Medical grand rounds resumed this week, signifying the start
of another academic year that will be filled with learning and professional
growth.
As has become tradition, our Chairman Dr. Hellmann was the
first speaker and the talk was entitled "A Nurse with an Enigmatic and
Chronic Illness". Along with the help of the patient and her sister, Dr.
Hellmann recounted the experiences of a 62 year old woman who suffered for
months with fatigue, weakness, and myalgias. We learned that she is a nurse, a
talented painter, a world traveler, and a devoted wife, sister, mother, and
grandmother.
Before coming to Dr. Hellmann, she had been seen by multiple
physicians who were unsure what was going on. Dr. Hellmann established that she
had Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (formerly called Wegener’s) and initiated
therapy. The patient recounted that one of the unique things that Dr. Hellmann
did that other providers had not was to ask her to think about her ‘goals for care’.
At one of her visits, the patient brought with her the following written goal:
“To lose fear of the disease and the treatment”.
As a result of the humanism, education, access, and
attention that she has received through her care, the patient explained that
her fears have been allayed and that she feels as if she and her physician have
taken back control over the illness.
I haven't found anywhere on this JH website to post my question. I'm a patientof Dr. Michael Cullen in IM, and I had an appointment with him on 11/7. Two nights later on 11/9 at 2:00 am I fell on two sets of steps while coming back to bed after having a glass of milk and relieving myself. I sustained head contusions with signigicant blood spatter, a terrible pain in my ribs when I cough, an inability to fully turn my head from side to side, neck swelling, and pain while swallowing. I was sober when I fell and experienced no lack of consciousness. I would like to be checked out by a JH unit at Suburban or Sibley --- both close to home -- but don't know where to go. I've contacted you because your post seems sympathetic to my situation and I can;t find a way to contact Dr. Cullen. Please provide me a recommndation if possible. My e-mail address is lakenheathway@verizon.net. Thank you.
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