Re: Colectomy is over!

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Juls,

I'm sorry you're hurting..... hang in there and things will get better for you.

Phil

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Colectomy is over!

Hi all,

I'm home and suffering with the " buyers remorse " . Very similar emotions,

hurting body like with the DS. This was a lot harder than I thought it would

be. I had like no pain with my TT/Hernia repair, and I thought this would be

the same. I thought it was all about pain control, but I've not been able to

control that. Thank God for Dr. K. The hospital here says I have sinus

Bradycardia. I guess it's normal for DS pts? My labs were funky, and they

wanted me to see an endocrinologist. I will follow up my labs with Dr. K. I

had

to get myself out of bed and get walking after surgery. The nursing staff

couldn't believe it. I guess I'm well trained after the DS.

Hope you are all doing well,

Juls - NM

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Juls,

Sorry about the buyers remorse ! But glad you are up and walking !

Keep resting and feeling better .

Ginger <><

>

> Hi all,

>

> I'm home and suffering with the " buyers remorse " . Very similar

emotions,

> hurting body like with the DS. This was a lot harder than I

thought it would

> be. I had like no pain with my TT/Hernia repair, and I thought

this would be

> the same. I thought it was all about pain control, but I've not

been able to

> control that. Thank God for Dr. K. The hospital here says I have

sinus

> Bradycardia. I guess it's normal for DS pts? My labs were funky,

and they

> wanted me to see an endocrinologist. I will follow up my labs

with Dr. K. I had

> to get myself out of bed and get walking after surgery. The

nursing staff

> couldn't believe it. I guess I'm well trained after the DS.

>

> Hope you are all doing well,

> Juls - NM

>

>

>

> **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find

your travel

> deal here.

> (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey, Juls. Hope you are having a better day. You are in my thoughts.

< Colectomy is over!

Hi all,

I'm home and suffering with the " buyers remorse " . Very similar emotions,

hurting body like with the DS. This was a lot harder than I thought it

would

be. I had like no pain with my TT/Hernia repair, and I thought this

would be

the same. I thought it was all about pain control, but I've not been

able to

control that. Thank God for Dr. K. The hospital here says I have sinus

Bradycardia. I guess it's normal for DS pts? My labs were funky, and

they

wanted me to see an endocrinologist. I will follow up my labs with Dr.

K. I had

to get myself out of bed and get walking after surgery. The nursing

staff

couldn't believe it. I guess I'm well trained after the DS.

Hope you are all doing well,

Juls - NM

**************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your

travel

deal here.

( http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047

<http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047> )

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Hi Juls,

I'm glad to hear you're home and I'll pray you have a speedy

recovery. Reading this makes me very nervous, I have to have a

Colectomy too and I've heard how hard and painful it will be...:-(

I'm so not looking forward to it. but I have to have it so I will

have to make the best of it. I'm having it done in Delano with Dr.K

as I don't know anyone local and we dont have any local doctors who

are familiar with the DS, I dont need them to go in there and think

my DS route is what caused it and put me back the way I was...:-( If

you don't mind telling me...how long did you have to stay in the

hospital? I was told 3-5 days then to hang around close by until I

see Dr K in his office. I'm not looking forward to the 8 hr drive

home, after my DS I didnt have any trouble riding in the car or

getting around after I had my drains out only before the drains were

out. I feel more nervous about this surgery than I did the DS too,

probably because I know how the DS was and this one will be harder

and more painful...will Dr K give me the pca pump for pain again? and

did your dr give you anything for the spasms? I was told Dr K would

give me valium or a muscle relaxer for them if I needed it one. Well

this has kept you long enough, I hope you're feeling better and I

also hope you feel up to replying to this. take care and get better

soon...lots of gentle hugs and prayers.....Melody " Mel "

>

> Hi all,

>

> I'm home and suffering with the " buyers remorse " . Very similar

emotions,

> hurting body like with the DS. This was a lot harder than I

thought it would

> be. I had like no pain with my TT/Hernia repair, and I thought

this would be

> the same. I thought it was all about pain control, but I've not

been able to

> control that. Thank God for Dr. K. The hospital here says I have

sinus

> Bradycardia. I guess it's normal for DS pts? My labs were funky,

and they

> wanted me to see an endocrinologist. I will follow up my labs

with Dr. K. I had

> to get myself out of bed and get walking after surgery. The

nursing staff

> couldn't believe it. I guess I'm well trained after the DS.

>

> Hope you are all doing well,

> Juls - NM

>

>

>

> **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find

your travel

> deal here.

> (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

>

>

>

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Thanks so much! I appreciate every well wisher. I am getting a little

better everyday.

Juls - NM

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[Guest guest]

Don't be worried. It's not that bad. It is for a few days, but like my

hubby says, it's only been a week. I am such a go getter, and for me to be

held

down, it harder than anything. Actually, I could probably go back to work a

couple of hours a day if I weren't so spoiled.

You have the best Dr. around and hospital to fix your situation. If my

insurance would have approved me to go to CA, I'd have been there in two

seconds.

Dr. K said for me to go home and let my local surgeon perform the surgery

on me as colectomies are the bread and butter of any board certified surgeon.

Plus Dr. K had spoken with my local surgeon and found him to be quite

competent. It's funny, my local surgeon talked to Dr. K, and was so highly

impressed as well. Even the hospitalists who spoke to Dr. K about my labs were

impressed. It's not just us that knows he's the best.

My local surgeon said that he did look around at my plumbing while he was in

there, and he was impressed. He didn't mess with anything, but he admitted

to taking a " peek " .

Your surgery will go well, cuz Dr. K will be in charge.

Good luck and have faith,

Juls - NM

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[Guest guest]

Hi Juls,

Just checking in with you to see how you're doing. I hope your pain

is under control and look forward to hearing how good you feel once

this too is healed.

I'm scheduled for mine Sept.5th, it will be my 1 year surgiversary, I

never had trouble with hernia's and haven't had a tt just the DS 1 yr

ago the 5th of Sept. 2007 so I've been blessed but I'm still not

looking forward to this surgery but I know I will have lots of

prayers and I have to endure it and the way things are right now I

have to take that nasty phosfo soda in order to have a decent bowel

movement otherwise I wont go and we all know how nasty that stuff

taste....YUCK!!! anyway, I just wanted to check in with you and see

how you're doing...I'll keep praying that your pain fades away fast

and that you'll be up feeling like new soon.

Hugs and Prayers, Melody

>

> Hi all,

>

> I'm home and suffering with the " buyers remorse " . Very similar

emotions,

> hurting body like with the DS. This was a lot harder than I

thought it would

> be. I had like no pain with my TT/Hernia repair, and I thought

this would be

> the same. I thought it was all about pain control, but I've not

been able to

> control that. Thank God for Dr. K. The hospital here says I have

sinus

> Bradycardia. I guess it's normal for DS pts? My labs were funky,

and they

> wanted me to see an endocrinologist. I will follow up my labs

with Dr. K. I had

> to get myself out of bed and get walking after surgery. The

nursing staff

> couldn't believe it. I guess I'm well trained after the DS.

>

> Hope you are all doing well,

> Juls - NM

>

>

>

> **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find

your travel

> deal here.

> (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Juls, I know I'm in good hands, Dr. K had said he thought there were

surgeons here who could do it and also has a collegue in Sacremento who does the

DS that he knows could do it but that I was the boss and if I wanted hiim then

he would be happy to do it. I explained my fears of anyone here doing it, not as

much the doctors but the nurses, my late husband lost his leg from a staph

infection caused by a nurse removing his dressing and the cleaning it and

redressing it withou using anything sterile, no sterile gloves, no sterile

saline solution nothing, in fact they changed a dresing they werent suppose to

change, it was a total knee replacement and the doctor left  strick orders not

to change the dressing that he would change it and they did it anyway...his was

only one of several surgeries that ended up with staph infections and our

hospital was close to being shut down....anyway, I'm sure they've gotten better

since then but I dont trust

anyone here to do it and Dr. K understands how I feel and my dh agrees, it's 8

hrs away but were going to take our dog to our daughters in ville on the

way and spend a couple of nights then stop back for a couple of nights on the

way home.  I've been wanting to go see the grandkids and this is a good

excuse...:-)

Thank you again for helping me feel better, I know it will only be bad for a few

days then each day will get better, I'm just not looking forward to this one,

but I have to have it done and I have the best DR doing it so I'll be fine,

besides God is in control of all things so between God, Dr.K and my DH taking

care of me I know I'll be fine :-)

Take Care Juls and I'm glad to hear each day is getting better, keep me updates

so I know about how long to expect to be down...I have a lot I want to do in my

yard before Winter comes and I havent been feeling good enough to do as much as

I'd like to.

 

Mel~DS 9/5/2007 Dr. K

sw-289/gw-165/cw-206

[Guest guest]

Juls

I'm glad to know that you are getting better. But the Recuperation

time still sucks!

You were blessed with your local surgeon. The willingness to consult

with Dr. K is a sign of a GREAT doctor. I'm sure that your local

surgeon wouldn't of had any problems doing the surgery without

consulting Dr. K...but by his doing so, he eliminated some of the

surprise factors and made his patient feel a bit more secure.

Try to REST while you are healing! Pamper yourself a little bit.

Healing Hugs

Jo

>

> Don't be worried. It's not that bad. It is for a few days, but

like my

> hubby says, it's only been a week. I am such a go getter, and for

me to be held

> down, it harder than anything. Actually, I could probably go back

to work a

> couple of hours a day if I weren't so spoiled.

>

> You have the best Dr. around and hospital to fix your situation.

If my

> insurance would have approved me to go to CA, I'd have been there

in two seconds.

> Dr. K said for me to go home and let my local surgeon perform the

surgery

> on me as colectomies are the bread and butter of any board

certified surgeon.

> Plus Dr. K had spoken with my local surgeon and found him to be

quite

> competent. It's funny, my local surgeon talked to Dr. K, and was

so highly

> impressed as well. Even the hospitalists who spoke to Dr. K about

my labs were

> impressed. It's not just us that knows he's the best.

>

> My local surgeon said that he did look around at my plumbing while

he was in

> there, and he was impressed. He didn't mess with anything, but he

admitted

> to taking a " peek " .

>

> Your surgery will go well, cuz Dr. K will be in charge.

>

> Good luck and have faith,

> Juls - NM

>

>

>

> **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find

your travel

> deal here.

> (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

>

>

>