Guest guest Posted August 14, 2001 Report Share Posted August 14, 2001 Donna - You have my sympathy. I was so blessed that my mother didn't die. When I was 14 she was in the hospital with pneumonia. The day she was discharged a massive pulmonary emblous hit her while she was waiting for my dad to pick her up. There " happened " to be a spare RN who was in the room who saw it and hit the code blue button. When my dad arrived mom was in ICU. While there they did a lung scan. Her lungs looked like land mines had been exploding daily, apparently she had been having very frequent little PE's for a long time. When she was finally alert enough to be questioned her docs asked if she hadn't noticed ANYTHING?!?!?! Mom's reply? " I thought I was just having little heart attacks and didn't want to worry anyone. " (Obviously God wanted her around a little while longer.) Given her history my surgeon and my PCP were extremely thorough in my pre-op testing. Dr. Kim made sure I had heparin injections throughout my hospitalization, but we all (doc, family, nurses and me) kinda held our breaths until it seemed everything would be OK. My only real fear about the surgery was the possibility of the PE. But, I put it in God's hands and had lots of prayer going out for me. I'm very grateful and feel the best I have in years. P post-op 05-30-01 lap-assisted BPD/DS Dr. Kim, Ocean Springs, MS pre-op BMI 53, weight 329, now at 279 > > Ok.. I felt a need to address this real quick. > > > > Everyone has implied that it was the DS surgery that killed Larry.. > it > > was surgery.. but not specifically the DS. Larry was 2 weeks out > from > > surgery and doing well, until he threw a blood clot that lodged in > his > > lung (yes, I was told by his angel that the cause of death was > > pulmonary embolism). This complication is NOT specific to the DS.. > > this is a risk of ANY surgery- INCLUDING CHILDBIRTH/C-SECTION.. yet > I > > don't see women chickening out on having kids because there is a > small > > risk that they will throw a clot. You must look at the big > picture.. > > Larry weighed well over 600 lbs, which further increased his > chances > > of throwing clots. He had limited mobility- again, a predisposal > to > > clots. The guy had the same risk of throwing clots if he'd had a > > Roux-en-Y.. or a coronary bypass.. or knee replacement.. or having > no > > surgery at all (yes, super morbidly obese folk who have limited > > mobility can throw clots without even having surgery.. its another > > reason why we don't want to stay super MO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2001 Report Share Posted August 14, 2001 Donna - You have my sympathy. I was so blessed that my mother didn't die. When I was 14 she was in the hospital with pneumonia. The day she was discharged a massive pulmonary emblous hit her while she was waiting for my dad to pick her up. There " happened " to be a spare RN who was in the room who saw it and hit the code blue button. When my dad arrived mom was in ICU. While there they did a lung scan. Her lungs looked like land mines had been exploding daily, apparently she had been having very frequent little PE's for a long time. When she was finally alert enough to be questioned her docs asked if she hadn't noticed ANYTHING?!?!?! Mom's reply? " I thought I was just having little heart attacks and didn't want to worry anyone. " (Obviously God wanted her around a little while longer.) Given her history my surgeon and my PCP were extremely thorough in my pre-op testing. Dr. Kim made sure I had heparin injections throughout my hospitalization, but we all (doc, family, nurses and me) kinda held our breaths until it seemed everything would be OK. My only real fear about the surgery was the possibility of the PE. But, I put it in God's hands and had lots of prayer going out for me. I'm very grateful and feel the best I have in years. P post-op 05-30-01 lap-assisted BPD/DS Dr. Kim, Ocean Springs, MS pre-op BMI 53, weight 329, now at 279 > > Ok.. I felt a need to address this real quick. > > > > Everyone has implied that it was the DS surgery that killed Larry.. > it > > was surgery.. but not specifically the DS. Larry was 2 weeks out > from > > surgery and doing well, until he threw a blood clot that lodged in > his > > lung (yes, I was told by his angel that the cause of death was > > pulmonary embolism). This complication is NOT specific to the DS.. > > this is a risk of ANY surgery- INCLUDING CHILDBIRTH/C-SECTION.. yet > I > > don't see women chickening out on having kids because there is a > small > > risk that they will throw a clot. You must look at the big > picture.. > > Larry weighed well over 600 lbs, which further increased his > chances > > of throwing clots. He had limited mobility- again, a predisposal > to > > clots. The guy had the same risk of throwing clots if he'd had a > > Roux-en-Y.. or a coronary bypass.. or knee replacement.. or having > no > > surgery at all (yes, super morbidly obese folk who have limited > > mobility can throw clots without even having surgery.. its another > > reason why we don't want to stay super MO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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