Sharon1964

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At the risk of a trainwreck, I'm going to use a phrase I used recently... "beg your pardon?"

I have three hours before I leave the house to go to the hospital... and the time is draggingggggg!

The egg with semen at 2 weeks is really the conception. You don't have to do any math. If babycenter says you're 4 weeks, that's the picture you look at. By the way, I used to be a forum host over there!

Pregnancy isn't dated from the date of conception, it's dated from the date of your last period. Stupid, I know. So you get credit for two weeks gestation that never happened.

@purplegirl20073 already gotcha! and now we're posting at the same time!

I think I got everyone's updates; if not, please let me know! My surgery is tomorrow. TOMORROW! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOO! <cough> I might be a little excited.

Good luck! I'm two days behind you!

@@Alex Brecher Perhaps moving it to the Rants and Raves section would put it in a better perspective.

So you are saying you are black and Spanish and that's why you're "talking" the way you are? Yeah, this gets better and better. And as far as "who says 'beg your pardon' in 2015", most well-educated people I come in contact with say "I beg your pardon" when they do not understand a message, and if it is so convoluted and strewn with examples of word salad, it is entirely appropriate to inquire if someone is having a stroke or some other medical emergency. Bless your heart.

I probably won't get a straight answer to this question either... What job do you have that requires a masters degree, pays a six figure salary, but you don't get off work until 11pm?? Do you at least get lots of perquisites?

My aim was to communicate. I did not intentionally use words and phrases you did not understand. You didn't put this in the rants section, and it was not clear to me what the rant was about. It's still not. I hope whoever you want to stop doing whatever it is they are doing, does so soon. It seems terribly distressing to you.

Has an unruly teenager taken over your computer?

Is English your first language? The phrase "I beg your pardon" or "beg your pardon" or "begging your pardon" means either you did not hear or you did not understand what someone said. I could not discern if you were angry at people for being against you having weight loss surgery, or if you were angry at people for suggesting you have weight loss surgery, or something else. I could not figure out if you thought people who needed insulin were defiling God's work, or if you thought they needed insulin because they didn't take care of themselves. Your post was so confusing that I thought perhaps you were having a cerebral vascular accident.

Just for insurance... Okay, back to the topic at hand. My next guess is alcohol poisoning. Have you been drinking?

Perhaps you should call emergency services. Stroke is a real possibility. As is a seizure. Diabetic emergency. Low blood sugar. Pesticide poisoning.

My surgery is Saturday! I'm so excited!

I don't understand your post so I was asking for clarification. Are you having a stroke?

Mistie: It sounds like your surgeon is like mine. Mine requires all of the age-appropriate testing be done prior to surgery. Since I was 50 when I started the process, and hadn't had a colonoscopy, I had to have one. Pap smear had to be within 2 years (I think). Mammogram had to be within a certain numbers of years. All of these timeframes were the accepted standard of care in place at the time. Since I have a history of PVCs (premature ventricular contractions) caused by sleep apnea, I had to have a cardiac stress test for cardiac clearance. I use a v-pap (variable pressure) now so I didn't have to have any sleep testing. He only required it if you had not had the test. My insurance required a psych eval and 6 months of nutrition visits (although they dropped that requirement on 7/1/15), along with a BMI of a certain amount. All of the other things were requirements of my surgeon. I had an upper GI to check for a hernia. I had an upper endoscopy during my colonoscopy. Today at my preop I had an EKG, a chest xray, and blood work.

Beg your pardon?

Just thought I'd throw out there the questions I asked my surgeon today. Surgery is Saturday! Q: What size bougie do you usually use? A: (laughing) why does that matter? Me: It doesn't; on the forum I hang out on, I've seen people talk about the size of the bougie the surgeon uses, and I figured I would ask! Doc: 34 Q: Do you suture over the staples on the sleeve? A: Yes and sometimes over the sutures I also use (dang, I can't read my notes. Can't remember if he said a surgical mesh or a surgical glue or what). Q: Do you close with staples? sutures? glue? A: Usually I used sutures and/or steristrips, but since you have trouble with tape (it gives me welts), I'm going to use surgical glue and sutures where necessary. Q: Do you do a leak test before discharge? A: I do the leak test while you're under anesthesia, by endoscopy. I do everything I can while you're out and I don't see any reason to wait to do a leak test until you're awake (shaking his head). Q: Do you routinely use catheters on your patients? A: Sometimes, and I think we will for you. Me: Good! Doc: (laughing) Why "good"?? Not having one is an incentive to get up and walk! Me: Because when I have to pee, especially in the middle of the night, I have to go RIGHT NOW. So I'm picturing me struggling to get out of the bed, not making it, and leaving a pee trail to the bathroom. Doc: (still laughing) that's why we have linoleum floors. Me: And then I slip and fall in the pee and break a leg or my hip or something and then you have to operate on THAT! Doc: Yep, a catheter it is! Q: Do you usually leave in a drain? A: No, not routinely. Not usually. Q: Is anyone else going to be working on me or is it just you? A: I have assistants and residents, and if a resident is near the end of their training, they'll do much more than if they are at the beginning. I'll be there the whole time. Me: So I'll always be in your talented hands? Doc: Yes, until I go to Starbucks for a coffee halfway through! (this is in reference to a local cardiac surgeon who got into serious trouble for leaving patients in the middle of surgery and telling his PA to finish up the surgery - clearly out of the scope of practice for the PA).

Updated and good luck to us all!

It's not like you're laying there naked on the table. Whatever they don't need access to, they keep covered up.

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