is often the best approach for any condition, as the chances of doing harm by interfering can be high. Your body does have an enormous capacity to heal itself, so rest and time can be the best solutions.

However, one problem with the watching and waiting, is that, if left untreated, consequences, some serious, can develop. Concussion has the potential to cause serious consequences if serious and left untreated.

Concussion is the temporary loss of consciousness after a head injury. Although the skull is an excellent protection against most injuries, it can’t prevent all.

The most common sequelae after concussion is a headache. Sometimes, bleeding within the brain occurs. This is very serious as, because of the skull, there is no ability for swelling to occur. Any inflammation inevitably presses on brain tissue.

Although anti inflammatory drugs may reduce any swelling, they come at a price. Drugs, whether medicinal or social, knock your immune system, making it more difficult for your body to keep you healthy.

The best concussion treatment is aimed at the cause and at stimulating your immunity, so that you can cure you.

Homeopathy is a complete and natural form of health care which works by addressing both of these. If the cause is known, such as the head injury, little else is needed for an accurate prescription to be made.

Once the most appropriate medicine is taken, it stimulates your immunity. If this is taken soon after the head injury, developments are unlikely to occur.

The homeopathic medicine Arnica has the ability to prevent any sequelae from a head injury. It can safely and effectively be given to anyone who has suffered any injury at all.

Arnica, by stimulating you, is very good at preventing bruising, at repairing broken tissue, including ruptured blood vessels, as well as many other consequences of injury.

Those people who are still in a coma after a head injury can respond favourably to Arnica. The ability of this medicine to stimulate you should not be underestimated. If you have never have the pleasure of experiencing the benefits of this amazing medicine, then your concussion treatment may be the trigger to find this out.

Effective Concussion Treatment With Homeopathy

Reichert hospitalized after head injury

GrinningFool — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:18:10 +0000

Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., was hospitalized Wednesday after feeling ill, his office said in a statement.

“Congressman Dave Reichert was admitted to George Washington University Hospital yesterday after feeling ill. Following an evaluation, doctors performed a procedure to address a chronic subdural hematoma that was likely the result of a minor head injury. The procedure was successful, and he is expected to make a full and complete recovery. The Congressman is resting comfortably and will be discharged in a few days but doctors will not allow him to leave for any votes,” the statement said.

“Congressman Reichert’s office has contacted leadership to advise them he is unable to vote, and that he will submit for the record a reiteration of his no vote on the health care bill. Upon discharge from the hospital, he will return home for the district work period and will resume his schedule in consultation with his doctors.”

Reichert, the former King County sheriff, represents Washington’s 8th District east of Seattle.

Reichert hospitalized after head injury