Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hey! Hopefully this is a word of encouragement... My father also has this. He has had it for 30+ years. His stomach is mostly located above the diaphragm. He takes care to just be aware of how his meals progress. He has NEVER had a problem Bizarre thing.. He was just in the hospital for another thing and all the Residents and Interns from Surgery could talk about was doing surgery to prevent a possible Torgid Stomach .. Twisting of the stomach. They were sure it was going to happen momentarily! Trying to get them to back off seemed to be a very difficult thing...They kept coming back to his stomach... Eesch! He, however is not a candidate for surgery as he is 84. Thank Goodness, for him! It is an involved surgery as the stomach has to be moved back down into place and the escape hatch has to be closed : ) He still eats VERY well! So no problems for him there! Keep us informed! Carolyn mom of Cameron.... need ideas to promote your fundraiser or business? check out our new website! wicked cat promotional products www.wickedcatpromos.com __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Carolina wrote: > ... My father also has this. He has had it for 30+ years. His stomach > is mostly located above the diaphragm. He takes care to just be > aware of how his meals progress. He has NEVER had a problem Thanks for sharing that. If left alone, many people would live out their lives without it becoming a problem. But, for those that develop a problem it can be life threatening. As you learned the main risk is if it twists and chokes its blood supply. I am surprised that at your father's age they were so into fixing it. It reminds me of the doctor that didn't want my 89 year old grandmother to become addicted to pain meds. She died not long after that, but only after much suffering. Sometimes the rules or expectations need to change as we age. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Notan, As with some of the others, there's nothing really I can say that is useful but as with everyone else I also want to add my best wishes. Despite the fact you have no medical training (something you have repeated to us many times) the informed and researched comments you provide, as has also been said many times, have been extremely helpful. So sorry therefore that you have yet another reason to further your research but do hope everything will work out as well as is possible. Best wishes, (London, UK) > > ... My father also has this. He has had it for 30+ years. His stomach > > is mostly located above the diaphragm. He takes care to just be > > aware of how his meals progress. He has NEVER had a problem > > Thanks for sharing that. If left alone, many people would live out their > lives without it becoming a problem. But, for those that develop a > problem it can be life threatening. As you learned the main risk is if > it twists and chokes its blood supply. I am surprised that at your > father's age they were so into fixing it. It reminds me of the doctor > that didn't want my 89 year old grandmother to become addicted to pain > meds. She died not long after that, but only after much suffering. > Sometimes the rules or expectations need to change as we age. > > notan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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