At least I'm not passing out!!!

[Guest guest]

But I am always blowing in the wind )

Seriously though folks...here's my problem du jour.

Been having bad lower back pain for well over a week now, getting progressively

worse. But yet not like any back pain I've had before. It just plain hurts to

move. If I stay still it's ok, but any movement hurts. And yes, that includes

even straining for a BM.

Anywho, I asked our PA at work, what the heck was it that was kicking me in the

back? Was that where my kidneys were? Was I getting an infection? He said no,

my kidneys were more out to the sides, this was where my ureters were. He

pauses, says... " have you ever had kidney stones? "

Let me add here that besides his wife, I'm the only other person knows who

takes Topamax for migraines. At this point you could audibly hear the light

bulb turn on. I said to him, " I'm screwed, aren't I? " He said, yup, it's the

topamax. So what now? No topamax and I get migraines. I've found that days

that I've missed it by accident the headaches have come roaring back. So it

seems I must take it as it's the only thing that works. And I'm really ok with

taking pills, that's not the problem. Here's the problem.

The bottle says to take with a full glass of water. And again, I don't have a

problem with water. I drink about a gallon a day. But I have a theory about

me. Tell me if it's stupid or not.

You see, now when I get full, or feel food in me, I feel it in my lower abdomen.

So I believe that while my pouch is still fine, and my opening to my pouch is

just dandy (as told by the times I get food stuck) I think that I probably empty

quickly. Again, because of where I feel full, the amount of food I can now eat,

and what it takes for me to puke now (it's not as easy as it once was...seems it

has to travel from my toes!)

So when I take my meds, I take them with just a swallow of water. I don't drink

8 or 12 ounces of water with them because I don't want to wash them out of my

pouch. I want them to hang around there and at least have a chance to absorb

just a little before passing through on their journey. I've never seen any

floating around in the toilet, but I must confess that I haven't actively looked

either!

So chances are that this unrelenting back pain is some sort of kidney stone

formation or passing...and it is somewhat self induced. Hmmm, just thought

about it too, I just increased the dosage of topamax about 2 weeks ago and it's

been over a week that I've had this back pain. Guess they are working!

Ok, when will this pain go away?

Do you think my theory is correct? (I don't get an UGI till Oct)

Can my meds get absorbed ok in the GI tract? (150 cm bypassed)

Which would you rather have, migraine or kidney stones?

Sue

Open RNY 10/26/98

From 500 lbs to 158

Dr Barry L Fisher

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when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

[Guest guest]

Sue,

Except for chewable vitamins or sublinguals, I always like to take medicine

with a little food in the pouch so it doesn't " drop straight through " like

you're describing.

This was corroborated by my hematologist who said to ignore the liquid iron

on the empty stomach instruction.

Also, Viagra works better if taken on a little food......but that's a whole

'nother thread <G>

in Austin

RNY April 1998

At least I'm not passing out!!!

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> The bottle says to take with a full glass of water. And again, I don't

have a problem with water. I drink about a gallon a day. But I have a

theory about me. Tell me if it's stupid or not.

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> You see, now when I get full, or feel food in me, I feel it in my lower

abdomen. So I believe that while my pouch is still fine, and my opening to

my pouch is just dandy (as told by the times I get food stuck) I think that

I probably empty quickly. Again, because of where I feel full, the amount

of food I can now eat, and what it takes for me to puke now (it's not as

easy as it once was...seems it has to travel from my toes!)

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> So when I take my meds, I take them with just a swallow of water. I don't

drink 8 or 12 ounces of water with them because I don't want to wash them

out of my pouch. I want them to hang around there and at least have a

chance to absorb just a little before passing through on their journey.

I've never seen any floating around in the toilet, but I must confess that I

haven't actively looked either!

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