Guest guest Posted August 6, 2001 Report Share Posted August 6, 2001 My friend had her open ds on July 2nd with Dr. Macura of Staten Island. Since then, she's been hospitalized twice. The first time, they didn't know what was wrong with her so they reopened her incision to see if it was surgery related - it wasn't. She spent 2 weeks in ICU and the doctor's didn't know what was wrong with her. They treated her for TSS (toxic shock syndrome) and sent her home. Now she's back in the hospital (4 days after being released) because her incision started to reopen. Anyway, she's complaining of having NO APPETITE. Of getting full after 2 sips of water and SERIOUSLY regretting the whole surgery. I, fortunately, do not have any of these problems so I don't know what to tell her! Did anybody go through this during their recovery? What advice can I give my friend? I would appreciate ANY help! I'm going to visit her tonight at the hospital and want to print (and bring to her) any advise, inspiration, get wells I can get! Her name is Michele. I hope I make sense, i'm really nervous for my friend! -EC 7/15 Lap BPD/DS w/ Dr. Ren of NYU 225 5'4 28 yrs old - last weigh in 8/3 200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2001 Report Share Posted August 6, 2001 My friend had her open ds on July 2nd with Dr. Macura of Staten Island. Since then, she's been hospitalized twice. The first time, they didn't know what was wrong with her so they reopened her incision to see if it was surgery related - it wasn't. She spent 2 weeks in ICU and the doctor's didn't know what was wrong with her. They treated her for TSS (toxic shock syndrome) and sent her home. Now she's back in the hospital (4 days after being released) because her incision started to reopen. Anyway, she's complaining of having NO APPETITE. Of getting full after 2 sips of water and SERIOUSLY regretting the whole surgery. I, fortunately, do not have any of these problems so I don't know what to tell her! Did anybody go through this during their recovery? What advice can I give my friend? I would appreciate ANY help! I'm going to visit her tonight at the hospital and want to print (and bring to her) any advise, inspiration, get wells I can get! Her name is Michele. I hope I make sense, i'm really nervous for my friend! -EC 7/15 Lap BPD/DS w/ Dr. Ren of NYU 225 5'4 28 yrs old - last weigh in 8/3 200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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