What to Do Now. Help Please

Posted 11-13-2009 at 09:57 AM by Hychap2009

Got a call from AJ this afternoon - he was phoning to check up on how I was doing, also to see if i'd stopped taking the Clopiogrel blood thinning medication. I have, I told i'd stopped a couple days ago, but in actual fact its been over a week since I stopped taking it.

We had a really long chat and he asked if I had any questions. Initally I said no, but then out they came pouring out of my mouth. I told him about TT, and that i'd got lots of info. about WLS from here; I asked about pain medication after surgery and would I be administering it myself, apparently normally that's the way it done, but they would have to review it with me, it seems they have some concerns about me and my health, ie. chest/asthma, and that potentially, after surgery could be problematic, potentially. Ok I get that.

I told him that I have had the mould done at the dental hospital and that I should be collecting it on 24th. He was very please with that bit of news as he said, it not only helps with the snoring, but also stopping the elevation of my blood pressure when I sleep. (I didn't know that). I was just thinking - gosh, i wont be disturbing people at night.

We talked about the bed position on the ward, as the last time I was given a bed right beside a window that was broken with lots of draft. He said that I should make sure I speak to the admission when they phone me and request a bed away from the window.

He talked honestly about the pain I'm likely to have and explained its different for evreryone, as I asked will I be able to get up on the same day of surgery. He said it will be difficult to say, but he can say by day 3 whatever I felt prior, i will start to feel a lot better. We talked about possible weight loss, and what is motivating me to do the surgery and he was pleased that I was focused on my health issues. Although I will lose weight, he can not say how much, but most of the weight will drop within the first 3 months.

We talked about he food regime, as I asked whether I will be able to eat as normal further down the road. Again he said this is different for everyone - and spoke of the things I already am aware of, such as some people being unable to such things as bread, pasta etc, yet some people can. He suggested leaving those things off the diet for a while. I also spoke about the pouch stretching, he acknowledged that there will be some but this really depends on how much I follow the guidelines.

We talked about everything except my cold. I lied (God forgive me), I asked if I had still got a cold. I said no not really, I said that I had days when the cold felt like it was coming back, (being economical with the truth rather than a lie - you think?). I told him that this was a really bad time of year for me and that it was so easy for me to catch cold, just being around anyone with a cold or going outside in bad weather - danger zone!!!

He told me a story of one of his patients who after having surgery, then caught a cold from the nurse.

Now at certain times of the day I feel fine, then my nose will start to feel like its burning - my chest does not feel so bad, but when I try testing it by coughing, it sounds dry and wheezy.

Anyone got any suggestions. I've got until next week Friday to put this right.