Please read ~ Take your vitamins!!!

As many of you may know my best friend who also had WLS is dying from cancer. I want to share her story here and hopefully help others not make the same mistake. I love her dearly and where she is now is breaking my heart but I want others to know how vital it is to follow the rules about vitamins, doctors appointments and listening to your body. She has always been one to not follow through with things she starts, not take meds till gone, not go for follow-up appointments etc. I talked till I was blue in the face with her about this before she had her surgery. Trying to make her know that she'd HAVE to do these things forever. After her surgery she did really well for 6 weeks and then went for her appointment. I talked to her daily and harped her to take her vitamins drink her water eat good foods. She promised me she was doing these things. She noticed a bump on her stomach at 2 months out and we both thought it was a hernia. I told her at her 3 mo. check up make sure and tell her doc. She said she would...well she never went back to her doc and started telling me how she didn't feel like eating, or walkng and was feeling bad...again I told her go to the doctor..she just kept putting it off...the about 6 weeks ago she goes to the e.r. and that starts a stream of dr appointments and tests, being given 3 pints of blood and rehydrated, told to take her vitamins, go to physical therapy and follow up--- she didn't do these things till her husband stepped in and started making her go~but no answers just lots of pain killers. Finally a docotr sent her to a different hospital. They do some tests and her abdomen is filled with tumors, her blood count is 2 (low normal is 7). They have spent the last 2 weeks trying to get her strong enough to have surgery to remove the worst of the tumors and make her more comfortable...They have had to put the surgery off indefinately because nothing they try gets the blood level up and she has stopped eating. So please EVERYONE that reads this...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take your vitamins, drink your water, go to your doctors appointments and most of all listen to your body. This surgery didn't cause her cancer but her not doing the things we are supposed to do enabled it to ravage her body at an incredibly fast pace. Please learn from the mistakes made and when you think. " UGH, I don't want to take my vitamins or don't feel like eating or I am feeling ok I can skip this appointment" REMEMBER this post and do what we need to do. All my best to everyone. Broken hearted Jeannie 315-165

Jeannie, u r a wonderful friend to stand by her like this...I know u care so much for her...I just can't believe this has happened. I will keep praying for them, the family, a good friends like u. Sunni was always so kind and sweet to me so if there is anything I can do just let me know. Angela [email protected]

Jeannie, You and your best friend are in my prayers. My best friend also had WLS and we keep each other in check as much as possible. Reading your post brought tears to my eyes at the thought of loosing her. HUGS, Michelle