http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/ FAP / Gardner syndrome Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:45:51 GMT olis1@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21953 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21953 Mandy, I was just thinking back and I remember after one of my surgeries that I had trouble swallowing food. It was like my toungue was messed up or Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:37:05 GMT olis1@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21952 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21952 This is really upsetting and scary Mandy. She has no history of this swallowing problem? Its almost like they stirred up a problem that didn't exist from the Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:57:58 GMT Mandy Mathews http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21951 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21951 All, My youngest sister Rebecca (21) is still in the hospital from having her colectomy. The surgery itself seemed to go well, but she cannot swallow liquids Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:03:51 GMT Sara http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21950 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21950 Dear FAP group members, I am a graduate student in genetic counseling at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and am conducting research on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:23:35 GMT Jon Olis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21949 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21949 Not sure on the urine. Could have been the catheter or could be some differences in the female anatomy and how they perform the surgery. Don’t know. Some Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:18:44 GMT Mandy Mathews http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21948 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21948 She did not have an Ng tube...they said this is not needed with laparscopic surgery. We showed the nurses the blood in the urine....it had a big clot in there Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:36:28 GMT Jon Olis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21947 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21947 Mandy, I don’t understand this swallowing thing. Did she have an NG tube? She should be able to swallow. Is her stomach distended or bloated? The blood in Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:32:43 GMT Mandy Mathews http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21946 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21946 They are admitting her to the hospital again, she was dehydrated. She is trying to drink, but can't. I have seen her do this everytime she tries to swallow she Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:51:50 GMT Jon Olis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21945 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21945 Mandy, Some more thoughts. If she's not drinking and dehydrated that's one thing and I think the answer is clear that she needs to drink. If she feels full Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:03 GMT Jon Olis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21944 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21944 Yes, it made me gag a bit. More once I knew it was there. It can be worse for some. A classic sign of Thrush was a white carpet looking covering on the Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:58:32 GMT Mandy Mathews http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21943 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21943 Hi Jon,   We are taking Becca back to the hospital because she is getting dehydrated due to not being able to swallow. Did your thrush make you gag/choke when Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:10 GMT sanddude1998 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21942 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21942 Cheryl --- yes --- bowel died --- two feet of it removed --- that is typically what happens when surgery is required ... if the bowel had stayed alive, then Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:01:40 GMT Cheryl Huffman http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21941 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21941 Steve, Well my surgeon said, there isn't anything to do, but time...?? This afternoon I see my pain doc anything I should bring up to her about this? It's Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:01:17 GMT mom_2_angels http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21940 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21940 I have a large but not painful lump under my chin, which has grown from the size of a dime to a little larger than a quarter in a matter of weeks. I've had Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:25:36 GMT sanddude1998 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21939 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnerssyndrome/message/21939 Cheryl - i found this link on ileus ... https://health.google.com/health/ref/Intestinal+obstruction yes ... I had ileus. it's a loosely used term for