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Lorri, Thank you. You have no idea how much I have missed you guys. I was so glad when my daughter brought my laptop to Seton! It feels alot better getting on a home though! Sherri

Sometimes hospitals just dont get it!! remember with all that diarea you have to replace the fluids!! You Have to make sure you are drinking enough!! No dehydration.. it tires you out more and makes it hard to find a good vein Remember you are a fighter and I know you are tired so allow yourself time to rest and get well..You have been through enough already to prove that. Linda Kay

Linda,

There is so much that happened to tire me out this past month! Up until a few days ago, I had no B12. I normally do mine sublingual 2-3 times a week so a month without any??? And then they screwed around with my synthroid. I'm on 150 mcg/day. While I was in the coma, they gave me 75 mcg via IV and then after that, 100 mcg via IV. The IV stuff is suppose to be stronger than the pill but I have problems accepting that 100 mcg IV would equal 150 mcg pills. So..there's 2 reasons for me to feel zapped right now. I am back on my 150 mcg synthroid and back on my B12!  I have been having something with me to drink 24/7. I haven't been urinating much, I guess all the excess liquid is being funneled otherwise. I am a very hard stick...have been every since all those endo's I had to have. Even when I'm A-OK and healthy...and drinking 100+ oz of water a day and no diarea, I'm a hard stick. So...it's a very tough job to get blood from me now. I am doing my best not to get dehydrated though. In fact, to get enough food in me, I'd been drinking with meals too. It was the only way I could eat all they wanted me to. I think right now, I could easily go back to eating five 1 oz meals! They wanted me to drink their nutrition shakes...200 cal and 6 g of protein! I blew them away by being determined to only drink my AchievOne with 120 cal and 20 g of protein! They said most people refused to drink them because of the taste. I was a rare one *****fused based on the nutrition label! LOL! At Seton, the pt kept commenting how 'strong' I was. I corrected her and told her 'no, I'm stubborn'. I guess it's that fighter in me. You know Linda, the night my kidneys started working again (they go to sleep when you are in a coma and it takes a few days for them to wake up), it scared the crap out of me. I thought every bit of the fluid in my body was trying to drain out and I was seriously scared that I was going to be dehydrated. That night, I came to the realization that if I had died while in the coma (and I came very close more than once), that would had been easy...that living was the hard route. But God spared me for a reason, so fight, I would! I have decided against having my breast done though. I guess I'm a little bit surgery chicken at this point. Sherri

Sherri, I'm glad you are at home. I hope you get to feeling better soon. I can't imagine that they didn't send you home on meds?!?! Try to get lots of rest and recuperation.  I think I'm going t o ask them what they will do to prevent clots, when I go for my consultation in january. 

Linda,

They wanted me to send Tiffany to the pharmacy every day to pick up that days coumadin! When I refused, they finally wrote a script for 15 1 mcg tablets...about a 3 day supply! That was the only script they sent me home on. Trust me, NOT the only thing they had me on! They acted like it would break their arm to write that one. If I could convince anyone who is looking into plastics of learning anything from my experiences this past 5 weeks, it would be to push for blood clot prevention when having plastics done! I really am glad to see that you plan to ask. I think they should do the lovenox injections just like they do for RNY's...afterall, my surgery was a 7 hour surgery! What is an RNY....1-2 hours? You also walk alot more after a RNY. Sherri

Hi Sherri,   SO happy you are home. I don't understand not giving you anything to helped you through the pain  All that you went though. I pray it gets a little better each hour not day. Please take it easy.    Love and Blessings,   Gail PS. They should have kept that pic line, drawing blood from me sometimes 5 or 6 people and I dont want to fill a tube either. LOL

Gail,

I really appreciate the phone calls I've gotten from you! Please, just because I'm home, don't stop!! Your calls make me smile and right now, that is saying alot.

The visiting nurse is aggrevated too about them removing the pic lines. That was just so stupid. But then, there is several things that is screwy about that whole deal. The visiting nurse that comes tomorrow is suppose to have a meter, similar to the one to check your blood sugar, that only takes a finger ***** & gives instant results. That will be much better. Today, it took several minutes again to fill a tube. My blood is just greedy! LOL!

 

Sherri

Hi Sherri, Just a thought on the diahrea thing.  I had one of my nuts. tell me that "Soluble" fiber bulks things up.  So, increasing your intake of soluble fiber may help to slow it down.  Fiber-Sure is a good option, mixes with any non carbonated drink.  Another option is somthing new I found at Walmart.  It's Ready Fiber.  It is a liquid and doesn't need to be mixed with anything.  Start out with a small dose (of either) and build up.  It will be good for your cholesteral too.  Good luck.

 WELCOME HOME!!!!!  I missed you... THANK the LORD for looking after you while you were in the hospital...please rest and take care....stick to your guns gal!!!! Janene

Janene, Thank you. Trust me, there is no marathons being ran by this girl right now. The trip from my recliner to the bathroom is about as much exertion as my body can handle right now. My intestines on the other hand? I think they've already won the Boston marathon a few times just today! Sherri