Guest guest Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 I'm due in for surgery on Tuesday. And evidently am more scared than I thought. Just went through a 36 hour total shut down. Viola! Dehydration, screwed up electrolytes, cramping (arms/legs/feet/hands), dizziness, the whole ball of wax. NOW I'm terrified that all this will mess up their willingness to DO the Heller, and condemn me for some length of time to waiting again. I don't know a good solution: when it's not too bad, we wait, we adapt, the disease progresses, and then ALL OF THE SUDDEN (and it can be VERY sudden) we are in deep doodoo. And there IS no time to wait, and think all around it. Alas -- at that point, the docs themselves can't make themselves see it as an emergency. . . . I'm getting very scared. (WV) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 My daughter passed out from not being able to eat anything and try as we did couldnt keep her hydrated enough. We were in 4 ER rooms b4 her Heller was done. If anything it gave our surgeon even more reason to do it. We had to wait 2 wks when it got that bad and was considering a feeding tube. Hang in there and hoping for resolve sooner than later. Â Drink.......liquids. From: puddleriver13 <puddleriver13@...> Subject: *What* is an emergency? achalasia Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011, 2:00 PM Â I'm due in for surgery on Tuesday. And evidently am more scared than I thought. Just went through a 36 hour total shut down. Viola! Dehydration, screwed up electrolytes, cramping (arms/legs/feet/hands), dizziness, the whole ball of wax. NOW I'm terrified that all this will mess up their willingness to DO the Heller, and condemn me for some length of time to waiting again. I don't know a good solution: when it's not too bad, we wait, we adapt, the disease progresses, and then ALL OF THE SUDDEN (and it can be VERY sudden) we are in deep doodoo. And there IS no time to wait, and think all around it. Alas -- at that point, the docs themselves can't make themselves see it as an emergency. . . . I'm getting very scared. (WV) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 The surgery is a piece of cake!!! Wait til you swallow your first mouthful. You will be glad you did it. Prepare yourself with some good rest and deep relaxation. That is how you can help the most. We have all survived the myotomies. BREATHE !!!!! AGAIN!!!! in Santa Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 wrote: > > ... Dehydration, screwed up electrolytes, cramping > (arms/legs/feet/hands), dizziness, the whole ball of wax. ... > At some point your heart will not beat correctly if you mess up the electrolytes too much. Dehydration can cause fainting and so injury. An ER visit can check these problems and head off bigger problems if needed. > NOW I'm terrified that all this will mess up their willingness to DO > the Heller, and condemn me for some length of time to waiting again. > I don't think so. These thing are usually taken care of quickly by IV, and the myotomy is the real fix for these problems at this time. > > I'm getting very scared. > Perhaps that is reason enough to call the doc or visit the ER. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 As far as I know, yes IV can take care of these issues. Being gone through surgery just yesterday and feeling great, I can tell that Myotomy IS a real fix. Just with-in 24 hrs, I am swallowing pills, mushy food without any difficulty at all. Please stay upbeat. God Bless you. > > > > ... Dehydration, screwed up electrolytes, cramping > > (arms/legs/feet/hands), dizziness, the whole ball of wax. ... > > > > At some point your heart will not beat correctly if you mess up the > electrolytes too much. Dehydration can cause fainting and so injury. An > ER visit can check these problems and head off bigger problems if needed. > > > NOW I'm terrified that all this will mess up their willingness to DO > > the Heller, and condemn me for some length of time to waiting again. > > > > I don't think so. These thing are usually taken care of quickly by IV, > and the myotomy is the real fix for these problems at this time. > > > > > I'm getting very scared. > > > > Perhaps that is reason enough to call the doc or visit the ER. > > notan > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 IV FLUIDS will help a lot.. ________________________________ From: notan ostrich <notan_ostrich@...> achalasia Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: *What* is an emergency? Â wrote: > > ... Dehydration, screwed up electrolytes, cramping > (arms/legs/feet/hands), dizziness, the whole ball of wax. ... > At some point your heart will not beat correctly if you mess up the electrolytes too much. Dehydration can cause fainting and so injury. An ER visit can check these problems and head off bigger problems if needed. > NOW I'm terrified that all this will mess up their willingness to DO > the Heller, and condemn me for some length of time to waiting again. > I don't think so. These thing are usually taken care of quickly by IV, and the myotomy is the real fix for these problems at this time. > > I'm getting very scared. > Perhaps that is reason enough to call the doc or visit the ER. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 > From: notan ostrich Notan, I know. And agree. Sometimes, it just gets to be logistics. . . . In China, circa 1936 that had a huge famine in the middle of the country. Many nations were willing to donate food, and did. The problem was the infrastructure of the country. Not enough roads and railroads into the affected area. If they sent a train in, it never came back: it was simply dismantled at its destination by starving peasants who hoped to sell whatever part they'd gotten their hands on. Millions starved. To death. My situation is that I'm a good hour and half from the *nearest* ER. My local Rescue Squad could get me there, but I'd have no way to get back. If I drive myself, I leave a dog and a cat at home for who knows how long. Not to mention driving when one's dizzy. So it becomes a balancing act: how long to wait before doing something? Both of my doctors, GI and primary care, have answering machines that simply say: If this is an emergency, call 911. . . . At any rate, looks like 36 hour stoppage is recoverable, if you were okay at the beginning. Forty eight might be too much. My kid's arriving in a little more than 24, so I should be good to go. If anything happens, he can just haul me in to UVA (two and a half hours away), and they get a good view of what this disease can do to ya, lol! Irony, is that I can feel my whole soul *relax* as I contemplate these facts. . . . So not likely to be another crisis between now and Tuesday. Thank you and all the others here for advice and good wishes and info! xox, in the *real* wilds of WV, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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