Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 I know that ER is likely to be a part of our lives ~~ especially *before* we're diagnosed (I was actually diagnosed IN ER). But I think there's something REALLY wrong with the system and/or your doctor if you're ending up there very often, either for rehydration OR pain control. If you're needing rehydration, you ARE basically starving. (If liquids aren't staying down, nothing else, i.e., *nutrients* are not either.) There are consequences of even short term starvation. Long-term consequences, potentially. Hair loss isn't one of them, though losing handfuls of hair can be and is scary. Nerve damage may NOT heal itself. Permanent increased BMI and insulin resistance are sitting right there, too. When I lived in China, I met people who were suffering effects of " The Three Bad Years, " twenty years later. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20702751) This in not something to play with kiddles. This is a PRIMARY concern. Pain management is a specialty, and if it's not being taken care of, it SHOULD BE. Either change doctors, or get your current one educated. And yes, that may mean YOU are going to be the one who educates him/her. You have a computer, the information is out there. If your doctor is too busy to be up to date, either help him out, or move on. Rant off/// , in wonderful wild WV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Very wise words. Thanks. Kim ________________________________ From: puddleriver13 <puddleriver13@...> achalasia Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:03 PM Subject: ER ~~ Â I know that ER is likely to be a part of our lives ~~ especially *before* we're diagnosed (I was actually diagnosed IN ER). But I think there's something REALLY wrong with the system and/or your doctor if you're ending up there very often, either for rehydration OR pain control. If you're needing rehydration, you ARE basically starving. (If liquids aren't staying down, nothing else, i.e., *nutrients* are not either.) There are consequences of even short term starvation. Long-term consequences, potentially. Hair loss isn't one of them, though losing handfuls of hair can be and is scary. Nerve damage may NOT heal itself. Permanent increased BMI and insulin resistance are sitting right there, too. When I lived in China, I met people who were suffering effects of " The Three Bad Years, " twenty years later. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20702751) This in not something to play with kiddles. This is a PRIMARY concern. Pain management is a specialty, and if it's not being taken care of, it SHOULD BE. Either change doctors, or get your current one educated. And yes, that may mean YOU are going to be the one who educates him/her. You have a computer, the information is out there. If your doctor is too busy to be up to date, either help him out, or move on. Rant off/// , in wonderful wild WV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Unfortunately right now I have to live day to day. It sucks doing things this way but I have to work my achalasia in around life. Newly separated, doing it alone and working shift work as a nurse means that I have to put my boys first for the time being. Access should be sorted just before my surgery so then I will have more time to take care of me. It sucks, but for now it has to work! Jenn Sent from my iPhone On Mar 22, 2012, at 13:03, " puddleriver13 " <puddleriver13@...> wrote: > I know that ER is likely to be a part of our lives ~~ especially *before* we're diagnosed (I was actually diagnosed IN ER). But I think there's something REALLY wrong with the system and/or your doctor if you're ending up there very often, either for rehydration OR pain control. > > If you're needing rehydration, you ARE basically starving. (If liquids aren't staying down, nothing else, i.e., *nutrients* are not either.) There are consequences of even short term starvation. Long-term consequences, potentially. Hair loss isn't one of them, though losing handfuls of hair can be and is scary. Nerve damage may NOT heal itself. Permanent increased BMI and insulin resistance are sitting right there, too. When I lived in China, I met people who were suffering effects of " The Three Bad Years, " twenty years later. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20702751) This in not something to play with kiddles. This is a PRIMARY concern. > > Pain management is a specialty, and if it's not being taken care of, it SHOULD BE. Either change doctors, or get your current one educated. And yes, that may mean YOU are going to be the one who educates him/her. You have a computer, the information is out there. If your doctor is too busy to be up to date, either help him out, or move on. > > Rant off/// > > , in wonderful wild WV > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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