Heart Murmur :( - Page 3

TheMercenary · 10-31-2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Fair enough - I don't know enough about it. I've no doubt this was explained to his parents at the time - I had no reason to know.

In that really minor indicators can and do save lives. I'd say false alarm rather than alarmist and careful rather then bullshit.

Agreed.

lumberjim · 10-31-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Fair enough - I don't know enough about it. I've no doubt this was explained to his parents at the time - I had no reason to know.

BTW I didn't think LJ's comments were offensive in any way, just thought they were a little... blase. In that really minor indicators can and do save lives. I'd say false alarm rather than alarmist and careful rather then bullshit. Happy that YMMV and happy that it was completely unnecessary.

since we're analyzing my quip.....

All I was doing was trying to be a calming voice. I was not trying to say that she should ignore it. I assumed that as a good parent, monstah would, of course, follow up with further inspections and detections.

I DO, however think that the profession of 'Doctor' is like any other.

it's too late...you've got me started, and I have a couple minutes...

I have met some stupid fucking doctors. just like i have met geniuses that fix my furnace. You have to consider the source.... when a 25-27 year old doctor tells you that she has seen kids die from the mumps...you are talking to a liar that thinks she's smarter than you because of her degree. When a still green physician that is trained to identify heart murmurs from specific aural cues heard with a stethoscope even has an inkling that she or he heard one.....they are going to advise you to have it looked into.

The demi god status that doctors expect and often receive makes me want to strike them. and when I say 'strike them' I mean to physically punch them in the stomach. And then again, some have gotten over themselves, and are actually very nice and helpful sorts that do plenty of good work for humanity.

/rant

classicman · 10-31-2008, 07:14 PM

you could always kick them in the cunt - just sayin

DanaC · 10-31-2008, 07:16 PM

Cunt Punt!!!

monster · 10-31-2008, 09:05 PM

I hears the LJ. you're probably all tired of me telling all y'all how smart i am, but I was at uni fer a while and i met the doctors of the future. 80% nitwits. At least. but this is my problem: I am an intelligent, logical, rational person, very grounded.... unless it's my baby and then y'all can die if there's a 0.000001% chance that your death will save my baby from whatever horrors are out there....

Pie · 10-31-2008, 11:13 PM

Biology makes us irrational. Good thing, too. Or none of us would have made it out of diapers.

Clodfobble · 10-31-2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

I am an intelligent, logical, rational person, very grounded.... unless it's my baby and then y'all can die if there's a 0.000001% chance that your death will save my baby from whatever horrors are out there....

Word. It still surprises me sometimes how utterly nuckingfuts I can get when my babies are involved.

Pie · 11-04-2008, 02:37 PM

So, I visited my new doc today... He tells me I have a heart murmur.

I will try to get it checked out sometime in December.

Trilby · 11-04-2008, 03:23 PM

Hm. gotta agree with Dana, Jinx and the LJ here. Esp. the part about docs being nitwits. My recent cancer treatment gives me the ok to say with 90% accuracy that most docs ARE nitwits. It's just like the LJ man says.

good luck monster and Pie. My best vibes.

Sundae · 11-04-2008, 04:09 PM

Oh Pie - sorry to hear that.
May it work out as well for you as it did for Hebe. Keep us updated.

Treasenuak · 11-08-2008, 11:12 AM

I was diagnosed with a heart murmur at age two, that got steadily worse over the years until I had to have open heart surgery at age nine. I had a subaortic stenosis that had to be cleared out. If anyone wants basic details on the TWO methods they used to clear out the stenosis, you're more than welcome to ask.

Bottom line, I will always have a residual murmur and will never be able to run further than a quarter mile. No enlisting in the armed forces, no strenuous sports, so on and so forth. So yes, heart murmurs can be quite serious. However, as we've all noticed already, thanks to Hebe, they're OFTEN nothing at all.

monster · 11-08-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Treasenuak

no strenuous sports

?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-09-2008, 12:40 AM

That just means bottom only.

No Sheldon, that's not what I meant.

Treasenuak · 11-10-2008, 07:59 AM

lol Sex is fully, two-thumbs-up approved... because I don't get into bedroom olympics. I'm too easy to bring for that...

10-31-2008, 07:14 PM	#33
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10-31-2008, 09:05 PM	#35
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I hears the LJ. you're probably all tired of me telling all y'all how smart i am, but I was at uni fer a while and i met the doctors of the future. 80% nitwits. At least. but this is my problem: I am an intelligent, logical, rational person, very grounded.... unless it's my baby and then y'all can die if there's a 0.000001% chance that your death will save my baby from whatever horrors are out there.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-31-2008, 11:13 PM	#36
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Biology makes us irrational. Good thing, too. Or none of us would have made it out of diapers. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

11-04-2008, 02:37 PM	#38
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	So, I visited my new doc today... He tells me I have a heart murmur. I will try to get it checked out sometime in December. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

11-04-2008, 03:23 PM	#39
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hm. gotta agree with Dana, Jinx and the LJ here. Esp. the part about docs being nitwits. My recent cancer treatment gives me the ok to say with 90% accuracy that most docs ARE nitwits. It's just like the LJ man says. good luck monster and Pie. My best vibes. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-31-2008, 07:16 PM	#34
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Cunt Punt!!!

11-04-2008, 04:09 PM	#40
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh Pie - sorry to hear that. May it work out as well for you as it did for Hebe. Keep us updated.

11-08-2008, 11:12 AM	#41
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	I was diagnosed with a heart murmur at age two, that got steadily worse over the years until I had to have open heart surgery at age nine. I had a subaortic stenosis that had to be cleared out. If anyone wants basic details on the TWO methods they used to clear out the stenosis, you're more than welcome to ask. Bottom line, I will always have a residual murmur and will never be able to run further than a quarter mile. No enlisting in the armed forces, no strenuous sports, so on and so forth. So yes, heart murmurs can be quite serious. However, as we've all noticed already, thanks to Hebe, they're OFTEN nothing at all.

11-09-2008, 12:40 AM	#43
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That just means bottom only. No Sheldon, that's not what I meant. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-10-2008, 07:59 AM	#44
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	lol Sex is fully, two-thumbs-up approved... because I don't get into bedroom olympics. I'm too easy to bring for that...

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