Guest guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Okay, this may be totally off the wall and I don't know for sure but I am thinking that adding a little fat to the diet helps with nails, hair, and skin. How are your labs? Lori Owen - Denton, Texas SRVG 7/16/01 Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:27:27 EDT STORMWEAVER@... writes: > Hi Gang! > I'm a year post-op (June 10, 2002), and lately (the last several > months) I've > noticed that I simply can NOT grow my nails. They consistently > break and > split (usually toward the middle) just as they get past the tip of > my finger. Is > anyone here familar with this, or know the cause? I was tempted to > get fake > nails, but besides the cost of fills every few weeks, I also recall > the > condition of my nails when they finally came off (this was a few > years ago), and I > figure that it wouldnt help this situation at all in the long run. > Nutritionally, I have 3 protein shakes a day, a prenatal chewable > vitamin, > sublingual B12, synthryoid and celexa. I'm a proximal open RNY (if > that makes > any difference). Any information would help. I'm going to cross > post this to > some other groups as well. > Thanks in advance, > felicia > > > " To grow, you must be willing to let your present and > future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not > your destiny. " -- Alan Cohen > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Felicia, IRON. You are not getting enough, and if you've had any sort of regular labs, I'd bet all kinds of money that they show low or low-ish hematocrit, hemoglobin, and ferritin, and a high iron binding capacity. If you haven't had labs done in a while, um, now's the time. If you don't have copies of all your lab work, from at least a year pre-op until now, request it and keep it in a folder so you can track your trends yourself. That's a good practice for all people, not just WLS post-ops. Doctors rarely look at trends over time and your " normal " result could be well out of range for YOU, but would go unnoticed without comparison. I am really liking the Chromagen Forte that's been prescribed for me. After trying lots of different iron formulations, this one's actually working, and it doesn't bother my stomach or constipate me (though it has turned my poop black - who cares?) I've been taking two a day since June and my ferritin came up 50 points in the first 6 weeks of therapy; I'll know in a few weeks how much more it's brought me up. I read somewhere that it takes NINE months for your nail to grow from cuticle to fingertip. On the Chromagen, it's taken exactly THREE months for me. I know this for a fact because at the start of Memorial Day weekend I had an accident packing the car, and ripped a fingernail absolutely, completely off. I've been able to cut this fingernail for three weeks now. It has no ridges, unlike some of my other nails, which are almost free of them now but they used to have them really badly. By the way, fake nails over weak nails are NOT a good idea. I tried it myself last winter. I can't tell you how painful it is to catch that fake nail on something and to break it AND the real nail underneath, usually splitting the nail bed and making it bleed. It hurts like hell, and getting it fixed hurts even more. Please get your nutrition straightened out and I bet money that your nail strength will improve dramatically. Z Open RNY 09/17/01 http://www.ziobro.us/index.html QUICK QUESTION Hi Gang! I'm a year post-op (June 10, 2002), and lately (the last several months) I've noticed that I simply can NOT grow my nails. They consistently break and split (usually toward the middle) just as they get past the tip of my finger. Is anyone here familar with this, or know the cause? I was tempted to get fake nails, but besides the cost of fills every few weeks, I also recall the condition of my nails when they finally came off (this was a few years ago), and I figure that it wouldnt help this situation at all in the long run. Nutritionally, I have 3 protein shakes a day, a prenatal chewable vitamin, sublingual B12, synthryoid and celexa. I'm a proximal open RNY (if that makes any difference). Any information would help. I'm going to cross post this to some other groups as well. Thanks in advance, felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 , I too read that the ascites was mostly from liver problems, but it also listed acute pancreatic attacks too, (such as from a psyedocyst (sp?), or simply from the panc fluid spilling into the abdominal cavity. The reason I know it was ascites and not gas, because I was not bloated per say, but I had this fluid collection around my lower abdomen from hip to hip and it actually buldged out. I could also tap my finger on my abdomen and you could actually see the fluid ripple. As far as I have researched on the web, it was nothing to worry about since it resolved itself fairly quickly (within a week). I also was on bed rest from the out-patient procedure anyway so that helped and I watched my salt intake VERY carefully. I guess it was just a freakish thing but I am going to mention it to my doc tomorrow, because he wouldn't do a CT scan on me 2 months ago because my panc enzymes weren't elevated. Maybe now if I tell him about the ascites he will consider doing one. The Pokemon festival was nice. The kids had a great time. We stayed in a nice hotel and were only 2 short blocks from the festival. It was a nice little family vacation. And to top it off, my panc behaved very nicely!! I have been having a fairly good week and have dropped down to taking only 1 pain pill per day!! It is so nice to feel semi-normal for awhile. I know it will act up again, so I am enjoying my little break (so to speak). How are things going with you and all the arrangements? Do you have all the necessary scheduling done? I hope your procedure goes well and you recover quickly. I will be hoping for that. Take care Kris in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hi Kris I don't know if I can give you a " legal " answer but I would assume that they should only be asking such a question of you if the job you are applying for requires that you operate machinery. I would also think that asking any medical information would be a invasion of your privacy because of the HIPAA law. Hopefully someone else can shed some light on this! Zoie > > When any of you applied for a job, and it asks if you are on any > medications, can they refuse to hire you if you are on narcotics?? > Kris in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 HI , Hi , I too have been having a hard time finding anything. I have checked: Pubsmed Medline Melineplus NIH OMIM WebMD Healthfinder.gov March of Dimes NORD (National Organization of Rare Disorders) I found one reference to quadri-cephaly. It suggested that this is a form of cranio-facial abnormality, which would be consistent with RSS. I have sent a request for info to my health insurance site. They have an Ask a doctor section. I hope to get an answer today. I hope this helps. Ken M > Today we had to get a form notorized for LeeAnn's adoption > that says: > > " Had:quadri-cephaly " > > and > > " delayed gross motor development " (she was walking at 11 > months) > > what is Quadri-cephaly? I tried looking on the internet and > found nothing. > > Thank you! > , > Mom to Patty, Reagan, , , and LeeAnn in Korea 17 > months, RSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 , Here's what I found when I did a search: craniofacial anomalies in infancy (quadricephaly with protruding forehead, flat nasal bridge, low set ears with attached earlobes, small mouth, high arched palate with submucous palatal cleft, retrognathia). Kim C. Today we had to get a form notorized for LeeAnn's adoption > that says: > > " Had:quadri-cephaly " > > and > > " delayed gross motor development " (she was walking at 11 > months) > > what is Quadri-cephaly? I tried looking on the internet and > found nothing. > > Thank you! > , > Mom to Patty, Reagan, , , and LeeAnn in Korea 17 > months, RSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Hi , I received this information from a librarian at the Harvard School of Medicine regarding my inquiry about quadri-cephaly. " you can find this definition in Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes and eponymic diseases. I don't know where exactly you are located, but would guess that you can find this book in any biomedical library. You can also find it in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1954, vol.47, pp. 1040-4, article by A. An article written by Partington M.W. in 1986 and published in Clinical Genetics, vol. 29, pp. 151-1986 also describes this syndrome. " I looked a summary of the Partington article and it looks like quadri- cephaly is a clinical way of describing the cranio-facial features of a child with RSS. I hope this helps. Ken M > Today we had to get a form notorized for LeeAnn's adoption > that says: > > " Had:quadri-cephaly " > > and > > " delayed gross motor development " (she was walking at 11 > months) > > what is Quadri-cephaly? I tried looking on the internet and > found nothing. > > Thank you! > , > Mom to Patty, Reagan, , , and LeeAnn in Korea 17 > months, RSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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