Okay, here's one for the records! No common channel records.

I went to get my medical records finally today after asking for them for months. I finally recieved them and found something I found very telling. I wanted these records to bring to an attorney (as many of you know, I have had many health problems since my BPD/DS). Many of you have asked me how long my common channel is because of my severe diahrea, vitamin deficiencies and gas. I kept saying I didn't know. Well, now I know why I didn't know. The doctor never documented that in any of my surgical reports. After reviewing them all, and also asking another doctor, I have found that he didn't put anything in about the common channel. Nothing, whether it be on purpose because of a problem or because he just forgot to put that in. I kindof think that it's quite a big ommision. I have also found that the doctor well documented my iron deficiency and anemia before surgery and yet, still did the surgery and never told me that I would most likely have all these problems. I also found out that I was borderline diabetic and that he recommended that I have blood sugar counts often after surgery. I was never told this either. No one has ever sent me for this to the lab. Certainly, I will be having my doctor send me now (I have a new internist whom I love). I am writing this for two reasons. One, is because so many of you have written to me asking about my problems and two, to see if anyone else has had this very important piece of information omitted from their surgical report and to ask how I might go about finding out how long the common channel really is now. Would a lower or upper GI tell this? An MRI? I just don't know where to turn now to find out. I DO know, that he made my stomach smaller than the average person but, after two years my stomach is basically back to normal for someone who had this surgery. Now I am wondering if he also made the common channel unusually short also. Any help here would be greatly appreciated and please know that I am aware that many people don't really like me talking about the many problems I have had with this surgery but you all have been so helpful mosttimes with any of my problems and I needed to vent and also ask. Thanks so much.

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