I posted an update on the main board

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I am hoping for a turn in the right direction for you Kim!  It can be hard to believe things will ever be normal again, but when healing begins your body can be so forgiving.  I am so grateful that you have Henry taking care of you through this.  I will think of you on Thursday (it's my daughter's sixteenth birthday that day) and hope you get the answers you need to get better! Patty

Thank you Patty.  I can't wait to see what Dr. Deveney says.

Oh man, how familiar is THIS? Weird as it sounds I started to gain weight due to malabsorption and the acidic disentary I had was being treated with vicodin (as IBS) It does help, honest.  We even installed a toto bidet because it was so painful. Thiirst can be the dehdration from the diahrrea.  Going on TPN can negatively affect your liver-avoid if at all possible. But do take in fortified water (gatorade, pedialyte, etc) as the loss of of magnesium and potassium can cause severe muscle spasm.  There is also a non-milk based product called hemp milk that the Canadians have (try Whole Foods, New Seasons, Wild Oats) that is a better protein than either whey or soy. My revision to RNY (Deveney, OHSU) did the trick. I am much healthier (actually, I am healthy!) My thoughts are with you. tee

Hi Tee, Wow, weird isn't it?  So there is a name for the acid diarrhea? Wow.   I am drinking gatorade.  Last night was the first time I started getting cramps.  I got it in the top of my thigh.   That was painful.  I am also on these gigantic potassium pills.  I gag, but i get them down. I can't wait for my appt.  I better get to see Deveney himself.  It's a 2 hour appt., so I'm hoping. Thanks for the info and good thoughts.  I need them!

I take the potassium pills  AND have resorted to valium for emergency relief when nothing else works.  Sometme it feels like my whole leg is rolleing into a ball. Can turn out of it cause it will cramp the OTHER way, too. Stay away from alcohol in any form. It will tear up your insides. Milk is acidic. Oatmeal is not. Hemp protein powder (if you can find it) has the best aminos, complete and in the right amount naturally. I still  struggle with anemia and my laminectomy was put off because I was down to 8 (12+ is normal)  Then, another surgery 1 week later as I developed a wound infection. Okay, hate to post this but Dr. D is not an artist. He is a terific technician, though and that is what you (and I) want for this. He absolutely knows what he is doing. He used to perform transplant surgery. Don't tell him I said so.  Juliana Hansen is the best PS at OHSU. She "gets" it. tee