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Thread #104776   Message #2153737
Posted By: jacqui.c
20-Sep-07 - 04:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Jacqui's operation
Subject: RE: BS: Jacqui's operation
Whoa! Makes my reactions seem mild.

It's interesting to note how the medicos seem to think that you are being dramatic when you tell them what allergies and intolerances you have and what various medications do to you.

I got their attention a bit when the large surgical dressing was taken off and the skin had blistered where the adhesive had been. Likewise when I broke out in hives about half an hour after eating one small piece of stewed tomato - luckily that one small piece was all that my stomach would let me have.

They just want to keep feeding pain meds, even though I was telling them that I really didn't have much pain, more discomfort from the fact that the girdle they used hadn't really been placed well.

I had a low resting pulse rate, good low blood pressure, almost in the athlete's class and high oxygen sats. Surely that should be telling them that what I am doing with my system is working, whatever their own theories might be.