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Reply: SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS --

Evaluations.... and more evaluations... You'll be asked to "go see" whoever SSD wants you...

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Reply: SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS --

This looks very comprehensive Susie! Great work! I have a few pointers if someone wants to...

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Reply: Looking for advise... chronically dizzy mother

Hi again, The dietary self-restrictions you describe, and the ever-increasing limits you...

Posted by Lifes

Hi again,

The dietary self-restrictions you describe, and the ever-increasing limits you describe, really fit GB Disease. She could ask her Dr if he'd try an experiment, which is, give her 30 pills of a med called Actigall (it has a generic IF Actigall is expensive). Actigall is bile salts. A patient typically takes 1 or 2 capsules WITH every meal. If it works, her belly pain and nausea should lessen. If it is NOT her gallbladder, about the most common thing extra bile salts could result in is a bout of temporary diarrhea or softer stool (but it stops when the Actigall is stopped). If the Dr will try her on that med, she might be able to more easily tell if she's having pain near/ below her scapula / upper back.

As I read the post of links, I couldn't help but think the posts that describe "burning pain" might be more "neuropathy" versus "fibromyalgia". Doctors tend to overlook neuropathy. Fibro is an easier dx-- meaning, it comes to Dr's minds quicker than a Dx of neuropathy. The problem is, drugs geared to fibro never touch neuropathy pain & vice versa. The nausea and vomiting comes from the effects of being in pain, NOT from the fibro OR from neuropathy. Btw, it doesn't sound like your mom has either of these pain conditions.

As to the types of things that cause illness & disease.... well, just about ANYthing (especially in excess) can initiate disease/illness. The biggest thing nurses learn is that no patient responds to being hit with a 2 by 4 -- even one who has an unhealthy lifestyle. Doctors, nurses, and patients know that people respond much better when talked to as adults, when patients are given information, and when their autonomy and right of choice are recognized. While your mom may smoke 1 to 5 cigarrettes a day, I don't think it does her (or any other patient) much good to be 'yelled at' like a misbehaving child. A quote "healthy lifestyle" is too easy to preach, while a quote "unhealthy lifestyle" is too easy to condemn. I'll let your mom's doctor discuss with your mom what benefits she might have from discontinuing her "addiction" to oh so many cigarettes (sarcasm intended).

Please let me know if the Dr thinks it might be GB. If not, maybe it will get him thinking of other things her symptoms could be.

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Reply: Looking for advise... chronically dizzy mother

I have a couple questions... Does your mom have worse stomach pain and nausea after eating...

Posted by Lifes

I have a couple questions...

Does your mom have worse stomach pain and nausea after eating a meal that is higher in fats? as examples, foods with Butter/margarine, creamy sauces, fried chicken, peanut butter, apple butter, etc. I ask because a large majority of 40 year olds--more women than men--start to have gallbladder (GB) problems at this age. Nausea and or pain can start within 30 minutes of a meal. Pain can go straight through the body-- front to back. In fact, many people complain of pain below the scapula. Many people take a medicine for gallbladder disease; the capsule contains bile salts; when the gallbladder does not function well, it can prevent bile salts from being pushed into the stomach where they are needed for digestion of food. A GB problem could cause pain at the upper or lower sphincters of the stomach. One other question to ask her is, well, is she gassy? In hospitals, professionals refer to GB Females with the 4 hallmark signs, "Female, Fat, Over 40, and Farty". Not every GB patient is "fat", or even overweight, though. The
"4-Fs" listed above fit the majority of patients with GB Disease.

How was the "duodenitis" diagnosis made? Was it a "best guess" or was it made after tests, such as a barium swallow x-ray? If no tests were done, I'd question HOW was this diagnosis made.

Nausea/vomiting can result from GB disease-- or from the constant irritation to the stomach lining and sphincters (such as in duodenitis),

"Dizziness"/"vertigo" fit so many possible causes... it's difficult to sort out. One of the first "Rule Out" (RO) areas is the ears, of course. A simple splash of water into one or both ears can be enough to set off a flood of dizzy-nausea-miserable symptoms. The next area to RO is sinus infection, which can be a low-grade chronic infection. The next area is her obvious neck problems.

I tend to agree with SusieMargaret--- chiropractic care has it's place, but only to a point. I'd see my Family Physician again and get checked for the things I listed above. THEN, ask about an MRI of the cervical spine.

Until the Dr appointment, I'd ask your Mom to keep a food-nausea-dizzy diary. Write down what she ate and drank and what effect -- if any -- that it had on her symptoms. She will either see a connection that could point to GB Disease or "Sandy GB" -- or see no connection. Gallbladder problems can be seen on a simple Ultrasound test that takes less than 40 minutes to do. If it is GB, like I said, a medication and a careful diet can delay having to have surgery.

I feel a need to apologize about a response you got here. Many people *wrongly* (very wrongly) believe that anyone who smokes **then must not do exercise or take care of themselves** and that anyone who is ill or takes meds **must then be fat** and **looking for a quick fix*** to what ails them. These are obviously offensive statements, especially when the truth is--- even the thinnest and healthiest people get sick, get diseases, have diabetes, heart disease, and yup, injuries to the spine that require medications. Just because someone gets a disease or gets ill, it does not automatically follow that the person did ANYthing to cause it ! Illness and disease are much more genetic than physicians ever knew before (including diabetes and heart disease). Genetics, aging, wear and tear, and lifestyle all contribute to the kinds of illnesses humans experience or endure. Attacks against someone's lifestyle or personal habits---especially in an Internet forum when we don't even know the person--- is uncalled for and unhelpful. It perpetuates the myth that humans can control all disease and ills---which is not true---and if it were true then we'd all be "gods".

Please post back when you know more.

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