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Hageman Foundation for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Update

Aug 1, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

Hi Everyone, We have been pretty busy this summer. We now have a Program and Development Director and her name is Katie Kinney. Katie and I traveled to M D Anderson in Houston, Texas for a one day MEN Seminar. There were over 70 Mener's in one place at the same time!!! We all identified ourselves ...

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

Jul 29, 2010 2 Comments ›› linda

This is good information to have I would not have said it better myself. what I do with my 23 year old Twin Boys is I have them get a complete physicial every year and along with their annual check-up they have a calcium level drawn and a Parathroid Hormone level checked. If the calcium ...

Hospital Rankings

Jul 27, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

A tool to use when searching to find that major medical facility that has the most expertise for whatever your health issues are. Try www.health.usnews.com . This rating is not influenced by any medical centers or drug companies. I think this is one of the best health tools and information to search when trying to find options near your ...

Whipple Procedure Laparoscopy

Jul 18, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

Hi Christine, Cleveland Clinic indeed had a great Endocrine Surgery Department and you do need a Endocrine Surgeon to perform this procedure. On this site there is a video of a surgeon performing the Whipple Procedure Laparoscopy at Mayo Clinic. Usually this does not really cut down on the surgery or recovery time as the Whipple ...

Melancholy came to visit today

Jul 12, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

I feel I am standing on the cusp of living and dying, lingering in limbo while the world revolves around me. I am no longer useful but cannot be discarded just yet. My body is slowly betraying me, it will be harder to replace the muscle mass I have lost because my testosterone levels have ...

Whipple Procedure

Jul 12, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

Thanks For coming to Hageman Foundation to seek out information on the Whipple Procedure. If you are at the site there is an actual video o9f a Whipple Procedure being done with a Laprascope (no big incision, but surgery time for procedure about the same and so is the recovery time) . Mayo Clinic is in Phonix, ...

The Truth Comes Forth

Jun 24, 2010 1 Comment ›› Cabana Boy

Last Wednesday night I was admitted to the hospital through the Emergency Room for treatment of pneumonia in my left lung. When the diagnosis came it was a relief, it was only pneumonia. Yes life is measured in degrees, and it has come to the point where pneumonia is the lesser of several potential evils. I ...

M D Anderson MEN Conference, Saturday, June 26, 2010

Jun 18, 2010 No Comments ›› linda

Hageman Foundation will have a table at the MEN Conference on Saturday, June 26, 2010. I (Linda) and Katie Kinney, Program Director and Development for Hageman Foundation will arrive on Friday morning and will also be available until Monday. We have new information on MEN and Diagnosis and Treatment. Come by our table to chat ...

Truth in Advertising

Jun 16, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

All that stuff I wrote about working in the heat Monday. Yeah, it is all true. I have also spent the last two days feeling like if I felt twice as good the next day it would take me a week to feel like roadkill. Yesterday I was upright for about 4 hours feeling very ...

Chemo, hair and fingernails and PTSD

Jun 16, 2010 No Comments ›› Cabana Boy

It has been six months since my last chemo, A lot is changing for me. My head is getting clearer. The 'chemo brain' I have known for so long is going away. In its place is a clear appreciation for life around me. Sometimes a little too clear. I get really bothered by the everyday ...