@contentandwell my stomach is bloated and it hurts and twice this week I was so nauseated. My husband and l went to eat last night and l usually can only half of my meal and in the middle l had to stop and go to the restroom so I do get nauseated. I had to rush home and get my pill for nausea. They also told me I need to go to the bathroom 4-5 times a day and have a BM. I asked the doctor does in go 4-5 times a day. I can talk to him like that because he's been my rehab doctor several times as an inpatient doctor. And yes they have diagnosed me with HE without cirrhosis. I guess that sounds crazy. And my stomach is bloated so it's probably ascites. And I wasn't trying to sue about negligence because l know we all make mistakes but because l wasn't followed up and if l was after my doctor retired they would have seen the mistake and corrected the issue then and also when they did the TIP procedure because l am allergic to practical everything they should have kept me overnight because l had a reaction and my daughter had to call 911. So I feel our health care shouldn't be that negligent that it hinders the patient. And when my doctor retired he asked me about which of his partners I wanted to follow with and I told him. In left last year and l called them about seeing a doctor and then 11months later l saw a doctor. And if I didn't have money or insurance I wouldn't have been able to come to the Mayo Clinic. I don't know what going on with Healthcare. Doctors should do their work for the patient not the money and God will bless them with more than enough and Healthcare is about a profit not about care of the patient and what they went to school for.. And I did my research and found out the ceo of this hospital is retiring in 2weeks. A lot of the hospital here the employees are protesting against and a lot of doctors hate there jobs and a lot here are retiring. We have more PA, and nurse Practitioners in which some are more compassion for helping then receiving And l know about how that works it's about profit and demand. And at the Mayo Clinic I see a difference doctors, nurses and medical staff who care even down to the volunteers. They are so happy to serve and take care of patients. I always tell people about the Mayo Clinic since l have been there. And that's how Healthcare use to be. I have been with my general practice doctor for such along time with misdiagnosis and not trusting me and it caused me a lot of health problems and I had to just look back and ask myself why did I stay with him? I said anyone would have left him along time ago and the Lord told me because I didn't tell you to leave. And I had so many people tell me to leave even you are crazy to stay but I just kept going but now I am finally leaving him it's my time to go and l feel piece about it. So I know you have definitely been there because you care and it's people like you and other who been there an feel for others.
@techi Lisa, you have sure been through a lot. I apologize if you said before but my life has been totally crazy recently. To what do they attribute your symptoms that sound so much like cirrhosis? It’s good that you are going to Mayo. As I have mentioned before I think many large, highly regarded medical centers could help you but Mayo is probably the best. Where do you live? My local doctor in Manchester NH didn’t have a clue what was wrong with me despite the fact that my symptoms all pointed to cirrhosis. I was not jaundiced though and my ALT and AST were not that elevated. Thankfully my neurologist cracked the puzzle and then it was Mass General Hospital that took over. They were wonderful. I did not realize until my diagnosis how many symptoms I had.
JK