Adam, Thanks for handling the e-mail and such of this. It sounds like Pat is in good spirits given his situation. On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:13:18 -0600 (CST), Adam Maloney <adam at whee.org> wrote: > Here is Pat's response... > > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:21:06 -0800 (PST) > From: Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi at slackware.com> > To: Adam Maloney <adam at whee.org> > Subject: Re: [HELP] - From TCLUG > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Adam Maloney wrote: > > We have discussed many different ideas on how to help, but in the end, it > > boils down to what you want. There have been talks of a fundraiser for > > your medical and other expenses, helping you get care at the U of M or > > another hospital in the area, and transportation from and to Fargo. > > No need for a fundraiser yet -- I just want to get treatment. I'm at the > Mayo Clinic right now, but I'm having a whale of a time convincing them > that I've had an infection (probably because it's being held at bay by > amoxicillin and so I don't show any signs that they can test for). > However, I do have heart problems that I didn't have last week. > > They told me to quit taking the antibiotics, and about 14 hours later I > was as sick as I'd ever been this entire time. At about midnight here in > a hotel in Rochester I started taking amoxicillin again, a lot of it. > About 5 - 6 grams in all overnight, and now I'm feeling somewhat better > again. Anyway, it sure is hard to get people to look at this, even here > at what's supposed to be the best medical center in the world. I've > rattled chains and now they say they will refer me to an infectious > disease specialist... I just hope I can hang on long enough for someone > to help. Oh, and I have considered going to the U of M, or the U of WI. > Heck, I've even considered going to a vet! When you get to this point, > you'll consider anything. > > I know some people on /. think I'm nuts and that I shouldn't be > self-medicating (something I don't do) or trying to figure this out on my > own, but a ton of experts have concurred with what I think is going on, > but also none of them are close enough to treat me. I'm sure that if I'd > blindly followed all the doctors I've seen and not tried to be involved in > my own diagnosis and treatment that I would not have made it this long. > > Thanks for trying to help. :-) > > Take care, > > Pat _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list