Re: I'm Back with a Hernia Question...

[Guest guest]

Neil,

What a incredible job with the weight loss! Keep up the good work! I went

to visit your website and am amazed at the thought and amount of work you

put into your site; its great.

I'm Back with a Hernia Question...

> Hey everyone, it's me, Neil...

>

> After several months I have managed to mostly be back on track with my

eating

> and so forth. As of this week, a little over 6 months out, I have lost 190

> pounds and am feeling very good. I just got back all my test results and

almost

> everything looks fine. Dr. Randall gave me a B12 booster and had me pick

up a

> B12 supplement because I have been experiencing some numbness in the skin

of my

> legs and what's left of my belly, plus I got lectured for not exercising,

but

> otherwise he said everything else was fine. My cholesterol numbers were

amazing.

> My Triglycerides, which were 480 before the surgery have dropped to 156

and my

> LDL, which was unreadable because of the Tri levels is also down to 156.

By HDL

> hasn't changed from 28 because I am not exercising, but I intend to fix

that.

> There's a gym across the street, so I have to stop making excuses. I am

eating

> very well now, though I still have some trouble with overeating a bit, but

at

> least I have found many things which go down easy and which I can space

out more

> appropriately.

>

> I took advantage of my new-found energy to update my home page after 2

years of

> stagnation, which includes a page on the surgery and a spreadsheet of my

weight

> loss for each week since then. I think you'll find it interesting. You can

see

> it at http://world.std.com/~drwho. There aren't many recent pictures of

me, not

> since August, as I hate to burn a roll of film just for one photo. I'm

trying to

> find someone with a digital camera who can take a few snaps of me so I can

> update the page.

>

> Anyway, other than to update you and give you my web page, I am writing to

ask

> those of you who have experienced a post-surgery hernia AND/OR

appendicitis if

> you could relate to me what the pain is like. For the last few years I

have

> experienced mild pain off and on in the lower right of my belly which I

have

> always attributed to the strain on my abdominal muscles from my size. Over

the

> last few days, however, the pain has increased a bit and yesterday it was

pretty

> intense at times, mostly while sitting upright at the computer or when

getting

> up from sitting down. I read up on both hernias and appendicitis, though,

and

> the descriptions of both in the Mayo Clinic Guide didn't really match what

I was

> having, at least not the symptoms. Has anyone experienced *both* of these

pains

> and can you explain the difference? After I got up this morning the pain

had

> lessened quite a bit and now feels more like the after-effect of a

muscular

> cramp. If the pain had been intense enough, I would certainly have gone to

the

> hospital, but it was never *that* bad. It also felt too close to the

surface to

> be something internal like appendicitis. It didn't even feel as deep as it

does

> when I have intestinal cramps.

>

> Am I likely to have symptoms of the hernia at 6 months? Granted I *did*

lose a

> lot of weight quickly, because I started out so big...

>

> Anyway, any input would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks!

>

> -Neil

>

> ---

> Neil Marsh

>

> 35yo 6'2 " 517#/328#/220# Open RNY 4/18/00

> Dr. Ned Cabot Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Neil,

Congrats! Glad to see you back!

I don't know about the hernia feeling, however I can describe appendicitis.

First of all, if you've had this pain for quite some time, most likely it is

not the appentics as usually if it's that, it needs to be taken out pretty

quickly, however there are times some Dr's will try an antibiotic unless

they feel it's an emergency situation.

When I had my " attacks " from my appendix, I first started with nausea,

vomiting, then had a dull ache in my right lower quadrant. I thought it was

a bug, but the pain got so intense I finally went to the Dr. He " tested " my

area from having me lie flat on my back, and he pushed on all areas of my

body. Once he pushed the sight of the appendix, I almost went through the

roof it hurt so bad! After one hour, I was on my way to surgery. Appendix

is a common procedure done daily, and at the time mine came out, they didn't

offer Laproscopic, now they do (depending on Dr). Don't diagnose yourself,

get to a Dr. if you're questioning anything like that. The appendix does

nothing for the body, but if it lets go, you could be in serious trouble.

Good luck!

Dawn

I'm Back with a Hernia Question...

Hey everyone, it's me, Neil...

After several months I have managed to mostly be back on track with my

eating

and so forth. As of this week, a little over 6 months out, I have lost 190

pounds and am feeling very good. I just got back all my test results and

almost

everything looks fine. Dr. Randall gave me a B12 booster and had me pick up

a

B12 supplement because I have been experiencing some numbness in the skin of

my

legs and what's left of my belly, plus I got lectured for not exercising,

but

otherwise he said everything else was fine. My cholesterol numbers were

amazing.

My Triglycerides, which were 480 before the surgery have dropped to 156 and

my

LDL, which was unreadable because of the Tri levels is also down to 156. By

HDL

hasn't changed from 28 because I am not exercising, but I intend to fix

that.

There's a gym across the street, so I have to stop making excuses. I am

eating

very well now, though I still have some trouble with overeating a bit, but

at

least I have found many things which go down easy and which I can space out

more

appropriately.

I took advantage of my new-found energy to update my home page after 2 years

of

stagnation, which includes a page on the surgery and a spreadsheet of my

weight

loss for each week since then. I think you'll find it interesting. You can

see

it at http://world.std.com/~drwho. There aren't many recent pictures of me,

not

since August, as I hate to burn a roll of film just for one photo. I'm

trying to

find someone with a digital camera who can take a few snaps of me so I can

update the page.

Anyway, other than to update you and give you my web page, I am writing to

ask

those of you who have experienced a post-surgery hernia AND/OR appendicitis

if

you could relate to me what the pain is like. For the last few years I have

experienced mild pain off and on in the lower right of my belly which I have

always attributed to the strain on my abdominal muscles from my size. Over

the

last few days, however, the pain has increased a bit and yesterday it was

pretty

intense at times, mostly while sitting upright at the computer or when

getting

up from sitting down. I read up on both hernias and appendicitis, though,

and

the descriptions of both in the Mayo Clinic Guide didn't really match what I

was

having, at least not the symptoms. Has anyone experienced *both* of these

pains

and can you explain the difference? After I got up this morning the pain had

lessened quite a bit and now feels more like the after-effect of a muscular

cramp. If the pain had been intense enough, I would certainly have gone to

the

hospital, but it was never *that* bad. It also felt too close to the surface

to

be something internal like appendicitis. It didn't even feel as deep as it

does

when I have intestinal cramps.

Am I likely to have symptoms of the hernia at 6 months? Granted I *did* lose

a

lot of weight quickly, because I started out so big...

Anyway, any input would be appreciated.

Thanks!

-Neil

---

Neil Marsh

35yo 6'2 " 517#/328#/220# Open RNY 4/18/00

Dr. Ned Cabot Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston