Guest guest Posted June 28, 2001 Report Share Posted June 28, 2001 patricia: thank god they finally figured out your problem and were able to fix it. can you tell me what your symptoms were? it would be good to know what to watch for post-operatively, just in case, ya know? hope the rest of your treatments go well, and aren't too painful. hope you are feeling better soon. take care, mary y st.louis > Was in the hopsital in San Francisco - CPMC (yet) again yesterday, > they found I have a major abdominal obstruction blocking my food > intake - only had about 1/2 mm of an opening for the food to go thru - > - said I was lucky I got in just in time, it was very dangerous -- I > am so mad at my surgeon for letting this go on for 2 months! They had > to insert a balloon down the endoscope and blow the hole bigger -- > that hurt like hell, but the specialist thinks he gave me about a 12 > mm opening for a lil while at least. > > I will have to have the balloon procedure 3 or 4 more times for the > obstruction to open, if it will remain that way without further > surgery -ugh! My surgeon's mouth hit the floor when I showed up in > his office right after the hospital and showed him the endoscopic > photos! I have to have an incisional hernia repair surgery on July > 5th -- so not out of the woods yet, but the highway is in sight. > > Today my throat is killing me, but last night I drank a whole cup of > hot cocoa at one sitting without throwing up and had some mashed > potatoes later without any problems. Have to be on a soft and/or > liquid diet until this stabalizes. > > Anyway, I feel better knowing something was wrong and can be fixed > then in dealing with the surgeon's office negating my illness. Thank > you all for your good thoughts and prayers and please keep em > coming! > > > Best regards, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2001 Report Share Posted June 28, 2001 , What a horrible ordeal!! Which type of surgery did you have? When? Who performed it? As a pre-op I need to know. Get Healthy, Pat mary wrote: > patricia: thank god they finally figured out your problem and were > able to fix it. can you tell me what your symptoms were? it would > be good to know what to watch for post-operatively, just in case, ya > know? > hope the rest of your treatments go well, and aren't too painful. > hope you are feeling better soon. > > take care, > > mary y st.louis > > > > Was in the hopsital in San Francisco - CPMC (yet) again yesterday, > > they found I have a major abdominal obstruction blocking my food > > intake - only had about 1/2 mm of an opening for the food to go > thru - > > - said I was lucky I got in just in time, it was very dangerous -- > I > > am so mad at my surgeon for letting this go on for 2 months! They > had > > to insert a balloon down the endoscope and blow the hole bigger -- > > that hurt like hell, but the specialist thinks he gave me about a > 12 > > mm opening for a lil while at least. > > > > I will have to have the balloon procedure 3 or 4 more times for the > > obstruction to open, if it will remain that way without further > > surgery -ugh! My surgeon's mouth hit the floor when I showed up in > > his office right after the hospital and showed him the endoscopic > > photos! I have to have an incisional hernia repair surgery on July > > 5th -- so not out of the woods yet, but the highway is in sight. > > > > Today my throat is killing me, but last night I drank a whole cup > of > > hot cocoa at one sitting without throwing up and had some mashed > > potatoes later without any problems. Have to be on a soft and/or > > liquid diet until this stabalizes. > > > > Anyway, I feel better knowing something was wrong and can be fixed > > then in dealing with the surgeon's office negating my illness. > Thank > > you all for your good thoughts and prayers and please keep em > > coming! > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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