Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 Joy, I feel your pain... I really do... Here in Portland, with the cold moist air, many of us are regularly plagued by the feeling... I am soooo ready for spring and the warmer, dryer weather... ~hugging you softly~ Hang in there and know it will go away!!! ~hugs~ Rabecca, Portland OR Dr Baltasar, Spain To be switched in June, 2001 BMI 38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 Hi Joy - You might want to put " ATTN: R. " in the subject line. She had the same experience of not being able to stop losing and had a revision. She started this list and is a great gal. I'm early post-op, so I don't have any words of advice, but wanted to ask whether your doc has you taking Creon or some kind of pancreatic enzymes in order to enable your body more absorption? Congratulations on the fabulous loss, I hope you are able to stop the weight loss by a simple means and be at a healthy weight. Kris G (Kristi) Cincinnati, Ohio 5'7 " , 39 years old 8/22 - 283 - BMI 44.3 12/12 - 208 - BMI 32.6 ciao to 75 lbs. & 68 inches in 16 weeks Open BPD/DS 08/22/00 Dr. Maguire, Kettering OH HumanaFreedom Plus Plan iwillbefit@... Re: Digest Number 3414 | In a message dated 12/13/00 5:22:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, | duodenalswitchegroups writes: | | << Dear Mama B and Joy: | | A slight correction I haven't had any problem stablizing my weight it has | leveled off between 160 and 165 and has stayed in this range since June | although my sweet at Dr. A's thinks I am tooooo thin! NOT!!!! | But over the years of carrying these two extra people around and not doing | any exercising and still not doing much of any exercising while I was losing | those two extra people has caused me to had absolutly no muscle mass to | speak | of. | I am eating between 120 and 160 grams of protein each day and trying to | get | to the gym to work on building my muscles up and by doing that I should be | able to get my weight up to around 175 which should be just about perfect | but | I am still working on it. | | Huggles | Tiger | >> | | Tiger, | | Although I am glad to hear that you haven't had any real problems, I was | really hoping to get some good advice from you. | | My weight hasn't stabilized at all despite a conscious effort to do just | that. At 5'8 " I was real happy to see the scale hit the low 160s. It was | nearly two months later when I climbed on the scale at my PCP office and saw | that the scale read 143, this was after feeling like I was gaining weight | from eating so much. Needless to say I was a little shocked. | | Is there anybody out there who has had this problem? | | Wishing you the merriest of holiday seasons, | | Joy | | __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 Joy, You are one special lady to take time out and keep us in touch with his condition at this delicate time. There are special angels watching over you and Joe. G-d speed!!!!!!! Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 Thank you for taking the time to respond. I know that you have your hands full. I am praying for you and Joe and have added him to our prayer group's list. Please post the mailing address when you can. Peace to you! TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2000 Report Share Posted December 15, 2000 It breaks my heart to read of the living hell you and Joe are going through. I will continue my prayers for his complete recovery and to give you strength and courage in these very tough days. Saundra > This morning Joe had a bit of a crisis. His blood pressure suddenly > dropped dangerously. The docs and nurses worked for some time to > bring it up and stabilize him. They seem to feel that this situation > happened as a result of septic shock, a reaction to massive infection > in the body. The docs were going to take him into the O.R. to > investigate and drain an area on the left side of his abdomen that > showed up on his CT scan as having a sizable pocket of fluid in it. > They didn't get to the O.R. with Joe, but instead, just gave him some > more sedation and pain medication and a muscle relaxant so he > wouldn't move and then drained his abdomen right there in his room in > the ICU unit. To their surprise, it was mostly fluid and blood, > rather than pus and infection. They sent a sample to the lab to be > analyzed for microorganisms anyway. > > Dr. Welker mentioned to me that Joe may have an area of fluid build > up in his chest in addition to his abdomen. It didn't seem to appear > to be infected according to the CT scan, but if the draining of his > abdomen doesn't help him, then they will have to consider the > possibility of infection in his thoracic cavity. They might put a > drain in his chest as well as the two drains in his abdomen. They > didn't put a third drain in his abdomen, they only shifted the > position of one of the existing drains to better cover the area. > They will probably send him for another CT scan tomorrow to watch the > changes in the abdomen so they can figure out what is happening and > where the source of his problems is. They sent a blood sample to the > lab to be analyzed for clotting problems and the lab found no > abnormalities. > > The doctors are quite puzzled by Joe's continued problems with > instability of blood pressure and his fever that won't go away. I am > just hoping that they find out the source of Joe's problems so they > can treat it. They may still take him to the O.R. tomorrow to just > look around inside his abdomen to try to figure out what is going on. > > Joy (Joe's Other Half!) > Pre-Op Age: 48 BMI: 48 > Dr. Welker > Date to be determined-- > (Waiting for insurance submission/approval & for Joe's recovery) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 Hi Joy, I am so sorry you two are going through this. I like so many others are praying for both of you. Hoping that Joe's complications cease and his recovery begins ASAP. Please be sure to take care of yourself. I'm sure the Dr's are doing everything they can for Joe. You be well. Resa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2000 Report Share Posted December 16, 2000 I'm so sorry...I'm sitting here crying at the computer...I just can't believe it.....I wish there was something I could say other than sorry but my mind is numb right now. Kerstin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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