Hey everybody, sorry for bumping such an old topic...
but honestly this is the only site I've found where people actually KNOW what Nutcracker Syndrome is.
a month short of a year ago I was diagnosed with Nutcracker Syndrome while attempting to join the USAF. I was put into medical hold after 3 weeks of training for stress fractures and a labral tear in my right hip. I received an X-Ray and an MRI for that condition, and the results from the MRI made the doctors at Wilford Hall on Lackland AFB want to do more tests. So, I went in for a C/T Scan, and a day later got a call from an Interventional Radiologist, telling me I needed to come in ASAP and to bring a Wingman with me. They then diagnosed me with NS and promptly disqualified me from being able to join the service. denying me any kind of medical care or benefits.
so, the doctors considered me asymptomatic. The only somewhat telltale signs that I have are, of course, visible via my C/T scan results, but also if I stand up at any speed other than very slow, I get really lightheaded, and I have Vericoceles on my left testicle.
I'm very tall, and really light for my height. (6'5 and between 160 and 170 lbs). after having read some of the responses in this thread it seems to be a recurring theme here. I'm not anorexic or bulemic or have any other sort of ED that I can think of, as far as I know my eating habits are normal, if not slightly above average. though it IS impossible for me to gain weight.
I really don't know what to do about it, since I don't have any kind of Medical Insurance, but I was wondering what my options are about getting this treated. I've read over the same web sites hundreds of times and found that they can either put a stent in my renal vein, opening it up and relieving the pressure, or they can do surgery and bypass the blockage.
To be honest I'd like to avoid surgery, and I was told that the stent was inserted via the Femoral Artery. an "in and out procedure" as the Radiologist described it. does anybody know how much this procedure would cost, and if there's any doctors in the Missouri/Kansas area that are qualified to do this?
please PM me or e-mail me, some support would be great, and it'd be nice to talk 1 on 1 with someone else who was diagnosed with this seemingly mysterious condition.
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome- Anyone Heard Of This (a.k.a. The Nutcracker Syndrome)
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Hey everybody, sorry for bumping such an old topic...
but honestly this is the only site I've found where people actually KNOW what Nutcracker Syndrome is.
a month short of a year ago I was diagnosed with Nutcracker Syndrome while attempting to join the USAF. I was put into medical hold after 3 weeks of training for stress fractures and a labral tear in my right hip. I received an X-Ray and an MRI for that condition, and the results from the MRI made the doctors at Wilford Hall on Lackland AFB want to do more tests. So, I went in for a C/T Scan, and a day later got a call from an Interventional Radiologist, telling me I needed to come in ASAP and to bring a Wingman with me. They then diagnosed me with NS and promptly disqualified me from being able to join the service. denying me any kind of medical care or benefits.
so, the doctors considered me asymptomatic. The only somewhat telltale signs that I have are, of course, visible via my C/T scan results, but also if I stand up at any speed other than very slow, I get really lightheaded, and I have Vericoceles on my left testicle.
I'm very tall, and really light for my height. (6'5 and between 160 and 170 lbs). after having read some of the responses in this thread it seems to be a recurring theme here. I'm not anorexic or bulemic or have any other sort of ED that I can think of, as far as I know my eating habits are normal, if not slightly above average. though it IS impossible for me to gain weight.
I really don't know what to do about it, since I don't have any kind of Medical Insurance, but I was wondering what my options are about getting this treated. I've read over the same web sites hundreds of times and found that they can either put a stent in my renal vein, opening it up and relieving the pressure, or they can do surgery and bypass the blockage.
To be honest I'd like to avoid surgery, and I was told that the stent was inserted via the Femoral Artery. an "in and out procedure" as the Radiologist described it. does anybody know how much this procedure would cost, and if there's any doctors in the Missouri/Kansas area that are qualified to do this?
please PM me or e-mail me, some support would be great, and it'd be nice to talk 1 on 1 with someone else who was diagnosed with this seemingly mysterious condition.