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Has anyone here had the greater saphenous vein in their leg removed? I've had issues with the one in my right leg for about 6-8 years and it's gotten bad enough that the doctor thinks it should be taken out. I've been wearing compression stockings on that leg for a couple years to help postpone the operation, but it still feels pretty bad after any type of moderately heavy work.
My worry is possible blood clots after the operation or would removing that vein put more pressure on the deep vein inside the leg that could lead to other issues down the road.
My worry is possible blood clots after the operation or would removing that vein put more pressure on the deep vein inside the leg that could lead to other issues down the road.
Borzak
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Wish I knew what triggers this shit. Even after a long list of specialist and the Mayo twice it still is not a direct "fit" so to speak. I have had very little strength forever and the last few days with help I can get to my chair which I can touch the end of my bed with my left arm while sitting in it. My right arm I can get onto the mouse pad and that's about it. Voice typeing which I guess from my accent is soso at best.
Sucks. All they say now is there will be good days and bad days. I'm still waiting on a "good" day. Then they go on to say but it's like nothing normal. I have a 2.5 pound barbell and on bad days I can lift it, barely and it takes it all out of me for a couple of days then off to bed. I have had to get someone to get the cover/comforter off of me multiple times.
Sucks. All they say now is there will be good days and bad days. I'm still waiting on a "good" day. Then they go on to say but it's like nothing normal. I have a 2.5 pound barbell and on bad days I can lift it, barely and it takes it all out of me for a couple of days then off to bed. I have had to get someone to get the cover/comforter off of me multiple times.
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Izo
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So Monday I went in for an MRI to make sure the tumor on my left Kidney hadn't moved, grown, or turned into a One Direction Tribute band apparently...
And I learned something new I seem to have developed, claustrophobia.
They had this old school 1.5T MRI machine, and had to put a coil on my abdomen as well, so I was touching both sides, and the top when I inhaled. As they were setting me up and getting the IV in and adjusted I could feel it coming on, and the nurse told me "Yeah, you were turning red, I'd give it 60 seconds until you hyperventilated". Fight/Flight instincts kicked in and I wanted nothing more than to be out of that room.
So apparently I'm rescheduled for a more luxurious 3.0T tube this coming week, and I've heard of a thing called "OpenMRI" where it's not even really a tube. Anybody else get one of those?
All this and we already know what the game plan is (Cryoblation 2: kidney boogaloo)
Ah and technical term for what I have. Clear cell renal carcinoma. WHO class 2. Which the Dr assured me was the most common and a highly treatable version of kidney cancer.
And I learned something new I seem to have developed, claustrophobia.
They had this old school 1.5T MRI machine, and had to put a coil on my abdomen as well, so I was touching both sides, and the top when I inhaled. As they were setting me up and getting the IV in and adjusted I could feel it coming on, and the nurse told me "Yeah, you were turning red, I'd give it 60 seconds until you hyperventilated". Fight/Flight instincts kicked in and I wanted nothing more than to be out of that room.
So apparently I'm rescheduled for a more luxurious 3.0T tube this coming week, and I've heard of a thing called "OpenMRI" where it's not even really a tube. Anybody else get one of those?
All this and we already know what the game plan is (Cryoblation 2: kidney boogaloo)
Ah and technical term for what I have. Clear cell renal carcinoma. WHO class 2. Which the Dr assured me was the most common and a highly treatable version of kidney cancer.
Control
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(Replying in the health thread for obvious reasons)
Are you familiar with the tweeter or the doc he's quoting? I read a few of his articles, and some of it seems pretty tinfoil hat, but then we also know how often tinfoil hats have been vindicated lately.
More specifically, how does everyone feel about statins? Doc recommended them at my last visit, and I'd meant to do some reading but haven't yet, at least until above tweeter guy's article:
The Great Cholesterol Scam and The Dangers of Statins
Exploring the Actual Causes and Treatments of Heart Disease
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(Replying in the health thread for obvious reasons)
Are you familiar with the tweeter or the doc he's quoting? I read a few of his articles, and some of it seems pretty tinfoil hat, but then we also know how often tinfoil hats have been vindicated lately.
More specifically, how does everyone feel about statins? Doc recommended them at my last visit, and I'd meant to do some reading but haven't yet, at least until above tweeter guy's article:
which makes them pretty much sound like the devil. Easy to think that any pharma is the devil these days, but I also remember Attia saying on a few podcasts that basically everyone should be on a statin just in the interest of managing apob, with no mention at all of side effects.The Great Cholesterol Scam and The Dangers of Statins
Exploring the Actual Causes and Treatments of Heart Disease
Some of it seems tinfoil hat to me too but the article I posted was pretty political in today's environment. On to the topic you mentioned, I'm not a huge fan of statins. Most of my clients take them and many of them are really fucking old so it doesn't seem like they are as bad as he states. On the other hand, statins are cholesterol medicine, and most people can control that with diet. For me, I go by the old saying that you reserve meds for things you can't control yourself.
For all medical advice, I'd read up like you mentioned and get at least 2-3 different medical opinions if possible. That includes internet versions. Statins are the go to meds for cholesterol though and they do work well. Probably not the answer you wanted but the only one I can give.
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Gurgeh
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Acm is at the lowest at 220ish of TC. It’s a lot worse at 140 than at 300.
www.nature.com
On this article you can see that older you get the higher the optimal is.
I remember an article that basicly shows that people that reach 100 have high cholesterol in their 60’s.
If you want to live old, low blood glucose will protect you from atherosclerosis better than lower cholesterol and somewhat 'high’ TC, like 240 will protect your brain.
Figure 2 | Scientific Reports
www.nature.com
I remember an article that basicly shows that people that reach 100 have high cholesterol in their 60’s.
If you want to live old, low blood glucose will protect you from atherosclerosis better than lower cholesterol and somewhat 'high’ TC, like 240 will protect your brain.
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Control
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Thanks, I think that sounds like a good perspective. I wasn't looking for any particular answer, just wondering if people had already ran down the details since I know they're super commonly prescribed. I have no problem with meds if they're actually a net positive, but it's pretty tricky to see what is and isn't a net positive sometimes (maybe all the time). Nobody makes money convincing you not to take a drug.
Thanks, it seems like I remembered this or a similar chart from some pages ago. The labcorb scale lists <200 as "acceptable", and for LDL, <70 as optimal.Acm is at the lowest at 220ish of TC. It’s a lot worse at 140 than at 300.
On this article you can see that older you get the higher the optimal is.Figure 2 | Scientific Reports
I remember an article that basicly shows that people that reach 100 have high cholesterol in their 60’s.
If you want to live old, low blood glucose will protect you from atherosclerosis better than lower cholesterol and somewhat 'high’ TC, like 240 will protect your brain.
Similar charts for LDL make <70 seem like a really bad idea. I'm right in the "least likely to die" areas for both, but that means labcorp thinks I need statins.
Of course, I'm sure it's not that simple since a statin-modified 70 is probably different than a natural 70, so dropping it with the drugs may get you some of the benefits without some of the drawbacks. The lowest ACM for the lipid-treatment segment was 89 but with a much higher mortality rate, but of course that segment is likely very different from the general population.
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I have to get regular brain scans. For those, they put your head in a clamp - and it sucks. You also have to lay still for 20 minutes , then contrast, then another 5-10 minutes. In a tube MRI, my head/neck/fingers/upperback would all go to sleep and I would be in extreme pain (I've had 7 back surgeries as well). The open MRI is basically open on the sides. You are still on your back with the top coil in your face. It's way better. I know where one is located in Vegas and I always have my order sent there. Highly recommend. Sorry you had claustrophobia. Make them give you something for it i.e. knock you out.
moonarchia
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I have had a couple MRIs over the years. I was very glad to have my meditation. I just mostly went to sleep while they were doing their thing. I knew it was going to be uncomfortably tight.
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Yep I take a muscle relaxer and a 15mg oxy* right before I go in. Fall asleep most times.
*those are prescribed
Kithani
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I'm not a Radiologist but I know a few. When I've asked their opinion, open MRIs produce garbage image quality and should not exist.
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Borzak
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I get head, heck, and spine with and without contrast. It takes about 1-1/2 hours or so. By the time they do the first scan and then the dye and then another scan. They use several foam type deals to support your legs/knees and your head/neck so it doesn't move. I don't have to breath in and out on command.
I sleep the entire time. Earplugs.
I've never even seen one of those open MRI that are open on one side and C shaped. Supposed to be very popular.
I sleep the entire time. Earplugs.
I've never even seen one of those open MRI that are open on one side and C shaped. Supposed to be very popular.
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Holy shit dude I cannot imagine doing an MRI for 45 minutes. They would have to knock me 100% out. And to
Kithani
I've never heard that open ones are garbage. I will however ask when I go to have my next scan in November. To me they are a life saver.
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I've had like nine MRIs for my hips and knees. Get a good nap every time.
There aren't many alternatives unless you're going to irradiate the patient with a CT scan.
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I'm not taking blue hair reddit creatures as gospel , I'll ask a radiologist when I go next. Most of the Reddit peeps would not fit in a MRI.
Kithani
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Make sure the Radiologist you ask doesn’t own or read images off the open MRI scanner you’ve been using, lol
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