So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??

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Jonathon said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain We chatted a little off line but those pics look so much like what happened to my brother! I actually sent him this link to look at! Incredibly thankful that you pulled through, as we have said, us Tremblays are hard to kill!!! Glad to have you back, take your time with everything, regain your strength!

It is definitely hard to kill bad weeds LOL!. It was a nice chat and your care package and my achievement rewards with my community name came at the absolute perfect time. I really appreciate it!! It is crazy that your real life brother and your online brother suffered almost the same issue. I hope to hear from him so I can see his travels. It may be great inspiration and focus as I am traveling a path he already went through

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johnsbrewhouse said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain She told me I could probably go off the blood thinner but to resume the low dose aspirin. I have to go pick up a fecal specimen kit tomorrow to find out if I have some sort of bacterial infection in my gut, good news though the GI office finally gave me my results from my Cologuard after 3 months and a hardy reminder, negative. So, no more lower checks for another 10 years, know they will want to be doing an upper endoscopy here in the future I am sure.

That’s some great new (blood thinner and colonoscopy). Have they checked you for H-pylori?? I know my father had GI issues for years (and does continue having issues) but once they treated the H-pylori bacteria stuff he was a lot better. How good is cologuard in detecting stuff?? They had suggested it to me before I decided to do the colonoscopy.

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@dennyo said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

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Claude, Dear sole what you must have endured. I can imagine but not to the extent that you have. I too have a belly scar, mine extends just a bit higher up about an inch below my sternum to below my waist line. I had a tumor on my appendix. it was removed and then 18 days later after my appendix attack I had to have a bowel resection to ensure that they had it all. Dr. Jenkins knew my brother died of Hodgkin’s Disease @17, he was the oldest of 4. Doc didn’t want our family to lose another. I’m the youngest and the best looking, (winkie, winkie).

I was 20 then, 67 now. And now I call it a zipper, LOL, @ 30 I had to have it reopened again when my newborn and only born was just 2 month old. Obstructed bowel, 8 locations. That was one of my one month stays, I’ve had a couple. I am on first name basis with my surgeons, I’ve got to know most of them Very well. Yes I give them the respect “Doctor” that they have trained for and deserve but with anyone that has been that personal with me to be inside of me we ARE on 1st name basis. LOL snicker, snicker, snort, snort.

Any hoot kind Sir, I an glad you are on the mend! I look back at all my stays and surgerys and if I had to do it all over again, it would be the same. Biggest reason is what each and every one of then has taught me! Many, many adjectives could be inserted here but it is just about the lessons that my travels have opened my eyes up to.

I soak up your travel in life like a sponge and very much appreciate you telling your story.

God bless,
DennyO

Holy Cow DennyO!!! I am glad you shared your story because it shows me that there is a brighter side to all this. I think in terms of intense extensive surgery that you win the cake. I may have a crumb in the fact that I had some side-effects/complications but I could not imagine being slip open from sternum down. In comparison to your zipper, mine starts 4” below my sternum and ends 1” above the pubic bone. It does not look like it from the picture but I just measured it. Still nothing compared to yours! I wonder if you were to take todays techniques and apply them when you had surgery if they would have cut you open or if they would have done it arthroscopically!!! In any case, thanks for the thoughts and best wishes!! Glad to be back interacting with you guys

[johnsbrewhouse]

Dr_Pain Cologuard is good for checking for cancerous and precancerous materials coming through the bowel. I am also enrolled in a study through Cologuard and the Mayo Clinic regarding the product. Since there is no real history of cancer in my family and 2 scopes in 1o years, plus the gastric sleeve they have decided unless testing or problems warrant another scope won’t be warranted for 5 years. As far as the H-Pylori, yes that is what they are going to look at, along with several other bacteria’s that could be presenting problems. I am currently on the BRAT (banana, rice, applesauce, toast) diet and it seems to be working right now to keep things in.

[calldoctoday]

Dr_Pain If you have only helped one single person, you have helped a multitude.

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calldoctoday said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain If you have only helped one single person, you have helped a multitude.

Here Hear!! (do you see what I did?)

[calldoctoday]

@dennyo I can’t hear a thing. Help me out.

[Surg]

Dr_Pain man that’s one helI of a ride. Glad you pulled through. Here’s to a speedy recovery and a smooth reversal when the time comes. Hang in there bud.

[Denny O]

calldoctoday said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain If you have only helped one single person, you have helped a multitude.

calldoctoday
DennyO I can’t hear a thing. Help me out.

“Do You Hear What I Hear?” “If you have only helped one single person, you have helped a multitude.” It rang in my head of the Christmas song, that was meant to spread unto the world, a word of joy and hope!
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Even thou the actual song was out of actual context to the birth of our Lord, none the less,

[Denny O]

calldoctoday
Am I going to fast for ya? sincker, snicker, snort ;<)

[calldoctoday]

@dennyo OK, I’m known for being a little slow some days. Thanks for the update.

[Denny O]

calldoctoday said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

@dennyo OK, I’m known for being a little slow some days. Thanks for the update.

No worries kind chef, I know that most of the time my humor and thoughts needs to sink in for a bit.

Well most of the the time quite a bit.

Enough said.

Ok let it go and let it die there.Lol

[calldoctoday]

@dennyo No problem what so ever. I am known for being slow some days, you are ok. My humor can be pretty dry at times as well. I just did not intend it on this one & did not catch the connection on it at all initially.

[mrobisr]

Dr_Pain
“It is one step at a time”

And how do we eat the elephant…

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calldoctoday said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain If you have only helped one single person, you have helped a multitude.

I cannot deny the truth in the statement!! Helping one person is not my goal…. Helping multiple people is! Hopefully this story can be told and help through generations. I know it is a loafty idea but….

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@dennyo said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

calldoctoday said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain If you have only helped one single person, you have helped a multitude.

Here Hear!! (do you see what I did?)

Hahahahaha, that is awesome! Glad you are here to hear

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Surg said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain man that’s one helI of a ride. Glad you pulled through. Here’s to a speedy recovery and a smooth reversal when the time comes. Hang in there bud.

Thanks bud! I truly appreciate each and every prayer and best wishes for speedy recovery. When I was ready to just give up I would read some of your comments and Lord knows how much it helped. Perfect strangers offering prayers, positive thoughts, sending cards etc….mind blown!

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mrobisr said in So what ever happened to Dr_Pain (Claude)??:

Dr_Pain
“It is one step at a time”

And how do we eat the elephant…

One bite at a time!!! You are so right. The pragmatic side of me understand that, however the emotional side of me feel out of control and very overwhelmed by all the changes. I am going through a major grieving process at the moment. I am an emotional being but crying 3-6 times a day is not something that I was familiar with. The lack of socialization on a daily basis (since I am homebound) gets to me. I do talk with friends on the phone and do some texting but it is not the same as the face to face interactions

I’ll get there! As you said, one step at a time!

[gus4416]

Hey there buddy you might want to think about putting SKYPE on your computer and then you could face to face with people I no it isn’t perfect but you could see people

[bocephus]

Dr_Pain Hang in there, you have a whole community behind you. I know it can be a tough process but look at the progress you have already made.