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Dr. Cobble Q&A for October 23rd, 2024 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Uh, doctor Cobble's on the phone.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor Michael Cobble is with us. Good morning, doctor Cobble,
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  this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Is this sponsored Jane?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  to the service's menu for details. Canyon's Medical Center. That's
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  where doctor Cobble is. The esthetics side is one side,
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  but we have him on every other week or so
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  to answer your medical question.
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  Speaker 2: So anything that's bugging you, anything that hurts, anything that
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  you're wondering about with your health, you can call right
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  now and ask doctor Cobble. We already have a call.
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  Somebody's been waiting for knowing that you're coming, doctor Cobble.
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  So let's get right to it. Brandon Brandon, Hi, Brandon Brandon.
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  Speaker 1: We might ran different from space.
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  Speaker 2: No, man, there you go, there you go. Okay, you're good. Now,
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  what what's your question for the doctor?
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  Speaker 5: Hey?
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  Speaker 6: So I got this pain that comes right in between
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  my thumb and my index finger, and it's like just
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  this searing pain that just comes in it. It's like
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  I would happen to like it to like being struck
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  by lightning. Man, And it's crazy. It only last for
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  a second or two, but like it don't wake me
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  up and out of a dead sleep, and I'm just worried, Like, man,
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  what if that if that pain stayed for more than
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  a minute, I would lose my mind.
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  Speaker 4: Sounds like carpal tunnel to me.
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  Speaker 2: What would do you? What would thanks? Doctor Barberry? What
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  do you think? What do you think?
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  Speaker 5: Well, it sounds like a nerve impingement of some kind.
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  So whether it's from the carporal group or some other area,
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  it sounds like a nerve impedement. And I think it's
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  worth seeing a hand doctor, regular doctor and just talk
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  about how long it's been bothering you when you notice
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  it being a problem. But sounds like a nerve impingement.
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  Speaker 2: And that's pretty easily happens out of nowhere. Yeah, it's
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  pretty easily fixable, I think.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I would. I would definitely see either a
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  hand doctor or a regular doctor and they can direct
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  you further.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, thank you. You know, you know, if if
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  Trump wins the election, I'm going to move to the carpel.
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  Speaker 5: The carpol Island, Carpel Islands.
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  Speaker 2: I think yeah, yeah, uh eight seven seven six zero
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  two nine six nine six, that's the number to call
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  for doctor Cobble. And Zaane is online too, is.
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  Speaker 7: Good morning?
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  Speaker 2: How is everybody just fine? What's what's your question.
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  Speaker 7: Doctor Cobble. I was wondering what home remedies can be
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  done for sacret and vomiting syndrome.
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  Speaker 5: Or what.
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  Speaker 1: Clicking syndrome?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you?
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  Speaker 5: I mean number one, finding what the cause of it is.
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  Some people find gen sing can be complimentary or ginger,
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  so ginger root, or some people like little ginger ale.
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  But but ginger root may help with nausea or vomiting.
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  Speaker 2: My my, my wife and my youngest get carsick fairly easily,
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  and they so whenever we're on a trip, they take
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  ginger and that seems.
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  Speaker 1: To powdered ginger ale. Those things are really good for
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  stomach and nausea. You may you may want to try
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  going to like an Asian market and finding ginger candy.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yes, okay, all right, all right, thank you, yeah, yeah. Luck.
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  Speaker 2: You can also text questions for doctor Gobble. You got
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  something that's bugging you, well, then call or text.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a text I've had minor pain along my achilles
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  tendon since June. Should I get it checked out?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: I mean that sounds like achilles tendon itis, and physical
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  therapy is usually fantastic for that. They can teach you
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  stretching and different range of motion techniques. If it's just
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  been short term, like you're describing, it's good to jump
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  after it now. If it's long term, I worry more
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  about arthritis or leg length discrepancy or other issues. But
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  it sounds like some achilles tendon itis from whatever shoes
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  you're wearing or activities you've been doing.
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  Speaker 2: Leg length discrepancy, like one leg is longer than the other,
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  is that the.
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  Speaker 5: Yeap one is shorter or longer. That can cause a
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  lot of ankle and back and achilles problems.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's see, I've had an earache for over
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  a month. No no infection confirmed by doctor. Neurologist said
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  it would be migrain related.
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  Speaker 6: Help.
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  Speaker 4: That sounds like you've been to a doctor.
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  Speaker 2: No doctor. What are you asking us about it?
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  Speaker 4: What did that doctor say to do?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, that's tough. The earache. Migraines present a lot
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  of different waves. Typically I find if somebody has an
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  earache and they don't have an ear infection or sinus
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  infection or something obvious on the exam. Usually have them
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  go to a dentist and get X rays to make
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  sure they don't have a cavity. And that's typically what
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  I find is they've got a cavity or something that's
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  affecting the nerve from the tooth area that radiates, and
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  they don't have pain in the tooth area or the
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  mouth area. It's just up in the ear. So if
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  you haven't seen a dentist in the last three months,
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  I've probably go see them first. And I've actually had
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  people sent back by the dentists saying it, you know, oh,
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  they must have an infection somewhere. And then they didn't
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  get X rays and they go to another dentist and
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  they had a cavity, and so sometimes, yeah, maybe see
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  another doctor or but it's possible migraine. I just think
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  of a migraine more of temporal headaches or different different
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  presentation than just an earache.
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  Speaker 1: And back to zaying, we get a text that says,
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  a lot of gas station truck stops sell ginger and
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  Ginger candy. It's just for this this situation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, let's go back to the phones. Doctor
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  Michael Cobble is with us. He can answer your medical questions.
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  Just unless you're Alex and Syracuse. Don't do it. See
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  we've got wine one Katie.
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  Speaker 6: There we go.
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  Speaker 2: There it is Hi, Jennifer, are you there?
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  Speaker 5: I am?
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  Speaker 8: How are you gay?
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  Speaker 2: Fine? How are you? You've got a little problem?
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  Speaker 8: Apparently it's all right. So my question is kind of
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  an embarrassing one. I've been having some trouble with some
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  like like we were coming from my breast almost like
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  I'm lack hating. But I'm forty six years old, so
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  I'm not pregnant.
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  Speaker 5: So you're having I guess discharged for your breast. Is
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  that what you're saying? Yeah, okay, yeah, that can be
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  from a change in your hormones. It's perimenopausal. It can
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  come from being on hormones, so it could be from prolactin.
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  There are medicines that can do that too. So I
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  think if you're not on any medicines, then it's probably
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  reasonable to go see a doctor and maybe have prolactint
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  level tested, hormones tested, thyroid tested. Is there any other
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  history or anything you can share with us besides that.
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  Speaker 8: No, not really, they're kind of tender and swollen.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, so it could be hormone changes for menopause.
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  But I think it's reasonable to go see primary care
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  doctor or a gyacologist to get some blood work drawn.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, make sure, Jennifer, just make sure. Okay, go get
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  it yet, all right? Yeah, yep, see you later.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, we got a text question. I just moved to
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  Utah from a high humidity state. Keep getting bronchitis? How
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  do I prevent that?
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  Speaker 5: That's a tough ee. I mean, you can get a
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  humidifier in your home. If you're not having allergies, then
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  an allergy pull probably won't help. A nasal saline using
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  a nasal saline spray at night, or one of those
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  things to try to moisturize or respiratory. Yeah, any of
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  those things could be helpful. But it's tough when you
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  move from a high humidity area to this dry desert environment.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Really have a humidifier if you can add one to
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  your your HVAC system and so it's constantly monitoring the
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  humidity in your house. And if you don't have access
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  to that, just getting a you know, free standing one.
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  Speaker 1: Keep it running.
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  Speaker 2: That would help. All right, let's go to the phones. Jared, Jared, Hi, Jared,
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  what's your question for doctor Cobble?
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  Speaker 9: All right, morning. So I have a family history of
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  colon cancer on my dad's side. My mom has crones,
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  a couple other family members that have GI issues. I'm curious.
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  I also have some symptoms as well. I think a
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  lot of times exacerbated by certain types of food. But
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  I'm wondering what age you recommend getting at colon if
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  there's a family history and some mild symptoms. I know
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  they say forty five, but what would you recommend?
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  Speaker 5: Oh? No, I think with the family history, I would
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  definitely start around thirty ish. Certainly some people would consider
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  a younger age, but I think I would be thinking
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  about getting a kolonosky at thirty thirty five, probably the latest.
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  And especially if you're having symptoms. You know, they can
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  look for colitis or inflammatory bill disease. You can also
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  get a self science blood test called alcat all cats
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  and that can look for food allergies to see if
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  there's something you're eating that allergic to.
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  Speaker 9: Okay, okay, great courage, thank you, Yeah, see you later.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Freeman.
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  Speaker 2: Freeman, Hello are you where are you calling from?
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  Speaker 7: Good morning, calling from Ogden.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, what's your question?
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  Speaker 7: So I've got a problem with my left leg for
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  a lot of years. It started back in like twenty thirteen.
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  I don't know what initially started, but the calf muscle
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  would be tight like all the time and just just
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  bothered me. And then years later, you know, I did
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  physical therapy, I had MRIs. It helped out a little bit.
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  As soon as the physical therapy stopped, it went right back.
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  And then years later, about five years ago, I hit
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  it really bad of a sledgehead and it's been worse
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  since then. Now it swells every day. It's really it's
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  a lot more painful and discomforting. And I mean I've
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  done the physical therapy stuff again and had MRIES. Like
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  I think the longest stinto physical therapy I did it
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  was about eleven months, and it felt better while doing
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  the physical therapy. As soon as the physical therapy stops,
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  I go right back to where I was in the back.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, it almost sounds like you have a traumatic
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  compartment syndrome. And the hard part is how much of
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  its mechanical injury and how much could be arterial vascular.
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  And I don't know if you've seen a vascular doctor
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  to have testing of the veins and the arteries. And
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  but I think it sounds like the physical therapy is
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  great if you keep it up. But the determination is
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  is this neurogenic clodication from a neuro muscular problem hitting
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  your leg with a sledgehammer, or is it arterial clodication
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  vascular blood flow? And I think you've got to determine
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  between those two with your doctor. And then if it's
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  just mechanical, then I think you may have to do
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  that physical therapy for a long long time.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, all right, okay, all right, talking to a vascular
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  doctor would probably yeah, a good place to start.
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  Speaker 5: Again.
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  Speaker 4: Those are our recommendations.
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  Speaker 2: All right, thanks for calling me. Let's go to another
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  call here.
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  Speaker 1: This is Carla.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Carla, where are you calling us from?
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  Speaker 10: Good morning? I'm calling from Bountiful.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, what's your question.
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  Speaker 10: I recently had a colonoscopy and I have a lipoma
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  in my colon. I had one six and twenty eighteen
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  and it was surrounded by diverticulitis, and so they went
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  in and took eighteen inches of my colon out, and
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  everything's been fine since. It was not fun, but it
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  made such a huge difference in everything.
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  Speaker 2: See it sounds fun.
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  Speaker 10: It was awful, it was, but just needed again, needed again.
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  So this one has no diverticulitis around it, They said,
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  let it sit. It's it looks much happier, more pink.
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  The other one really angry and red and ready to pop.
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  So they said please, or they didn't say please, leave it,
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  They said just leave.
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  Speaker 9: This come back.
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  Speaker 10: They said six years, we'll do another klonoscopy. I think
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  I'll probably cut that to four because I'd like to
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  stay ahead of it.
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  Speaker 2: So you just want doctor Cabble to sort of weigh
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  in on all of that.
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  Speaker 5: What do you think, yes, please, Well, I think liphomas
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  are pretty common in different connective tissue areas. You've had
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  them recognized in the colon. Diverticular changes or diverticulosis or
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  diverticulitis is a separate issue. Sounds like it was around
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  the other lipoma and everything was angry and upset, so
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  they did that inch colon removal. I think a lipoma
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  is typically innocuous, it's not dangerous. I think rescoping in
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  four to eight years. You know, five years, six years
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  is reasonable, and I don't think that there's anything you
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  could do for it, you know, nutrition wise, and again,
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  lipoma are remarkably common, but they have particular changes where
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  we're the bad thing. And it sounds like you just
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  had that liphome in the area before. But I wouldn't
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  be worried about the lyphoma itself as a as a
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  signal that there's something dangerous going on.
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  Speaker 10: Carla, Okay, excellent, you know that's I have huge faith
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  in my doctor's nsurgeon. However, you bet you said exactly
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  what they said, So thank.
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  Speaker 5: You very much.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: There see you later say I think we only have
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  time for one more called Dedre. Can you make it quick? Deirdre?
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  Speaker 7: Good?
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  Speaker 3: Bet my U. I have an adult daughter that suffered
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  from cyclic vomiting syndrome as the earlier caller, and started
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  trying to use marijuana to control it, which led to
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  a separate syndrome called cannabinoid hypermesis. And I'm sort of
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  wondering if doctor Cable could do a PSA on how
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  using lots of marijuana doesn't help with that anyway, and
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  it can cause its own problems.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, unfortunately that that is a side effect for some
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  people with thhc US, so some people use it for
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  chronic vomiting, but again it can result in the in
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  that problem. So it's one of those cases where the
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  treatment makes a problem worse. And sounds like she already
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  made that comment. So great, thank.
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  Speaker 2: You, thanks, thank you very much. Thanks doctor Cobble. Nice
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  to hear from you.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you. Lots of questions today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a couple of weeks and we'll do we'll do
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  it again
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  Speaker 5: Okay, okay, all right, sounds great, all right, thank you sir.