Tipsynoodle

if u are on the helidac u have hpylori virus.........be very careful with that medicine.......look on the box it tells u it causes seizures.....the bad thing is no one knows who will get it......only ur body knows if it is allergic to flagyl........i can from now on never ever take anything with flagyl again......hmm and if u do get a seizure? guess what? u loose ur driving priviliges for 6 months to a year depending on ur state.....sucks!!!!....i have never had a seizure in my life before lol.......and hopefully never will again...

how bad is ur depression? what kind of meds are u on??

keep reminding yourself that you will be able to still eat what you want to eat after the surgery just less often and smaller quantities also work on your sugar/insulin because you will have to get that under control for the surgery....you are not going to miss out on anything after the surgery, actualy u will have a better quality of life.....work on it one day at a time, one bite at a time......

Just a word of advise/caution for all you pre op ladies and gents........If u happen to come down with this stomach lining virus when they do ur blood test and the doctor wants to give you the HELIDAC THERAPY antibiotic for it......have them give you something else!!!!....this antibiotic (flagyl) is known to cause seizures and the docs know it..........it gave me a seizure (on day 7 of taking them) , now i have to take anti seizure med's, ( and they are no picnic), lost my driving privilege for 6 months (state law when u have seizures) and had to re schedule my surgery date..................trying to save someone else from this head ache...

being newly diagnosed with a seizure and having surgery coming up is a scary thing.....specially since when on topomax i feel so bad......

hmm not getting too many answers so i figured i ask here........do any of u have seizures /epilepsi and still had this surgery done? my surgery got post poned due to a seizure brought on by antibiotics for a stomach virus..........just wondering if i will still be able to get surgery?

Thanks that makes me feel soo much better....at least im not alone

so as some of u remember, in the blood test i came up positive for hpylori (stomach lining virus) and was put on a 2 weeks HELIDAC Therapy........Im 1 week into the treatment and last night I had a gran mal seizure at home...hubby was scared and called the ambulance.....i spent the night in icu and now im on a regular floor being taken care of...had several tests and the docs told me today that the meds i was taking (helidac ) may have caused the seizure.......now im off the meds and my sleeve surgery is prolly being cancelled ...( 26th july) what a bummer.........P.S I have never had seizurs before in my life.......

Got released from hospital today........on seizure meds now....have to get clearance from my doctor to get surgery....not sure if i still have the hpylori or not lol.......may have to get tested again.....

i hope there is lol......i just have to get something non flago whatever that is....cause it caused my seizure

hey...yes i am scheduled for the 26 th also.....but they have found a stomach virus called hpylori when my blood work came back so now i am on the meds for 14 days (today is day one) and they will only operate if it is gone by then.....so hopefully it will be gone and i be right there with you.......

depends on what insurance u go with and what they require....for me from start to finish meaning having a surgery date was close to 3 months.......luckily i don't have to have that 6 month supervised diet some people have to do.........

july 26th......if i can get rid of my hpylori virus by then......

my sugar and protein overspill, some stomach lining disease called hpylory? going to pcm today to get put on meds or my surgery on the 26 will be cancelled.....geez....

thanks all for the support......it just threw me for a loop is all - cause i only have 2 weeks till surgery to get it under control once i get my meds on tuesday for the virus......would be a bummer to reschedule

Just got back from my pcm..........she did a finger stick and it showed 479...so off she went and got me some insulin and a bunch to take home........I used to be diabetic years ago when i got it from medicine...was on prednasone for a few months and it raised my sugar through the roof but then once off of prednasone it went away....well now its back geez. due to the military being on 4 day weekend already lol my pcm could not get a copy of my lab results showing the hpylori so she cant give me meds for it yet until tuesday when everyone is back at work so in the meantime, she ordered the same blood test at her clinic ( for tomorrow) and come tuesday we can compare both sets of results......and go from there......i just hope all goes well enough so i can still have my surgery.

had my labs done today...wow they took about 9 vials of blood lol....plus urine, hoping the tests will come back ok....

they are checking for diabetes, cholesterol, vitamin a, d, b12, thyroid and a few other things i cant remember....

the voice on the other line said...mrs B? this is it......this is the call u been waiting for.......ur surgery is scheduled for july 26th...........HA...i jumped all up and down, my husband just looked at me crazy lol......yeah I got a date with my destiny................now i got to let it sink in ........pre op diet starts on the 19th......lab is tommorrow........

i had hysterectomy, c- section and bladder sewn up and i did well with all of them, hoping this vsg will be the same.....

Thanks all, yes im doing the happy dance.........had my labs done today......waiting for the good news that all went well lol

have had problems with incontinence years ago and had the bladder sewn up...that was 5 years ago....its starting to "leak " again lol....does losing the weight after surgery help with incontinence? or do i need bladder surgery again when it gets too be too much? Thanks

not sure where to post this......i want my pic as avatar.......just signed up for photo bucket and uploaded pics......still cant make heads or tails as to how to resize my pic to 90x90 so i can use it here as my avatar??? then wich one do i copy and paste in here? there are like 5 different ways and i tried them all...always says: couldnt determine which image u wanted....or something like that.....i clicked the box next to my pic.......frustrating....wish they would just let u choose file from computer ......grrrrrr