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Onslaught.  Title: I've always wanted a title.
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Jezza_Belle posted:
Yah, I've heard about people getting bad PCP. That must have been rough.
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the_great_intex posted:
Jezza_Belle posted:
the_great_intex posted:
When I was 18 months old I fell down some stairs and I lost my baby tooth (right 23), well it hit in a way that my adult tooth came in literally bent over. The root is completely healthy and the gums extended higher up to secure it to compensate, they're not too sure why the root is still alive and how it is still attached to the tooth but I see some root guy on Thursday. I guess I could take a picture of it hmm..
http://i43.tinypic.com/sxizc5.jpg
thats awesome, I wouldn't have it fixed unless it causes you trouble.
Mega self-conscious about it  It doesn't hurt or anything and the dentist said it isn't messing with my top teeth, so I could leave it in if I wanted to. It's also really sharp!
But it is ugly, and it is at the very front middle of my mouth so it is exposed very easily. If the root guy gives the OK I am gonna have it grinded down and crowned
that is pretty cool
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the_great_intex posted:
Jezza_Belle posted:
the_great_intex posted:
When I was 18 months old I fell down some stairs and I lost my baby tooth (right 23), well it hit in a way that my adult tooth came in literally bent over. The root is completely healthy and the gums extended higher up to secure it to compensate, they're not too sure why the root is still alive and how it is still attached to the tooth but I see some root guy on Thursday. I guess I could take a picture of it hmm..
http://i43.tinypic.com/sxizc5.jpg
thats awesome, I wouldn't have it fixed unless it causes you trouble.
Mega self-conscious about it It doesn't hurt or anything and the dentist said it isn't messing with my top teeth, so I could leave it in if I wanted to. It's also really sharp!
But it is ugly, and it is at the very front middle of my mouth so it is exposed very easily. If the root guy gives the OK I am gonna have it grinded down and crowned
I have a crazy tooth on the lower front, even after 4.5 years of braces it wouldn't stay where it belonged. They even tried a perm retainer, and it just popped right off. I'm just careful not to let any gunk build up and it doesn't really bother me at all, but my lower teeth don't even come close to showing when I smile, so that isn't an issue for me.
You should do whatever is going to make you feel good about it!
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deadcactus posted:
Immortal_Haze posted:
Yeah, seriously. How could someone freak out about their health when they've already had a major life threatening issue and their doctor gives them some half ass blow off about something else that could potentially be life threatening?
I hardly call a 6 month follow-up with a new CT "some half ass blow off". Surgeons aren't known for their people skills but patients aren't known for accepting prudent medical care and well-justified conservative treatment. Only pkhere know's what was actually said so if we're just going to speculate and form an angry mob, I'm going to go the contrarian route.
If we're going to assume what happened I'm going to assume the surgeon (assuming it is a surgeon and not an interventional cardiologist) saw a small, non-spiculated, non-calcified mass on CT. He then checked with the radiologist's read to confirm that nothing about the mass' appearance was suspicious for a primary or metastatic cancer. With a insignificant radiographic finding, asymptomatic patient, and no history of concerning risk factors he moved on to caring for the patient's actual medical problems but made sure a 6 month follow-up to monitor the mass was secured.
The patient's real medical concern is resolved and at follow-up the negligible and non-concerning lesion is mentioned as an FYI. Patient's loud-mouthed wife flips out and goes off the wall before any detailed discussion can occur and the surgeon makes a hasty escape. Wife now wants to drag the patient around demanding unnecessary tests and procedures chasing a benign incidental finding and subjecting him to the constant risk of serious complications from radiographic imaging and biopsies.
Assuming is fun!
Continuing your assumption (since it seems pretty typical of medical professionals in my experience):
Patient has just had a life changing (aka threatening) issue fixed and has been scared for his life. Not to mention the worry this has caused the person that loves him the most in the entire world. They go in for the follow up and he says the first event is working fine, but hey, there's a growth on his lung. He's not worried because it could be nothing. Patient and wife, who have already been extremely stressed and scared, don't understand anything other than there's something else scary that they have to hopefully get through. The doctor, who can't in good conscience tell the family that it's nothing, leaves it as a vague "we'll keep checking", which does nothing to reassure the family. Rather than sitting the family down and explaining in detail the what it could be and what it probably is so they are at least educated on the full spectrum of possibilities, he just wants to "keep an eye on it". This leaves the family in a wonderful state of worry.
The stressed, worried and scared wife freaks out because it's what people do when they're stressed, worried, and scared when they face the remote possibility that someone they love is in danger.
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Crafty_ac2  Posts: 99
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I had the same thing and a year later it was gone so hope for the best. But ya you cant help but worry.
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Anebriated  Title: I should be reading a book
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if anything, maybe the doctor could have done a better job explaining things to people with over a decade less education. being ignorant about the current best medical thinking about cancer doesn't stop people from thinking they know what is scary /feeling scared.
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deadcactus Posts: 669
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Immortal_Haze posted:
Continuing your assumption (since it seems pretty typical of medical professionals in my experience):
Patient has just had a life changing (aka threatening) issue fixed and has been scared for his life. Not to mention the worry this has caused the person that loves him the most in the entire world. They go in for the follow up and he says the first event is working fine, but hey, there's a growth on his lung. He's not worried because it could be nothing. Patient and wife, who have already been extremely stressed and scared, don't understand anything other than there's something else scary that they have to hopefully get through. The doctor, who can't in good conscience tell the family that it's nothing, leaves it as a vague "we'll keep checking", which does nothing to reassure the family. Rather than sitting the family down and explaining in detail the what it could be and what it probably is so they are at least educated on the full spectrum of possibilities, he just wants to "keep an eye on it". This leaves the family in a wonderful state of worry.
The stressed, worried and scared wife freaks out because it's what people do when they're stressed, worried, and scared when they face the remote possibility that someone they love is in danger.
Like I said, I'm just offering a contrarian opinion. The reality is that communication almost certainly broke down on both sides of the discussion. As I said, surgeons aren't known for their interpersonal skills but patients have an equal role in maintaining proper communication and it's ridiculous how quickly that responsibility is forgotten.
There's material for another rant on the failure of our culture to appreciate the value and validity of doing nothing versus doing something but that's a long one...
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pkhere Title: Yes, they are real
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Called the family doc. He wants the report sent to his office.
Thanks to the posters who feel the same or close.
We did read about them on the internet, but is still scary when something like that is going on inside a loved ones body.
Try to imagine if it was yourself, your spouse, your kid, or another close family member.
Heh, it sounds like nothing to some, but I am pretty certain anyone else posting here would feel pretty freaked out to if they were in this situation.
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CulenTrey Posts: 159
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My 90 year old Grandpa just had a mass discovered. The doctor at the VA told him to come back in a year and my family was just as upset as I imagine you are PK... The doctors logic was (basically an assumption) that his heart is too weak for surgery, so we need to monitor progression and then he could estimate life expectancy. It was ultimately a death sentence with a timeline.
The prognosis was unacceptable.
After a 2nd opinion at an actual hospital (I hate the VA) he'll undergo surgery next week, which is admittedly risky, but weighing a slow degenerative death against a risky surgery was a no-brainer. I'm still hoping he outlives all the other WWII vets and is the last man standing! 
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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_Alexandra_ posted:
Time to find another doctor.
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