barrelracinbroke
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First, I'd like to thank Larra for introducing me to this site. I appreciate it.
A little history, I had DS surgery on 2/18/2000 with Dr. Gary Anthone at USC. Then, in 2002, I had a revision to lengthen my common channel since I couldn't stop losing weight. I don't know how long my common channel is. I wish I did. But, I've been able to maintain my weight well. Since then, Dr. A moved out of state and I've just had regular annual labs by my primary. In the past couple of weeks, I've been feeling very nauseous, I "think" I got some sort of bug as I had dark (sorta green) stools and then, watery diarrhea. The bowel movements have gotten better but I still have no appetite and don't feel well at all. I'm very scared, as I can't stop losing weight since I'm not able to eat much. I'm down to 125lbs as of this morning.
I'm going to call Dr. K's office tomorrow (thank you Larra for recommending him) to see if they can get me in quickly. I sure hope they can. After reading some posts I know they've come a long way in learning what we need to maintain health. Hoping Dr. K can help me. I've just taken a multivitamin since my original surgery and calcium 3 years ago.
I've also had some kidney issues since my original surgery (stones and a lower GFR rate than prime). Once my revision was done, I had "less" kidney stones. But, my kidneys are still not perfect and I have high oxalate in my urine.
Being this sick and having high urine oxalate is scaring me tremendously. Can anyone offer some support? How quickly do you think Dr. K's office will see me? I'd like to be seen in the next couple of days.
Thank you again for any advice.
A little history, I had DS surgery on 2/18/2000 with Dr. Gary Anthone at USC. Then, in 2002, I had a revision to lengthen my common channel since I couldn't stop losing weight. I don't know how long my common channel is. I wish I did. But, I've been able to maintain my weight well. Since then, Dr. A moved out of state and I've just had regular annual labs by my primary. In the past couple of weeks, I've been feeling very nauseous, I "think" I got some sort of bug as I had dark (sorta green) stools and then, watery diarrhea. The bowel movements have gotten better but I still have no appetite and don't feel well at all. I'm very scared, as I can't stop losing weight since I'm not able to eat much. I'm down to 125lbs as of this morning.
I'm going to call Dr. K's office tomorrow (thank you Larra for recommending him) to see if they can get me in quickly. I sure hope they can. After reading some posts I know they've come a long way in learning what we need to maintain health. Hoping Dr. K can help me. I've just taken a multivitamin since my original surgery and calcium 3 years ago.
I've also had some kidney issues since my original surgery (stones and a lower GFR rate than prime). Once my revision was done, I had "less" kidney stones. But, my kidneys are still not perfect and I have high oxalate in my urine.
Being this sick and having high urine oxalate is scaring me tremendously. Can anyone offer some support? How quickly do you think Dr. K's office will see me? I'd like to be seen in the next couple of days.
Thank you again for any advice.