Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Karly, Glad to hear you come thru knee surgery sans sugar! That was a laugh to know your ears were working thru your semi conscious state. Here's to a successful recovery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 You are a brave woman, Karyl And I am sure the talk at the nurses station, LOL. Joya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Hi Karyl I am praying for a speedy recovery for you! Dianne 163/140/138 " The weakest among us can become some kind of an athlete, but only the strongest can survive as spectators. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Karyl, I did the same thing when I had my abdominal surgery this past spring. It's nice when they don't laugh at us, isn't it? Hope you recover really fast. Glad it's over for you. Jayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs Karyl}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Glad to hear you made it through the surgery fine and are home recouping :-) Too funny about the *no sugar* LOL but so glad they listened to you. Now you take it easy and get back on your feet fast :-) Take Care G. 230/210/130 Sept/2000 ICQ #349692 Home Page - http://www.brunnet.net/k & l You can't change the direction of the wind, But you can adjust your sails. Owner of Atkins Challengers mailing list - to join go to - http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/AtkinsChallengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2000 Report Share Posted November 23, 2000 Karyl, SO glad you made it through OK. Take it easy on yourself and you will be good as new before you know it. corky > Hi All - Just thought I'd post a quickie and let you know that I made it > through knee surgery yesterday just fine. I heard the nurses talking in the > recovery room about " hanging some sugar water " for me....I, through the > oxygen mask yelled " NO SUGAR. " I couldn't believe I did that. The nurse > came over to me and talked to me. I told her I was on Atkins and I hadn't had > sugar since early September. She said she would just give me straight > water. I guess this means that I have the Atkins way of life deep inside me > after all > > Karyl in Illinois who is bandaged from crotch to toes on her right leg, > but STILL checking e-mail daily! > > Please visit our homepage at http://members.xoom.com/AChallengers > You will find information, recipes, before and after pictures. > To contact the list owner please send mail to lindag@... > Visit our 2000 Train Tour Site - http://www.brunnet.net/k & l/web_site_train_tour/actraintour.htm > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2000 Report Share Posted November 23, 2000 HI Karyl I hope that you are up and about soon. My Dad who is 77 had a hip replacement last Feb and it is hard for me to keep up with him when we go shopping. Take care. And glad to hear that Sussanah is getting better even if it is slow. Norma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2002 Report Share Posted December 11, 2002 I had surgery on Monday and just got home this afternoon. The surgery went well, but I ended up having two hernias instead of just one. One was a large incisional hernia. That was the one that was bulging out. The other was an inguinal hernia. The surgeon found no adhesions around the bile duct or pancreas. However, he believes that the incisional hernia could have been causing many of my problems. We won't know for sure until a few weeks goes by with no episodes of pain, nausea, vomiting, elevated panc/liver enzymes. The surgeon had told me that if the hernia was incisional (and not inguinal) that the surgery was a great deal more painful. He was not kidding! I was expecting pain along the lines of my gastric bypass. After all, how painful can laparscopic surgery be? Hah! I'm hear to tell you it can be quite painful. It has been every bit as painful if not more than my abdominal hysterectomy I had back in 93. Moving is pretty much torture. getting out of be or back into bed is quite difficult and painful! I am not to lift anything over 5 lbs until I see the surgeon in two weeks. He also said I can't go back to work til after I see him either. He said he'll decide when he sees me how much longer my activities will be restricted. My lower left belly looks a good 5 months pregnant, but it's a lopsided pregnancy! I gained 10 lbs in the 3 days in the hospital. I'm sure it's just fluid, but I sure won't be wearing anything but loose fitting sweat pants and such for the next few weeks. My GI doc came to see me each day I was in the hospital. He told me he has no anwers for me but that he is going to keep digging til he determines what is going on with me. He's got me scheduled to do an ERCP to remove the stent from the bile duct and to do a liver biopsy on Dec 27th. They did a 24 hour urine test for porpho something. Can't remember the name and haven't had a chance to look it up. My hospital experience was wonderful, as it always is at Baptist Medical Center Montclair in Birmingham, AL. The nurses are the greatest. Suprisingly, I had almost no nausea at all with this surgery. I was able to eat without it causing pain or nausea, also. I ended up having to delete most of my messages as I had 450! If there was anything important that I need to know, would someone please send it to me again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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