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In a message dated 10/5/00 6:28:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes:

<< Sending this letter to see if I have been granted access to the board

again. Since I received no answer from anyone this is the only way

to

test. If I have been granted a reprieve-I thankyou. If not-why?

>>

Hey,we here you loud and clear. Littermates is because you are " born w/ a

group of others " -like a puppy. Dancing means your having surgery.

Crossing to the other side means you're also having surgery.

This whole process makes you feel overwhelmed,but you'll come out very well

informed and comfortable with your decision.

Osler

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Hi ette:

Dr. R orders Demorol, not morphine. I think that calling it a morphine pump is

just something someone started saying and it stuck..it's actually a demorol

pump. LOL and I pushed that baby so much I should know!

My husband hallucinated on morphine. It was really strange. A nurse who took

care of him when he had a back surgery (he's had 5) knew him for years. She

called me at work and said that I needed to come to the hospital (he was in 2

1/2 mos. so I had to go back to work) and talk to the Dr because he was " out of

his head " . I went up there and indeed he was hallucinating! I guess it is

different for everyone. They put him Demorol and the hallucinations stopped and

he got good pain relief.

I read your post on TRUTH this morning that said that you couldn't post here. I

got the impression from your post that you thought you were being banned because

you had asked questions. That is not so. Anyone can and should ask questions on

this list. That's the purpose of the list...to ask questions. If you want

medical answers, the best way to ask is to email Dr. Rutledge or ask your own

Dr. It was my own Dr. who eventually helped me to make the decision to have

MGB. If you have a general question for the group, just post it. Eventually

someone who knows will answer. There have only been a very very few people

" banned " from the group. This was done by Dr. R at the request of quite a few of

the members here who asked and asked him to ban certain people. He eventually

yielded but did tell us that he saw nothing wrong with questions. I was one of

those who requested that be removed from the list because she wasn't

asking questions. She was being extremely verbally abusive to anyone here who

tried to reach out to her. (And I hate to admit it but people were pretty crappy

back at times). Having her here was destructive and completely sidetracked what

we are here for...to ask and to learn. Eventually some of us got tired of the

fighting and the posts back and forth and we pressured Dr. Rutledge for at least

a week before he gave in and removed and Walter. Most of us were very

relieved when that happened.

Apparently egroups is full of strange glitches. I've had trouble on my tole

painting list also and I've belonged for 5 years...so it's not personal..no one

is trying to keep you out..apparently egroups is acting strange. It does pretty

frequently! And it treats some isp's differently than others. Some days I cannot

get a message to my group then a few days later I'll see the same message

several times. Computers are like that. LOL

Best wishes to you as you look into WLS. It's a big decision and it's not for

everyone. ly, I wish there had been another way. But I didn't have another

diet in me! I specifically had MGB because that's what my Dr. wanted me to have.

I'm glad I did so. I feel better than I've felt in many years and at four and a

half months I am down 76 pounds and I'm 58 tomorrow..so much for slow weight

loss for post menopausal women!

Flo in land

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> ** Original Subject: RE: Pain

> ** >

> ** Original Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:42:46 -0600

> ** Original Message follows...

>

> Hello All-Just thought I would throw this in as food for thought. My

> husband has had several major surgeries. His knee, his back and

> partial amputation of his foot. In 1977 he was riding my new Harley

> sportster and was hit by a train. The train ran over his foot

> resulting in the amputation. We found out during this period of time

> that even though they were giving him much pain medication nothing

> was

> helping. They then switched from morphine to demerol and that did the

> trick. We have tried one time since and his system accepts Morphine

> like aspirin. He has to have demerol to combat severe pain. Demerol

> can be given though the same pump. Just thought I would let you all

> know in case, for one reason or another, you think you are not

> getting

> pain relief when you should. (He is doing great now).

> Trudy-I love following your excitement on here. Cannot wait until

> you cross over and start your journey to a new life. Know what you

> mean about the eating just to eat and being too depressed to go out

> because of how you look. Won't be much longer. Just think how

> beautiful you are going to look in your new Easter outfit, and how

> about checking s Secret out for Valentines day for your

> hubby.

> Best of luck, am with you in spirit even though I have not made up my

> mind yet. ette in Southern Indiana

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