I made it, and a few other things

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Hi everyone. I made it to the other side and am alive and well. My

surgery, a BPD/DS with Dr. Ren, was the 6th and I got home on

Saturday. All went very well and though it took a little longer than

planned due to extra muscle mass in my abdomen, I'm recovering

quickly and easily (so far at least). So much so that I've been on my

own for the most part since back. My sister isn't feeling well and I

really felt I was up to doing everything on my own, so I shoo'd her

and friends away. I have to remind myself to take it easy though. So,

that's that. I can only say that my experience with Dr. Ren, her

staff, and those at the hospital (NYU Medical)was fabulous.

Question: How long does the excessive diarrhea last? I know it's

normal, especially now, less than one week from surgery and my body

is trying to recover from a major shock (my surgery was lap and

lasted 5 1/2 hours), but, excuse the graphicness, but it is very

watery at the moment. I'm just wondering if it's a normal

readjustment period my body is going through or if it's because I've

tried to eat a couple of semi-normal foods already (ex. a little bit

of low-fat tunafish and some soft meatloaf yesterday)? I just started

mushing up some Acidophilus in my food and plan on taking 2 of those

a day. Am hoping that helps. Any suggestions? Am I wrong to try the

foods I did already? It's just that I seem to be recovering so

quickly that I figured why not give it a shot? Figured too that I'll

learn a lot from trial and error. BUt, I don't want to do something I

shouldn't, for my body's sake.

Oh, just to clarify, I did talk to Dr. Ren, right before I went into

surgery, about her stance on performing the DS in the future. She

said that everything got blown out of proportion and that she WILL

perform the DS on a patient who wants it and is educated about it.

She'll decide on a case by case basis, but certainly will not stop

doing the surgery. So, , maybe you should add her back to the

Web site? Your call, obviously.

Lastly, I have a standing appointment with Dr. Herron at Mt. Sinai

for Dec.6th that I had made before I was able to get into see Dr.

Ren. Does anyone want this appointment? Figured some of you out there

may want to move your appointment up. Let me know if so.

Okay, that's all for now. Hope all is well with everyone. Again, if

you have any eating suggestions for this newly post-oper, I'd

appreciate your input!

Thanks,

D. in NYC

lap DS with Dr. Ren 11/6/01