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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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I Am A 52 Year Old Woman That Has Had

I am a 52 year old woman that has had 46 surgeries (put to sleep) got transfused Hepatitis C at the age of 15. Because I had very bad endometriosis, I had 2 laparoscopies and D & Cs per year from the age of 16 on due to blood clots the size of oranges during my periods. within the past year, I was hospitalized each time for 1 month...first time was to remove 12 inches of large intestine because of ulcers, I was malnourished so had to be given IV nutrients, after surgery, complications so I ended up staying 1 month. had 12 blood transfusions during that hospital stay also. then last year I got pneumonia and coughed out my inside stiches and had a huge hernia. I was told I would be in for 2-3 days at the most but then again, a lot of complications, needed 8 blood transfusions because I bled out inside my abdominal cavity the size of a football and it was pressing against my organs and was incontinent for 6 months after the surgery to fix my hernia. they sewed me back up and put in a mesh to keep the it at bay. it also took me 12 hours to wake up from surgery and my oxygen levels were at 80% and ended up in ICU for 2 days. so much has happened since......for some reason, I lost 60 lbs and have muscle wasting because I have severe nausea all of the time.....I did not try to loose that weight, it just kept coming off. I also have angina attacks which I take Nitro for, and am being followed by a cardiologist, just went through stress test on the treadmill and lasted all but 1 minute. then had 2 Nuclear medicine imaging done 2 days in a row and am now waiting for results. that was last week. I also have COPD from smoking 40 years...my oxygen levels are always low and now my skin on my face is kind of greenish, yellow, grey, not a healthy color.plus it is all sunken in now... I see my gastroenterologist on Wednesday for excruciating abdominal pain I live with on a daily basis which wakes me up most nights between 2-5am from pain......I also had uterine cancer when I was 30, and also took chemo 3 x per week for 2 years for the hep c......it did not clear.....I am also discouraged and depressed because I don't want to go back into the hospital unless it is necessary because I have spent far too long of my life in hospitals as a patient, including stays, tests and doctors appointments. I am also diabetic and am loosing my eyesight due to glaucoma already. just had 25 lazer blasts per eye last month... can you please help me?
Thu, 21 Jan 2016
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