At 08:35 PM 9/23/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My dad was an Air Force pilot who got out in '54 and joined my
>grandfather in his oilfield tank painting business.
>
>My dad has a paradoxic response to tranquilizers, sedatives etc. which
>the dr says is related to the PD. He gets very agitated and paranoid and
>sometimes becomes physically combative. After an experience when he had
>a pacemaker implanted and they tried to sedate him, I requested that the
>neurologist write to the cardiologist. Other doctors and surgeons, etc
>listen to my mother when she relates this, but the cardiologist did not.
>Two years ago his pacemaker malfunctioned and when they went in to
>replace it, the anesthesiologist and cardiologist gave him massive doses
>of IV Valium against my mom's loud protest. They continued it after the
>procedure and my dad ended up in a drug induced coma for 2 months. He
>was in the hospital for 1 more month for rehab for the damage done by
>the coma. Our tax dollars in the form of Medicare paid for 3 months of
>care because two MD's ignored written warnings and verbal ones as well.
>It is truly frightening, but because my parents have many medical
>problems, we could not risk being unable to find doctors if we sued them.
>
>
>I look forward to all I can learn from you all! I am also on a school
>nurse listserv and really enjoy the interaction since school nurses are
>rare in Hawaii
>
>Gail Post
>Honolulu,HI
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>
Dear Gail,
Was your father on Guam or in the Phillipines? Your location and his past
occupation and probable age make this a relevant question?
WILL JOHNSTON 4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD
SALISBURY, MD 21804-2716
410-543-0110
Pres A.P.D.A. DelMarVa Chapter
63 Dx1991 Symptoms 1971
