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1a. Re: Numbness after WLS, my entire trunk of my body front is numb.
From: cynthialgarcia
1b. Re: Numbness after WLS, my entire trunk of my body front is numb.
From: Beverly Kelly
2a. sheila
From: cynthialgarcia
2b. Re: sheila
From: Sheila Derrwaldt
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1a. Re: Numbness after WLS, my entire trunk of my body front is numb.
Posted by: "cynthialgarcia" cynthialgarcia@yahoo.com cynthialgarcia
Date: Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:12 am ((PST))
wow, that would scare me.. all the dr. and please let us all know what they tell you...
--- In afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com, "bekelly39090" <bekelly39090@...> wrote:
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> I had WLS 3 months ago and have lost 90 pounds so far. I am numb from the breast to the knees. Can anyone give me a hint as to what is wrong? Do I need to go back to the surgeon?
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1b. Re: Numbness after WLS, my entire trunk of my body front is numb.
Posted by: "Beverly Kelly" bekelly39090@yahoo.com bekelly39090
Date: Mon Nov 9, 2009 2:52 pm ((PST))
I am seeing my surgeon tomorrow. I will post what I find out.
bk
--- On Mon, 11/9/09, cynthialgarcia <cynthialgarcia@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: cynthialgarcia <cynthialgarcia@yahoo.com>
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Re: Numbness after WLS, my entire trunk of my body front is numb.
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 1:12 PM
wow, that would scare me.. all the dr. and please let us all know what they tell you...
--- In afterweightlosssurg ery@yahoogroups. com, "bekelly39090" <bekelly39090@ ...> wrote:
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> I had WLS 3 months ago and have lost 90 pounds so far. I am numb from the breast to the knees. Can anyone give me a hint as to what is wrong? Do I need to go back to the surgeon?
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2a. sheila
Posted by: "cynthialgarcia" cynthialgarcia@yahoo.com cynthialgarcia
Date: Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:17 am ((PST))
is an ultra sound of the legs the best test for DVT??? DVT really scares me and i think they are going to do an ultra sound before surgery to check me out... i do have leg swelling but it comes and goes so i think i am ok....
--- In afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com, Sheila Derrwaldt <sderrwaldt@...> wrote:
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> My husband, who is a radiologist disagrees. DVT patients are ultrasounded usually. They do not use MRI or CT for DVT since the radio tracer for DVT has not been available for some time. Even 450 lb men can have ultrasound he said, although it may be limited, they would likely try.
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> From: Dorothy Rosa Durkee <branta@...>
> To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 12:24:52 PM
> Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Two Good Reasons To Have WLS
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> If you're undecided about whether to go ahead with weight-loss surgery, please consider this:
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> I'm sitting here in the hospital, reflecting on my husband's brush with death, after sustaining one or more blood clots during a
> 10-hour flight back from Europe two weeks ago.
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> Early on, shortly after admission, two important MRI and CT tests - routinely administered to DVT patients of normal weight -
> would have provided the physicians with important information about his health. But at 100 pounds over the maximum patient
> weight for the machines, he was ineligible for those tests.
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> He's much improved, out of ICU and in what they call "intermediate care"; the docs say he's made "an amazing recovery" (implied:
> "for a 450-pound man"). Soon we'll be looking at some time in Rehab, but not all local facilities provide bariatric care. He's been
> accepted at the only one that does; had they not accepted him, he would have had to go to a facility located 90 miles from
> home.
>
> So in making your list of pros and cons of having WLS, please add the very real possibility of having to accept the possibility of
> less-than-optimal care - or traveling great distances to get that care - to the "pro" side of your list.
>
> Dorothy D.
> Texas
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2b. Re: sheila
Posted by: "Sheila Derrwaldt" sderrwaldt@yahoo.com sderrwaldt
Date: Mon Nov 9, 2009 6:02 pm ((PST))
Since the radio-tracer that was needed for a nuclear med test for DVT is not longer available, ultrasound is the test used most often. My husband said just because someone is heavy, it doesn't mean someone would get DVT but inactivity is more likely to be the cause. Many things cause leg swelling. If your doc is concerned about DVT, he should do the test. Always go along with their recommendations or at least get a second opinion, but it's good to question things if you think something isn't being done.
Good luck and feel well! Sheila
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From: cynthialgarcia <cynthialgarcia@yahoo.com>
To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 2:17:35 PM
Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] sheila
is an ultra sound of the legs the best test for DVT??? DVT really scares me and i think they are going to do an ultra sound before surgery to check me out... i do have leg swelling but it comes and goes so i think i am ok....
--- In afterweightlosssurg ery@yahoogroups. com, Sheila Derrwaldt <sderrwaldt@ ...> wrote:
>
> My husband, who is a radiologist disagrees. DVT patients are ultrasounded usually. They do not use MRI or CT for DVT since the radio tracer for DVT has not been available for some time. Even 450 lb men can have ultrasound he said, although it may be limited, they would likely try.
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> From: Dorothy Rosa Durkee <branta@...>
> To: afterweightlosssurg ery@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 12:24:52 PM
> Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Two Good Reasons To Have WLS
>
>
>
> If you're undecided about whether to go ahead with weight-loss surgery, please consider this:
>
> I'm sitting here in the hospital, reflecting on my husband's brush with death, after sustaining one or more blood clots during a
> 10-hour flight back from Europe two weeks ago.
>
> Early on, shortly after admission, two important MRI and CT tests - routinely administered to DVT patients of normal weight -
> would have provided the physicians with important information about his health. But at 100 pounds over the maximum patient
> weight for the machines, he was ineligible for those tests.
>
> He's much improved, out of ICU and in what they call "intermediate care"; the docs say he's made "an amazing recovery" (implied:
> "for a 450-pound man"). Soon we'll be looking at some time in Rehab, but not all local facilities provide bariatric care. He's been
> accepted at the only one that does; had they not accepted him, he would have had to go to a facility located 90 miles from
> home.
>
> So in making your list of pros and cons of having WLS, please add the very real possibility of having to accept the possibility of
> less-than-optimal care - or traveling great distances to get that care - to the "pro" side of your list.
>
> Dorothy D.
> Texas
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>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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