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Topic: RE: reverse gastric bypass
HI KIM,
MY SISTER REALLY WANT'S TO GET THAT DONE...IF THERE IS ANYWAY I CAN GET SOME INFO ABOUT THE DOCTOR...THAT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO HER..I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER IN PAIN ANYMORE..PLEASE HELP ME
THANK YOU,DEBBIE
Topic: RE: Lots and Lots of trouble....need help finding the answer.
Dawn,
First, I hope he starts feeling better soon, and the TPN will help, it will take a few days to start feeling it, but he will...the key is to be able to maintain the calories/fluids when he comes off of it, otherwise he will be right back where he started. What does he do for a living? My advice would be to hold off on the work for now, just my opinion though. I have made the mistake many times of going back to work too soon, and then you just become a yo-yo back and forth, and it is stressful for everyone. Please keep me posted on how he is doing, I added you as a friend, so once you accept me as a friend, any posts that you put up show up for me when I click on My OH tab. I will keep my blog/posts updated for you to see as well. I'll add him to my prayer list and I am glad that at least the abdominal pain is gone, they just need to get the rest of it under control for him. Take care :)
First, I hope he starts feeling better soon, and the TPN will help, it will take a few days to start feeling it, but he will...the key is to be able to maintain the calories/fluids when he comes off of it, otherwise he will be right back where he started. What does he do for a living? My advice would be to hold off on the work for now, just my opinion though. I have made the mistake many times of going back to work too soon, and then you just become a yo-yo back and forth, and it is stressful for everyone. Please keep me posted on how he is doing, I added you as a friend, so once you accept me as a friend, any posts that you put up show up for me when I click on My OH tab. I will keep my blog/posts updated for you to see as well. I'll add him to my prayer list and I am glad that at least the abdominal pain is gone, they just need to get the rest of it under control for him. Take care :)
Jules RNY 10/30/2007
Topic: What does it feel like when your LapBand slips? Anybody?
I have had these horrible pains since yesterday. I am just wondering. How do you know? Can anybody explain the feeling?
Topic: RE: unable to tolerate almost anything
Omg this is everything I'm going thru 31/2 weeks out and I'm scared are things going to get better? Am I just ajusting slower than others? And will I ever be able to eat like I am suppossed to?? Help.
Topic: RE: reverse gastric bypass
PLEASE PLEASE...I NEED ANY ONE HELP FOR MY SISTER...SHE WANTS TO REVERSE HER GASTRO BYPASS SHE GOT 2 MONTHS AGO..SHE BEEN VERY VERY SICK...SHE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL...NO THEY WANT TO SICK HER IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR ALL THE CRYING SHE BEEN DOING...NO ONE WANT'S TO HELP HER..IF ANY ONE HAS INFORMATIO THAT CAN HELP US THAT WOULD BE GREAT...THANK YOU :)
DEBBIE A SISTER IN NEED...GOD BLESS
DEBBIE A SISTER IN NEED...GOD BLESS
Topic: RE: Lots and Lots of trouble....need help finding the answer.
I read your page! :) Sounds like you are having some of the same problems as my hubby. He has seriously had problems since day 1. We went to the doc yesterday and she put him on 24 hour TPN for atleast the next 2 weeks. They don't know what is wrong with him either. I think they honestly think it's in his head. It's really sad and I feel soo bad for him. It has been a LONG 6 month journey already. He was in the ER for dehydration less than a week after the surgery and has had trouble since day 1. :o( ......he had the laparoscopy roux-en-y procedure. We are located in Indiana. He said since he got his gallbladder out, he really doesn't have the pain in his stomach, but his back still hurts pretty bad and his joints and things hurt all over his body. Just to give you an idea of how much he's puked, he went to the dentist yesterday and she found 10 new cavities....10!!!!! He has had like 2 his whole life. He is a fanatic about his teeth, so if they start falling out, I believe that will be the last straw for him. I just don't know what to do for him. The doc told him he could go back to work tomorrow! I said, how is he supposed to go back to work when he's been passing out??!
:) Dawn
:) Dawn
Topic: RE: Lots and Lots of trouble....need help finding the answer.
Dawn,
Please check out my page/blog and then send me a message. I have some questions...which surgery? Where are you? Which side of the ribcage is the pain? I don't know if I can help, but after you read my story, you will see that it has been a long road, I may not have the answers, but I may have some tips for you. Hang in there, and don't take no for an answer, or wait.
Please check out my page/blog and then send me a message. I have some questions...which surgery? Where are you? Which side of the ribcage is the pain? I don't know if I can help, but after you read my story, you will see that it has been a long road, I may not have the answers, but I may have some tips for you. Hang in there, and don't take no for an answer, or wait.
Jules RNY 10/30/2007
Topic: RE: X-post another COMPLICATION now Anemic!
Amy,
My husband became Anemic and had to go through weekly IV iron infusions, and even with that, it takes quite a while for the blood levels to balance out, it isn't instantaneous, the numbers kind of slowly creep back up, according to the Hematologist. It was more of an inconvenience having to sit there for an hour or so once a week for 6 weeks, but there are worse things. Hang in there!
My husband became Anemic and had to go through weekly IV iron infusions, and even with that, it takes quite a while for the blood levels to balance out, it isn't instantaneous, the numbers kind of slowly creep back up, according to the Hematologist. It was more of an inconvenience having to sit there for an hour or so once a week for 6 weeks, but there are worse things. Hang in there!
Jules RNY 10/30/2007
Topic: A week of revelations, scary and a triumph
I had a very bad wake-up call and a good revelation, all in one week!
I guess we'll start with the bad so we can finish off on a high note. My husband and I were talking about my rollercoaster of health issues over the last year and a half, and we talked about how truly scary it was back in September 2008. That was when I was only taking in about 500 calories a day, had a central line for 12 days to get TPN at home to try and get some calories, and just how desperately ill I was and how worried we were, and how we felt powerless because we were in this wait and suffer mode...all of the above I was well aware of, and of course aware of how concerned my family, and especially my kids were about what was going to happen to me, but until Sunday, I didn't realize how close I may have come to actually dying, or at the very least, how close I may have come to having some serious, permanent organ damage from the malnutrition. My husband told me that there were times when I would fall asleep on the couch next to him because I was just so weak, and he would look over at me sometimes, see me asleep with my mouth open, and wonder if I was dead, if this was it!! OMG! My husband does not have a flair for the dramatic, far from it, so I had to take that for the real deal! It just really scared me into a reality when he shared that with me, and I won't go back there again. I will NOT let anyone, any doctor, let me take a back seat and sit and wait anymore. This is MY body, MY life, I am someone's wife, someone's mother, and I am needed!!
So, now the good revelation...in the spirit of trying to continue on with life, I started paramedic class this week. It is at the same school/same classroom that I tool my EMT-B class in. One side of the room is set up as a mock ER, and the other side of the room has 3 mock ambulances, complete with the big, giant step to get up into the back of the ambulance, and the limited space of course. I looked at it and remembered that the last time I was in the classroom I weighed 150 pounds more than I do now, and I remember seriously wondering how was I going to get up into the back of that ambulance, I mean seriously, I wondered and it was tough!! Yesterday, I looked at it and marveled at how hard it was then, and I just don't even think about it now, except for in moments of old habits die hard kind of thing.
It's been a journey, I pray that the bad parts are coming to an end so I can get back to my life without wondering what is coming around the medical corner to knock me down again!
I guess we'll start with the bad so we can finish off on a high note. My husband and I were talking about my rollercoaster of health issues over the last year and a half, and we talked about how truly scary it was back in September 2008. That was when I was only taking in about 500 calories a day, had a central line for 12 days to get TPN at home to try and get some calories, and just how desperately ill I was and how worried we were, and how we felt powerless because we were in this wait and suffer mode...all of the above I was well aware of, and of course aware of how concerned my family, and especially my kids were about what was going to happen to me, but until Sunday, I didn't realize how close I may have come to actually dying, or at the very least, how close I may have come to having some serious, permanent organ damage from the malnutrition. My husband told me that there were times when I would fall asleep on the couch next to him because I was just so weak, and he would look over at me sometimes, see me asleep with my mouth open, and wonder if I was dead, if this was it!! OMG! My husband does not have a flair for the dramatic, far from it, so I had to take that for the real deal! It just really scared me into a reality when he shared that with me, and I won't go back there again. I will NOT let anyone, any doctor, let me take a back seat and sit and wait anymore. This is MY body, MY life, I am someone's wife, someone's mother, and I am needed!!
So, now the good revelation...in the spirit of trying to continue on with life, I started paramedic class this week. It is at the same school/same classroom that I tool my EMT-B class in. One side of the room is set up as a mock ER, and the other side of the room has 3 mock ambulances, complete with the big, giant step to get up into the back of the ambulance, and the limited space of course. I looked at it and remembered that the last time I was in the classroom I weighed 150 pounds more than I do now, and I remember seriously wondering how was I going to get up into the back of that ambulance, I mean seriously, I wondered and it was tough!! Yesterday, I looked at it and marveled at how hard it was then, and I just don't even think about it now, except for in moments of old habits die hard kind of thing.
It's been a journey, I pray that the bad parts are coming to an end so I can get back to my life without wondering what is coming around the medical corner to knock me down again!
Jules RNY 10/30/2007
Topic: X-post another COMPLICATION now Anemic!
Hi my OH family: I'm 15 months out Lap RNY
My blood work shows that I am anemic. I've heard its common after RNY surgery. I have ITP (a blood platelet problem) that was diagnosed after surgery also. I bruise very easily. I have an appt this Thurs with the hematologist. I would like to hear from you if you have any advise on how to deal with this.. I'm tired of all these complications, but happy about the weight loss. I take my vits and iron religiously and NO, Thank you, I DO NOT LIKE LIVER! lol I hated it as a child, and its worse as an adult! I even had a friend make it for me and it was tender but tasted YUCKY! Please help ! Thanks much! Amy
My blood work shows that I am anemic. I've heard its common after RNY surgery. I have ITP (a blood platelet problem) that was diagnosed after surgery also. I bruise very easily. I have an appt this Thurs with the hematologist. I would like to hear from you if you have any advise on how to deal with this.. I'm tired of all these complications, but happy about the weight loss. I take my vits and iron religiously and NO, Thank you, I DO NOT LIKE LIVER! lol I hated it as a child, and its worse as an adult! I even had a friend make it for me and it was tender but tasted YUCKY! Please help ! Thanks much! Amy
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