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glad you are ok - or at least up and typing - please listen and learn to swim!!! not that swimming can be done while uncounsouse but still!
glad youare getting decent care -lots and lots of prayers said for you - please be carefule!!
peace
Danni
glad youare getting decent care -lots and lots of prayers said for you - please be carefule!!
peace
Danni
Home is where the army allows me to live with my husband
I know what I need to do - I have to choose to take care of me or I choose to fail
I know what I need to do - I have to choose to take care of me or I choose to fail
Ramon...so glad you are okay. I hope they figure out what made you pass out.
Karla
Karla
Karla Lewis 337/194/175
Lap RNY 1-23-2006 Dr. Terry Scarborough Houston, TX
Lipo 4-27-2007 Dr. David Wainwright Houston, TX
LBL 11-13-2007 Dr. David Wainwright Houston, TX
BL & brachioplasty 7-18-2008 Dr. David Wainwright Houston, TX
Wow, Ramon .. glad you're O.K.! 
Thank God you had friends there to pull you out of the water, or that could have been a disastrous ending .. 
My half niece (an RNYer about 4 or 5 years out, too, btw) has White-Parkinson-Wolfe Syndrome also. I don't know when it was diagnosed, but they did the cardiac ablation procedure on her where they go in with what basically is a surgical cautering iron and "burn out" the extra, unnecessary electrical pathways in the heart to cure the problem. Her procedure was 100% successful and uneventful. Same story for the patriach of my former law firm, who had CA done a few years ago on him for his WPW. If the diagnosis is confirmed in your case, don't be afraid to have the CA done and a.s.a.p.
In the meantime, I'd avoid driving as much as possible. They can give you some meds that will control the symptoms pretty well until you have the CA, which, IIRC, are beta-blockers.
As to personal info., I read the other day a great suggestion about photocopying everything important in your wallet and keeping it in a safe place, just in case you lose your wallet. That way you know exactly what you lost and can quickly contact whomever you need to in order to get things cancelled and/or "blocked. There are some companies, like Life Block, that will automatically do the same thing for you upon your phone call.
I have made 4 copies of a laminated card that shows the "after" diagram of the internal arrangement of things after surgery. It is specifically for DS, but I imagine surgeons have such cards available for patients of other kinds of WLS. I keep one in my wallet, one in my brother's car's glove box, one in my computer desk at home and one in my work desk (my co-workers know it is there), in case of emergency. I really think that's a good idea for all WLSers.
(now what's this about a yacht?
woohoo!)
Thank God you had friends there to pull you out of the water, or that could have been a disastrous ending .. My half niece (an RNYer about 4 or 5 years out, too, btw) has White-Parkinson-Wolfe Syndrome also. I don't know when it was diagnosed, but they did the cardiac ablation procedure on her where they go in with what basically is a surgical cautering iron and "burn out" the extra, unnecessary electrical pathways in the heart to cure the problem. Her procedure was 100% successful and uneventful. Same story for the patriach of my former law firm, who had CA done a few years ago on him for his WPW. If the diagnosis is confirmed in your case, don't be afraid to have the CA done and a.s.a.p.
In the meantime, I'd avoid driving as much as possible. They can give you some meds that will control the symptoms pretty well until you have the CA, which, IIRC, are beta-blockers.
As to personal info., I read the other day a great suggestion about photocopying everything important in your wallet and keeping it in a safe place, just in case you lose your wallet. That way you know exactly what you lost and can quickly contact whomever you need to in order to get things cancelled and/or "blocked. There are some companies, like Life Block, that will automatically do the same thing for you upon your phone call.
I have made 4 copies of a laminated card that shows the "after" diagram of the internal arrangement of things after surgery. It is specifically for DS, but I imagine surgeons have such cards available for patients of other kinds of WLS. I keep one in my wallet, one in my brother's car's glove box, one in my computer desk at home and one in my work desk (my co-workers know it is there), in case of emergency. I really think that's a good idea for all WLSers.
(now what's this about a yacht?
woohoo!) Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Ramon,
So glad you are okay, sorry I am just seeing this today. Why is it so hard for us grads to comply with what we had drilled and what we drilled into newbies heads? I even get a text everyday to take my vitamins....so easier said than done! Gotta try though and will get better!
hugz,
Gina
So glad you are okay, sorry I am just seeing this today. Why is it so hard for us grads to comply with what we had drilled and what we drilled into newbies heads? I even get a text everyday to take my vitamins....so easier said than done! Gotta try though and will get better!
hugz,
Gina
Gina L
263/162/151/162
Pre-Op/Goal/June '08/Current
26W/8's/12
"Livin' Large, But Not Morbidly Obese!"
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