RE: I'm Home!!!

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In a message dated 6/18/00 1:43:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

sandianz@... writes:

> Hi all,

> Finally got home yesterday, Saturday, and am doing great. Just went

> out for my second walk today with dh.

I'm glad to see your doing so well. Keep up the short walks. Stay well.

NORMA IN MASS.

259/194/119

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Welcome home Sandi, you are a inspiration, I can not wait to be where you

are today, I finally am getting excited. finally!!!! Wishing you a good

recovery, HUGS

Ruthann

Beyond Myself Somewhere

I await my arrival.

AIM Qpugs

Pre-op

DR. Aslam, Augusta, Maine

surgery for weight loss.

Beyond myself

somewhere

I wait for my arrival

I'm Home!!!

>Hi all,

>Finally got home yesterday, Saturday, and am doing great. Just went

>out for my second walk today with dh. Just short ones down the

>street, but up and about. Thank heavens for pain meds!! I am having

>a bit of pain , but managable with meds from Dr. Randall.

>AEverything went well except for a problem in the ICU the first nite.

>

>I got to the hospital about 6AM and checked in (dh was with me)

>went to the OR reception area and got called in to change and get

>settled by 6:20. The nurse (Noreen??) was very nice and I was glad

>to see they had an extra large gerney (spelling) for me so all was

>comfortable. They set up my IV and put on a green Alergy braclet for

>Morphine on me (important for rest of story). Noreen said that Dr,

>Randall will call at 7:10 from car to have them get my hepron and

>other meds started. The p[hone rang at exzactly 7:10 and all she

>said was Hello Dr., Randall, sure enough, it was him. I guess they

>can set their watches by him!! So they started with some shots and

>them the ansthesiologist came in to talk to me and dh. Then

>everything went so fast. Said I love you to dh and kissed him and

>off I went with OR nurses. Was moved into OR and they scooted me

>over and I remember we were chatting about something, I think it was

>about doctors height, Dr. Randall is not the Jolly Green Giant!!

>LOL, anyway that is all I remember then I woke up to the worst cramps

>in my stomach I have ever had in my life. It hurst so bad, it nearly

>brought me to tears. I don't remember much about the rocovery room,

>thank goodness. I went to ICU (standard with Dr) and got settled in

>a glorious bariatric bed. It was heaaven sent, I can't imagine

>getting up from a reg bed, this was awesome. Dh, Mom, Dad and

>daughter were with me till about 9PM.

>

>Then they almost killed me. I cannot stress enough, ASK WHAT THEY

>ARE GIVING YOU EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

>The IV nurse came in about 7pm and changed my demoral PCA med.

>Apparently, she put in morphine, instead of demoral, but it was set

>up to give me a dose of demoral, which is five times more than a

>morphine dose, BIG MISTAKE. So I was getting five times more

>morphine than than you are supposed to get. I felt it getting really

>weird and could not even dial the phone. I told the nurse I felt

>like I was in High School!!! I was soooo high, I had NO pain, and

>could have run a marathon at this point, but was way too high. About

>11pm, the ICU nurse came in and told me what happened. They shut off

>all meds and watched me every 10minutes all night. It is really all

>a haze and I don't remember much except scared when the ICU nurse

>came in and told me what had ahappened. Dr. Randall was livid and so

>was everyone else. If I were a smaller person, I would be dead right

>now. I am so grateful that she realized what the IV nurse had done

>so that steps could be taken. I am so grateful to be well.

>

>Besides from that, all went extremely well, walked ALLOT AND WALKED

>MORE. It hurt, but I walked after pain meds were taken and that

>eased the pain. Each day was soooo much better than the day before.

>After I realized that, then I pushed myself more cuz I knew that it

>would be better tomorrow and it always was.

>

>Sorry for the length. Thank you for the visit Annie and Maura. Your

>visits uplifted me so much. And Annie, you eased my parents minds

>allot with your visit.

>

>Your prayers and thoughts were received as I sit here 5 days post and

>feel pretty good. Sipping, Sipping Sipping.

>

>love to all

>Sandy A.

>

>

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WELCOME HOME SANDY!!!!! Wow what a story huh? Thank god they figured out their mistake! I am glad to hear you are feeling well! Sounds like you are walking walking walking! Good for you!

Take care and here is to a speedy and uneventful recovery!!!

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Welcome Home Sandy....I am glad you are home and on your way to a full recovery. Take it easy

Debbie

1/13/00 Dr Bruce Thayer

Newton Wellesley Hospital

305/215/150

Re: I'm Home!!!

WELCOME HOME SANDY!!!!! Wow what a story huh? Thank god they figured out their mistake! I am glad to hear you are feeling well! Sounds like you are walking walking walking! Good for you!

Take care and here is to a speedy and uneventful recovery!!!

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sandy,

glad to hear your doing so well and r home now. if you r up to it look for

me @ wed. meeting and say hello.

maura

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 17:40:47 -0000, OSSG-NewEnglandegroups wrote:

> Hi all,

> Finally got home yesterday, Saturday, and am doing great. Just went

> out for my second walk today with dh. Just short ones down the

> street, but up and about. Thank heavens for pain meds!! I am having

> a bit of pain , but managable with meds from Dr. Randall.

> AEverything went well except for a problem in the ICU the first nite.

>

> I got to the hospital about 6AM and checked in (dh was with me)

> went to the OR reception area and got called in to change and get

> settled by 6:20. The nurse (Noreen??) was very nice and I was glad

> to see they had an extra large gerney (spelling) for me so all was

> comfortable. They set up my IV and put on a green Alergy braclet for

> Morphine on me (important for rest of story). Noreen said that Dr,

> Randall will call at 7:10 from car to have them get my hepron and

> other meds started. The p[hone rang at exzactly 7:10 and all she

> said was Hello Dr., Randall, sure enough, it was him. I guess they

> can set their watches by him!! So they started with some shots and

> them the ansthesiologist came in to talk to me and dh. Then

> everything went so fast. Said I love you to dh and kissed him and

> off I went with OR nurses. Was moved into OR and they scooted me

> over and I remember we were chatting about something, I think it was

> about doctors height, Dr. Randall is not the Jolly Green Giant!!

> LOL, anyway that is all I remember then I woke up to the worst cramps

> in my stomach I have ever had in my life. It hurst so bad, it nearly

> brought me to tears. I don't remember much about the rocovery room,

> thank goodness. I went to ICU (standard with Dr) and got settled in

> a glorious bariatric bed. It was heaaven sent, I can't imagine

> getting up from a reg bed, this was awesome. Dh, Mom, Dad and

> daughter were with me till about 9PM.

>

> Then they almost killed me. I cannot stress enough, ASK WHAT THEY

> ARE GIVING YOU EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> The IV nurse came in about 7pm and changed my demoral PCA med.

> Apparently, she put in morphine, instead of demoral, but it was set

> up to give me a dose of demoral, which is five times more than a

> morphine dose, BIG MISTAKE. So I was getting five times more

> morphine than than you are supposed to get. I felt it getting really

> weird and could not even dial the phone. I told the nurse I felt

> like I was in High School!!! I was soooo high, I had NO pain, and

> could have run a marathon at this point, but was way too high. About

> 11pm, the ICU nurse came in and told me what happened. They shut off

> all meds and watched me every 10minutes all night. It is really all

> a haze and I don't remember much except scared when the ICU nurse

> came in and told me what had ahappened. Dr. Randall was livid and so

> was everyone else. If I were a smaller person, I would be dead right

> now. I am so grateful that she realized what the IV nurse had done

> so that steps could be taken. I am so grateful to be well.

>

> Besides from that, all went extremely well, walked ALLOT AND WALKED

> MORE. It hurt, but I walked after pain meds were taken and that

> eased the pain. Each day was soooo much better than the day before.

> After I realized that, then I pushed myself more cuz I knew that it

> would be better tomorrow and it always was.

>

> Sorry for the length. Thank you for the visit Annie and Maura. Your

> visits uplifted me so much. And Annie, you eased my parents minds

> allot with your visit.

>

> Your prayers and thoughts were received as I sit here 5 days post and

> feel pretty good. Sipping, Sipping Sipping.

>

> love to all

> Sandy A.

>

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Wow, Sandy, what a scary time with that morphine! But, I am so so

glad you are home safe and writing to us now. You sound great!

Keep up that walking...good for you girl! That will help you a lot.

and you are right.....sip sip sip......

gentle hugs from plymouth

kim

sandra anzalone wrote:

Hi all,

Finally got home yesterday, Saturday, and am doing great.

Just went

out for my second walk today with dh. Just short ones down the

street, but up and about. Thank heavens for pain meds!!

I am having

a bit of pain , but managable with meds from Dr. Randall.

AEverything went well except for a problem in the ICU the first

nite.

I got to the hospital about 6AM and checked in (dh was

with me)

went to the OR reception area and got called in to change and get

settled by 6:20. The nurse (Noreen??) was very nice and I

was glad

to see they had an extra large gerney (spelling) for me so all

was

comfortable. They set up my IV and put on a green Alergy

braclet for

Morphine on me (important for rest of story). Noreen said

that Dr,

Randall will call at 7:10 from car to have them get my hepron and

other meds started. The p[hone rang at exzactly 7:10 and

all she

said was Hello Dr., Randall, sure enough, it was him. I guess

they

can set their watches by him!! So they started with some

shots and

them the ansthesiologist came in to talk to me and dh. Then

everything went so fast. Said I love you to dh and kissed

him and

off I went with OR nurses. Was moved into OR and they scooted

me

over and I remember we were chatting about something, I think it

was

about doctors height, Dr. Randall is not the Jolly Green

Giant!!

LOL, anyway that is all I remember then I woke up to the worst

cramps

in my stomach I have ever had in my life. It hurst so bad,

it nearly

brought me to tears. I don't remember much about the rocovery

room,

thank goodness. I went to ICU (standard with Dr) and got

settled in

a glorious bariatric bed. It was heaaven sent, I can't imagine

getting up from a reg bed, this was awesome. Dh, Mom, Dad

and

daughter were with me till about 9PM.

Then they almost killed me. I cannot stress enough, ASK WHAT

THEY

ARE GIVING YOU EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The IV nurse came in about 7pm and changed my demoral PCA med.

Apparently, she put in morphine, instead of demoral, but it was

set

up to give me a dose of demoral, which is five times more than

a

morphine dose, BIG MISTAKE. So I was getting five times more

morphine than than you are supposed to get. I felt it getting

really

weird and could not even dial the phone. I told the nurse

I felt

like I was in High School!!! I was soooo high, I had NO pain,

and

could have run a marathon at this point, but was way too high.

About

11pm, the ICU nurse came in and told me what happened. They

shut off

all meds and watched me every 10minutes all night. It is

really all

a haze and I don't remember much except scared when the ICU nurse

came in and told me what had ahappened. Dr. Randall was livid

and so

was everyone else. If I were a smaller person, I would be

dead right

now. I am so grateful that she realized what the IV nurse

had done

so that steps could be taken. I am so grateful to be well.

Besides from that, all went extremely well, walked ALLOT AND WALKED

MORE. It hurt, but I walked after pain meds were taken and

that

eased the pain. Each day was soooo much better than the day

before.

After I realized that, then I pushed myself more cuz I knew that

it

would be better tomorrow and it always was.

Sorry for the length. Thank you for the visit Annie and Maura.

Your

visits uplifted me so much. And Annie, you eased my

parents minds

allot with your visit.

Your prayers and thoughts were received as I sit here 5 days post

and

feel pretty good. Sipping, Sipping Sipping.

love to all

Sandy A.

[Guest guest]

Sandy,

First of all welcome home! Glad to hear you so " perky " .

That's unbelievable what you had to go through in the hospital, it's very

unfortunate to have anyone go through mistakes in hospitals, but they

unfortunately, do occur. This is why I think this list is so important, not

for just the talking, the support, but also the importance of stressing

various things that could happen to anyone undergoing ANY types of surgery.

I thank you for sharing your experience, and SO GLAD you're here telling us!

Hang in there, and keep up the walking (and kissing too!) LOL!!

Blondie

I'm Home!!!

Hi all,

Finally got home yesterday, Saturday, and am doing great. Just went

out for my second walk today with dh. Just short ones down the

street, but up and about. Thank heavens for pain meds!! I am having

a bit of pain , but managable with meds from Dr. Randall.

AEverything went well except for a problem in the ICU the first nite.

I got to the hospital about 6AM and checked in (dh was with me)

went to the OR reception area and got called in to change and get

settled by 6:20. The nurse (Noreen??) was very nice and I was glad

to see they had an extra large gerney (spelling) for me so all was

comfortable. They set up my IV and put on a green Alergy braclet for

Morphine on me (important for rest of story). Noreen said that Dr,

Randall will call at 7:10 from car to have them get my hepron and

other meds started. The p[hone rang at exzactly 7:10 and all she

said was Hello Dr., Randall, sure enough, it was him. I guess they

can set their watches by him!! So they started with some shots and

them the ansthesiologist came in to talk to me and dh. Then

everything went so fast. Said I love you to dh and kissed him and

off I went with OR nurses. Was moved into OR and they scooted me

over and I remember we were chatting about something, I think it was

about doctors height, Dr. Randall is not the Jolly Green Giant!!

LOL, anyway that is all I remember then I woke up to the worst cramps

in my stomach I have ever had in my life. It hurst so bad, it nearly

brought me to tears. I don't remember much about the rocovery room,

thank goodness. I went to ICU (standard with Dr) and got settled in

a glorious bariatric bed. It was heaaven sent, I can't imagine

getting up from a reg bed, this was awesome. Dh, Mom, Dad and

daughter were with me till about 9PM.

Then they almost killed me. I cannot stress enough, ASK WHAT THEY

ARE GIVING YOU EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The IV nurse came in about 7pm and changed my demoral PCA med.

Apparently, she put in morphine, instead of demoral, but it was set

up to give me a dose of demoral, which is five times more than a

morphine dose, BIG MISTAKE. So I was getting five times more

morphine than than you are supposed to get. I felt it getting really

weird and could not even dial the phone. I told the nurse I felt

like I was in High School!!! I was soooo high, I had NO pain, and

could have run a marathon at this point, but was way too high. About

11pm, the ICU nurse came in and told me what happened. They shut off

all meds and watched me every 10minutes all night. It is really all

a haze and I don't remember much except scared when the ICU nurse

came in and told me what had ahappened. Dr. Randall was livid and so

was everyone else. If I were a smaller person, I would be dead right

now. I am so grateful that she realized what the IV nurse had done

so that steps could be taken. I am so grateful to be well.

Besides from that, all went extremely well, walked ALLOT AND WALKED

MORE. It hurt, but I walked after pain meds were taken and that

eased the pain. Each day was soooo much better than the day before.

After I realized that, then I pushed myself more cuz I knew that it

would be better tomorrow and it always was.

Sorry for the length. Thank you for the visit Annie and Maura. Your

visits uplifted me so much. And Annie, you eased my parents minds

allot with your visit.

Your prayers and thoughts were received as I sit here 5 days post and

feel pretty good. Sipping, Sipping Sipping.

love to all

Sandy A.

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Welcome home! I glad everything turned out great after your you mishap..

Scary !

Cheryl

250/165/135

Dr Reines

11/29/99

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Sandy:

So glad you are home and everything is going well for you now. Probably a

good thing you don't remember too much about that night in ICU; were you

lucky! Keep up the good work and keep us posted on progress.

Lois

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Welcome home Sandy. Glad (almost) everything went well and that your're

feeling great!! Wishing you the best.

Nance

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YIKES Sandy....

That is wicked about the drugs... there's a scare that will wake you up... I am happy to see you are doing great... walking is the key I hear... hoping you continue on to a speedy recovery... will be looking forward to your updates.. CONGRADS on your crossing over girly...

*hugs*Wickedbob akaPAMopen RNY sch: 6/26/00Dr. Brams Lahey Clinic Burlington,MABMI 45.5

I'm Home!!!

Hi all,Finally got home yesterday, Saturday, and am doing great. Just went out for my second walk today with dh. Just short ones down the street, but up and about. Thank heavens for pain meds!! I am having a bit of pain , but managable with meds from Dr. Randall. AEverything went well except for a problem in the ICU the first nite.I got to the hospital about 6AM and checked in (dh was with me) went to the OR reception area and got called in to change and get settled by 6:20. The nurse (Noreen??) was very nice and I was glad to see they had an extra large gerney (spelling) for me so all was comfortable. They set up my IV and put on a green Alergy braclet for Morphine on me (important for rest of story). Noreen said that Dr, Randall will call at 7:10 from car to have them get my hepron and other meds started. The p[hone rang at exzactly 7:10 and all she said was Hello Dr., Randall, sure enough, it was him. I guess they can set their watches by him!! So they started with some shots and them the ansthesiologist came in to talk to me and dh. Then everything went so fast. Said I love you to dh and kissed him and off I went with OR nurses. Was moved into OR and they scooted me over and I remember we were chatting about something, I think it was about doctors height, Dr. Randall is not the Jolly Green Giant!! LOL, anyway that is all I remember then I woke up to the worst cramps in my stomach I have ever had in my life. It hurst so bad, it nearly brought me to tears. I don't remember much about the rocovery room, thank goodness. I went to ICU (standard with Dr) and got settled in a glorious bariatric bed. It was heaaven sent, I can't imagine getting up from a reg bed, this was awesome. Dh, Mom, Dad and daughter were with me till about 9PM. Then they almost killed me. I cannot stress enough, ASK WHAT THEY ARE GIVING YOU EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The IV nurse came in about 7pm and changed my demoral PCA med. Apparently, she put in morphine, instead of demoral, but it was set up to give me a dose of demoral, which is five times more than a morphine dose, BIG MISTAKE. So I was getting five times more morphine than than you are supposed to get. I felt it getting really weird and could not even dial the phone. I told the nurse I felt like I was in High School!!! I was soooo high, I had NO pain, and could have run a marathon at this point, but was way too high. About 11pm, the ICU nurse came in and told me what happened. They shut off all meds and watched me every 10minutes all night. It is really all a haze and I don't remember much except scared when the ICU nurse came in and told me what had ahappened. Dr. Randall was livid and so was everyone else. If I were a smaller person, I would be dead right now. I am so grateful that she realized what the IV nurse had done so that steps could be taken. I am so grateful to be well.Besides from that, all went extremely well, walked ALLOT AND WALKED MORE. It hurt, but I walked after pain meds were taken and that eased the pain. Each day was soooo much better than the day before. After I realized that, then I pushed myself more cuz I knew that it would be better tomorrow and it always was. Sorry for the length. Thank you for the visit Annie and Maura. Your visits uplifted me so much. And Annie, you eased my parents minds allot with your visit.Your prayers and thoughts were received as I sit here 5 days post and feel pretty good. Sipping, Sipping Sipping. love to allSandy A.