For almost a year now, my father has been in and out of the emergency room at least a couple of times and have seen specialists for different ailments.
If i remember correctly, it started off last summer when my mother rushed him to the ER after he began feeling numbness in his right arm and dizziness during a late night drive home. I do not remember the hospital doing much about testing his symptoms. i only remember them keeping him on a monitor. This happened again not too long afterwards and he linked the symptoms up with a couple of glasses of wine that he had had during the course of the evening. He believed to be borderlined diabetic and doctors began prescribing him medications for it.
Not too long after that, a pinched nerve in his back started giving him troubles and he was basically confined to laying on the floor for about 4 months while they waited for THREE cortisone shots to take effect. no good... they ended up performing surgery to alleviate the stress there.
It's been at least 4 months and since then, he hasn't been able to regain his strength in his legs. He still feels numbness in his right leg. The doctors just recently decided to perform a full body MRI. They don't know yet whether the tumor is benign. His doctor is currently making an effort to find a doctor at Johns Hopkins Medical Center to suit his needs.
Has anyone else here had any experience with this sort of thing? Any recommendations for the best medical care? He is located in NJ and we are currently looking into hospitals in Baltimore, NYC, and Penn. I'm so full of emotions right now and I can't help but feel completely useless while sitting here at work.
If i remember correctly, it started off last summer when my mother rushed him to the ER after he began feeling numbness in his right arm and dizziness during a late night drive home. I do not remember the hospital doing much about testing his symptoms. i only remember them keeping him on a monitor. This happened again not too long afterwards and he linked the symptoms up with a couple of glasses of wine that he had had during the course of the evening. He believed to be borderlined diabetic and doctors began prescribing him medications for it.
Not too long after that, a pinched nerve in his back started giving him troubles and he was basically confined to laying on the floor for about 4 months while they waited for THREE cortisone shots to take effect. no good... they ended up performing surgery to alleviate the stress there.
It's been at least 4 months and since then, he hasn't been able to regain his strength in his legs. He still feels numbness in his right leg. The doctors just recently decided to perform a full body MRI. They don't know yet whether the tumor is benign. His doctor is currently making an effort to find a doctor at Johns Hopkins Medical Center to suit his needs.
Has anyone else here had any experience with this sort of thing? Any recommendations for the best medical care? He is located in NJ and we are currently looking into hospitals in Baltimore, NYC, and Penn. I'm so full of emotions right now and I can't help but feel completely useless while sitting here at work.
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