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pammy157
on 12/21/08 8:14 am - colchester, CT
RNY on 03/30/04 with
Topic: RE: Hypoglycemic Episodes - MUST READ!

Hi Reenie,
Gee I'm sorry if I gave you the opinion that my issues were phsycological and not medical They are medical. I thought I had been clear as to how I had gotten ill. They have been brought on by a combination of the surgery, my menopause and what I had done to myself phsycally by not eating correctly and using laxatives. The laxatives issue was the part that I do blame on physicology. Head issues. My feeling of being fat.
Thats what I need the shrink for. I am not fat. I look in the mirror and see fat. when I weigh myself I do not see what the scale really says but I see 300 pounds. I am not 300 pounds! thats what I need the head doc for.
I do believe that I am proactive with my healthcare. If I do not understand what they are telling me I repeatedly ask questions not only of them but of others in the medical field. Until I understand.
Yes we both agree Dr A is a surgeon. Could be that the RN might have more info for us than he would especially if she is the one who is talking to all the other patients. Next year for my yearly phsical I will give the RN a chance. I dont want to decide until I meet and speak with the RN if I am going to like them or not or if the info they have is going to be what I need.
I hate waiting in a doctors office forever! do you know after I had seen him I was waiting at the desk for copies of my blood work and the receptionist at the desk was talking to one of the nurses there. They were discussing how he double books during the same hour! that did not make me happy. Its the same thing at all the other doctors that I've ever gone to. You get a good doctor then everyone else finds out about them so that the next thing you know they are double booking and not giving anyone the time that they deserve.
We have had major surgery that has made major changes in our lives. Some positive some negative.
I feel I did mega research before my surgery over the course of years before I decided which to have. I also met and talked with 3 doctors before I decided which doctor to use. I had good friends who before me had the surgery and did not choose their doctors. I chose the one that I liked and wanted. they might have thought I was wrong but it was my choce.
Seems like no matter who I talk with who have had the surgery at work, my friends in the town I live in and my customers along with the people on the boards no matter the type of surgery that they have had,there are always questions or issues.
One of the women I work with had the banding. Her band slipped and she almost died. They had to surgically repair everything she was out of work for 4 weeks.
When someone who is thinking of the surgery asks me what I think I tell them to do their research. I tell them what I have gone through, my thoughts and how I feel. I tell them they need to make their own decision but they need to base that decision after they talk to many different people, doctors, the works. they can not make the decision quickly. Theres no turning back with this.
Are you still happy that you had the surgery Reenie?
God bless, Pam

reenieb
on 12/21/08 7:28 am
RNY on 03/08/04 with
Topic: RE: Hypoglycemic Episodes - MUST READ!
Only you know if you are on top of your game and it sounds as if you believe you are - so that's all I care about! But people are blacking out, becoming increasingly disorientated, confused, even while driving, which puts other people on the road in danger - because of these hypoglycemic issues. And it's an alarming consequence to post-ops at around 3 years out and beyond - that's all I'm saying. We need to be aware and if we are experiencing these episodes, we need to be working with our doctors. As for Dr. Aranow, well I was at the last post-op support group meeting when it was announced that he would no longer be seeing post-op patients; that he had hired a full-time RN who would be seeing post-ops, he was only going to be seeing pre-surgery patients up to and through their surgeries. He is a surgeon. I have waited in his waiting room for close to 2 hours for a 5 minute face-to-face annual appointment, during which my concerns were completely dismissed. My opinion of him is completely different than yours. The very real, very serious hypoglycemic issues are medical - absolutely not psychological (as you suggest in your post) - I've never thought I needed to see Dr. A as a shrink, but dammit, he carved me up like a turkey inside, he re-routed my guts that have forever changed the way my body will matabolize nutrition, or deal with what it recognizes as sugar overload (with insulin) - and as the industry learns about the medical ramifications, I should trust that I can turn to my WLS surgeon to tell me what I should be doing to stay well and healthy. But he's not available to me - I now am relegated to his RN. There's a great difference between 'being negative' and being pro-active in one's own healthcare. I'm on a lot of different boards and learning that a very high percentage of post-gastric bypass patients beyond 3 years are in trouble, either having gained most or all of their weight back, or having these medical issues that have them very scared.  Knowledge is power, not negative thinking. Be well, Pam. M.
Margo M.
on 12/20/08 8:25 pm - Elyria, OH
Topic: RE: Life ain't fair sometimes!!
hugs judy

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White

 

Margo M.
on 12/20/08 8:22 pm - Elyria, OH
Topic: RE: Many Thoughts...
share an oar , reenie, i'm in the same boat with you!!!!!

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White

 

Margo M.
on 12/20/08 8:20 pm - Elyria, OH
Topic: RE: DUMPING HARD! WARNING!
i had two episodes yesterday-one was a bowl of corn flakes with a small banana and milk...i do not understand why it is getting worse as i get farther out!

sorry you went thru this..............

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White

 

redzz04
on 12/19/08 5:14 am
Topic: RE: DUMPING HARD! WARNING!
oh yeah... thats the hardest part when it happens at work and it did happen today! yikes!
pammy157
on 12/19/08 4:41 am - colchester, CT
RNY on 03/30/04 with
Topic: RE: DUMPING HARD! WARNING!
when i dump i do the sleep thing too.
KimberlyH
on 12/19/08 3:59 am
Topic: RE: Many Thoughts...
Reenie I have no words...but just want you to know Im thinking of you.....you'll be ok  <--- a hug for you

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe"  ----"Anatole France"

"Joyously grasp the ties that bind you, for they lead straight to the heart"---"Wm."


Kimberly...

KimberlyH
on 12/19/08 3:54 am
Topic: RE: DUMPING HARD! WARNING!
That stinks royally...I feel for you.....I think I finally had my very first dump ever a few nights ago...I was feeling alittle weird so thought I needed some sugar..that kind of weird feeling, so I ate some of my orange stuff not the healthy type mind you....anyway about 20 minutes later I was getting the really really bad stomach cramps (dumping???) anyway had to lay down and sleep it off...dont know if that was me dumping but I am not doing it again ....it sucked big time. So jest to my story is you definalty got my sympathy hang in there!

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe"  ----"Anatole France"

"Joyously grasp the ties that bind you, for they lead straight to the heart"---"Wm."


Kimberly...

pammy157
on 12/19/08 12:29 am - colchester, CT
RNY on 03/30/04 with
Topic: RE: DUMPING HARD! WARNING!
your just getting hit one thing after another!
i'm always so afraid to eat something that i dont' know what it has in it. we have some fantastic cooks at my job. the dessert buffet this past week was just to die for. I swear to god I was drooling when i just looked at it.
i didn't plan on trying anything but i did take one bite of this chocolate wonder and one bite of a pumpkin nut bread. both were well worth the bites. both deserved much more attention than i gave them. i had to walk past that buffet 20 times an hour. each and every single time i stopped and stared.
i was in a dream world of i want to eat you so bad.
i'm glad that i stuck to the one bite especailly with the health issues i've had in the past few months but let me tell you that buffet sight will stick with me for a long time.
it was my fantasy....
awwww sweets......
geesh the drool is starting again
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