Re: Looks like everyone is busy!
From: clare (csheedy@netcom.ca)
Mon Jan 7 06:32:00 2002
Hi Kay:
What is belladonna? Do you know if it's available in Canada or the U.S.?
Thanks,
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Clare
At Sat, 5 Jan 2002, kfrog wrote:
>
>> Hi Kfrog:
>>
>> I haven't been officially diagnosed either, but yes, I have days when I
>> am very ill and the pain is difficult to deal with, and other times I
>> feel pretty good. Sometimes, such as lately, the pain is tolerable but
>> I have nausea which is distracting....
>
>I was feeling great heartburn and "almost" like nausea since early November.
>(I have a cast iron stomach!) It got worse and worse-four days in the
>hospital and 2 nights in ER, plus being curled up in the fetal position at
>home most of the time. A week ago I started on belladonna and I am a new
>woman.
>>
>> I am currently experimenting with my diet to see if eating very small
>> amounts helps with the pain - so far so good, but as I say this is just
>> an experiment. I had what I (and my doctors) believed was a partial
>> bowel obstruction, and I got through it by going on a liquid only diet.
>> I will let you know if my "less is more" diet works.
>
>I, too, am being very careful with every bite. I am just using Nestle's
>NuBasics, which the hospital uses, scrambled eggs and some cereal. Yesterday
>I had some toast-and just a teensy bit of tummy twinges, so no more toast!
>
>> Welcome to the board, and please feel free to ask any questions that you
>> may have. Hopefully one of the people on this forum with more knowledge
>> than I have will be able to answer you more accurately than I have. I
>> hope this helps.
>
>Thank you, Clare! It will help just knowing there are others out there! When
>I looked at the coloured picture of adhesions, I nearly fainted-and then I
>read about a lady who had over 100 of them. I thought my life was ending-and
>I am-or was before my surgeries-a healthy, vibrant person. My goal is to be
>well enough to return to karate this summer to start training for 2nd degree
>black belt. I am 61, by the way.
>
>Kay
>
>In difficult moments, behave like a duck. Keep calm and unruffled on the
>surface, but keep paddling away underneath.
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csheedy
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