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MiladyB · 04-13-2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mulli3292

I am sorry for your mom, My mom just had the surgery done a month ago, me and my sisters begged her not to do it , i am so scared and i have a bad feeling i never seen my mom so sick, i have been on here researching to see what this surgery is all about such as her complications she is having, she looks like hell she is so pale and weak, everything goes right through her. she told me tonight she feels she is going to die, i refuse to let her die i have a migrain from searching for hours on the computer about this nasty surgery, can someone please tell me how to help my mom. her doctor says she will adjust but i know something is not right i know my mom,, her heart palpitations are getting severe and she says it feels like the blood inside her starts to rush out of her. she cant hold anything in and is always in the ER. Is this common? please help

No, those kinds of symptoms aren't normal. Have they done any tests on your Mom besides blood work? Has she been scoped or has she had an upper GI to try to figure out what is going on? Also have they done any kind of culture on her stool? Is she throwing up or does she have diarrhea? If she is throwing everything up she could have a stricture. She is probably so weak because she isn't getting the nutrition that she needs, since everything goes right through her. She is also probably suffering from dehydration. If you aren't getting the answers that you need from the doctor you really need to get insistent. I'm sorry to say that sometimes we really need to be our own advocate or a family member has to advocate for us. You need to demand answers from the doctor and if you don't get them you go to another doctor.