Nicely of course! But i think that we have all been barking up the wrong tree with my poor mum. She has a complicated medical history (addisons syndrome following bilateral adrenalectomy for any medics out there) and high blood pressure.
Her blood pressure has been stupidly high and they are struggling to get to grips with it. She recently changed doctors because her old GP got sick and took lots of time off so i was able to persuade my mum to change to my GP, who is a bit more switched on, and more importantly, local to my mum.
For the past 6 months my mum has been suffering dizzy spells, it has got to the point now that she can't walk very far and is now scared to go out. She is 73 and has been healthy up until now. Apart from the addisons. She says her ears are really uncomfortable and she gets fluid coming from them - i googled her symptoms and it all fits with labarynthitis. But because of her addisons and blood pressure the doctor seems to be dismissing this although i have not asked if she thinks it is this. I really think it could be.
We are awaiting results of some bloods taken by the endocrinologist to assess her steroid replacement therapy and a routine MRI.
The thing is, i think the high BP and the addisons are clouding the issue and that it really could be as "simple" as labaryhthitis
I can't stand people who google and then pitch up at the doctors saying "oh i think i have xyz" but i really think this should be considered. I have lived with my mums addisons for all my life and she has had this for 58 years so she knows what it does and this has never been a symptom. I am not saying it coudlnt be this or her blood pressure but i really dont think it is it. I do have a medical background (biochemistry)
Do you think the doctor woudl be offended if i said, look, i really think we need to look at this? My mum is getting increasingly depressed and im honestly worried i will go round there one day to find she has taken all her tablets :(
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Lucyellensmum95 · 03/03/2013 19:09
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