Don't have any experience with your particular meds/devices but I do travel internationally fairly often and always put any medication/medical devices (I travel with catheters and various meds) in my...
The ferretin of 5 with anemia is what would be expected, in the absence of an infection the ferritin will track hemoglobin (iron) levels. I give a pint of blood every 8 weeks to keep my ferretin...
Ferretin is what is called an acute phase reactant, that is it it becomes elevated during an infection and may stay high for awhile after the infection has passed. A bit over 400 is not that high....
As someone diagnosed in the early stages dementia I found the above articles interesting. In my own case, its thought that a TBI from a car wreck I was involved in when I was in my 40's was the...
The northern Rockies. I know guys who get their care up north in the summer and down south in the winter. All I've ever done was to call the enrollment office where I wanted to go and register with...
I've been getting all my care from the VA for longer than I can sometimes remember and and been very satisfied with that care. One thing I would say is that I've found that the quality of the care...
To add to what TA said about signing up for medicare.... If I understand you correctly it appears your husband did not sign up for Medicare Part B 8 years ago when he was first eligible because like...
Denis You have covered all your bases in spades. Seems to me you are looking for 100% assurance that whatever treatment you chose will be side effect free, there are none, unless you choose watchful...
I have been diagnosed as being in the early stages of dementia and that diagnosis has prompted my decision to watch and wait. Some memory loss is normal with aging and working your brain as much as...
Hello Sorry you have to be here. I also get my care through the VA and was an Army medic, that experience definately gives one a different point of view on the inevitabality of death. Due to my...
I think you have received excellent advice to use these weeks before your scheduled surgery to explore all your other treatment options and most of all to be comfortable with your treatment choice...
I'm a long time lurker here and occasionally post on another forum. I have been pursuing a watch and wait strategy due to my other comorbities for more than 10 years when the PSA first drew...