What we are eating,and whats eating us,Saturday...

You don't see jean M? hmmmm no, there are no OH doctors that I know of that is why I was asking.

I went out and came in as a guest and saw her.  Now I remember her.  LOL. 

This is getting really confusing here. I am doing some beta testing for OH and when I come here like now regular things are different on the boards than when I go into beta test site....should be the same but not...more confusion

Darlene,

It's a joke!

It's paraphrased from the "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" Vick's cough syrup commercial in the 1980's, when (supposedly) federal regulators decided that commercials done by actors who play doctors on TV (like Dr. Kildare, Dr. Welby, etc) made consumers think that a real doctor was endorsing the product.

I added it to my OH signature recently because so many people (on the lap-band forum) ask me questions that they really should be asking their surgeons.

Jean

P.S. - I've had Jeanie (lightswitch) blocked ever since she called me a "wingnut" (not in a nice way).  Even though I have her blocked, I can still see her OH posts (usually when you block someone, you can't see their posts and they can't see yours).  But apparently she can't see mine.  Weird.

Jean,you are very lucky,to have such delicious carbs at hand.
They seem to energize me,love your menu!

Yesterday, I got really sick and weak.  I wasn't able to hold anything down and had to cancel my meeting.  I spent the day in bed.  I felt like I was going to throw up, but I never did.  I drank water all day because I thought I may have gotten a little dehydrated.  I woke up feeling fine, ate one egg and a piece of toast and back to feeling like crap.  I hope this will pass.

B:  Had the one egg and the toast

S: broth

L:maybe some more broth.  If I feel better, I'll try and eat.

D: soup of some kind.

I know, if this doesn't get better by Monday, I'm calling the surgeon.  I just hate to call him because he always wants to see me, he is six hours away, and he orders every single test known to man to tell me the same thing he tells me every single time.  We need to make a decision on that ulcer.  Well, do you think?

Jeannie,
If the ulcer is making you sick, unable to eat, miss important meetings AND can be fixed, sweety, DO IT!!

I don't know the particulars, but it sounds like way too much discomfort to tolerate.

Getting poked, prodded and tested isn't much fun either.

Feel better.

He wants to do a revision of my bypass, which he says will not gurantee that another ulcer won't form in the new pouch.  So, I'm thinking why do it now when I can put it off until I just have to have it done.  Right now, the ulcer responds to the medicine.  As long as the acid is kept down, the ulcer heals up and I'm fine.  I just don't want to have another surgery.  The being on a ventilator and then feeling so weak for so long just about did me in. Oh, and then there's the possiblity of it coming back so why would I do it to just have it return.  I am going to call, though, if I don't feel better by Monday. 

Aha - I understand now. Quite a dilemma.

Girl,you are having more than your share of troubles!