Friend needs encouragement
Hi all, first let me update on my sister Polly. She is recovering fine from the
surgery and the surgeon says they may go back in laparoscopically in a couple of
months just to look around for signs of cancer. Thanks again for all the emails
of support and prayers!! Now, I have a friend who got her surgery date yesterday
for May 14th and hasn’t stopped crying since. She is so nervous!! I sent her to
obesityhelp.com to get some encouragement and there is the tragic news now of
the lady who has had a pulmonary embolism and is brain dead. She also heard
recently of a friend of hers who died of an embolus at 6 weeks post op. AND, the
resident at the surgeon’s office scared her to death with stories of people’s
bodies rejecting the sutures or staples at the anastamosis sites and causing the
bowel to get necrotic. I am a nurse and definately believe in informed consent
but this is too much for her right now. She has given me permission to give her
email address to this list and would love some words of encouragement and
success stories!! I know you guys will respond to her in the great supportive
way you always do! Her name is Rhonda and her email is rhonyoun@…. Thanks
so much, Nancy