I don't understand how you can stand...

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In a message dated 9/21/01 8:46:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

donna_lee777@... writes:

<< I think the hospital should take some of those

wrapping bubbles that breakables are mailed in and sew

them into our surgical slippers. When the table is

tilted, our feet won't be so sore.

>>

Makes me want to have my Adidas professionally sterilized, then hand them

still in their plastic wrapping to the anethesiologist to put on

Sheryl

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In response to how you are positioned and feet hurting from standing -- HOW

can this be? How can you " stand " up if you are unconscious? Certainly

they don't let you stand there on your own, with your weight on them!! How

does this work???

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I was at one of Dr. E's support meetings where he told us about the

table that is used for surgery. You are on your back (in la la

land!!) and it is tilted with your head up first, I think he said 45

degree angle..while he works his magic on your stomach...then the

table is tilted so your feet are up, so he can work on your

intestines. Dr. E said sometimes people have told him that thier feet

hurt after surgery, from standing during the surgery. By tilting the

table, it moves the other organs up or down..out of the way.

I hope I have explained that so you understand.

Cindy

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At 2:35 PM -0700 9/21/01, Hawkins wrote:

>In response to how you are positioned and feet hurting from standing -- HOW

>can this be? How can you " stand " up if you are unconscious? Certainly

>they don't let you stand there on your own, with your weight on them!! How

>does this work???

They hypnotize you first. " You are very sleeeeepy. Your eyelids are

very heaaaaavy. When the table tilts, you will stand erect until you

are sutured. You will awake in pain. That is verrrry good: no pain,

no gain... "

They strap you down, silly. Nobody has fallen off yet.

--Steve

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You are strapped to the table. And I am not sure about the 45 degree

angle, it may be less of an angle...but that was told to us at a

support group meeting.

I would think you are not really standing up, but would have some

weight on your feet from the angle.

Cindy

> In response to how you are positioned and feet hurting from

standing -- HOW

> can this be? How can you " stand " up if you are unconscious?

Certainly

> they don't let you stand there on your own, with your weight on

them!! How

> does this work???

>

> Attached:

> ,

> I was at one of Dr. E's support meetings where he told us about the

> table that is used for surgery. You are on your back (in la la

> land!!) and it is tilted with your head up first, I think he said 45

> degree angle..while he works his magic on your stomach...then the

> table is tilted so your feet are up, so he can work on your

> intestines. Dr. E said sometimes people have told him that thier

feet

> hurt after surgery, from standing during the surgery. By tilting the

> table, it moves the other organs up or down..out of the way.

> I hope I have explained that so you understand.

> Cindy

[Guest guest]

I think the hospital should take some of those

wrapping bubbles that breakables are mailed in and sew

them into our surgical slippers. When the table is

tilted, our feet won't be so sore.

If they can't do that, just tape the bubbles to the

bottoms of the surgical slippers.

dee

--- Cindy wrote:

>

> You are strapped to the table. And I am not sure

> about the 45 degree angle, it may be less of an

angle...but that was told to us at a support group

meeting.

> I would think you are not really standing up, but

> would have some weight on your feet from the angle.

> Cindy

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[Guest guest]

From what I remember of those last few moments in the operating room,

before they put me under, was a nurse putting 3 or 4 rectangle shape

foam pads under my feet. But what puzzles me is I did wake up with

finger print size bruises on the underside of my upper arms. Must of

happened when they tried to move me. Can you imagine trying to move all

that " unconscious " weight around...LOL....

Lynn Fahey

Dr. Elariny, Arlington, VA

Sept 5th

Re: Re: I don't understand how you can

stand...

> I think the hospital should take some of those

> wrapping bubbles that breakables are mailed in and sew

> them into our surgical slippers. When the table is

> tilted, our feet won't be so sore.

>

> If they can't do that, just tape the bubbles to the

> bottoms of the surgical slippers.

>

> dee

>

> --- Cindy wrote:

> >

> > You are strapped to the table. And I am not sure

> > about the 45 degree angle, it may be less of an

> angle...but that was told to us at a support group

> meeting.

> > I would think you are not really standing up, but

> > would have some weight on your feet from the angle.

> > Cindy

>

> __________________________________________________

>

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> >In response to how you are positioned and feet hurting from

standing -- HOW

> >can this be? How can you " stand " up if you are unconscious?

Certainly

> >they don't let you stand there on your own, with your weight on

them!! How

> >does this work???

>

> They hypnotize you first. " You are very sleeeeepy. Your eyelids

are

> very heaaaaavy. When the table tilts, you will stand erect until

you

> are sutured. You will awake in pain. That is verrrry good: no

pain,

> no gain... "

>

> They strap you down, silly. Nobody has fallen off yet.

>

> --Steve

THAT MUST BE A SIGHT, I'M 409 LBS UPSIDE DOWN WITH MY GUTS OUT BEING

MEASURED......WHAT A PICTURE.

---steve