Re: Didn't have my surgery ;^(

[Guest guest]

Jeanne... Oh... my heart goes out to you, girl. My first surgery date had

to be cancelled after I was already put out! They couldn't intubate me!

(I'll spare you the horrors of waking up choking -- but the worst part

was the terrible disappointment.

Call the doctor... reschedule... and the next time WILL happen.

Elle

Didn't have my surgery ;^(

Hi Friends,

I am writing from home because I didn't have my surgery. I was all

ready to go, on the gurney, IV in place, even had my blood thinner........

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka

[Guest guest]

Jeanne... Oh... my heart goes out to you, girl. My first surgery date had

to be cancelled after I was already put out! They couldn't intubate me!

(I'll spare you the horrors of waking up choking -- but the worst part

was the terrible disappointment.

Call the doctor... reschedule... and the next time WILL happen.

Elle

Didn't have my surgery ;^(

Hi Friends,

I am writing from home because I didn't have my surgery. I was all

ready to go, on the gurney, IV in place, even had my blood thinner........

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka

[Guest guest]

Jeanne

Well then I guess I won't be calling you tomorrow to see when you'd

be getting discharged! Gosh I'm sorry this happened to you...it

must of been a real frightening time and your heart must be broken

right now.

Hope you get a new date real soon.

Jo

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Jeanne

Well then I guess I won't be calling you tomorrow to see when you'd

be getting discharged! Gosh I'm sorry this happened to you...it

must of been a real frightening time and your heart must be broken

right now.

Hope you get a new date real soon.

Jo

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 03:46:23 EST, gertilubop@... wrote:

> The nurse started injecting medicines into the IV

>the first being Vercede (sp?). She told me that it would help me be calm and

>relaxed. I noticed that there was almost instaneously a burning sensation in

>my arm but since I have never had an IV before I figured it was normal.

Jeanne,

Sorry to hear about your problems. I hope you can get an early reschedule.

Just one thing to consider, though. Did anyone think that this was

possibly not an anxiety attack but maybe a reaction to the medication? The

increasing severity of the symptoms with the second dose and the duration

of the symptoms even after leaving the hospital all appear to point to that

possibility, IMHO. I had the same drug before surgery and never felt a

burning sensation. I'm not a doc or nurse, but I seem to recall being told

that if I felt anything other than a localized stinging sensation to let

someone know because it might indicate a reaction to whatever I was being

given.

Just a thought and something to talk over with Dr. K.

Again.. Sorry to hear about the problems and hopeing you get an early

reschedule.

Jerry

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Thanks for the encouragement Melinda. After doing research and also

finding out that my niece had the same reaction to Versed I am sure that it was

an allergic reaction.

As far as the T-shirt goes, I have found Dr K to be easy going and lots

of fun when I have had brief interactions with him. I think he would get a

kick out of it. Personally I mean only great respect with a lot of affection

and

a little humor when I use that term of endearment. I say if it feels right,

do it!

WEBSTERS:

Main Entry: ka·hu·na

Pronunciation: k & -'hü-n &

Function: noun

Etymology: Hawaiian

Date: 1886

: a Hawaiian witch doctor

In our case " switch doctor " ...lol

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encouragement Melinda. After doing research and also

finding out that my niece had the same reaction to Versed I am sure that it was

an allergic reaction.

As far as the T-shirt goes, I have found Dr K to be easy going and lots

of fun when I have had brief interactions with him. I think he would get a

kick out of it. Personally I mean only great respect with a lot of affection

and

a little humor when I use that term of endearment. I say if it feels right,

do it!

WEBSTERS:

Main Entry: ka·hu·na

Pronunciation: k & -'hü-n &

Function: noun

Etymology: Hawaiian

Date: 1886

: a Hawaiian witch doctor

In our case " switch doctor " ...lol

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

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In a message dated 1/30/04 11:01:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,

p_welborn13@... writes:

> we told her it hurt

> because she didn't have a piece of rawhid to bite down on..lol

>

Anybody got some rawhide I can borrow...lol

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

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In a message dated 1/30/04 11:01:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,

p_welborn13@... writes:

> we told her it hurt

> because she didn't have a piece of rawhid to bite down on..lol

>

Anybody got some rawhide I can borrow...lol

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

[Guest guest]

> I will be calling the office on Friday in hopes of

rescheduling. I NEED

> this surgery and I'm not giving up! Next time I'll tell the

nurse to just

> give me a shot of whiskey and a bullet to hold in my teeth. That

should do it

> for anesthesia.

> -:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

> Of Eureka

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Jeanne,

I was wondering about you this morning when I called the hosp and

they said you weren't registered.

Next time you will know not to have that drug..lol Sorry you had to

go thru all that and still not have surgery.Maybe it wasn't to be

that day,we have to remember that everything is in Gods time not

ours.

I remember one time when my mom got a bad cat scratch,so my brother

and I had some 150proff rum and we said Mom let us clean it.Well we

did,and if she could have got up from the chair she would have

killed us..LOL When she caught her breath we told her it hurt

because she didn't have a piece of rawhid to bite down on..lol

Needless to say she wouldn't let us help her anymore.

Second time around for you will be a snap.

God bless,and hope you get your date very soon.

When they send me back your card I will just hold it until you do get

your surgery..lol

Pat

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>

>

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[Guest guest]

> Hi Friends,

> I am writing from home because I didn't have my surgery. I

was all

> ready to go, on the gurney, IV in place, even had my blood

thinner. I was not

> extremely nervous or anything which in retrospect is really

surprising since I am

> a " virgin " to surgery. The nurse started injecting medicines

into the IV

Oh, Jeanne:

I'm so sorry that you were not able to get the grand opening!

Hopefully they can reschedule you real soon - I would love to have

you as a fellow inmate in Feb- or, maybe they can put you in the

March 1st spot that I vacated.

I would ask them about the possibility of an allergic reaction to the

sedative –I don't know how often it happens. You certainly don't

want to go through it again. If it was an anxiety attack, from

personal experience, it's really scary. I've had only one – but I

though that I was having a stroke! My dh rushed me to the ER. Some

of what you described sounded similar to the feelings that I had.

I'm going to Kinko's this week to see if I can have a t-shirt made up

for the hospital. It will have Dr. K's photo from the

obesityhelp.com website and underneath will have what you call him,

Da Big K-huna. Think he'll like it?

Melinda in NM

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Jeanne,

Oh man, big time bummer. Allergic to Versed!! That's the " good

stuff " . But there is other stuff they can give you to relax you. I

hope they can squeeze you in sometime real soon. I'm sure God has a

reason for your surgery being post-poned.

Hugs,

Laurie in WI

DS Revision 8/12/04

Dr. Ara Keshishian

195 days to go!!!

[Guest guest]

Jeanne,

Oh man, big time bummer. Allergic to Versed!! That's the " good

stuff " . But there is other stuff they can give you to relax you. I

hope they can squeeze you in sometime real soon. I'm sure God has a

reason for your surgery being post-poned.

Hugs,

Laurie in WI

DS Revision 8/12/04

Dr. Ara Keshishian

195 days to go!!!

[Guest guest]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:41:47 EST, gertilubop@... wrote:

>After doing research and also

>finding out that my niece had the same reaction to Versed I am sure that it was

>an allergic reaction.

Jeanne,

Happy to hear you've done the research and came to that conclusion. Now, I

hope the office can reschedule you in the very near future so you can join

the rest of us " Losers " .

Just make sure you remember to fill in that blank " Are you alergic to any

drugs " with the new info. ;-))

Jerry

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:46:18 EST, gertilubop@... wrote:

>Anybody got some rawhide I can borrow...lol

Jeanne,

Not rawhide, but if I search hard enough I should be able to find a piece

of old shoe leather.. Nope, that's not it either, it's part of the

leftover steak from the other night. Just thought it was an old shoe. LOL

Jerry

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In a message dated 1/30/2004 3:03:28 AM Central Standard Time,

gertilubop@... writes:

Well after that everything went downhill. I got even more hot, dripping

with sweat, started squirming on the table and really couldn't think

straight. I wanted to cry but I couldn't make any tears. All I could think

of was

getting off that table and getting those blankety blank surgical hose off of

my

legs. All I could SAY was " I wanna go home " " I can't do this " . Of course

everyone thought that I was just scared so they called the OR and cancelled

the

surgery and Dr K came in and said that it was no problem, that I could have

surgery some other time.

Honey...you sound like you had a drug reaction. It sounds exactly like what

happened to me twice.

When I had my 1st myleogram they gave me IV valium and I had the same

thing almost to the letter happen, but I was lying on a table with a needle in

my

lower spine and couldn't get up. At the time I didn't know it was the valium.

I kept telling the nurse I was gonna pass out and she was like... " oh you'll

be fine " and I had to have myself flat with my head back for the neck part.

They had a washrag over a foam block under my neck. (To keep the dye from going

p

to the brain. I finally decided I was going to die and they were going to let

me lie there and die, so I just went limp and had that " close to passing out

but quite doing it feeling " and my neck moved. The nurse got scared and

grabbed some washcloths and started washing my face. I lived through it, but

said

I'd never have it again...well, I lied. I had another myleogram a year later and

was fine. But withthe first, I was sleepy, but couldn't sleep for hours and

felt anxious like I wanted to get up and run but was tired. Didn't think of

what was differentbetween the two myleograms until later after I got a

prescription for valium for muscle relaxers(My pain doc wanted to try it for

some

reason) It was awful!!! I had the same exact symptoms as previously. But no pro

ceedure and it was easier to figure out what to blame. Several years later I had

my records and was able to see....The second Myleogram didn't give valium.

The second time was when I got a Prescription for xanax. I had a similar

reaction and called the pharamcist and he told me the drugs were similar....I

believe he said " first cousins " I add those both to my list of drug

reactions and allergies.

I also had a similar reaction to a IV dose of phenergan. I can take it

orally, but can't take the IV form....

Next time make sure versed is listed as a drug allergy on your forms and

ask before they give you anything. You should have made sure they realized it

was the drug, because they probabally would have admitted you for observation

just to make sure you didn't get worse. I know at the time it's hard to

realize just what it was, but now that you have had the chance to look back you

will

know next time. Just say, No happy juice for me.....LOL. Seriously, there are

other drugs that can help you to relax, and tell the nurse and the

annesthesiologist exactly what happened last time before they give you anything.

Maybe

they could have given you a drug to stop the reaction and help you relax if

they had been able to recognize it.

Next time will be the real Grand opening.....LOL.

in Bama

VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's)

VBG to RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299)

RNY to DS revision Dec 2002 -down 118 lbs so far (377.7 to 259.4 and still

going

Homepage address- http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html

Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/30/2004 3:54:08 PM Central Standard Time,

gertilubop@... writes:

In our case " switch doctor " ...lol

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

Well Did the Kahuna reschedule you?

in Bama

VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's)

VBG to RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299)

RNY to DS revision Dec 2002 -down 118 lbs so far (377.7 to 259.4 and still

going

Homepage address- http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html

Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/30/2004 2:04:51 PM Central Standard Time,

lomo@... writes:

I'm going to Kinko's this week to see if I can have a t-shirt made up

for the hospital. It will have Dr. K's photo from the

obesityhelp.com website and underneath will have what you call him,

Da Big K-huna. Think he'll like it?

Melinda in NM

I want one!!!

in Bama

VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's)

VBG to RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299)

RNY to DS revision Dec 2002 -down 118 lbs so far (377.7 to 259.4 and still

going

Homepage address- http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html

Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL

[Guest guest]

Yes the switch doctor gave me April 9th. I'm almost afraid to post it

though...might jinx it...lol I think I'll just sneak in and do it and then tell

y'all about it ;^)

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne!

I'm so sorry about the reaction to the versed but congratulations on getting

a new date for the grand opening with da big K-huna -- April 9th...recovery in

spring instead of winter...sounds good to me! Hugs and blessings, Ann

[Guest guest]

Wow Mel it really helps knowing that someone else has had a similar

experience and that I am not just a big nut...lol.

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/31/2004 1:45:25 AM Central Standard Time,

gertilubop@... writes:

Wow Mel it really helps knowing that someone else has had a similar

experience and that I am not just a big nut...lol.

Hugz

-:¦:-Jeanne -:¦:-

Of Eureka, CA

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See, we are good for each other on this list...makes us feel so " not alone " .

I completely understand what happened.

in Bama

VBG 1982 (lost from 433lbs to 270's)

VBG to RNY1996 revision(Lost from 343 to 299)

RNY to DS revision Dec 2002 -down 118 lbs so far (377.7 to 259.4 and still

going

Homepage address- http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/myhomepage/profile.html

Many thanks to Dr. K willing to take on a 3rd timer....LOL

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear this Jeanne.

Hope the next time round is better. We are all here for you so lean on us for

support!!

Hugs

Kristy

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear this Jeanne.

Hope the next time round is better. We are all here for you so lean on us for

support!!

Hugs

Kristy

[Guest guest]

> Yes the switch doctor gave me April 9th.

*********

My mother's birthday, it has to be lucky! LOl!

marta