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Reply Mon 29 Sep, 2014 01:20 pm
Hello. I'm 14 years old, and I just found this site when looking for a medical forum. Me and my mom are really concerned about my dad. He's been having some problems for some months now, and doctor visits haven't done him much good at this point.

So, I guess I'll just list off what he has and some other details. Sorry if I'm not being specific enough.
- Severe pains in abdominal and shoulder areas, possibly on leg.
- As of late, nausea and loss of appetite.
- When he gets home on the weekends, or even every night, all he does is sit on the couch in pain. He has a hard time moving. Before, he could move around a lot more than he is now.
- He's losing a lot of weight, possibly related to the loss of appetite?

And then there's one more thing. I have no idea if any of these symptoms are related to it, but a few months back my dad had a pretty good sized lump on his stomach, near the bottom. He saw a doctor about it, and they had no idea what it was and that was it. It went away later on, and now all you can see there is some mark if anything. Then, just a few weeks ago, my dad had a baseball sized lump on his shoulder. He got that checked out, and the doctors made him an appointment to get an X-ray and all this week. But now that lump is long gone, too.

I decided I should include some other things about him too.
- He does a lot of work. No, I don't just mean yard work. My dad has a sister and his mom who both always need help with something, and my dad needs to come to the rescue to fix it every time.
- I think he's a little bit stressed from work sometimes, he has very bad coworkers. I don't think it gets to him that much, though.
- He's 48 years old, is about 5'10, and weighs less than 200 pounds (as a result of the weight loss).

That's all I know to put here, but I hope it's enough. I really want to know what's wrong with him. I can't bear to see him in this pain.
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jespah
 
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Reply Mon 29 Sep, 2014 01:42 pm
@dualroxas,
He needs to be more insistent in getting himself diagnosed. Unfortunately, there's very little we can tell you from here. But maybe push to have him checked for allergies, environmental issues, that sort of thing. If you're in a small town, get him to a big city hospital where they are going to have more specialists and more people to throw at the problem.
dualroxas
 
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Reply Mon 29 Sep, 2014 02:19 pm
@jespah,
Thank you for responding, I'll take your advice.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 29 Sep, 2014 02:29 pm
@jespah,
I agree about the big city hospital, preferably one that has a number of clinics, like a university medical school hospital, but really any good hospital. Do you live in the United States? Not that you have to say where you live exactly, but it might help bring up some ideas re places to get seen.

My own local university hospital has 60 outpatient clinics. I guess I'd go to the family health clinic first, but that may be quite booked up. Maybe just telling the the family health clinic operator, or main clinic phone operator, at such a hospital what is going on might help you get him seen for consultation faster. Don't let them put you off for a long time, tell whoever it is about his weight loss and lumps and so on.

Or, I'd call an internal medical specialist listed at such a hospital or listed in the phone book, for a consultation. If you can't afford continued care by that doctor's practice, after a consultation, they can likely refer you.

This is just opinion, I'm not an m.d., and even if I were, your father needs to be seen by an appropriate local m.d.
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danielpeng
 
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Reply Mon 29 Sep, 2014 07:47 pm
@dualroxas,
That sounds really bad. I really propose that your dad should take a thorough health check.
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