Does FR not have any nurses or doctors who can provide some first hand accounts of what’s really going on?
Nope……only FRoctors.
And, their track record is less than stellar.
Got a call this weekend about my sister’s husband. He was working in the yard and he complained that he wasn’t feeling well. Sis is an RN and recognized the signs, even though he - an orthopedic surgeon - was in denial (too young - at 57 - etc.). She drove him to the local hospital (8 minutes away) and faces in the room went ashen when they saw the images of his heart.
In moments he was whisked away to the other hospital to have 2 stints in place, thus far lucky it wasn’t more severe.
Given the admittedly anecdotal conflict between 2 staff vascular surgeons caring for him, I have a couple of problems:
1. It was the left anterior descending artery which was described as blocked, along with a second blood vessel undescribed. If he had a severe blockage of the ‘widowmaker’ he should be dead. Thus, I believe it is probable that - even though the symptoms were a dead-on match for myocarditis - they focused on the arteries and are not investigating further because the symptoms clinically matched what they saw on the imaging. In fact, he presents all the symptoms of cardiomyopathy, a result of myocarditis.
2. I have little faith that the doctors will investigate further on the condition of my BIL (jabbed/boosted) for obvious reasons and believe that my sister and BIL have been lulled into a state of complacency, believing that the crisis was averted by the stints. In fact, I believe that cardiomyopathy caused the crisis and ultimately revealed the LAD blockage (which may not have been severe enough to manifest the presentation of observed symptoms.
He is under doctor’s orders to have 7 weeks of rest, but I sense that he is in more danger than they’ve been led to believe, especially due to an ongoing arrythmia he is still experiencing 48 hours on.
Case in point: The extra day hospital stay at order of one of his doctors was due solely to the long QT intervals in his heart rhythm...which has been shown to be associated with...myocarditis.
Pretty much most doctors I’ve had interactions with - the last two years has really impaired my faith in professionals, experts, and the medical system.