Medical mystery help

Hi, this is Diane. I have to say that this is for sure one of the most humbling things I've had to do, but I need to ask for some help.

 

I had a 'routine' laprascopic surgery to remove my gallbladder on June 21st and have been broken ever since. It started with bleeding 2 liters into my abdomen, followed by bi-lateral (in both lungs) pulmonary emboli. Ever since then I've had probably 8 ER visits and appointment on appointment with various specialists to try and figure out why I have heart rate issues and constant chest pain. All I have to do is walk across the room to go into tachycardia and get short of breath. It's been incredibly debilitating. Fortunately, the cardiologist did finally put me on a beta blocker, until we figure out what's wrong, that allows me to be a bit more normal.

 

The furthest we've gotten on a diagnosis is the cardiologist saying I have "very poor functional capacity." He said that when I failed a 12 minute stress test after about a minute.

 

All of this has made it impossible for me to work for months now, which is a very humiliating thing to say. I've always tried to be the person that got the job done, no matter what.

 

Anyway, now it looks like the next step might be trying the Mayo Clinic to get a team trying to figure out what's wrong, instead of everyone in their individual silos. If I'm going to have the resources I need to be able to go there, I need help.

 

On the heels of covid killing Escape Scene, it's been a rough one.

I'm so incredibly sorry to have to ask for help, especially at this time of year. This is not the way things are supposed to be. I'm the one that fights to pay the check. I'm so sorry.

Thanks for listening,

Diane