Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 We tie Gail! 16 16 a gailsewell@... wrote: > > I went to my dr. today and they removed my staples for me. I also had them > weigh > me and I have loss 16 pounds. This was from the last time I weighed there, > was 2 weeks ago. > > Gail > Chapel Hill, NC > MGB 5/29 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Old school buds here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/4057/2/_/453517/_/960318746/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 We tie Gail! 16 16 a gailsewell@... wrote: > > I went to my dr. today and they removed my staples for me. I also had them > weigh > me and I have loss 16 pounds. This was from the last time I weighed there, > was 2 weeks ago. > > Gail > Chapel Hill, NC > MGB 5/29 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Old school buds here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/4057/2/_/453517/_/960318746/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 We tie Gail! 16 16 a gailsewell@... wrote: > > I went to my dr. today and they removed my staples for me. I also had them > weigh > me and I have loss 16 pounds. This was from the last time I weighed there, > was 2 weeks ago. > > Gail > Chapel Hill, NC > MGB 5/29 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Old school buds here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/4057/2/_/453517/_/960318746/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2000 Report Share Posted June 7, 2000 << The staples are itching, itching, itching. Can anyone give me an idea as to how I might stop this itching...... It's driving me crazy............ >> Your staples might be out by now...but I used something called " Respite " from Walgreen's Drug Store. It's an anti-itch lotion in a small white bottle. I've also used another type of anti-itch lotion which is in a white pump bottle...cannot remember the name right now...it begins with an " S. " Please try not to use steroids or cortisone because my dermatologist told me that using those creams actually thin our skin over time and makes us more prone to skin infections. He suggested Cal-A-Dryl lotion (it now comes in clear) or even Aveeno or Gold Bond cream. I used a Q-tip to apply the anti-itch lotion to each staple entry spot. I also made sure that I let it " air " and sat in a sunspot by a window whenever possible. Dee in MI (MGB 16Dec99) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2000 Report Share Posted June 7, 2000 << The staples are itching, itching, itching. Can anyone give me an idea as to how I might stop this itching...... It's driving me crazy............ >> Your staples might be out by now...but I used something called " Respite " from Walgreen's Drug Store. It's an anti-itch lotion in a small white bottle. I've also used another type of anti-itch lotion which is in a white pump bottle...cannot remember the name right now...it begins with an " S. " Please try not to use steroids or cortisone because my dermatologist told me that using those creams actually thin our skin over time and makes us more prone to skin infections. He suggested Cal-A-Dryl lotion (it now comes in clear) or even Aveeno or Gold Bond cream. I used a Q-tip to apply the anti-itch lotion to each staple entry spot. I also made sure that I let it " air " and sat in a sunspot by a window whenever possible. Dee in MI (MGB 16Dec99) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2000 Report Share Posted June 7, 2000 << The staples are itching, itching, itching. Can anyone give me an idea as to how I might stop this itching...... It's driving me crazy............ >> Your staples might be out by now...but I used something called " Respite " from Walgreen's Drug Store. It's an anti-itch lotion in a small white bottle. I've also used another type of anti-itch lotion which is in a white pump bottle...cannot remember the name right now...it begins with an " S. " Please try not to use steroids or cortisone because my dermatologist told me that using those creams actually thin our skin over time and makes us more prone to skin infections. He suggested Cal-A-Dryl lotion (it now comes in clear) or even Aveeno or Gold Bond cream. I used a Q-tip to apply the anti-itch lotion to each staple entry spot. I also made sure that I let it " air " and sat in a sunspot by a window whenever possible. Dee in MI (MGB 16Dec99) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 > The staples are itching, itching, itching. Can anyone give me an > idea as to how I might stop this itching...... It's driving me > crazy................ If you still have the hospital tape and bandages on, it is more likely the tape. Being allergic to latex or that tape is a common allergy and that is what made me itch like crazy. If you still have the tape on, get it off. Wash off all the adhesive. Put bandaids over your incisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 > The staples are itching, itching, itching. Can anyone give me an > idea as to how I might stop this itching...... It's driving me > crazy................ If you still have the hospital tape and bandages on, it is more likely the tape. Being allergic to latex or that tape is a common allergy and that is what made me itch like crazy. If you still have the tape on, get it off. Wash off all the adhesive. Put bandaids over your incisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 > The staples are itching, itching, itching. Can anyone give me an > idea as to how I might stop this itching...... It's driving me > crazy................ If you still have the hospital tape and bandages on, it is more likely the tape. Being allergic to latex or that tape is a common allergy and that is what made me itch like crazy. If you still have the tape on, get it off. Wash off all the adhesive. Put bandaids over your incisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 Thanks Genz, I went there and discovered that that is what I originally had thought the procedure was all about (that's the same info that's in the patient education manual). Evidently someone out there (who's had the surgery) thinks the stomach is cauterized, with no staples. I have to admit, though, that I thought it could be possible when they told me that, as I wasn't too sure what the manual meant when it said, " ...using multiple firings of the blue and white loads of the Endo GIA. " LOL Regards, Debbie in IL Cigna approved on 3rd appeal for daughter (BMI 45) Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40)--online form submitted 6/22 In a message dated 6/25/00 4:15:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, smootgen@... writes: << Hi Debbie, Go to the MGB home page....on the left hand side toward the bottom you should see the words OPERATIVE DESCRIPTION...click on that and read what it has to say, then on the left hand side of that page you will see the words MGB PROCEDURE. This will tell you even more about the staples in the stomach and bowel. There is an instrument that Dr. R uses that cuts and seals at the same time but he also places the staples in the stomach and bowel. I hope you find the info you're looking for. Best Wishes, Genz >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 Hi Genz, Yes, thanks! There is no doubt that we will be stapled (but hopefully not spindled or mutilated-- LOL--never did know why people needed a warning not to spindle or mutilate. Guess it's kinda like the warning on pillows--you know, how it's illegal to remove the tag???) Regards, Debbie in IL Cigna approved on 3rd appeal for daughter (BMI 45) Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40)--online form submitted 6/22 n a message dated 6/26/00 11:41:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, smootgen@... writes: << Hi Debbie, Did you find the MGB PROCEDURE too?????? It is a little more specific with the staple wording. Keep in touch. Love, Genz >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2000 Report Share Posted June 26, 2000 Hi Debbie, Did you find the MGB PROCEDURE too?????? It is a little more specific with the staple wording. Keep in touch. Love, Genz DebLaMan@... wrote: > Thanks Genz, > I went there and discovered that that is what I originally had thought the > procedure was all about (that's the same info that's in the patient education > manual). Evidently someone out there (who's had the surgery) thinks the > stomach is cauterized, with no staples. I have to admit, though, that I > thought it could be possible when they told me that, as I wasn't too sure > what the manual meant when it said, " ...using multiple firings of the blue > and white loads of the Endo GIA. " LOL > > Regards, > Debbie in IL > Cigna approved on 3rd appeal for daughter (BMI 45) > Counting on Cigna for Debbie (BMI 40)--online form submitted 6/22 > > In a message dated 6/25/00 4:15:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > smootgen@... writes: > > << Hi Debbie, > > Go to the MGB home page....on the left hand side toward the bottom > you > should see the words OPERATIVE DESCRIPTION...click on that and read what it > has > to say, > then on the left hand side of that page you will see the words MGB PROCEDURE. > This will tell you even more about the staples in the stomach and bowel. > There is > an instrument that Dr. R uses that cuts and seals at the same time but he > also > places the staples in the stomach and bowel. I hope you find the info you're > looking for. > > Best Wishes, > Genz > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BeMANY, where eGroups members SAVE on long distance. > http://click.egroups.com/1/4121/3/_/453517/_/962036801/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 You've got them inside. That's what they use to seal up the two parts of the stomach before they separate the pouch from the stomach. No, they don't need to be removed. You don't need to even think about them, so you don't need to try to figure out which of the staple removers at Office Max will be needed. -- Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current ~150 Goal until plastics? Goal 140-150? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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