Re: Digest Number 1658

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In a message dated 07/12/2000 2:37:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes:

> Not all medications have to be stopped before surgery. See page 23

> of

> the patient manual. " If you are currently taking medication, discuss

> with Dr. Rutledge if you should stop taking it.

Yep - valium must be stopeed! : ( (Someone else said he told her to stop

xanax too!)

Wellbutrin is still OK though, so thank goodness for small things! : )

L.

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In a message dated 07/12/2000 2:37:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes:

> Maybe he will handle it different with an anxiety disorder. I was not

trying

>

> to be unkind, (just so you know), I was merely repeating what I had heard

he

>

> told one person who asked about drugs in pre-op. I agree with you, I

> personally don't see what the big deal would be to give someone something

to

>

> ease their anxiety. Good luck. I will be praying for you.

>

> Safe journey,

>

>

Thanks ! I trust Dr. R to outweigh the complications of havings meds as

compared to the safety of not - and if it so happens to be that I am not able

to , then I will have to suffer through it! By the time I get to the

hospital, I will have gone 2 weeks without, so anouther couple fo hours

aren't going to matter in the whole scheme of things! This certainly was a

topic to get everyone interested in! I didn't mean so much to start it for

the purpose fo wanting meds at the hospital, but rather did it as my somewhat

of a " public sevice " to share the inside thoughts of a person with anxiety

disorders as anxiety disorders are so often misunderstood!!! : ) It seems,

however, that I mispercieved this gorup as everyone is so sympathetic and

understanding : )

Thanks to you all,

L.