i fear not my mortality

I used to have the same feelings. They started when I was 11, and I'm 15 now. After I became a vegetarian, all of my anxiety went away, so I would try that for a couple weeks. I would also write poetry when I was having an attack, and that helped a lot. It might help you to have your feelings on a piece of paper, instead of in your brain. I hope I could help!

It all started when my daughter was born. I started thinking about life and mortality. I would watch her sleep and just be in awe. One night it hit me like a ton of bricks. I GOT SCARED. Death. I now have 2 kids and even though through out the day I think about it, at night I have a hard time. I am so afraid of dying. My body will simply stop working and being buried, DARK and NOTHING.

I have a history of medical illness. You would not want my organs, tissues or eyes. FACT: At the time of your death, medical professionals will determine whether your organs, tissues and eyes are usable. With recent advances in transplantation, more people than ever before can be donors. MYTH: Only your heart, liver and kidneys can be transplanted. FACT: Organs that can be donated include the heart, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, liver and intestines.

thanks, for the views and suggestions being made .

Well, for starters the mortality rate of an operation depends on your health. According to the ASA grading if a person is healthy and fit, like you are, he only has a less than 0.1 percent chance of dying. Second, the mortality of this procedure ranges from 0-22% based on the hospital you go to. I guess he is a good surgeon, so he is not worried. Just check is past record of success if you are so worried.

If someone could shed some light on how long I have I would be so great full. My Diogenes is end stage liver disease cirohsis ascites my last drain was 2 weeks ago 8 litres was drained in radiology as an out patient I was meant to get fortnightly drains though I thought the fluid tabs were working after my fourth drain as an out patient I am 31 in the last 6 weeks I have had just over 4litres of fluid drained off my right lung twice first time being called code blue in radiology outpatients .

I am just newly diagnosed also so I am still learning about these things. I know that the very nice and knowledgeable people on here will tell you that if you are not seeing a hepatologist you need to. They are the ones best able to care for you. As far as " I have heard so many things about dying from this and it is not the way I think anyone should die like. " My advice is to not focus on dying, but on living.

Hello Doctor: I am a very successful 45 year old male, happily married with two boys and one girl. My Father passed away about six years ago. I grieved and moved on. My Mother, who had been sick for several years, passed away about a month ago. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Last year I spent a lot of time worrying about my health and how I was cutting my life short by my habits. I was overweight, smoked 2 packs a day, sedentary and did no exercise.

ve glanced through this thread as well a a few others and I have seen a lot of mention of the fact that cirrhosis will be a problem for a lot more people as HCV patients age. Do you know of any specific links where I can see this? I have seen it before but not on sites that I have a lot of confidence in. The only thing I have seen that comes out on the other side of this is Dr.

My Grammy passed from a major stroke in July and since then my anxiety has sky rocketed. Every day I am in constant worry and fear about my health. I've gone to the doctors and have had a CBC done and my liver and kidneys were tested as well, all came out well. But I've just felt so crappy and have lost my appetite. I have Zoloft but haven't started it yet, I really should though. Is it normal that my anxiety has increased since her passing?

d like to know how the chart runs...I heard it was 1-60. Is this true? I am not sure what is better, a low or high Meld number. I thought the lower the number the worse the disease but after reading some posts, I'm a little confused. I know some hospitals will not do a transplant on somebody with a low Meld and others will. Is the patient with the lower Meld healthier or sicker??

OK, folks...here goes: After finding a cold nodule on my right thyroid, I had a biopsy and it came back negative for cancer cells. I chose to have a lobectomy, anyway. An oncology surgeon performed the right lobectomy and said that after surgery his preliminary report was that it "looked very benign" to him. Now, it's one week from surgery and I got a call that my oncology surgeon wants to see me in his office first thing in the morning....

I think this explains some statistics I have been looking over for the UK with regards to heart disease, heart attacks and mortality rates. Around 2007, mortality rates from heart attacks hit the max, and this is when I had mine. I was misdiagnosed for a year as having reflux. Perhaps now hospitals in general are taking the more aggressive approach you mention, this is why mortality rates have decreased substantially.

t produced enough antibody to detect and also PCR test disclaimers around not approved for diagnosis increase my stress and anxiety. Based on my symptoms, I strongly believe I might have caught up with something but simply don't know what it is. what are my options here?

I had a run of supraventricular tachycardia at approx. 240 bpm once. I had no problems but it felt terrible.

I hear ya Hawk If there is a good side to having Hep C, it is that you get to see your own mortality up close and death doesn't seem that frightening any more Death is the one thing of which we can all be certain.

I have stopped doing taps for a while because my optho-neuro feels it is not necessary at this point. My optic nerves have reduced in swelling. I just cannot get over the fear that at any moment my brain could start bleeding or herniate. Is this a rare occurance or a common one. Please help with any information you can. Thank you for your time.

If these estimates are extrapolated to the US statistics, one would surmise that the mortality risk in Americans infected with HCV is not too different from that reported by Amin et al (0.14% per year). The debate about the natural history of HCV infection and its significance on mortality seems to have lost favor recently.

Yea I think every pregnant woman definitely thinks about this or at least I have and this is my 3rd pregnancy but honestly I think it's only because I'm 30 now and it's been almost 10yrs since my last child was born. But Cecelia is right it's very rare.

Without any doubt in my particular case, I noticed that when I did without it for any length of time my urine would turn darker and smelly. So I like to get my vitamins from my food mostly and not be dependent on supplements so I would skip a day here and there on purpose in order for my body to process my foods without them. We are all different in our types of liver damage as well as what works best for us as individuals in stabilizing and healing ourselves.

I would expect it may have something to do with perhaps his side effects from the HVC worsen, his disappointment at not finishing the therapy, the fear of his mortality and the worry around the horrendous set of symptoms that may come his way should HVC worsen. A 'healthy state of denial' is something quite common with those of us who've had to carry on with life despite knowing we were carrying a time bomb.

he's not really depressed, but i think if actions are not done, he might be. he's in his 60's and he's disappointed and frustrated on how his life is. he seeks attention more often and pities himself for his situation. he thinks he's worthless and is becoming difficult to deal with. i love him, but sometimes, even i can't tolerate him anymore. what should i do?

My 76 year old grandmother is undergoing valve replacement surgury and I was wondering what the suvival rates and complication statistics generally speaking are for immediately postoperative and for the following months and years? Can you refer me to a web page or do you know?

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