Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 In a message dated 12/7/2004 12:52:45 P.M. Central Standard Time, soarthruwind@... writes: It also means heartburn really bad from the acid. I also got air blocked in the small intestine so water wouldn't even pass through. I would drink my water but it would sit in my stomach, churn with the acid until I had to throw up. So, I went back two times for severe ketoacidosis, air in the small intestine and dehydration. ________________________________________________ You know I have always wondered why acid was so bad for some people post op and not others. Despite the protonix, I had horrible acid. It started about the time I was heading home from Ca, and lasted for weeks. It was also about the time my bowel spasms started, and I assume these were from acid. On the return trip, I went by way of the bar iatric limo to LAX. They guy was nice, but we flew. Never having been a backseat sort of person(Bad motion sickness) I was miserable when we got to LAX. I went straight to the ladies room and dry heaved acid up. I felt like if I threw up I'd feel better. After we got the bags checked in, I was still sick. Tom suggested that maybe because I hadn't eaten anything (we left Bakersfield at about 2:30 AM) maybe something to eat would help. The only area open was Burger King and they had a Croissan'wich and I ate a little bit of egg and Tom ate the rest. By the time we boarded the plane I was so sick I thought I'd die. This little old lady who sat next to Tom eventually suggested that she had some Riopan if I wanted some and it was a miracle! By the time we got to Denver I was ok and was able to eat a little bit of cream of broccoli soup. I tell you what, I don't think I'd have lived through that flight without that little old ladies help...LOL. The pilot walked back at one point and apologized profusely, saying they were " trying to hold it steady " and I had to explain it wasn't from the plane but the Limo ride. The next few weeks Mylanta was my constant companion....LOL. Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Mel, I can imagine how scared you were. I was also scared when I had complications. After my surgery my blood sugars were peaking from the diabetes. Dr. K has done over 700 surgeries I believe and he said I am the first person this has happened to. Right after surgery the blood sugars are supposed to go down. But mine were haywire and I got ketoacidosis severely. Ketoacidosis zaps the potassium from the body which regulates the heart. It also means heartburn really bad from the acid. I also got air blocked in the small intestine so water wouldn't even pass through. I would drink my water but it would sit in my stomach, churn with the acid until I had to throw up. So, I went back two times for severe ketoacidosis, air in the small intestine and dehydration. I was so scared that I had a blockage and would have to have surgery again. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and Dr K sent me to a convalescent hospital. I was supposed to stay a week there but I felt I could care better for myself at home. I feel that Dr K is an awesome doctor. He took care of me. He is a very sweet man. I just am not your typical patient I guess, lol. I am glad that you and I and everyone else made it through this surgery to reap the benefits. -- **Wake me up from the nothing that I've become** -------------- Original message -------------- In a message dated 12/6/2004 4:03:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, soarthruwind@... writes: But, if anyone asks me for advice, I will always tell them to make sure they understand the risks because it can happen to anyone (severe complications), I just had the idea it couldn't happen to me and I was really wrong about that. ___________________________________________________________________ , I think all people think that because of a inborn protective mechanism. We can't comprehend anything else. We just know we will be the lucky ones or we wouldn't be able to allow ourselves to do something so drastic to our bodies. What complications did you have? I know I probably read that somewhere, But I have deleted quite a few posts in the last couple of months when my fibro was flaring. Too much and not feeling like sitting at a desk. As far as just knowing there would be no problems, I thought that. As I was leaving Dr. K's office I looked at him, and said " just do me one thing, Take care of me. " And he said he would. And for some reason I felt he would. I've said this before, I felt he had the most compassion of ANY surgeon I've ever met. And as a nurse, I've met quite a few. When I developed my leak, I had me a crybaby fit! I had this horrible " Why me? " and quite a few " I wanna go home " Tantrums. Poor Tom, was alone in putting up with the worst of it, and it inevitably got bad almost every night when it started getting dark. I cried all day Christmas day and some nights cried myself to sleep. Another pt developed a leak and he had a second surgery. I was scared to death that the leak wouldn't heal soon and wondered if being NPO was not going to heal it and I would end up with surgery anyway. I kept thinking " why doesn't he fix it where I can get better and go home? " I couldn't allow myself to think of anything worse happening. As I was getting ready to go home, The pt who had the second surgery developed complications and died. It was a big blow to me that I was all pissed that he redid the second person and I had to wait things out and now I was going home and the other person didn't. And to think I was envious! Talk about a reality check! Many people offered their homes for Christmas including Dee. It was nice that they offered, But I think it would have made things worse. I am a control freak. I want to know what is going to happen and that it will all be ok. This situation was out of my control and I hated it. I think that there are the nicest bunch of people in the Bakersfield area. Over the years we have talked about maybe moving to an area that was a different climate for my Fibro and see if that helps. I probability won't do it, but it is definitely on a list of possibilities just due to the nice people I met. I had many visitors. Lots of support for someone who never knew anyone in ca. Up to a year before surgery. The guys on this group are amazing! Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Mel, I can imagine how scared you were. I was also scared when I had complications. After my surgery my blood sugars were peaking from the diabetes. Dr. K has done over 700 surgeries I believe and he said I am the first person this has happened to. Right after surgery the blood sugars are supposed to go down. But mine were haywire and I got ketoacidosis severely. Ketoacidosis zaps the potassium from the body which regulates the heart. It also means heartburn really bad from the acid. I also got air blocked in the small intestine so water wouldn't even pass through. I would drink my water but it would sit in my stomach, churn with the acid until I had to throw up. So, I went back two times for severe ketoacidosis, air in the small intestine and dehydration. I was so scared that I had a blockage and would have to have surgery again. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and Dr K sent me to a convalescent hospital. I was supposed to stay a week there but I felt I could care better for myself at home. I feel that Dr K is an awesome doctor. He took care of me. He is a very sweet man. I just am not your typical patient I guess, lol. I am glad that you and I and everyone else made it through this surgery to reap the benefits. -- **Wake me up from the nothing that I've become** -------------- Original message -------------- In a message dated 12/6/2004 4:03:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, soarthruwind@... writes: But, if anyone asks me for advice, I will always tell them to make sure they understand the risks because it can happen to anyone (severe complications), I just had the idea it couldn't happen to me and I was really wrong about that. ___________________________________________________________________ , I think all people think that because of a inborn protective mechanism. We can't comprehend anything else. We just know we will be the lucky ones or we wouldn't be able to allow ourselves to do something so drastic to our bodies. What complications did you have? I know I probably read that somewhere, But I have deleted quite a few posts in the last couple of months when my fibro was flaring. Too much and not feeling like sitting at a desk. As far as just knowing there would be no problems, I thought that. As I was leaving Dr. K's office I looked at him, and said " just do me one thing, Take care of me. " And he said he would. And for some reason I felt he would. I've said this before, I felt he had the most compassion of ANY surgeon I've ever met. And as a nurse, I've met quite a few. When I developed my leak, I had me a crybaby fit! I had this horrible " Why me? " and quite a few " I wanna go home " Tantrums. Poor Tom, was alone in putting up with the worst of it, and it inevitably got bad almost every night when it started getting dark. I cried all day Christmas day and some nights cried myself to sleep. Another pt developed a leak and he had a second surgery. I was scared to death that the leak wouldn't heal soon and wondered if being NPO was not going to heal it and I would end up with surgery anyway. I kept thinking " why doesn't he fix it where I can get better and go home? " I couldn't allow myself to think of anything worse happening. As I was getting ready to go home, The pt who had the second surgery developed complications and died. It was a big blow to me that I was all pissed that he redid the second person and I had to wait things out and now I was going home and the other person didn't. And to think I was envious! Talk about a reality check! Many people offered their homes for Christmas including Dee. It was nice that they offered, But I think it would have made things worse. I am a control freak. I want to know what is going to happen and that it will all be ok. This situation was out of my control and I hated it. I think that there are the nicest bunch of people in the Bakersfield area. Over the years we have talked about maybe moving to an area that was a different climate for my Fibro and see if that helps. I probability won't do it, but it is definitely on a list of possibilities just due to the nice people I met. I had many visitors. Lots of support for someone who never knew anyone in ca. Up to a year before surgery. The guys on this group are amazing! Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Mel, I can imagine how scared you were. I was also scared when I had complications. After my surgery my blood sugars were peaking from the diabetes. Dr. K has done over 700 surgeries I believe and he said I am the first person this has happened to. Right after surgery the blood sugars are supposed to go down. But mine were haywire and I got ketoacidosis severely. Ketoacidosis zaps the potassium from the body which regulates the heart. It also means heartburn really bad from the acid. I also got air blocked in the small intestine so water wouldn't even pass through. I would drink my water but it would sit in my stomach, churn with the acid until I had to throw up. So, I went back two times for severe ketoacidosis, air in the small intestine and dehydration. I was so scared that I had a blockage and would have to have surgery again. I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and Dr K sent me to a convalescent hospital. I was supposed to stay a week there but I felt I could care better for myself at home. I feel that Dr K is an awesome doctor. He took care of me. He is a very sweet man. I just am not your typical patient I guess, lol. I am glad that you and I and everyone else made it through this surgery to reap the benefits. -- **Wake me up from the nothing that I've become** -------------- Original message -------------- In a message dated 12/6/2004 4:03:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, soarthruwind@... writes: But, if anyone asks me for advice, I will always tell them to make sure they understand the risks because it can happen to anyone (severe complications), I just had the idea it couldn't happen to me and I was really wrong about that. ___________________________________________________________________ , I think all people think that because of a inborn protective mechanism. We can't comprehend anything else. We just know we will be the lucky ones or we wouldn't be able to allow ourselves to do something so drastic to our bodies. What complications did you have? I know I probably read that somewhere, But I have deleted quite a few posts in the last couple of months when my fibro was flaring. Too much and not feeling like sitting at a desk. As far as just knowing there would be no problems, I thought that. As I was leaving Dr. K's office I looked at him, and said " just do me one thing, Take care of me. " And he said he would. And for some reason I felt he would. I've said this before, I felt he had the most compassion of ANY surgeon I've ever met. And as a nurse, I've met quite a few. When I developed my leak, I had me a crybaby fit! I had this horrible " Why me? " and quite a few " I wanna go home " Tantrums. Poor Tom, was alone in putting up with the worst of it, and it inevitably got bad almost every night when it started getting dark. I cried all day Christmas day and some nights cried myself to sleep. Another pt developed a leak and he had a second surgery. I was scared to death that the leak wouldn't heal soon and wondered if being NPO was not going to heal it and I would end up with surgery anyway. I kept thinking " why doesn't he fix it where I can get better and go home? " I couldn't allow myself to think of anything worse happening. As I was getting ready to go home, The pt who had the second surgery developed complications and died. It was a big blow to me that I was all pissed that he redid the second person and I had to wait things out and now I was going home and the other person didn't. And to think I was envious! Talk about a reality check! Many people offered their homes for Christmas including Dee. It was nice that they offered, But I think it would have made things worse. I am a control freak. I want to know what is going to happen and that it will all be ok. This situation was out of my control and I hated it. I think that there are the nicest bunch of people in the Bakersfield area. Over the years we have talked about maybe moving to an area that was a different climate for my Fibro and see if that helps. I probability won't do it, but it is definitely on a list of possibilities just due to the nice people I met. I had many visitors. Lots of support for someone who never knew anyone in ca. Up to a year before surgery. The guys on this group are amazing! Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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