Allergies
Q.I am 47 years old, and 20 years ago I had a subtotal gastrectomy. Until recently, I had been doing fine. Now, I have blood in my stool. They think it is because I take Excedrin for chronic headaches. They want to do a colonoscopy and endoscopy, but I’m very scared of these tests. During my last endoscopy, I woke up during the procedure. Do I really need the tests? (more…)
Archive for the ‘Diseases’ Category
Bleeding in Gastrectomy Patient
Monday, September 26th, 2011Definitions. Screening, Initial Assessment and Ongoing Assessment
Friday, December 24th, 2010Where does screening of consumers end and assessment begin? This issue is frequently a topic of debate in the professional literature. Many argue that assessment actually starts the minute the consumer comes into contact with the service system. But as a practical matter, screening, initial assessment and ongoing assessment serve different as well as similar purposes, and also have different components. (more…)
Parenting an Epileptic Child: Our Story
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010It can be difficult learning to accept a diagnosis of a disorder such as epilepsy, especially when it invloves a child. This is the story of how we learned to get past a label and embraced raising our special boy.
I will never forget that phone call, the moment is frozen in my mind. It was the pediatrician, the doctor himself, and not the nurse. “The nurse always calls with test results,” I thought to myself, “this is not good.”
“Well,” he said, “it looks like the EEG is showing some seizures.” I tried to wrap my mind around the concept. I knew nothing of seizures at the time, had known only a few epileptics and, though I knew what to do for someone during a seizure, I was unable to grasp the concept that my child had this terrible disorder.
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