rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
Saw the man with the open wound needing a wound va - When watching the Real Skinny, the show in general was very interesting but it also brought up some really FREAK OUT memories for me as well as the typical reactions to the loose s...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
Medicare - NO PREAPROVALS - PLEASE BEAWARE!!!!!!!! - For those that have Medicare - it has come to my attention this past week that many surgeons tell patients that they are preapproved via Medicare and then when they get the paperwo...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
dumping = what happens to you? TMI - I keep reading about people that dump but everyone seems to get different symptoms and I feel like I am alone in my symptoms - just curious.  I know I am differnt then most because...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
totally confused over gallbladders =why not take a - THis weekend alone, I think I have read about a dozen posts about people needing there gallbladders removed or they are having I just dont understand why surgeons just dont give po...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 1 month ago
anyone else have plot your escape on the bottom le - anyone else have a very annoying what looks like a popup that says plot your escape on the bottom left hand corner of your computer?  I even went to the help of my cable company th...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
marked fatty replacement of the pancreas - I recently had  a CT scan to check to see if my kidney stones have come back which of course they have but thankfully they aren't obstructing my ureters, so isnt' considered an eme...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
IV Toradol -don't let them give it to you - it is - I have read about a half a dozen posts the past few days of post ops saying there surgeons gave them or tried to give them toradol during the first few post days and others during ...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
anyone have a bonemarrow biopsy? Having unbearable - I had my bone marrow biopsy on Thursday - it went fine as far as I know, I was put to sleep at my request, so it was done in the same day surgery center.  I came home 2 hours later...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
help with new ticker - I got a new laptop and for some reason my old ticker did not transfer from the old computer to new laptop.  I didnt' realize they were attached to the computer.  Well, I just went ...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
ticker - [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wDDIaCl/] [img]http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wDDIaCl/weight.png[/img] [/url]

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
check this out - gastric bypass without surgery - https://rocalabs.com/en/?gclid=CKGdlLu4hq4CFYXd4AodUWlY3Q I came across this by accident and couldn't believe what I was seeing, thought I would pass it along.  can't believe th...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Thins are getting very complicated - kidney stones -  I went to see my Urologist yestarday because my kidney stones are back on the right side - one 7mm, one 8mm and multiple tiny scatter ones -those are probably from when they were ...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Things getting more complicated - need bone marrow - I went to see my Urologist yestarday because my kidney stones are back on the right side - one 7mm, one 8mm and multiple tiny scatter ones -those are probably from when they were b...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
anyone suffer from gout post op? - I was just diagnosed with gout and it is terribly painful.  I was wondering if this is common post op since it is related to high uric acid levels can be due to dehydration or a pr...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
suergeojn on Dr Oz was my surgeon - Watched Dr Oz yestarday and to my surprise, all of sudden there I see my surgeon on TV in front of my face.  He wasn't the first one that introduced the surgery but the one that th...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 3 months ago
I,m back - doing better. Computer died and fianll - Itis nice to be back online.  I got a terrible virus on my PC and can't use it.  Finally got a new laptop last week and was finally hooked up to cable today.  Nice to be back. I...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
3 year anniversary appt with surgeon - got injecti - I went to see my see my surgeon and NUT yestarday for my 3 year follow up - was I glad I went.  First I saw the surgeon.  I hadn't seen him in quite some time since due to numerous...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
3 year anniversary appt with surgeon - gave me inj - I went to see my see my surgeon and NUT yestarday for my 3 year follow up - was I glad I went.  First I saw the surgeon.  I hadn't seen him in quite some time since due to numerous...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Went in for kidney stone surgery - ended up septic - Well, I went into the local hospital on October 19th for what I thought was a routine kidney stone surgery  = going up with a scope, blasting the stones and inserting a stent.  Wel...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 7 months ago
kidney stones - check it out - I went to my nephrologist today - hadn't seen him in years.  He spent over an hour with me going over my recent history of what has gone on with me.  I told him about my recent exp...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 7 months ago
kidney stones - check out this site - I went to my nephrologist today - hadn't seen him in years.  He spent over an hour with me going over my recent history of what has gone on with me.  I told him about my recent exp...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 7 months ago
Looking for ride and roommate to OH conference in - I am seriously considering going to the OH conference in Long Island this October. The only problem is in order for me to go, I would need to find not only a roommate but a ride.  ...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 7 months ago
Support Group - Suffern Area - Rockland County - I am almost 3 years post op and would really love to go to a support group meeting now and then.  Ideally I would love it to be during the day since I dont' work but I dont' know i...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 8 months ago
apartment sprung a leak, guess i am not going to s - Here I am sitting at my computer and all of a sudden I here drip, drip, drip.  I look up and I see my ceiling is leaking.  Then I look down on the floor and my floor is full of wat...

rbb825 posted a discussion topic 12 years, 8 months ago
Help, my apartment sprung a leak - guess I am not - Here I am sitting at my computer and all of a sudden I here drip, drip, drip.  I look up and I see my ceiling is leaking.  Then I look down on the floor and my floor is full of wat...
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Suffern, NY
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10/27/2008
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Apr 28, 2000
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