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I hope everything ends up being alright, man. You're a warrior, though, so I don't need to be worried :rock
 
I'm not a doctor but i had some stomach problems in my life and from what i remember the doctor said that when blood comes out of this end of the body it is always a serious condition. Like there is no harmless disease where people cough blood.
So i would just go to the ER immediately.
 
oh shit oh shit oh shit

some asshole patient came in a few minutes ago coughing up blood and I overdosed him on morphine what do I do WHAT DO I DO
 
BobJustBob said:
Yes, it's probably the aspirin. It's a blood thinner.
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yep pretty much this. i assume it's why the OP is taking it and the effect might be a little severe. probably get a reduced prescription.
 
Okay okay I ran out of morphin- ... wait a minute. This isn't morphine. This is MORPH-INE

HE JUST TURNED INTO A POWER RANGER

please advise
 
MC Safety said:
Just as an aside...

Would any credible doctor perform a diagnosis based on someone's forum post?
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I'm a credible doctor, and I often diagnose patients via text messages. I don't see what's wrong with forum posts if text messages suffice.

It's an electric world we're living in. You think it's virtual insanity; I think it's virtual reality.
 
Good luck. I know it's just a forum, but I've always been impressed how frank and calm you are when the topic of your CF comes up. Hope this is just a minor issue.
 
OpinionatedCyborg said:
I'm a credible doctor, and I often diagnose patients via text messages. I don't see what's wrong with forum posts if text messages suffice.

It's an electric world we're living in. You think it's virtual insanity; I think it's virtual reality.
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we're through the looking glass here people
 
OpinionatedCyborg said:
I'm a credible doctor, and I often diagnose patients via text messages. I don't see what's wrong with forum posts if text messages suffice.

It's an electric world we're living in. You think it's virtual insanity; I think it's virtual reality.
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If you say so. I just think it might be a legal nightmare if you, Mr. Credible Doctor, make a misdiagnosis based on someone's forum post or whatever.

Also:

OpinionatedCyborg said:
It might just be grape juice. Go to bed. If it's worse in the morning, see a doc.
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Update...in the ER right now and everyone is generally stumped. Xray turned out normal and I've had no bloody stools the past three days so we're just going down the list. Doctors don't think it's the aspirin either so we're at an impasse until all my labs are completed... While coughing up blood isn't all that uncommon in CF patients, this is a first for me.. The docs are pretty stunned at the amount, too...My iPhone has turned out to be incredibly helpful.. Ha
 
Incognito said:
Update...in the ER right now and everyone is generally stumped. Xray turned out normal and I've had no bloody stools the past three days so we're just going down the list. Doctors don't think it's the aspirin either so we're at an impasse until all my labs are completed... While coughing up blood isn't all that uncommon in CF patients, this is a first for me.. The docs are pretty stunned at the amount, too...My iPhone has turned out to be incredibly helpful.. Ha
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Heh. I was about to ask for updates...
Good thing that the mobile internet was invented :lol

Hope everything turns out fine...
 
Incognito said:
Update...in the ER right now and everyone is generally stumped. Xray turned out normal and I've had no bloody stools the past three days so we're just going down the list. Doctors don't think it's the aspirin either so we're at an impasse until all my labs are completed... While coughing up blood isn't all that uncommon in CF patients, this is a first for me.. The docs are pretty stunned at the amount, too...My iPhone has turned out to be incredibly helpful.. Ha
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Have you been having any leg aches or pains lately? Any history of clots in your lower extremities?

(best wishes..)

/patiently awaits d-dimer lab results..
 
Incognito said:
Update...in the ER right now and everyone is generally stumped. Xray turned out normal and I've had no bloody stools the past three days so we're just going down the list. Doctors don't think it's the aspirin either so we're at an impasse until all my labs are completed... While coughing up blood isn't all that uncommon in CF patients, this is a first for me.. The docs are pretty stunned at the amount, too...My iPhone has turned out to be incredibly helpful.. Ha
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Oh, keep us updated when you get the chance!
 
I told you it was just grape juice.

Now don't you feel embarrassed for wasting the ER's valuable time? Next time, put your iphone to good use and send me a text message or phone my 900 number for immediate assistance.
 
MC Safety said:
Just as an aside...

Would any credible doctor perform a diagnosis based on someone's forum post?
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Well possibly, provided there was a disclaimer that the doctor isn't actually forming a doctor-patient relationship with you, since that eliminates "duty" if you were to try to sue the doctor who "gave you the medical advice". I've seen that on some radio shows that have doctors like love line, in the past and others.

I'm glad you went to the ER, hope you feel better! CF is a terrible illness.
 
Just got home. Discharged with "Hemoptysis" which is just a fancy way of saying coughing up blood. All the tests were negative and after consultation with my Pulmonary team we decided to shitcan the Aspirin and see how things play out over the next few days... I have to admit I'm a little uncomfortable with being sent home so soon, though. Wish the culprit could have been found.

And thanks for all the replies, guys. I got a good laugh in the ER reading through the thread. :lol
 
Incognito said:
Just got home. Discharged with "Hemoptysis" which is just a fancy way of saying coughing up blood. All the tests were negative and after consultation with my Pulmonary team we decided to shitcan the Aspirin and see how things play out over the next few days... I have to admit I'm a little uncomfortable with being sent home so soon, though. Wish the culprit could have been found.

And thanks for all the replies, guys. I got a good laugh in the ER reading through the thread. :lol
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Hey, no news is better than bad news, right?
 
DKnight said:
Aspirin thins your blood, making you bleed like a pig for every minor thing. Drop it. Why are you taking it anyway?
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To ameliorate the clotting in my subclavian vein. Goes something like this.

Oct 2005: Chest Port inserted
Nov 2005 - May 2007: Daily IV antibiotics
May 2007: Vein in which port is in collapses
May 2007: Vein is opened by balloon angioplasty (with no sedative!!)
June 2007: Vein closes again, treatment is stopped, stent is placed
July 2007: Stent successful in opening vein, but bloodflow is non existant
Jan, Aug 2008: Multiple venograms and other tests to judge bloodflow and access shows complete and utter blockage. Decent collateral, however.

Not even a wire threaded from my femoral vein can breach the open Stent. Same applies when threading a wire from my elbow, a la PICC Line...

So Aspirin was started last Wednesday to see what effects, if any, there could be had... :lol
 
Incognito said:
To ameliorate the clotting in my subclavian vein. Goes something like this.

Oct 2005: Chest Port inserted
Nov 2005 - May 2007: Daily IV antibiotics
May 2007: Vein in which port is in collapses
May 2007: Vein is opened by balloon angioplasty (with no sedative!!)
June 2007: Vein closes again, treatment is stopped, stent is placed
July 2007: Stent successful in opening vein, but bloodflow is non existant
Jan, Aug 2008: Multiple venograms and other tests to judge bloodflow and access shows complete and utter blockage. Decent collateral, however.

Not even a wire threaded from my femoral vein can breach the open Stent. Same applies when threading a wire from my elbow, a la PICC Line...

So Aspirin was started last Wednesday to see what effects, if any, there could be had... :lol
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Christ dude. That sounds awful. How old are you?
 
Incognito said:
To ameliorate the clotting in my subclavian vein. Goes something like this.

Oct 2005: Chest Port inserted
Nov 2005 - May 2007: Daily IV antibiotics
May 2007: Vein in which port is in collapses
May 2007: Vein is opened by balloon angioplasty (with no sedative!!)
June 2007: Vein closes again, treatment is stopped, stent is placed
July 2007: Stent successful in opening vein, but bloodflow is non existant
Jan, Aug 2008: Multiple venograms and other tests to judge bloodflow and access shows complete and utter blockage. Decent collateral, however.

Not even a wire threaded from my femoral vein can breach the open Stent. Same applies when threading a wire from my elbow, a la PICC Line...

So Aspirin was started last Wednesday to see what effects, if any, there could be had... :lol
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:-(
 
Hemoptysis doesn't really tell us a whole lot. It's just resaying coughing of blood (hemo- / -ptysis). Hematemesis would be the vomiting of blood (hema- / -emesis); but you already knew which pipe it was coming up.

Better safe than sorry is generally the rule of thumb people will tell you (which is CYA), but OTOH, you had to probably pay something to go to the ER (higher deductible than an office visit) and it sounds like you missed some tests, which also sucks (make-ups can be a bitch depending on your prof). Invariably, people that don't know you or your records are going to hear cystic fibrosis and coughing blood and think "Shit man, go to the ER!" and that's going to be prudent advice the majority of the time, even if in this case they just sent you home w/o doing anything.

Still, hemoptysis must suck, warned in advance or no, and you had to have been worried.
 
Have you tried any kind of salt water solution vapor therapy?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-01-18-cystic-fibrosis_x.htm

Researchers found that inhaling an intensely salty solution — almost twice as salty as the Atlantic Ocean — improved patients' lung function and slowed the progression of the disease, according to articles published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. Australian doctors found that 41% of those who received the treatment avoided serious complications — such as weight loss, coughing up blood or a dangerous infection — compared with 16% of the other patients. The solutions helped remove mucus from the lung for at least eight hours, according to the UNC study of 24 patients, also published in the journal.
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