Impatience continued

[Guest guest]

: Thanks for talking to your dad. I suppose, like everyone else, I

want everything to be OK NOW, not in 6 - 12 months, but I will just have to

wait it out and hope in the meantime I do not put on any weight. One of

the questions I was going to ask was in relation to the drugs I am taking

and the effect they may have on my body. I don't like the idea of having

to take something to get my stomach moving and then something else to stop

it. I started on the Adalat on Monday evening as I found the spasms were

continuing, and I am at wits end with them. The unfortunate part of those

tablets it that there is quite a list of side effects - nausea (yeah I

really need that), dizziness, fainting, rapid heart beats, low energy,

swelling of ankles and legs - and the list goes on. Thus far it appears

the only effect they are having on me is the low energy. I had dropped off

to sleep for the past 3 nights by 9.15 and wake up feeling as tired as I

was the night before. They say with time these effects will go away. I am

a little concerned that there may be new warning on Prepulsid and I will

certainly ask him about those. I am starting to get a little frightened by

all of this, which makes me all the more determined to get the answers to

my questions.

Hopefully, in time, all of this will be a thing of the past and I can get

on with the job at hand......... losing weight.

All have a great day.

Esther.

[Guest guest]

Hi Esther! Don't worry about being impatient--that is natural to want your

stomach back to working like it is supposed to. From what dad said - you

will probably notice improvements around 6 months--that is only 8 weeks

away! *smile* I think that the function comes back gradually, so you should

notice a decrease in the spasms and then you can cut back on the meds as

well. He said the one year was at the high end of recuperating time--with

any luck you will be one that recovers faster. That must be hard to have

that sluggish and tired feeling all the time. I remember that when I first

started on my antidepressants after I had my post-natal depression

trouble--it was hard to get one foot in front of the other without trying to

land on the bed for more rest which never seemed to help with the fatigue.

Hang in there and with any luck you will be feeling better soon.

I hope your meeting with O'Brien gives you some of the answers you are

looking for. It is terrible when the doctors on hand can not help and you

need to look elsewhere--reminds me of when my daughter broke her leg when

she fell off the trampoline at a gymnastics birthday party. We took her to

Royal Children's for Xrays and they assured us she had just strained the

ligaments in her knee--she could not weight bear at all and after a week of

carrying her everywhere and intense pain, I called my father and he

diagnosed the broken leg from the symptoms she was having and sent us a leg

brace from the US to help her recover. Sure enough, three weeks later we

had another Xray done and you could see the bone where it was healing from

the fracture. How frustrating that was! If O'Brien ca not give you the

answers you want, well then find someone who can--like any service provider,

the doctors must understand that they have a level of service to live up to

and if we do not get the service we require then we have the choice to go

elsewhere. It is in O'Brien's best interest and yours, of course, to make

sure you are satisfied with the explanations he gives and the plan he has to

handle your recovery and weight loss. If not, move on....you will be better

off and have much less frustration and stress in your life if you are

confident about the doctor handling your case. Some doctors(and/or

surgeons) think they are the be all and end all, but growing up with one as

the head of the household convinced me they are anything but.. Legends in

their own minds some of them. Well, enough of my pep talk and I will now

get down off my soap box too *smile*!

When do you meet with O'Brien? I have my second fill on Friday and I am

hoping I will not have near as many sticks as I did the first time through.

I have the mark from radiology last time in permanent marker on my belly, so

at least there will be a target! Take care of yourself!! and try not to be

too frustrated (I know that is a lot easier said than done!).

Warm Regards,

and Johanns

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