General Hospital - 5G - Fifth Floor - San Francisco - Founded in 18501001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
Affiliated with University of California San Francisco
Start date of project is June 16, 2019
I have been doing multiple research projects and just finished a bunch of neurology projects and now currently doing a cholesterol project and a Fitbit weight loose project. I have lost almost 45 pounds in six months.
Ruth, running the cholesterol program called me and said Dr. Felicia Chow had reviewed a CT Scan of my brain from last October. The scan operator indicated that there might be an aneurysm in my brain! Dr. Chow said it could be an aneurysm or just a blood vessel that has expanded. It is about 2 millimeters in size which is 0.0787402 inches. So very small. I met with my primary doctor at the VA on Thursday afternoon and Dr. Chow called her Friday morning! They will set up another scan in a month or so to double check what if anything, the aneurysm is doing. I am scheduled for another brain scan for a research project next spring for the San Francisco Medical Center so they will keep close track of my health. I told Dr. Chow that is one reason I have done over 25 research projects in the last 12 years. Not for the money but for the fact they might find something that could be fixed before it becomes a bigger problem. Dr. Chow said good thinking.
I had a slight case of asthma two years ago, wheezing at night and low oxygen level when testing the lungs. So Thursday I had the following results:
- Weight from 240 down to 198.1.
- Blood pressure - 121 over 74
- Oxygen total - from 92 percent to 96 percent!
- Cholesterol - Normal
- Pulse - 77
- Temperature - 97.5
So far so good! Philip is the coordinator of the Fitbit/iPad/electronic scales project for the Curry Center!
But reading about the conditions associated with the aneurysms isn't too exciting as one can expect!
Most intracranial aneurysms occur between the underside of the brain and the base of the skull. The aneurysm can leak or rupture, causing life-threatening bleeding. An unruptured aneurysm usually causes no symptoms. A key symptom of a ruptured aneurysm is a sudden, severe headache. Treatments for an unruptured aneurysm include medications to control blood pressure and procedures to prevent a future rupture. Emergency medical care is needed for a ruptured aneurysm.
I have the following scans over the next six months.
- 2019.06.24 - VA - MRI Scan
- 2019.09.23 - UCSF - CTA Scan Hard
- 2019.09.25 - China Basin - PET Scan
- 2019.11.15 - UCSF - MRI Scan
These scans are used to detect any problems with my blood flow in the brain and also the results from a year long study of cholesterol.
