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Update on me - Surgery
posted on 3/18/08 9:58 am
Some may or may not know that I was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. I am also still struggling with bowel issues that have gone on for about 8 months now. Below is a recent post to a message board that gives an update on my condition as of today.

RE: Monday Morning Weigh Ins
Response from Lori Mullins at 8:44 AM PST on 03/17/2008
Humble, TX – RNY (01/31/2007)


Photo of Lori Mullins Hello, and long time no... (well, I can't say see) so let's say...Long time no write...

My weight is continuing to go in the wrong direction, but there's not much I can really do about it at this point. The Dr's think maybe I have scar tissue adhering part of my bowel to the abdomen, but they can not determine for sure until I have surgery on 4/7. So, until then I just grin and bear it.

Here are my stats

HW 242
LW ? 125-127 possibly
CW 124
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RE: Monday Morning Weigh Ins
Response from Janie M at 7:39 PM PST on 03/17/2008
Zeeland, MI – RNY (01/22/2007) – Jon L. Schram, M.D., F.A.C.S.


Photo of Janie M I'm sorry to hear that the weight keeps dropping (did you ever think you'd hear that?) Is it that you're just not hungry, does it hurt to eat? I hope they find something out on 4/7. Please tell me again what type of surgery you're having? You'll be in my prayers. ***HUGS***
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RE: Monday Morning Weigh Ins
Response from Lori Mullins at 9:55 AM PST on 03/18/2008
Humble, TX – RNY (01/31/2007)


Photo of Lori Mullins It actually hurts my tummy to eat. It's not daily, but weekly I'll go through these waves of issues. It's been going on for so long that I forget what normal feels like. About 15 minutes after I eat on random days (we've tried to narrow down foods types or other factors and nothing is consistant) but anyway, on random days about 15 minutes after I begin eating my stomach (it's actually my bowels) will begin with these awful sloshing and spitting noises...it's very water park in full action-ish...but it HURTS! Anyone within 15 feet can here the noises and with the noises comes intense pain, you can actually watch the food/ gas moving through the bowels like an alien is moving in my stomach. The only relief is had by pushing very hard into my left side (stomach area) or going into the fetal posiition. I can't sit or stand comfortably, and I break out into cold sweats, and dry heave or get foamies. This goes on in waves for 2-3 hours until the pain and noises subside (which puts me right to sleep) and then for a day or two afterward I am very nauseous. Just as I begin eating normal again for a couple of days, the episodes will return. It all began last summer when I had the small bowel obstruction, but now there is no sign of an obstruction. The general surgeon I'm working with now says that there is a possibility that scar tissue could have built up around and adhered a portion of the bowels to the wall of my abdomen to cause this or I could have bowels stuck in a herniated area in my abdomen...What we are doing on 4/7 are two surgeries. My GYN will do the hysterectomy to remove the cancer, which has only minimally invaded beyond the cervix, and a general surgeon will go in and "explore" my bowels to try to find out what is going on there. If he can't locate a problem he'll send me to a professor at Baylor who understands the risks and side effects of gastric bypass and see if he can figure out what's going on. As som eof you may know, my surgeon retired, BUT even if he hadn't my hysterctomy is being done close to home so I found a general surgeon out here who's not necessarily a gastric bypass surgeon, but can do whatever is needed to run through the bowel system. So that's what's going on.
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