Re: GRRRR. My doctor (OT)


"Christina Websell> wrote in message
Hmm. I thought the intestines were lower than this hernia is. It is well
above the waist, only just below the sternum, sort of where my stomach is

Nope, your intestines twist up and around well above your waist (that why
a lot of people think they're having a heart attack when it's only a gas
attack - because of where the pain is). Please do talk to your doctor
before using a truss or corset, I had a friend whose intestine was blocked
of because of scar tissue after a surgery and parts of her intestine ended
up becoming gangrenous because of lack of proper blood flow.
Hugs,
CatNipped
certainly seems to be popping out just under the sternum.
What else could it be then?
I promise I won't do anything rash without relying on the "advice" of my
doctor. <g>
Forgive me for unsolicited advice above....ER work entailed many
cases of people doctoring themselves and end results thereof.
Thank you for caring enough to post this information. Btw, may I ask,
are you Hopitus?
It's probably academic anyway. On June 21 I have to have a follow up
appointment for my ovarian nasty by the surgeon who performed my op, so
he will see it anyway if all else fails and will know what to do about
it. He might like to tidy up his handiwork himself or perhaps refer me to
a colleague who specialises in repairing hernias. I'd prefer him to do
the latter actually...as he is a gynaecologist & obstetrician.
So there is a sort of fail-safe in place fortunately. If I don't get an
appointment at the hospital via my GP soon - which is now quite
unlikely - I'm certain to be seen within 5 weeks by my gynae, who I have
great faith in and I know he will sort it out.
He was *so* pleased that he'd managed to save my life (he thought he
wouldn't be able to originally and said I'd done far better than he had
ever hoped) purrs and prayers helped obviously!! that for something to go
wrong with me now would be a huge blow to his pride ;-)
Tweed
hoping this will truly be my last operation..

'Nipped is correct about bowel locations in body. Your stomach is deep, deep
under them, not near surface.
'Nipped's friend had what is is known as "adhesions" (blockage from scar
tissue -
usually from former surgery) which usually require surgery again, to
remove.....
Yes, I do care. I'm not a doctor and have no idea what your protrusion is,
I only said "if indeed" because you seem to think that dorky doc you saw
was "casual" to the max and you don't have much confidence in his say-so
in general...glad you're seeing the original surgeon again.
Yeah, that's my alter-ego, former "nick" I changed to a fake addy/nick
after total disgust w/spam from roaming 'bots that harvest addies to sell
to far-east crap spammers. Crap spam has dropped to almost nothing
since doing this action. Usenet is a fertile field for addy-harvesting
'bots.
And that, people who wonder why some of us use fake nicks, is why.
Not to mention the infamous "Nigerian" hold-my-cash scam....LOL.
I, too, have high hopes this will be a much less stressful and successful
last remedial surgery for you. Happy Meowmie's Day, Tweed.


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