"...please."
Posted on 06/10/2017 6:59:53 AM PDT by markomalley
TV's action hero Chuck Norris finally faced a villain he couldn't beat -- and it almost killed his wife.
According to Sunday's edition of Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, Gena Norris nearly died from complications after having MRIs several years ago.
In the report, Gena Norris said that the heavy metal gadolinium injected in her to enhance the MRI images lingered in her body for years and caused burning pain. Repeated tests were unable to locate the cause.
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"I just heard that still small voice deep inside of me that said, Gena your body is dying. And I walked out of the bathroom and he just took one look at me and he knew; I'm about to lose my wife," said Gena Norris.
Chuck Norris told Attkisson, "I saw death in her eyes. I saw her dying and I said you know I've got to do something."
The problems began after she had three MRIs in one week to evaluate her rheumatoid arthritis.
"I was in the emergency room for like 5 or 6 nights in a row and the symptoms had continued to get worse and worse. And by the fourth, fifth, sixth night, the burning just kept traveling and I would go in and they'd say, well what's wrong with you? And I'm like I, I don't know. I don't feel good. And I'm just, I'm burning. All I can tell you is I'm burning all over. I feel like I have acid everywhere in my tissues, I'm just, I'm on fire," she said.
While the Food and Drug Administration said there is no evidence of poisoning, it is investigating reports of chronic pain and other symptoms to determine if "there are any potential adverse health effects," Attkisson reported.
For Chuck Norris, the feeling helplessness was horrible.
Chuck Norris: "Well it's the helpless feeling, you know cause I'm kind of a take charge guy, and then here I have something where I cannot do anything and it was, it was horrifying and, and uh, I just thank, thank God that we were able to weather it and that she did get better and I got my wife back."
The show airs Sunday on Sinclair stations nationwide, and is streamed live on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. at www.fullmeasure.news.
I think you too need to read more closely. It was the quote from the wife referring to the wife.
You are giving them WAY too much credit.
Nortis’?
Who is that? I thought the story was about Chuck Norris’ sick wife.
Do not fall for half life, then stop. Tissue life is the real issue and it is often incredibly longer than plasma half life.
I never liked the crap from the 1st time it was put in Me decades ago.
Now I have a Doc to back Me up.
Oh, chit, MRI. You don’t want to piss off Chuck Norris.
But he thought he was losing his wife, not his life.
FR has a proof you can read before posting ...
"...please."
Why do I think the doctor had a third home to pay for?
Me, too. I had to go through multiple MRIs years ago when I had a bone infection in my leg. Since then, I dread having another affliction down the road that requires me to get into that damn thing again.
When the patient is you or a loved one, sometimes you have to risk offending the doctor and tell them you would like a second opinion. This is your right as a patient and your obligation as an adult managing your own medical care as best you can.
Like any other professional, Doctors and Nurse Practitioners can get stuck in ruts too, generalizing symptoms and treating them as has always been done before. Your case, your innards may be the exception to the generalization. A confident medical provider of care should not be threatened by timely and prudent hesitation of a patient.
I read that as Norris' wife relating what she felt Norris himself was thinking when he "took one look" at her. Perhaps if there were single quotes around 'I'm about to lose my wife'...?
NSF is no joke. The approved dosage for gadolinium have been drastically cut for everyone in recent years. Regardless of renal function. It used to be common practice to give double doses for exams like MRA necks.
I agree. It may be slightly flawed on the page, but I think you correctly see what was intended to be conveyed.
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My fav....Chuck Norris’ tears cure Cancer. However, Chuck Norris doesn’t have any tears because he has never cried. Ever!
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You should see the Laundry list of drugs I react to, from as mild as Hives, puking diarrhea, and A-Fib being the worst. If you push Morphine, my head feels like it will explode. Dilauded is a little less if they just push half and wait a minute or two.
Some minor discomfort on contrasts. But I’m sure they take a toll on a weaken immune system. Not that they got the diagnosis right. Idiopathic Colitis is not the same as Gastropresis, which takes a different test than a CT.
Hubby being ‘bionic’ man with partial knees and shoulder can’t have MRI’s.
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