Guest guest Posted March 11, 2000 Report Share Posted March 11, 2000 .. > Please keep me in your prayers - I have a 5 hr surgery Tuesday at 10:15 am > Pacific time. > Thanx for all the support and I will check back in next week. > > Shari.......Good Luck...Prayers and Angels going your way....Crazy Debbie in Raleigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2000 Report Share Posted March 11, 2000 Shari good luck and god be with you. You will be so pleased after your first week. It is the toughest but about day 4 -5 you will begin to feel better. Dee in Missouri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2000 Report Share Posted March 17, 2000 Good luck Ann! I'll be thinking about you. Sharon in MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2000 Report Share Posted March 17, 2000 Good luck Ann! I'll be thinking about you. Sharon in MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2000 Report Share Posted March 18, 2000 God Bless you Ann and I will be praying for you on Monday. Sharon Atkinson in N.C. surgery well guys and gals. This okie is well on her way. I'm in SouthCarolina visiting my sister and leaving for Durham later today.Clinic is at 9 am and boy am I excited!! Mondayis the big Day!!Everyone keep me in you thoughts and prayers. Next time i talk to youall I'll be on the other side!!!! Talk to you later. Ann fromoklahoma P.S. If you come to see me in the hospital I'll havearainbow colored ribbon on the door. Bye for now ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com Please visit our web site at http://clos.net Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2001 Report Share Posted September 20, 2001 GOOD LUCK DEB!!!!! Our thoughts and prayers are with you!!! Hopeing all goes well for you!!!! Deb Brown wrote: Just dropping a note to let you know that I am having my gall bladder removed tomorrow morning. Wish me luck! :-) Deb Brown Dr. Provost Jr. Zale Libshey Hospital Dallas Texas 258.5 / 155 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 Bill, maybe we can add this fact about surgery to the list welcome message if it's not already in there. This is something new members need to be aware of. A welcome message(that you wrote) does go out automatically to every new subscriber (controlled by the Yahoo subscription process). Maybe we can review it this weekend if you have some time. Hugs, Pam --- Werre wrote: > , > > Sorry that we did not catch the bit about surgery > and anesthesia. It helps to > hydrate patients before anesthesia. They probably > had you fast for 12 hours > before surgery, which dehydrates you and lowers the > BP. If they give you an > IV ahead of surgery and make sure you are hydrated, > it prevents the BP > problem. Even now, push liquids on him. He needs > to drink (swallow) at least > 64 oz of liquid per day. > > Take care, Bill and Charlotte > > > > _______________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 Pam, I did not realize that my message was going out to new members. I am duplicating it when I send out the old standard? Yes, we should review it as we decided when we did it originally that it would have to change with time. Send me the message and I will read it, then I will send you my thoughts on how to update it. I think you may have made some changes (or maybe I made some changes). Let's draw some more people in on updating it also. We have a large experience base out there and need to draw on it. Take care, Bill Note, I am in and out with Charlotte in rehab. I expect to be online after 9 PM EDT most nights and around 2 PM for maybe an hour. Sunday, I will probably not be online long especially in the afternoon. ============================================= Pam Bower wrote: > Bill, maybe we can add this fact about surgery to the > list welcome message if it's not already in there. > This is something new members need to be aware of. A > welcome message(that you wrote) does go out > automatically to every new subscriber (controlled by > the Yahoo subscription process). Maybe we can review > it this weekend if you have some time. > > Hugs, > Pam > > --- Werre wrote: > > , > > > > Sorry that we did not catch the bit about surgery > > and anesthesia. It helps to > > hydrate patients before anesthesia. They probably > > had you fast for 12 hours > > before surgery, which dehydrates you and lowers the > > BP. If they give you an > > IV ahead of surgery and make sure you are hydrated, > > it prevents the BP > > problem. Even now, push liquids on him. He needs > > to drink (swallow) at least > > 64 oz of liquid per day. > > > > Take care, Bill and Charlotte > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Hi Tami, Please know my thoughts and prayers go out to you for your forth-coming surgery. You'll be just fine, and hopefully better than ever. Who knows this could be at the source of your other problem, let's hope so. Have a lovely week-end and hold in there. Be well. Fondly, Ging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Hi Tami, Please know my thoughts and prayers go out to you for your forth-coming surgery. You'll be just fine, and hopefully better than ever. Who knows this could be at the source of your other problem, let's hope so. Have a lovely week-end and hold in there. Be well. Fondly, Ging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Hi Tami, Please know my thoughts and prayers go out to you for your forth-coming surgery. You'll be just fine, and hopefully better than ever. Who knows this could be at the source of your other problem, let's hope so. Have a lovely week-end and hold in there. Be well. Fondly, Ging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Tami, I second that. Please keep us all posted, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. Love, ~Alena's Mom Re: surgery > Hi Tami, > Please know my thoughts and prayers go out to you for your forth-coming > surgery. You'll be just fine, and hopefully better than ever. Who knows this > could be at the source of your other problem, let's hope so. Have a lovely > week-end and hold in there. Be well. Fondly, Ging > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you do wish to unsubscribe then you can click on the following link: > urticaria-unsubscribe > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This list is in the service of those who suffer from Chronic Urticaria (hives). We strive to support and lift each other as a worldwide cyber-family. > > We share whatever needs to be shared to help one another in our struggle with Chronic Urticria. Information provided in this forum is not to be taken as medical advice. Always consult your health professional before trying anything new. > > Any posting that is off the main topic of Chronic Urticaria, we post with a prefix of NCU -. This is done out of respect for those who do not wish to read such postings. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Tami, I second that. Please keep us all posted, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. Love, ~Alena's Mom Re: surgery > Hi Tami, > Please know my thoughts and prayers go out to you for your forth-coming > surgery. You'll be just fine, and hopefully better than ever. Who knows this > could be at the source of your other problem, let's hope so. Have a lovely > week-end and hold in there. Be well. Fondly, Ging > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you do wish to unsubscribe then you can click on the following link: > urticaria-unsubscribe > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This list is in the service of those who suffer from Chronic Urticaria (hives). We strive to support and lift each other as a worldwide cyber-family. > > We share whatever needs to be shared to help one another in our struggle with Chronic Urticria. Information provided in this forum is not to be taken as medical advice. Always consult your health professional before trying anything new. > > Any posting that is off the main topic of Chronic Urticaria, we post with a prefix of NCU -. This is done out of respect for those who do not wish to read such postings. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Tami, I second that. Please keep us all posted, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. Love, ~Alena's Mom Re: surgery > Hi Tami, > Please know my thoughts and prayers go out to you for your forth-coming > surgery. You'll be just fine, and hopefully better than ever. Who knows this > could be at the source of your other problem, let's hope so. Have a lovely > week-end and hold in there. Be well. Fondly, Ging > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you do wish to unsubscribe then you can click on the following link: > urticaria-unsubscribe > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This list is in the service of those who suffer from Chronic Urticaria (hives). We strive to support and lift each other as a worldwide cyber-family. > > We share whatever needs to be shared to help one another in our struggle with Chronic Urticria. Information provided in this forum is not to be taken as medical advice. Always consult your health professional before trying anything new. > > Any posting that is off the main topic of Chronic Urticaria, we post with a prefix of NCU -. This is done out of respect for those who do not wish to read such postings. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 Hi : Thank you, also, for your kind words. I'm still new, but I've been reading all the letters and trying to get everyone's 'story' straight. It is kind of you to think of me when you (and everyone) are going through your own stuff. Keep me posted and I'll do the same. Tami (NJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 Hi : Thank you, also, for your kind words. I'm still new, but I've been reading all the letters and trying to get everyone's 'story' straight. It is kind of you to think of me when you (and everyone) are going through your own stuff. Keep me posted and I'll do the same. Tami (NJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 Thank you Ging--I'm hangin' in there just like you told me to do, but it's by a thread...LOL. Tami (NJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 Thank you Ging--I'm hangin' in there just like you told me to do, but it's by a thread...LOL. Tami (NJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 hi...My name is Robbin and I'm new to this website. I would like to ask someone that has had or is going to have the Orthognathic surgery. My date is coming up and I have a few questions. Very NERVOUS!!!!!!! Robbin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 Ask away.. That's why we're here... to ask and be asked. And welcome! Cammie > hi...My name is Robbin and I'm new to this website. I would like to > ask someone that has had or is going to have the Orthognathic > surgery. My date is coming up and I have a few questions. Very > NERVOUS!!!!!!! > > Robbin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 All vibes and prayers welcomed.. Hi Jodi, My prayers are with you and I will also ask the congregation at my church to pray for you. Try to keep a positive attitude because all will be fine!!!!!! SCD is a fantastic diet which will prevent any future worries. Let us know how you are doing. Pat A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 At 03:20 PM 5/9/2009, you wrote: So I got my surgery hour- it's a bit of a bummer as it is at 1pm so that means I have to fast longer which never makes me feel good. Jodi, So, you get to have your surgery at my lucky hour -- one o'clock on a Monday! >> For the clear liquids I am having strained bone broth, diluted pineapple juice and apple juice jello. I am doing the Miralax prep as it was ok for me during my colonoscopy. Not really sure how to adjust prep time since I am not morning surgery. The surgeon said I can drink clear liquids until 6am Monday. << That's pretty good -- I had to stop drinking at midnight! Just a little water at 6a to take some necessary meds! >> I was told since they are not sure how long the surgery will take they scheduled me " for the longest block " as the surgeon will do short procedures in the morning and I am after that. << Same thing I had! >> I hope I am one of those people that doesn't need much pain meds. << I had a user controlled morphine drip which they took away from me after about 24 hours because I was using so little of it. Remember, though, that Elaine said that pain is pain, and you won't heal well if you are in pain. Therefore, take the meds you need them as you need them. >> I am also having an acupuncturist come to the hospital and while I am at home post op. I hope this will also mitigate the pain and promote healing. << Wonderful! My Dr. Kim really, really helped me a whole bunch. >> I am definitely scared. I don't have the greatest track record when it comes to Western Medicine. << Anyone who isn't concerned about a surgery this complex and serious would make me worry. Keep in mind, though, that where Western Medicine shines is in these types of procedures. What they haven't a clue about is how to keep you from getting to this condition in the first place, or how to help you heal afterwards, and keep from getting back there! You, however, know the trick of THAT, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I was terrified beyond belief, Jodi. I kept reading the " Front Door " book over and over and over. Right up to when they took me into the operating room. Know that you will be in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow and Monday -- and that I'll throttle that brother of yours if he doesn't let us know as soon as possible after your surgery how it went! >> I felt so disempowered and discouraged. It brought me back to the days pre-SCD where I felt like a victim and betrayed by the medical establishment. I hate coming from that place. It was a bad blast from the past. << But you are now in your SCD days... and you are not alone. This is one more step on your healing journey -- and it will be a step forward, not backwards, even if you feel as if it's about 15 steps backwards! It'll take a few weeks of healing before you can begin creeping forward again. We will all be praying for you, in whatever belief system each of us professes. HUGS, Lady.... be well! And don't forget to take your Towel! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 > > All vibes and prayers welcomed.. Jodi, Lots of good thoughts, prayers, vibes being sent in your direction daily. Don't let unenlightened members of the medical profession get you down, particularly when you need positive psychic energy to strengthen your current balance. I'm sending a tongue-tying curse in his direction. > > Hope to have some good updates soon.. We are on tenterhooks to hear them. Be good, Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Hi Jodi! Well that is definitely a bummer that you have to fast longer! I'm sure you'll do great though. And maybe you will just sleep right up until you have to go to the hospital! You could always get a really good book or a movie and stay up while you CAN drink stuff, then sleep when you have to fast. I know that a good book always helps take my mind off of things! Just remember that you have TONS of people praying for you, so everything HAS to go well =) Everything always has a way of working out in the end, and even if you can't see the end yet, you can always figure out the next step to take. And that's all this surgery is: the next step. And just know that it's the right step for you, and will get you that much closer to being healed! As far as the doctor goes, it sounds like he's just a big fat stick-in-the-mud! You don't want to listen to pessimists like him. Everything's going to go great!My prayers will be with you!AlyssaHi Everyone,So I got my surgery hour- it's a bit of a bummer as it is at 1pm so that means I have to fast longer which never makes me feel good.They did not tell me the hour I need to be in the hospital though- need to call Monday morning.For the clear liquids I am having strained bone broth, diluted pineapple juice and apple juice jello. I am doing the Miralax prep as it was ok for me during my colonoscopy. Not really sure how to adjust prep time since I am not morning surgery. The surgeon said I can drink clear liquids until 6am Monday.I was told since they are not sure how long the surgery will take they scheduled me "for the longest block" as the surgeon will do short procedures in the morning and I am after that.I have opted to go with the Epidural Catheter for the first 2-3 days of surgery. They deliver the pain meds through the spine (Epidural Catheter) and apparently it is a lot more efficient and they need to use a lot less narcotics than IV. Also, it has far less nausea as a side effect (I suffer from AWFUL nausea from IV pain meds that is one of the reasons I met the pain specialist on Friday as I believe in the past it was hard for me to get out of the hospital due to the nausea) I was also concerned with post op pain killers due to Tylenol making me sick- and usually they give Percocet or Percodan. But they will give me Dilaudid if need be. I hope I am one of those people that doesn't need much pain meds. My husband thinks that I have a good threshold since going through so many bowel obstructions with recent ones being on LDN and not really getting anything besides an NSAID shot or NSAID IV which as we know as IBD'ers does wonders for the gut <vbg>I am also having an acupuncturist come to the hospital and while I am at home post op. I hope this will also mitigate the pain and promote healing.I am definitely scared. I don't have the greatest track record when it comes to Western Medicine.All my docs have been wonderful except my last appt on Friday with a pain specialist that was a crass a$$hole. He literally told me that Crohn's pain -never- goes away and it is a hard disease and I will be on pain meds a long time. He just made me feel "why should I do this surgery? Why should I go through this? if nothing will help" My brother was with me and we both felt the rug being swept from underneath us. My brother spoke up for me. But needless to say the stress from that appointment caused me anal bleeding when I came home. I felt so disempowered and discouraged. It brought me back to the days pre-SCD where I felt like a victim and betrayed by the medical establishment. I hate coming from that place. It was a bad blast from the past.All vibes and prayers welcomed..Thank you all for your help and support..I bless this diet, Elaine G, Dr Haas and countless long term SCD'ers for helping me through this process regaining control and getting my life back from this awful disease.I have been house-bound and sick for so many years it is really hard to see beyond this and getting my life back. I hope as Elaine says that this surgery will give me a fresh page, a fresh start.. Healing from all of this debilitating scar tissue. Lord knows I have tried to avoid this path but perhaps some of us are too far gone.. I wish I would of found this diet sooner. I try to find the meaning why all of this is happening to me.. It's hard to know why...Hope to have some good updates soon..Jodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Hi Jodi! Well that is definitely a bummer that you have to fast longer! I'm sure you'll do great though. And maybe you will just sleep right up until you have to go to the hospital! You could always get a really good book or a movie and stay up while you CAN drink stuff, then sleep when you have to fast. I know that a good book always helps take my mind off of things! Just remember that you have TONS of people praying for you, so everything HAS to go well =) Everything always has a way of working out in the end, and even if you can't see the end yet, you can always figure out the next step to take. And that's all this surgery is: the next step. And just know that it's the right step for you, and will get you that much closer to being healed! As far as the doctor goes, it sounds like he's just a big fat stick-in-the-mud! You don't want to listen to pessimists like him. Everything's going to go great!My prayers will be with you!AlyssaHi Everyone,So I got my surgery hour- it's a bit of a bummer as it is at 1pm so that means I have to fast longer which never makes me feel good.They did not tell me the hour I need to be in the hospital though- need to call Monday morning.For the clear liquids I am having strained bone broth, diluted pineapple juice and apple juice jello. I am doing the Miralax prep as it was ok for me during my colonoscopy. Not really sure how to adjust prep time since I am not morning surgery. The surgeon said I can drink clear liquids until 6am Monday.I was told since they are not sure how long the surgery will take they scheduled me "for the longest block" as the surgeon will do short procedures in the morning and I am after that.I have opted to go with the Epidural Catheter for the first 2-3 days of surgery. They deliver the pain meds through the spine (Epidural Catheter) and apparently it is a lot more efficient and they need to use a lot less narcotics than IV. Also, it has far less nausea as a side effect (I suffer from AWFUL nausea from IV pain meds that is one of the reasons I met the pain specialist on Friday as I believe in the past it was hard for me to get out of the hospital due to the nausea) I was also concerned with post op pain killers due to Tylenol making me sick- and usually they give Percocet or Percodan. But they will give me Dilaudid if need be. I hope I am one of those people that doesn't need much pain meds. My husband thinks that I have a good threshold since going through so many bowel obstructions with recent ones being on LDN and not really getting anything besides an NSAID shot or NSAID IV which as we know as IBD'ers does wonders for the gut <vbg>I am also having an acupuncturist come to the hospital and while I am at home post op. I hope this will also mitigate the pain and promote healing.I am definitely scared. I don't have the greatest track record when it comes to Western Medicine.All my docs have been wonderful except my last appt on Friday with a pain specialist that was a crass a$$hole. He literally told me that Crohn's pain -never- goes away and it is a hard disease and I will be on pain meds a long time. He just made me feel "why should I do this surgery? Why should I go through this? if nothing will help" My brother was with me and we both felt the rug being swept from underneath us. My brother spoke up for me. But needless to say the stress from that appointment caused me anal bleeding when I came home. I felt so disempowered and discouraged. It brought me back to the days pre-SCD where I felt like a victim and betrayed by the medical establishment. I hate coming from that place. It was a bad blast from the past.All vibes and prayers welcomed..Thank you all for your help and support..I bless this diet, Elaine G, Dr Haas and countless long term SCD'ers for helping me through this process regaining control and getting my life back from this awful disease.I have been house-bound and sick for so many years it is really hard to see beyond this and getting my life back. I hope as Elaine says that this surgery will give me a fresh page, a fresh start.. Healing from all of this debilitating scar tissue. Lord knows I have tried to avoid this path but perhaps some of us are too far gone.. I wish I would of found this diet sooner. I try to find the meaning why all of this is happening to me.. It's hard to know why...Hope to have some good updates soon..Jodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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