I'm back from my Lower Body Lift

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Carolyn,

And I know I am glad that you are back!! Take care and heal quickly!!

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Hello All,

While I am moving very slowly, I am back at the computer, which is a

very good sign - must be all the attention from my cats..... Don't let anyone

tell you that a Fox TT is the worst, I have decided that this beats that. I was

discharged from the hospital with 5 drains and feeling pretty drugged, but ok on

Sat. The only complication I had was severe anemia to a Hgb of 7 and Hct of 23.

The PS didn't think I needed to be transfused, but I do and so does my

internist. Time will tell. My concern is the minimmal iron absorption us bypass

folks have along with the subnormal iron and ferritin stores I started with.

Slept in a drugged state most of Sat and Sun (waking up to drink protein), but

ended up severely dehydrated on Monday and needing 4 bags of IV fluids. such

fun. I Feel much better today, close to human. Am anxious to get all these

dressings off and maybe a drain or 2 removed when I see the PS tomorrow. Will

update everyone then. Isn't this the greatest gift we could have ever been

given. Life......Glad to be back.

Carolyn

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Yay! so very happy you are back Carolyn!!! 5 drains - whew! I can

sure understand that you might need an iron transfusion ... might be

helpful to your healing you know... my iron deficiency is getting

way better & I'm very happy about that. It took a while for me to get

the iron levels to finally move up... but it seems like once the iron

starts to move upwards, it keeps going & coasting up for a while. In

my case, I didn't realize how little iron I was taking compared with

the amount I SHOULD have been taking. Boy do I feel SO much better!

I don't know how you can stay awake for 5 mins with those numbers.

Take your pain meds (percasets?) & welcome back!

Trish

>Hello All,

> While I am moving very slowly, I am back at the computer, which is a

very good sign - must be all the attention from my cats..... Don't let anyone

tell you that a Fox TT is the worst, I have decided that this beats that. I was

discharged from the hospital with 5 drains and feeling pretty drugged, but ok on

Sat. The only complication I had was severe anemia to a Hgb of 7 and Hct of 23.

The PS didn't think I needed to be transfused, but I do and so does my

internist. Time will tell. My concern is the minimmal iron absorption us bypass

folks have along with the subnormal iron and ferritin stores I started with.

Slept in a drugged state most of Sat and Sun (waking up to drink protein), but

ended up severely dehydrated on Monday and needing 4 bags of IV fluids. such

fun. I Feel much better today, close to human. Am anxious to get all these

dressings off and maybe a drain or 2 removed when I see the PS tomorrow. Will

update everyone then. Isn't this the greatest gift we

>could have ever been given. Life......Glad to be back.

> Carolyn

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