having some problems

2 nights ago I was running a fever and had nausia and stomach pains. Called my doctor and they had me come first thing in the morning. He ran a new CT scan and found that for some reason my pouch is not releasing fluids as fast as it should. The pain and nausia I am having is from being over full to long. From the time I had to drink the dye at the CT lab from the time I went back to my doctors office and waited an hour for the resolts the doctor said that he can tell that I still had fluids in my pouch. He said that the CT scan looks good just to slow down on my fluid not to drink to fast. I need to stop drinking 15 to 30 minutes before I do my protein shakes and to wait on hour after the protein shake to start drinking fluids watch for dehydration because it is going to be a good chance that I do. He was thinking about putting back into the hospital for a few days to make sure a I am hydrated good but I refused because my kids come home to see me today for christmas vacation. If it come down to dehydration I have a hospital 1 mile away from me and dont need to travel 50 to get to where my doctor is. Because I refused hospitalation he told me no more protein shakes for 24 hours. wants me to drink as much as I can but to be careful not over fill like I did 2 nights ago. He said this is common and will go away in about 6 to 8 wks. If it doesnt they will have to re operate. This all totally sucks. Kat

Im so sorry to hear that. I can tell when I overfill my pouch with food or liquid and it hurts soooo bad I can only imagine what you are going through. I sure hope that things improve and stay that way. Hope you are still able to enjoy your christmas with your kids. Take care Tara

Katrina: I am so sorry to read you are having such a rough time. My surgery was Wednesday and everything went very well. I guess I am having the most trouble getting in my liquids. I found out right away it is easy to drink your fluids to fast. Today I have much more energy so hope this will improve each day. Jeanne Fossil, OR P.S. I logged in under my daughter's name as the site did not like my log in and I probably won't be back home for another 4 or 5 days.

Sending positive thoughts your way and hope everything improves for you soon! Lori

Katrina, Hope it all resolves soon... sending some positive energy to you. Michele

Katrina - sorry to hear you have having problems. I hope it does resolve itself within a few weeks and that you're feeling fine without need for further surgey. If you do need it, however, make sure you do it and take care of yourself. God bless, Linda