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Introduction.

Hi everyone I'm Autumn.
I am currently taking a class called Fundamentals of Nursing.
In the class we are understanding the concept of death and dying.

Our Instructor assigned us a project called Death and Dying.
We were all assigned different diseases and we had to research the treatment, side effects, medications and how you get this disease.

To understand what death really means, we had to plan our funeral. (we pretended to die.)

We are our current age with current finances, meaning our bucket list has to be accurate. can we afford what we want to do, and can we afford our treatment?

I was assigned Buerger's Disease.

Here you will understand what Buerger's disease is and my funeral planning.

What is Buerger's Disease?

•Also known as Thromboangitis Obliterans.

•A rare disease of the arteries and veins in the arms and legs. Your Blood vessels become inflamed, swell and can become blocked with blood clots.

•Eventually, Buerger’s Disease damages or destroys skin tissue and may lead to infection and gangrene.

•Buerger’s Disease Usually first shows up in the hands and feet and can eventually affect arms and legs. 

Who Discovered Buerger's Disease?

First reported by Buerger in 1908.

He called it “inflammation and clotting of the arteries and veins affecting the hands and feet” and Named the Disease after him.

Who Gets Buerger's Disease?

Young Males aged 20-40 years old who are heavy smokers or tobacco users.

Women over 50 have been recognized.

Rare Among African Americans and Europeans/Caucasians. 

Rare in the United States. 12-20 people out of 100,00 people get this disease. More common in the middle/far east. 

Caused by: Nicotine. 
Ischemia – Lack of Blood flow

Symptoms.

•Pain in the hands or feet by blood flow during exercise.

•Numbness or tingling in the limbs.

•Fingers, toes, hands and feet turn white when exposed to cold.

•Skin ulcerations and gangrene.

Treatment.

 •Stop Smoking/using tobacco products.
•People who smoke while having this disease may have to amputate the affected area.

•Use Steroids. Thins the blood with aspirin.

•Therapeutic angiogenesis- stimulates growth of new blood vessels.

•Surgical Sympathectomy: Surgery to cut the nerves of the affected area.

•Spinal Cord Stimulation – Used to expert pulsed electrical signals to the spinal cord to control chronic pain.

Herbal Medications: 
Ginkgo, butcher's broom, black cohosh, licorice root, pleurisy root, rose hips, hawthorn berries and chickweed. gentian root, cayenne, goldenseal and hyssop.

•No treatment can cure Buerger’s Disease.

Buerger's Disease Diet.

I am not sure how accurate this is but I found it on a website.

It is called the Buerger's Disease Diet. 

It helps you live healthier and maybe reduce some symptoms.

•     quit smoking ... if you smoke quit now!!

•       Drink 6-8 glasses of steam distilled water a day
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•       Eat lots of raw fruits and vegetables. 
•       Juice is good (make your own fresh with a juice machine)
 do not drink coffee, soda pop, other junk food drinks
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•       Do not eat processed foods white sugar, salt, preservatives, white flour, etc...
 
•       Do not eat fast food and/or fatty fried foods
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•        Use stress relief like going for walks -or- listen to calming music
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•        Brown rice is good to eat
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•       Avoid red meat and animal fats
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•       Reduce dairy products cheese, milk, and others
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•       Fast a few days a month
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•       Get sleep. 
•       Exercise light to moderate amounts

Who will take care of me?

If I can not wash myself/use the restroom on my own, We will hire a nurse to bathe me and help me with toiletry.


These three pictures are on my bucket list.

Health Care Power of Attorney.

My mom will make my health care choices if I am unresponsive.


These four pictures are part of my funeral. 

My Living Will

I do want to prolong life. So If I ever have a heart attack, I want CPR/ to be saved and brought back to life.

If I do die, I will donate any needed organs.

I encourage you guys to try this out.

Think about your bucket list. Is there anything in life you want to accomplish?

You may never get the chance. So go ahead and start living and stop planning how you want to live.