Mebeverine seems to work and a miracle happened

I am quite pleased with just one pill of Mebeverine per day. Its a bit strange since its only available in Canada but I have enough for several months. It seems the blood thinner reduced the effect of 'Librax' the closest thing to Mebeverine in the states.

Meanwhile as I was preparing for the $64,000.00 hospital bill for my Saggital Sinus Thrombosis ( a stroke in the brain vein from UC ) by talking to two Bankruptcy Attorneys I ran across two previous hospital stays where I was in no way concerned about my co-pays since they were so small in comparison to the overall bill. I noticed BOTH had a 'Total Adjustment' on the 'Total Bill' to the insurance company. When I did the math BOTH came out to an exact 60% discount for the insurance company.

I called my current insurance company and asked if they had a similar contract. Looking at the billing we concluded there were some steep discounts going on.

I called the hospital and said I wanted my 60% discount and they said the bill was still $64,000.00 but but they were told by my insurance company to knock off $39,881.00 bringing the bill to around $24,000. So with the 1st 2k paid by me and 20% there after it puts me around 7-10k by the time all the doctors get their fees in.

Well that beats the heck out of paying 40k since the crummy policy maxes out at 25k. Terrific no BK, I get to keep my motorcycle, stop talking to attorneys.

I can hardly believe it. I feel like I got my life back and I talked the neurologist into letting me jog slowly around the lake instead of useless walking and lifting some mild weights without straining. Now I am scrambling to get into the states high risk pool until I take another job, but if I get into the pool I can keep contracting at the highest rate I can find, I just wont ever user their insurance - I learned my lesson.

Good for you!!
You are taking your life into your own hands, both medically and financially. Isn't it a shame there isn't any consumer advocate for people with medically induced financial catastrophe? We need one to help when our medical burdens overwhelm us. Maybe you could do this in your community. Oh wait, the lawyers will come for you because they want the work filing bankruptcy.

Again, congratulations!! Hang on til 2014 when there are no pre-existing conditions clauses. And VOTE so we can keep the new healthcare bill alive.

I really hate involving myself into something I know nothing about but here are two articles related to platelet clumping. If this inspires you to do anything then please run it past your doctor first. Besides your question is about excess platelets and this answer is about platelet clumping, so this is only a FYI:

search.lef.org/cgi-src-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=9512&query=platelets&hiword=PLATELET%20platelets

search.lef.org/cgi-src-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=687&query=platelets&hiword=PLATELET%20platelets

Post Edited (BabeintheWoods) : 10/16/2010 8:50:32 PM (GMT-6)

Here is a great example :

"First and foremost, there's no reason to take resveratrol. There is simply no evidence that it will benefit you. We have no research to prove that it will help and there's so little quality studies about whether it might actually harm you.

Secondly, I never recommend any such supplements to my patients who are taking Coumadin® (warfarin). The companies that make such products are poorly regulated and have a long track record of harming people.

At the same time, you have no knowledge of how this might interact with your Coumadin or any other medication.

Put simply, if you take Coumadin, don't take supplements.

Thanks for writing,

Timothy S. Harlan, M.D.
Dr. Gourmet"

[url]http://www.drgourmet.com/askdrgourmet/coumadin-resveratrol2.shtml

imagardener2 said...


"Blood clots and strokes are scary things."

When you lose control of your arm and hand it gets even scarier with the worst being the entire side for 5 minutes, I am talking your tongue, cheek, arm, leg its just nuts.

I am jogging slowly, walking, lifting moderate weights and just rollerbladed but should backoff and not push my luck. This page says we are more likely to develop clots and thankfully venous clots and not arterial clots.

"IBD patients have a 3.6 fold higher risk of thromboembolism compared with controls."

Which is why my Neurologist told me I can control the hypercoagulativity by controlling my UC.

"Thrombosis is a well-recognised complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The commonest are deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary emboli. Arterial thrombosis, in particular stroke, is rare in IBD. No guidelines are available at present to help manage this severe complication. The authors describe two cases of stroke in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC)."

"We describe two case of stroke in patients with known UC. Neither patient had any risk factors for cerebrovascular disease. One patient required a subtotal colectomy for failed medical treatment whilst the other patient made a full recovery and was spared surgery but developed epilepsy secondary to her stroke.

Deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism remains the most common vascular event complicating inflammatory bowel disease. Thrombotic events involving the central nervous system are unusual. Cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in IBD are well described. Arterial thromboembolic complications occur less frequently and the majority of cases seem to occur post surgery. In a study of 7199 patients, only 7 patients with cerebrovascular disease were identified . A review of the literature shows scattered case reports of arterial strokes in IBD. Patients with ulcerative colitis appear to be more commonly affected than patients with Crohn's Disease . Men and women are equally affected. Vitamin B6 deficiency leading to an acquired state of hyper-homocysteinaemia has also been described as a risk factor for stroke in IBD. Active disease was also associated with the occurrence of stroke, but cases have been described during remission. Pan-colonic disease has also been suggested as a risk factor for stroke. Significant morbidity is associated with arterial complications."

webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FR-_Uvmtj8cJ:www.thrombosisjournal.com/content/6/1/2+high+platelet+ulcerative+colitis+3.6+fold&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Post Edited (aguywithuc) : 10/17/2010 6:28:54 PM (GMT-6)