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Hi Lisa:
Saw this just a few minutes ago and remembered reading a thread here about another WLSer who had been diagnosed... so I used the search function on OH.. and there are quite a few postings out there about this.. (including yours!) Pasting the link here.
I have tried for over three years to get this diagnosis...
but my urine tests kept coming back in the normal range.
I finally had a Dexamethasone Suppression Test- (the overnight blood test)
(I have had two 1mg tests and one 8mg test)
these three tests have all come back positive.
I am now waiting to find out if I will have a CT scan or a MRI to pinpoint the tumor's location- (either pituitary or adrenal) and size.
So,
Now that I am 2.5 months post-op RNY,
I am curious if anyone out there has this disease or knows anyone that does.
I would appreciate any and all info that you are willing to share with me.
Thank you soooo much!
It hasn't happened. I take Plaquenil once a day 3 days a week and twice a day on the 4 days that I do my cardio workout or water aerobics. Haven't yet had to touch the Ultracets post op.
While my experience may not be "normal", it has been a godsend to have this kind of pain relief already with just a 15 pound post op weight loss.
Pre-Op 3 mos. post op 5 mos. post op At Goal Surgery Date - 12/10/2009 Goal Met -8/26/2010
The symptoms are pretty easily manageable with eye drops, creams, constant warm beverages, and non-NSAID pain relief. I do also have baby aspirin every other day, which helps keep inflammation down.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your POV) lupus and its relatives are fairly rare, so most gastric surgeons (and other surgeons) don't really know how to manage the care. It is a very newly developing area. Your rheumy and surgeon will have to work together on this one.
Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.
Profile Display of Health Tracker .
The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.
In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.
The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)
Workouts
My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.
Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"
You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.
Create your first workout now!
One other addition
For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.
Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.
Tami
It seems that H. pylori infection can cause the stomach to make less acid. The lower levels of acid mean that the stomach contents are less harmful to the esophagus (in people with reflux). The infection causes many problems in the stomach, but it may actually protect the esophagus.
And also "people with Barrett's cancer, including cardia cancer, seem to have lower rates of H. pylori infection than others of the same age and sex in the same population."
Therefore, it does not "cause" Barrett's...it actually seems to have the opposite effect...