Re: Help

[Guest guest]

Please don't take offense at this...You really should be calling her

doctor...a website like this is not the place to be looking for

medical advice, especially for someone who just had major surgery.

[Guest guest]

I have never heard of this, but I had a lap surgery.

I would call her doctor, or take her to the ER. I dont think that sounds

normal. Good luck!

By the way, do we know your wife? Is she a member here?

Marcy

Help

Hello, I am new to this group. I have a small problem. 2 weeks ago my

Wife had Gastric Bypass surgery. Tonight she had a cough and a

reddish/clear fluid started dripping from her incision, has this

happened to anyone else? She has no fever, no reddness, or odor from

the fluid. Please can anyone help

[Guest guest]

I had tons of fluid coming out of my incision and dr. said it was fine as

long as there was no infection. Sometimes the incision opens up and needs to

be redone. Definately call her surgeon's office and tell them what's going on

and they will direct you what to do. Good luck!

Maja from NJ

[Guest guest]

HI:

It is very common for a heavy person to have a wound problem with a little

leakage. It is one of the most common problems of this surgery or any

surgery (on a heavy person) becasue the fat somehow can impede the natural

healing. I had a little leakage and went to my surgeon. He made a tiny

incision (in the office) and drained it then packed it with gauze. He

ordered visiting nurse service to come daily and re pack the wound and in a

few weaks it closed up fine. Altho it was a little icky it was otherwise no

major concern. You have to be careful that it does not become infected

which would be very swollen, redness and fever. I think my doc put me on an

antibiotic preventatively but I don't remember for sure.

I must disagree with the person who said this is not a good question for the

list. If I had a nickel for every Q raised here that could have been taken

to the doctor .... I am not saying you should not call your surgeon, I

think you absolutely should. But we all come here with our questions to

learn from others experiences and help us decide what we need to call about

and how pressing it is. And to get reassurance if it is a weekend or

whatever and we cannot get to the doc right away. SO keep your Qs coming

and take your wife to get her wound checked. It sounds like that to me.

Good uck. Well that may be apropos but I meant LUCK.

Lenore

Help

Hello, I am new to this group. I have a small problem. 2 weeks ago my

Wife had Gastric Bypass surgery. Tonight she had a cough and a

reddish/clear fluid started dripping from her incision, has this

happened to anyone else? She has no fever, no reddness, or odor from

the fluid. Please can anyone help

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

Sounds like her incision is open. Make sure she keeps it clean.

Maybe you should cover it until she gets to the Dr. Good luck!

Tammy

> Hello, I am new to this group. I have a small problem. 2 weeks ago

my

> Wife had Gastric Bypass surgery. Tonight she had a cough and a

> reddish/clear fluid started dripping from her incision, has this

> happened to anyone else? She has no fever, no reddness, or odor

from

> the fluid. Please can anyone help

[Guest guest]

Hi,

She may have a seroma...a fairly common infection inside the incision that

may need to be cleaned and dressed daily. I had a pretty nasty seroma after

my surgery that my husband had to clean out and bandage up every morning

and evening. Other than being a little painful and really gross, it healed

up in a couple of weeks. You should call her surgeon though before it gets

worse. If the outside heals up while the inside is still infected they

will need to reopen the incision.

Good luck!

Rusty

edd 2/19/03

lap rny 5/21/01

>Hello, I am new to this group. I have a small problem. 2 weeks ago my

>Wife had Gastric Bypass surgery. Tonight she had a cough and a

>reddish/clear fluid started dripping from her incision, has this

>happened to anyone else? She has no fever, no reddness, or odor from

>the fluid. Please can anyone help

[Guest guest]

It is a little different, but I will share anyways. I had my c-section on

1-16-03. I had to have a Hemovac drain following surgery because of the

excessive fluid I was retaining. My OB removed the drain last Wednesday, and

also took a culture of it. The OB's office called me and told me that the drain

site is infected and needs antibiotics. It still is draining, and I was

concerned anyways. The RN told me that the draining should stop 12-24 hrs after

taking the antibiotic. My hubby is picking up the meds soon. So, hopefully this

will help. I just had to share my situation.

1-16-03

Open RNY 2-18-02 down 130 lbs

[Guest guest]

> to any one who has had the 'injection synvisc' please help. i had

one on the 2nd july and one on the 16th july iam still experiencing

great pain still cannot lie on the side, cannot stand for long'

cannot sit for long periods.it is very uncomfortable.i also had knee

replacment on the left knee ayear ago. please someone tell me i am

not alone in this type of pain. it is like a bad toothache.the

synvisc was given to my right hip as that is now my trouble spot.it

also seem to be affecting my right knee or is the knee just referred

pain. any one out there who can help please do.i am at my wits end

with pain.

Jackie,

I had synvisc in my right hip last February (the series of three

after a hip lavage). The lavage was one of the most painful

experiences I have ever had, but did begin to relieve the hip pain I

had been experiencing. I did not have any reaction to the synvisc

(although I did have an allergic reaction to the morphine shot they

gave me before the hip lavage at NY Hosp. for Special Surgery). I

did get relief from the synvisc treatment for a couple of months.

The good thing was that it gave my body a break from daily vioxx,

which my OS was reluctant to renew because of an elevated reading of

something in my blood test. I wouldn't describe it as no pain, but

minor compared to what I had been having And no pain killers for

almost 3 months!

The benefits wore off in May. At that point I began to get pain

in my hip again, even more intense and burning than before the

injections. I also get referred pain in my knee, but have not had

any knee problems in my history. I think that knee pain is not

related to the synvisc, but is just something a lot of us experience

with OA. Lying on the bad hip was painful both before and after the

synvisc treatements. Staying in any position -- standing or sitting

for too long is uncomfortable. I am bone on bone, and sometimes the

pain radiates all the way down to my ankle and by the end of the day

the muscles go into spasm. All symptoms of OA others in this group

have also written about. I know a lot about pain management (used to

teach it), but nothing to handle that amount of pain, despite some

powerful NSAIDS (arthrotec). And for the first time had to begin

using a cane at least part of the time. That was when I really began

to research my other options and discovered resurf.

I don't know if this helps. My guess is that your OA was too

advanced for the synvisc to help. I'm surprised they tried it, under

the circumstances. What has helped me the most is, in addition to

NSAIDS, supplements (Glucosamine & chondroiton, MSM, and herbal anti-

inflammatories), and some topical pain relievers, especially before

bed. Also, whatever moderate excercise and stretching I can do, to

keep the muscles from getting stiff and both heat and cold packs.

(Cold reduces swelling and inflammation. Heat relaxes muscles.) I

also get a massage at least once a month, and recently my massage

therapist has been doing some acupressure with electrical

stimulation, which seems to make a difference. I guess that's a lot.

Anyway, you're certainly not alone in having the kind of pain

you describe. Good luck.

Roby, scheduled for (hopefully) resurf with Dr. Mont 9/4

[Guest guest]

Simon

I can only tell you how I’ve done it. See if it helps.

I was also told that I needed THR (left hip; I’m 53; I’m rather active;

I have 2 grown up children and a 7-year old son who requires me to be

fully active). I declined 2 dates for THR and was told the 3rd time

that I’d be put again at the back of a 12-month queue. The reason I

refused THR was because I felt it was too invasive, too final (no more

femur head), too short lived (I was told that the average between

revisions has come down to 8-10 years) and too restrictive (again, I was

told that one can have a total of 3 revisions only in a life time). I

then researched the net and stumbled across this site.

I sent the URL and some pages to my GP’s email address. At my next

appointment I discussed this option with him and asked how I could be

referred to an NHS consultant that does BHR. He was of the view that

it’d be best to set up another appointment with the Prof XXXXXXX, the

Orthopaedic Surgeon who suggested THR and who had booked me twice for

this intervention on the NHS. My GP wrote to the Prof OS explaining my

request. The Prof OS invited me to an appointment where we discussed

the pros and cons of BHR. He said that most of the BHR OSs had been his

students, that he had regular contact with them and that the cementless

THR he had recommended for my left hip had excellent stats regarding its

shelf life and that BHR was a very new procedure that had yet to prove

itself statistically as it had been performed for less than 9 years. I

argued the pros by highlighting the cons of the THR procedure that I

listed in the first paragraph above. This led to a stalemate that I

managed to break by highlighting to the Prof OS that should BHR not

yield the expected results I could always fall back on THR. His reply

was: “I can’t argue with that.” , and he proceeded to write a referral

to an ex student of his MR YYYYYY in Coventry.

I have since exchanged emails with the Coventry OS who has agreed to

take me – as an NHS patient – and I am now awaiting a date for the

operation.

Maybe you can emulate this scenario. I believe that regardless of one’s

GP’s views, it’s one’s body and one has a duty and an obligation to look

after it. It is sometimes difficult, especially when pioneering

protocols are being introduced, to secure the reaction and response from

medical professionals that are sympathetic to one’s needs and

expectations. The professionals may take a process-centered view that

is justifiably cautious, critical and weary of semi-proven methods,

rather than a patient centered view that is maybe less logical but more

emotionally adequate. Given your age, as a total layman, I’d say that I

would definitely REFUSE THR AND INSIST ON BHR-type procedure. You

mentioned that you have to rely on the NHS fro this intervention – bear

in mind that an apparently excessively successful and competent OS – Dr

DeSmet – performs very challenging BHRs in Ghent, Belgium, and appears

to charge £4,500 per hip (I’m sure someone will correct me if I got the

cost wrong). I know I was prepared to go to this OS and have my hip

done privately if I failed to get the NHS practitioners to accede to my

request for BHR in place of THR. I perceive that the difference to my

body between the 2 interventions would have more than justified the

investment.

Hope this helps a bit. Let me know how you get on with your GP and your

OS. Let me know if I can be of further help.

Regards and best wishes

Dan

* (07974) 981-407

* (020) 8501-2573

@ dan.milosevic@...

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Hi Im 29 and I'm a Londoner and my rheumatologist just told me both

hips were damaged (the killer pain was the giveaway) he had an

informal chat with his orthopod colleague and said I needed 2 THR's

within a year , he then talked about revisions every 7 yrs and their

falling success rates and said he could refer me to this orthopod.

This kick in the teeth sent me to the web where I came across

resurfacing When I went to my GP he refused to refer me to any one

but the same THR orthopod so now Im waiting to see him. Unfortunately

I have to use the NHS I cant afford to go private, I've heard that

the government is bringing rights for patients to see who they want

but I dont know about it and worse I dont know how to find out about

it. I do know a conventional THR would severely curtail my life and

at 29 you cant imagine HOW scary that is for me. I have great trouble

walking, I've put my life on hold, Im tired of the pain, I'm tired of

being old before my time, I'm tired of being ashamed of the way I

walk, I'm just tired of being tired. Now I see something that could

give me back my life but I dont know how to get to it. So Im asking

for help, does anyone of you know how I can get referred to a

resurfacing doctor, how do I get my GP to refer me or do I have to

wait till I see the orthopod who specialises in THR's and then get

him to refer me. Any help would be desperately appreciated

{ I understand not everyone on this list is interested in this topic

so you can email me at ouch871@... }

- Simon

[Guest guest]

This is now mainstream NHS treatment, approved by NICE for younger

patients (i.e. under those 65). What possible grounds can your GP

have for refusing? Maybe the surgeon will find you are not a

suitable candidate, but I doubt your GP can do that.

Show your GP the NICE appraisal stuff at

http://www.nice.org.uk/cat.asp?c=33560.

If you phone Midland Medical, they will give you a list of surgeons

using the BHR, I assume Corin will do the same for the Cormet.

If the GP still refuses (and cannot tell you why), get a new GP.

Good luck,

Vale

> Hi Im 29 and I'm a Londoner and my rheumatologist just told me

both

> hips were damaged (the killer pain was the giveaway) he had an

> informal chat with his orthopod colleague and said I needed 2

THR's

> within a year , he then talked about revisions every 7 yrs and

their

> falling success rates and said he could refer me to this orthopod.

> This kick in the teeth sent me to the web where I came across

> resurfacing When I went to my GP he refused to refer me to any one

> but the same THR orthopod so now Im waiting to see him.

Unfortunately

> I have to use the NHS I cant afford to go private, I've heard that

> the government is bringing rights for patients to see who they

want

> but I dont know about it and worse I dont know how to find out

about

> it. I do know a conventional THR would severely curtail my life

and

> at 29 you cant imagine HOW scary that is for me. I have great

trouble

> walking, I've put my life on hold, Im tired of the pain, I'm tired

of

> being old before my time, I'm tired of being ashamed of the way I

> walk, I'm just tired of being tired. Now I see something that

could

> give me back my life but I dont know how to get to it. So Im

asking

> for help, does anyone of you know how I can get referred to a

> resurfacing doctor, how do I get my GP to refer me or do I have to

> wait till I see the orthopod who specialises in THR's and then get

> him to refer me. Any help would be desperately appreciated

> { I understand not everyone on this list is interested in this

topic

> so you can email me at ouch871@y... }

> - Simon