Chaos Ranch
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Normally, I google something medical when I want to learn more about it. I don't feel like reading a bunch of medical jargan and trying to make sence of it. I want to know the truth, and I hoped that maybe some of you could inform me a little bit.
My mom just got out of the hospital. She has a lot of shortness of breath, she can't hardly do anything without huffing and puffing and her chest starts hurting her. Well the other day she swelled up really bad and couldn't even get her shoes on. She made it to her doctors office and he sent her straight over to the hospital where they ran a series of tests on her. She got out of the hospital yesterday and my dad calls me to tell me about it. When I questioned him on the test results he said the doctor told them that mom has congestive heart failure, and an enlarged heart. Then he said the doctor told her that if she makes sure to come in to every doctors appointment, and takes every bit of her medication as prescribed she should live 5 + years.
5 + years????? What does that mean? 5+ years is not acceptable. She is going to turn 59 at the end of this month. There had better be more than 5+ years. I love my mother dearly, and I better have more than 5+ years with her.
What would compel the doctor to say that? What is congestive heart failure, and what does an enlarged heart mean? Can she do anything to un-enlarge her heart? Does he honestly mean that she could only live 5 plus years? What's the plus mean ? Plus one or two? Plus 30???? Plus what? What would you throw such a vague number out there like that and not give a reason for the statistic? Please someone help me understand... I don't want my mom to just live 5 plus years. I want her, I need her to live much much longer than that.
My mom just got out of the hospital. She has a lot of shortness of breath, she can't hardly do anything without huffing and puffing and her chest starts hurting her. Well the other day she swelled up really bad and couldn't even get her shoes on. She made it to her doctors office and he sent her straight over to the hospital where they ran a series of tests on her. She got out of the hospital yesterday and my dad calls me to tell me about it. When I questioned him on the test results he said the doctor told them that mom has congestive heart failure, and an enlarged heart. Then he said the doctor told her that if she makes sure to come in to every doctors appointment, and takes every bit of her medication as prescribed she should live 5 + years.
5 + years????? What does that mean? 5+ years is not acceptable. She is going to turn 59 at the end of this month. There had better be more than 5+ years. I love my mother dearly, and I better have more than 5+ years with her.
What would compel the doctor to say that? What is congestive heart failure, and what does an enlarged heart mean? Can she do anything to un-enlarge her heart? Does he honestly mean that she could only live 5 plus years? What's the plus mean ? Plus one or two? Plus 30???? Plus what? What would you throw such a vague number out there like that and not give a reason for the statistic? Please someone help me understand... I don't want my mom to just live 5 plus years. I want her, I need her to live much much longer than that.