Cutwolf
New User
Male
15 posts since April 20th, 2006
New User
Male
15 posts since April 20th, 2006
Cutwolf's posts
Hello all!
About two weeks ago I began noticing bumps in the crooks of my elbow and underside of my forearms (a few topside, but not many). This gradually spread and became extremely itchy. I also had a big poison ivy-ish rash on my leg. I had quite a few bumps on my neck as well.
I went to the dermatologist on the 10th who instantly diagnosed i... more
The Drs first said they thought it was a mini stroke and were going to do another EKG. Then they found bacteria in her blood from a urinary tract infection that spread. They're treating that and said that should fix everything.
The doctor said a bunch of things wrong with her but he went so fast my uncle only had time to catch a few.
- dehydration
- low electrolytes
- something was 400 that was supposed to be 200 but he didn't catch what it was (any idea?)
also, they kept having her take a urine sample and she kept going in and coming out with no sample. Then she wen... more
A couple new things:
- the doctors asked her for a urine sample and gave her the container. She went into the bathroom, came out, and said she did it. The doctors went into the bathroom to retrieve the bottle and it was still closed and everything. When the doctors mentioned this to her, my grandmother said "it must have been a different bottle... more
Today I found out some worrying news about my 74 year old grandmother. She lives in a rest home and is pretty active, extremely intelligent, has never shown any serious symptoms of any major disease (she does monitor her blood sugar, but I do not think she is diabetic). She also has relatively poor vision.
However, over the past 12 hours or ... more
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