Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 Most of you remeber Steve Barwick. We got last message from him in december, when he was having constant pain/attacks. I was praying that he is alive, since we din't get a message from him for a long long time. =================================== >Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:46:28 -0800 >From: Steve Barwick <barwick@...> >Agnes <agnes@...> > >Hi Agnes, > >I did indeed end up having my GB removed surgically. The GB attacks >were just coming too fast and too furiously, several times a day. It >got to the point where absolutely nothing could stop them. I tried >everything imaginable. But I ended up in the ER for the third time on >Dec. 10th, screaming in agony. I had not been able to eat anything >other than a few swallows of soup each day for the past 20 days. And >even trying to drink a glass of water would cause an attack, so I was >completely dehydrated. I just couldn't go on like that any longer. > >I had the GB surgery the 13th. But the attacks continued unabated for >the next seven days because the surgeon had left a stone in the ducts! >So, I had to have the ERCP procedure on the 21st to have the stone >removed. What a mess! > >I am still having problems with pain in the right side under the rib >cage, and of course the doctors are at a loss as to how to explain it >all. Plus, there is still a lot of digestive upset after eating. (The >doctors are probably going to test my pancreas next, to make sure it is >producing enzymes correctly.) Plus, I am having sharp pains just below >the sternum, which they think may be a hiatal hernia. > >Anyway, it has been a nightmare, and I will write about it more >extensively to the gallstone support group as soon as I am a bit more >recovered. Right now I still have overwhelming fatigue, and difficulty >in thinking. I used to work 10-15 hour days, but now even two hours >completely wipes me out. My opinion is that the anesthesia from the >first surgery on the 13th, and the drugs used for the ERCP procedure on >the 21st, combined to caused some problems within my brain. And there >may be thyroid problems, now, too, because I am very fatigued and my >hands are cold all the time. I will tell the gallstone group how >important it is not to wait as long as I did before doing the >alternative methods for saving the gallbladder. I sure wish I hadn't >hesitated for three months. By the time I finally did the flush, my GB >was just too far gone. > >Anyway, at this point my greatest suspicion is that my liver is >dysfunctional, so I am reading Dr. Sandar Cabot's material on liver >cleansing, and starting on her supplement regimen. > >Thanks again for your kindness, >Steve Barwick > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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