Re: BLAIR: a report from Oz

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In a message dated 8/10/2000 4:33:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

BJenk23768@... writes:

<< Thanks to every single one of you, for helping me get to this moment. You

are such a blessing to me.

More later...

xoxo

Blair >>

Way to go Blair!!! Great report!! I'm glad you're doing well and feeling OK.

You should go rest now!!

Cathy Morrow in Lenoir, NC

BMI 42

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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In a message dated 08/10/2000 4:33:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

BJenk23768@... writes:

<< hanks to every single one of you, for helping me get to this moment. You

are such a blessing to me.

More later...

xoxo

Blair

>>

OH Blair,

I am so happy to hear from you and the report on the others. I am glad you

are up and around. I can tell you one thing, by the 5th day you will be

running!! Really you'll see! It gets ALOT better every day, especially the

breathing thing LOL! Take Care, call me when ya get back!! xoxoxo mARGIE sc

7/26

[Guest guest]

OH man,

A typical male whimp here, I seek out and catch every word that has to do

with pain. everyone says it;s nothing. I noticed you talked about groaning

etc... I have NO tolerance at all, I am petrified of the pain. I need to

know how bad it is before I decide on this. Could yo elaborate.

thanks, Bob

> BLAIR: a report from Oz

>

> Dear friends -

>

> Greetings from Rutledge U. Gimme an R! Gimme a U! Gimme a...I'm too tired

> to

> finish that cheer...

>

> We had a lovely dinner together on Tuesday night at the Cattleman steak

> house, which I reported on that night, and then....

>

> I got all my preop stuff done, and went over to Durham Regional on

> Wednesday

> morning, bright and early, to go under the knife. It seemed to go much

> quicker this time, perhaps because I'd already had a dry run.

>

> Dr. Rutledge came in to my preop room around 8, and talked with my husband

>

> and me. Spoke proudly of all of you, and how miraculous he finds this MGB

>

> list. I agree completely! There has never been anything like you folks,

> in

> my experience. He spoke of how much he learns from this list.

>

> Then I went by gurney to the holding area, where they tried to stump me

> with

> more questions - but I knew what to say by then. Name, rank and serial

> number only! I was a woman on a mission, and nothing would stop me!

>

> I got a lot of questions about this latex allergy, from preop right down

> to

> the anesthesiologist. I think my earlier attempt at surgery did not go

> unnoticed...

>

> Dr. Rutledge obliged my request for music by singing TV show theme songs.

> I

> recall falling asleep to the strains of " Meet the Flintstones " .

>

> I don't remember waking up in the recovery room at all, just in my room,

> groaning and asking for ice chips. I WAS SO THIRSTY!!! The ice chips

> tasted

> like heaven to me. (One of my nurses this morning did a humorous - but

> fairly

> accurate - imitation of me calling out " Ice chips....zzzzzzzzz. "

> Haha...I'm

> going to let her have the surgery, and then we'll see who's laughing!

>

> My husband was a major rock throughout, feeding ice chips, saying nice

> things, etc.

>

> Some nice MGBers stopped by or called, including Gloria from Chapel Hill,

> Tricia Bardell, Susie from NJ, and I think some others stopped by but I

> might

> have still been groaning or snoozing.

>

> I felt like hell when I woke up - I was pretty sore. The pain meds pump

> was

> a real help - just enough to help me to relax. I did throw up a couple of

>

> times, but it may have been from the Demerol. My nausea wasn't prolonged -

>

> just a couple of bouts, several hours apart. I think that that's my

> standard

> reaction to surgery.

>

> I got up to go to the bathroom, and realized each time how much better I

> felt

> when I moved around. Since I had slept most of the day, I cruised around

> the

> halls between midnight and 5, and I think it helped me to get rid of the

> gas,

> thus making me more comfortable.

>

> I went back to sleep around 5, and woke up just before Dr. Rutledge came

> in,

> around 7 - we chatted briefly, he told me he was happy with the surgery,

> and

> that my liver looked fine. Yay!

>

> I visited with Susie, Dawn Jester, (from IL), and her

> darling

> mom Deb, with - didn't get to see Dave again. All were doing fine,

> up

> and cruising too.

>

> We're going to try to do a movie together this weekend - if you're in

> Durham

> and you're reading this, email me!

>

> Right now it's 4:30 in the afternoon - I took a long nap back at Duke

> Tower

> after having the yogurt, creatine, glutamine, Vitamin A, etc. casserole.

> Quite a little concoction there! I feel a little tired - okay, a lot -

> but I

> think I'm going to feel better tomorrow.

>

> It's too early really to report on my drinking and eating - I will say

> that I

> feel very cautious about drinking anything too fast. It goes down and

> hits

> that new stomach like a rock!

>

> Thanks to every single one of you, for helping me get to this moment. You

>

> are such a blessing to me.

>

> More later...

>

> xoxo

> Blair

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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Blair:

Congratulations!

Thanks so much for the timely update.

I'm jealous.

All the best,

Judith in Seattle, WA

BLAIR: a report from Oz

> Dear friends -

>

> Greetings from Rutledge U. Gimme an R! Gimme a U! Gimme a...I'm too tired

to

> finish that cheer...

>

> We had a lovely dinner together on Tuesday night at the Cattleman steak

> house, which I reported on that night, and then....

>

> I got all my preop stuff done, and went over to Durham Regional on

Wednesday

> morning, bright and early, to go under the knife. It seemed to go much

> quicker this time, perhaps because I'd already had a dry run.

>

> Dr. Rutledge came in to my preop room around 8, and talked with my husband

> and me. Spoke proudly of all of you, and how miraculous he finds this MGB

> list. I agree completely! There has never been anything like you folks,

in

> my experience. He spoke of how much he learns from this list.

>

> Then I went by gurney to the holding area, where they tried to stump me

with

> more questions - but I knew what to say by then. Name, rank and serial

> number only! I was a woman on a mission, and nothing would stop me!

>

> I got a lot of questions about this latex allergy, from preop right down

to

> the anesthesiologist. I think my earlier attempt at surgery did not go

> unnoticed...

>

> Dr. Rutledge obliged my request for music by singing TV show theme songs.

I

> recall falling asleep to the strains of " Meet the Flintstones " .

>

> I don't remember waking up in the recovery room at all, just in my room,

> groaning and asking for ice chips. I WAS SO THIRSTY!!! The ice chips

tasted

> like heaven to me. (One of my nurses this morning did a humorous - but

fairly

> accurate - imitation of me calling out " Ice chips....zzzzzzzzz. "

Haha...I'm

> going to let her have the surgery, and then we'll see who's laughing!

>

> My husband was a major rock throughout, feeding ice chips, saying nice

> things, etc.

>

> Some nice MGBers stopped by or called, including Gloria from Chapel Hill,

> Tricia Bardell, Susie from NJ, and I think some others stopped by but I

might

> have still been groaning or snoozing.

>

> I felt like hell when I woke up - I was pretty sore. The pain meds pump

was

> a real help - just enough to help me to relax. I did throw up a couple of

> times, but it may have been from the Demerol. My nausea wasn't prolonged -

> just a couple of bouts, several hours apart. I think that that's my

standard

> reaction to surgery.

>

> I got up to go to the bathroom, and realized each time how much better I

felt

> when I moved around. Since I had slept most of the day, I cruised around

the

> halls between midnight and 5, and I think it helped me to get rid of the

gas,

> thus making me more comfortable.

>

> I went back to sleep around 5, and woke up just before Dr. Rutledge came

in,

> around 7 - we chatted briefly, he told me he was happy with the surgery,

and

> that my liver looked fine. Yay!

>

> I visited with Susie, Dawn Jester, (from IL), and her

darling

> mom Deb, with - didn't get to see Dave again. All were doing fine,

up

> and cruising too.

>

> We're going to try to do a movie together this weekend - if you're in

Durham

> and you're reading this, email me!

>

> Right now it's 4:30 in the afternoon - I took a long nap back at Duke

Tower

> after having the yogurt, creatine, glutamine, Vitamin A, etc. casserole.

> Quite a little concoction there! I feel a little tired - okay, a lot -

but I

> think I'm going to feel better tomorrow.

>

> It's too early really to report on my drinking and eating - I will say

that I

> feel very cautious about drinking anything too fast. It goes down and

hits

> that new stomach like a rock!

>

> Thanks to every single one of you, for helping me get to this moment. You

> are such a blessing to me.

>

> More later...

>

> xoxo

> Blair

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> 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

>

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MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com

>

>

>

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Steele, wrote:

>

> OH man,

>

> A typical male whimp here, I seek out and catch every word that has to

> do

> with pain. everyone says it;s nothing. I noticed you talked about

> groaning

> etc... I have NO tolerance at all, I am petrified of the pain. I need

> to

> know how bad it is before I decide on this. Could yo elaborate.

>

> thanks, Bob

Let's put it this way, Bob. If you are going to have *any* procedure,

this one is by far and away -- days less -- pain than any other.

You will have pain for about 6 hours that is controlled by pain meds.

How bad? Maybe as bad as a sprained ankle, or a punch in the stomach

that lasts about 6 hours.

After that, the pain is virtually zero. I didn't need any pain meds at

all, ever, after the first day, and I was not being stoic. I had no

pain.

However, the miracle is that you have JUST HAD MAJOR SURGERY and you

aren't in unbearable, uncontrollable pain, ever. I've had unbearable

pain after other surgery, Bob, and this doesn't even come close. On a

scale of one to ten, having a baby is a 9, this is a 3.

This is a major procedure, yet it's not much worse than going to the

dentist for a filling.

Kind regards,

[Guest guest]

Blair,

Great to hear you're doing wonderful! The pre-op wait is over!

Please keep posting.

Bernardine

, TX

> Dear friends -

>

> Greetings from Rutledge U. Gimme an R! Gimme a U! Gimme a...I'm

too tired to

> finish that cheer...

>

> We had a lovely dinner together on Tuesday night at the Cattleman

steak

> house, which I reported on that night, and then....

>

> I got all my preop stuff done, and went over to Durham Regional on

Wednesday

> morning, bright and early, to go under the knife. It seemed to go

much

> quicker this time, perhaps because I'd already had a dry run.

>

> Dr. Rutledge came in to my preop room around 8, and talked with my

husband

> and me. Spoke proudly of all of you, and how miraculous he finds

this MGB

> list. I agree completely! There has never been anything like you

folks, in

> my experience. He spoke of how much he learns from this list.

>

> Then I went by gurney to the holding area, where they tried to

stump me with

> more questions - but I knew what to say by then. Name, rank and

serial

> number only! I was a woman on a mission, and nothing would stop

me!

>

> I got a lot of questions about this latex allergy, from preop right

down to

> the anesthesiologist. I think my earlier attempt at surgery did

not go

> unnoticed...

>

> Dr. Rutledge obliged my request for music by singing TV show theme

songs. I

> recall falling asleep to the strains of " Meet the Flintstones " .

>

> I don't remember waking up in the recovery room at all, just in my

room,

> groaning and asking for ice chips. I WAS SO THIRSTY!!! The ice

chips tasted

> like heaven to me. (One of my nurses this morning did a humorous -

but fairly

> accurate - imitation of me calling out " Ice chips....zzzzzzzzz. "

Haha...I'm

> going to let her have the surgery, and then we'll see who's

laughing!

>

> My husband was a major rock throughout, feeding ice chips, saying

nice

> things, etc.

>

> Some nice MGBers stopped by or called, including Gloria from Chapel

Hill,

> Tricia Bardell, Susie from NJ, and I think some others stopped by

but I might

> have still been groaning or snoozing.

>

> I felt like hell when I woke up - I was pretty sore. The pain meds

pump was

> a real help - just enough to help me to relax. I did throw up a

couple of

> times, but it may have been from the Demerol. My nausea wasn't

prolonged -

> just a couple of bouts, several hours apart. I think that that's

my standard

> reaction to surgery.

>

> I got up to go to the bathroom, and realized each time how much

better I felt

> when I moved around. Since I had slept most of the day, I cruised

around the

> halls between midnight and 5, and I think it helped me to get rid

of the gas,

> thus making me more comfortable.

>

> I went back to sleep around 5, and woke up just before Dr. Rutledge

came in,

> around 7 - we chatted briefly, he told me he was happy with the

surgery, and

> that my liver looked fine. Yay!

>

> I visited with Susie, Dawn Jester, (from IL), and

her darling

> mom Deb, with - didn't get to see Dave again. All were

doing fine, up

> and cruising too.

>

> We're going to try to do a movie together this weekend - if you're

in Durham

> and you're reading this, email me!

>

> Right now it's 4:30 in the afternoon - I took a long nap back at

Duke Tower

> after having the yogurt, creatine, glutamine, Vitamin A, etc.

casserole.

> Quite a little concoction there! I feel a little tired - okay, a

lot - but I

> think I'm going to feel better tomorrow.

>

> It's too early really to report on my drinking and eating - I will

say that I

> feel very cautious about drinking anything too fast. It goes down

and hits

> that new stomach like a rock!

>

> Thanks to every single one of you, for helping me get to this

moment. You

> are such a blessing to me.

>

> More later...

>

> xoxo

> Blair

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sara,

You are great. A little encouragement is what I really needed today. I hope I

hear soon.

Bob

[Guest guest]

Hi Bob,

I had the MGB on 8/2. I had quite a bit of pain at first, right in the middle

of my stomach just below the sternum. That lasted for a few hours, but was

helped quite a bit by the pain pump that they give you. Then it really eased

off, and I was able to get up and walk around without much trouble. Since then

I have had very little pain, just some soreness where the five little holes

are. Now that I have mentioned pain, let me tell you that the pain was much

less and of much shorter duration than it was for the two other surgeries I

have had, which were a c-section and a breast reduction (you probably don't

have any experience with either of those ). I also consider myself to be a

wimp about pain, and I would not have hesitated to have the MGB even if I had

known exactly how it was going to feel beforehand. So, yes, there was some

pain that I didn't like , but, no, it was not unbearable. Don't be too

afraid. Also, everyone is different and a lot of people who have had the MGB

have reported that they have had basically no pain. You might be one of those

people!

Also, I know you have mentioned your weight being a bit over the limit in some

earlier posts. Don't worry too much about that. I know that it will depend

some on how tall you are, and, as you said Dr. R has done surgery on some

people over the 350 pound stated limit. At the worst he might ask you to try

to lose a bit before the surgery, but probably you will be all right.

Sara

MGB 8/2

" Steele, " wrote:

> OH man,

>

> A typical male whimp here, I seek out and catch every word that has to do

> with pain. everyone says it;s nothing. I noticed you talked about groaning

> etc... I have NO tolerance at all, I am petrified of the pain. I need to

> know how bad it is before I decide on this. Could yo elaborate.

>

> thanks, Bob

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Blair,

I'm so glad you are on the other side and doing so well!!!!

Sara

MGB 8/2

BJenk23768@... wrote:

> Dear friends -

>

> Greetings from Rutledge U. Gimme an R! Gimme a U! Gimme a...I'm too tired to

> finish that cheer...

>

> We had a lovely dinner together on Tuesday night at the Cattleman steak

> house, which I reported on that night, and then....

>

> I got all my preop stuff done, and went over to Durham Regional on Wednesday

> morning, bright and early, to go under the knife. It seemed to go much

> quicker this time, perhaps because I'd already had a dry run.

>

> Dr. Rutledge came in to my preop room around 8, and talked with my husband

> and me. Spoke proudly of all of you, and how miraculous he finds this MGB

> list. I agree completely! There has never been anything like you folks, in

> my experience. He spoke of how much he learns from this list.

>

> Then I went by gurney to the holding area, where they tried to stump me with

> more questions - but I knew what to say by then. Name, rank and serial

> number only! I was a woman on a mission, and nothing would stop me!

>

> I got a lot of questions about this latex allergy, from preop right down to

> the anesthesiologist. I think my earlier attempt at surgery did not go

> unnoticed...

>

> Dr. Rutledge obliged my request for music by singing TV show theme songs. I

> recall falling asleep to the strains of " Meet the Flintstones " .

>

> I don't remember waking up in the recovery room at all, just in my room,

> groaning and asking for ice chips. I WAS SO THIRSTY!!! The ice chips tasted

> like heaven to me. (One of my nurses this morning did a humorous - but fairly

> accurate - imitation of me calling out " Ice chips....zzzzzzzzz. " Haha...I'm

> going to let her have the surgery, and then we'll see who's laughing!

>

> My husband was a major rock throughout, feeding ice chips, saying nice

> things, etc.

>

> Some nice MGBers stopped by or called, including Gloria from Chapel Hill,

> Tricia Bardell, Susie from NJ, and I think some others stopped by but I might

> have still been groaning or snoozing.

>

> I felt like hell when I woke up - I was pretty sore. The pain meds pump was

> a real help - just enough to help me to relax. I did throw up a couple of

> times, but it may have been from the Demerol. My nausea wasn't prolonged -

> just a couple of bouts, several hours apart. I think that that's my standard

> reaction to surgery.

>

> I got up to go to the bathroom, and realized each time how much better I felt

> when I moved around. Since I had slept most of the day, I cruised around the

> halls between midnight and 5, and I think it helped me to get rid of the gas,

> thus making me more comfortable.

>

> I went back to sleep around 5, and woke up just before Dr. Rutledge came in,

> around 7 - we chatted briefly, he told me he was happy with the surgery, and

> that my liver looked fine. Yay!

>

> I visited with Susie, Dawn Jester, (from IL), and her darling

> mom Deb, with - didn't get to see Dave again. All were doing fine, up

> and cruising too.

>

> We're going to try to do a movie together this weekend - if you're in Durham

> and you're reading this, email me!

>

> Right now it's 4:30 in the afternoon - I took a long nap back at Duke Tower

> after having the yogurt, creatine, glutamine, Vitamin A, etc. casserole.

> Quite a little concoction there! I feel a little tired - okay, a lot - but I

> think I'm going to feel better tomorrow.

>

> It's too early really to report on my drinking and eating - I will say that I

> feel very cautious about drinking anything too fast. It goes down and hits

> that new stomach like a rock!

>

> Thanks to every single one of you, for helping me get to this moment. You

> are such a blessing to me.

>

> More later...

>

> xoxo

> Blair

>

[Guest guest]

Blair...

SO happy you are on the other side safely!! YIPPEE for you! I

noticed you mentioned a michelle from Illinois...being from Illinois and

trying to keep track of all other Illinois members I was curious! I have not

seen her on this list...does she post? If we get an Illinois group together

I would like to include her too..so if you know if she is lurking or anything

let me know~! Thanks and keep up the good work!!

Holly

[Guest guest]

Go, go, gettem, gettem, uh! uh!!!

How's that?? :)

Gimme a B!

Gimme an O!

Gimme another B!!

What's that spell??!

What's that spell??!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really, you'll be okay, Bob. *Really*!!! I bet you're going to love

your new life.

Hugs,

RsteeleVa@... wrote:

>

> Thanks Sara,

> You are great. A little encouragement is what I really needed today. I

> hope I hear soon.

>

> Bob

[Guest guest]

GGGGGGGRRRRREEEEEaaaaaaaaattttt You sound so good I am so glad. I have been

lookin on here to see if everything with you was good, wew What a great

letter u are so sweet to take the time and update us, so we feel better for

you and for us being nervous about the surgery. Everyone really in this group

gives out good information. So u are on the other side now YEy.

hugs and slugs,

marg