JohnC
06-19-2014, 07:15 PM
Ok, so I am having some anxiety over my fathers recent doctor visit. He was recently diagnosed with a bad heart valve and it needed to be replaced which is not that
bad but since his lungs are bad they wanted him to see his pulmonologist. This pulmonologist is located at a teaching type hospital and always has students with him.
Anyway, they run their test and compare to last time and then proceed to tell my dad that he has pneumonia and his lungs are 20 to 40% less than last visit and he would
not survive the heart valve replacement surgery. And they tell him that they see a spot on his lung and want to do a biopsy. AND then they tell him he has 2 to 3 years to live.
At first i was like what kind of fucking doctor tells a person in their 70's they have 2 or 3 years to live. Hell, you could say that to anybody in there 70's and have a 30%
success rate ( not trying to scare our seniors). What i haven't told you is that the spot is infact not a new spot and was checked out last year when he had pneumonia and it was scar tissue from histoplasmosis that he had when he was young. so why do a biopsy and why is he not looking at the records?
Another thing is that when they told him his lungs were 20 to 40% less than last visit they didn't tell him it was because he still had some pneumonia they made it sound
like he lost more lung capacity. My biggest problem with this is telling them that he had 2 or 3 years to live, wtf is that about. a few month or even six months in
cancers and other illness but he is not even at the point of being on oxygen. My Mom was a basket case. Yes we will be getting a second opinion.
We are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this Sunday sooooooooooooooooooooo I have the anxiety over my father and i also have the social anxiety really bad
from the upcoming anniversary part that's just eating at me. lots of people that i have avoided over the years.
They also wanted my dad to get his heart checked because they said he had 50% blockage but when they did the heart cath, he had absolutely NO blockage. What are the doctors doing these days
guessing what you have and then run test to see if they guessed right?
bad but since his lungs are bad they wanted him to see his pulmonologist. This pulmonologist is located at a teaching type hospital and always has students with him.
Anyway, they run their test and compare to last time and then proceed to tell my dad that he has pneumonia and his lungs are 20 to 40% less than last visit and he would
not survive the heart valve replacement surgery. And they tell him that they see a spot on his lung and want to do a biopsy. AND then they tell him he has 2 to 3 years to live.
At first i was like what kind of fucking doctor tells a person in their 70's they have 2 or 3 years to live. Hell, you could say that to anybody in there 70's and have a 30%
success rate ( not trying to scare our seniors). What i haven't told you is that the spot is infact not a new spot and was checked out last year when he had pneumonia and it was scar tissue from histoplasmosis that he had when he was young. so why do a biopsy and why is he not looking at the records?
Another thing is that when they told him his lungs were 20 to 40% less than last visit they didn't tell him it was because he still had some pneumonia they made it sound
like he lost more lung capacity. My biggest problem with this is telling them that he had 2 or 3 years to live, wtf is that about. a few month or even six months in
cancers and other illness but he is not even at the point of being on oxygen. My Mom was a basket case. Yes we will be getting a second opinion.
We are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this Sunday sooooooooooooooooooooo I have the anxiety over my father and i also have the social anxiety really bad
from the upcoming anniversary part that's just eating at me. lots of people that i have avoided over the years.
They also wanted my dad to get his heart checked because they said he had 50% blockage but when they did the heart cath, he had absolutely NO blockage. What are the doctors doing these days
guessing what you have and then run test to see if they guessed right?