DS Help

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Hey folks, a friend of mine needs help, and I know someone on this list will

have a thought about it.

My friend had a DS in July. SInce that time, she has kept almost nothing

down, she's getting weaker by the day, she's miserable. She's on a couple of

DS lists, and no one there will acknowledge that there can be problems with

a DS, just like any other surgery. In other words, it has become " her

fault. " Added to this, she lives in North Dakota but her surgeon is in

Phoenix, AZ, and he's blowing off her phone calls and really not helping.

Her military GP in ND has no idea what to do with her since he doesn't

understand her surgery, and her surgeon won't contact her GP to give him a

clue. She's spending her days, when she's not sick, on the phone with the

surgeon's office and the GP's office, trying to get some solution. She

finally had a GI series this week, but the GP said it LOOKED ok, and since

he doesn't really know what he should be looking for, he's at a loss.

Is there a list for folks with the DS surgery who have had these sorts of

problems, where she might get some answers? I want you all to know I am NOT

putting down the DS, but I don't know enough about its mechanics to offer

her any suggestions. She's pretty much stopped doing protein shakes because

she gets hives from whey, so I can't even tell her " keep using your protein

until you feel better. " (I did suggest she try soy protein, something being

better than nothing, I guess.)

Anyway, if anyone can offer me some suggestions here, she really needs to

talk to DS people who've been there, and at the present she can't find any

who will admit to problems. I understand their reticence, but at some point

we all have to come clean with what works for us and what doesn't. You can

email me offlist, to save the excess traffic here and avoid the " which

surgery is best " diatribes we don't have any use for.

Thanks in advance,

~~ Lyn G