Re: [VFB] Health update

[Neville Gosling]

Hi Pete:

I am glad that the pain has ended. Some 25 years ago, my mother had something 
similar which turned out to be a polyp in her intestine which did necessitate 
surgery. After the operation, the nursing staff kept asking her if she had 
passed wind since the operation, as this apparently is a sign that everything 
is working ok. My mother recovered from the operation and will celebrate her 
99th birthday in 3 weeks. Incredibly, my father is 101!

Neville (Nev) Gosling


From: Gramp Pete <pete.gr...@gmail.com>
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Date: June 28, 2017 at 3:08:55 AM
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Subject:  [VFB] Health update  

Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then the 
surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and wanted more 
tests done (I think one is called HIDA, and there are two others I won't 
pretend to be able to type out correctly)... so for those who are aware, from 
my facebook close friends list, the surgery was cancelled for the gallbladder 
removal, pending further tests.
On the up-side of things, the surgeon poked and prodded all over my gut with 
just his gloved hands, and now this may be a placebo effect at its finest, but 
after 2 months of pain and uncertainty what it was, to be without any pain 
there, hey I'll take it!  It makes absolutely no logical sense to me how simply 
poking in my belly is going to make the pain stop, but indeed it did (maybe I 
had gas...haha) but seriously, I have no explanation for it - yet there it is, 
two days since he poked for a good 2 or 3 minutes straight, and now no pain.  
Like I said, I'm chalking it up to mind over matter, as in my mind playing 
tricks on me, but hey, I'll take no pain over the pain I had any day!  Now 
don't get me wrong, we still want to figure out what caused the pain in the 
first place, and what's up, but I thank my Lord for this blessing of no pain, 
and that I didn't have to go under the knife!

Just wanted to let those of you who may not have heard, know about this update.
Oh, and to keep it related... Fishing trip to Manchester VT and then Oakland/ 
Waterville ME (both USA) is still scheduled for 2 weeks in July, (if near 
either location, private message me if you'd like to get together and/or if you 
can recommend fishing locations to go it alone with extremely mild wading 
conditions, preferably from the banks/ shoreline of the streams and rivers for 
trout and the likes) and hopefully this mess doesn't keep our family from that 
vacation / holiday.

Hope this finds all of you well,
-Pete

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Re: [VFB] Health update- Pete

[DonO]

Pete,

Glad you got pain-free.  Do you drink carbonated drinks?  Stop. Your story 
sounds just like mine 30 years ago.  I had frequent stomach pain bouts that 
would bend me over like I had been stabbed. They were ready to do the 
barium/enema/X-ray deal, which I dreaded.  I quit pop and went no-bean veggie & 
chicken breast only with vigorous stomach massages.  With nothing to give me 
gas and pushing everything through, it worked almost immediately and I’ve never 
had the problem again.  Didn’t have the procedure, which I heard had serious 
after-effects.  

How’s Andrew doing with those flies?  Catching any fish?

DonO



From: Pete Gramp 
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:08 AM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com 
Subject: [VFB] Health update

Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then the 
surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and wanted more 
tests done (I think one is called HIDA, and there are two others I won't 
pretend to be able to type out correctly)... so for those who are aware, from 
my facebook close friends list, the surgery was cancelled for the gallbladder 
removal, pending further tests. 
On the up-side of things, the surgeon poked and prodded all over my gut with 
just his gloved hands, and now this may be a placebo effect at its finest, but 
after 2 months of pain and uncertainty what it was, to be without any pain 
there, hey I'll take it!  It makes absolutely no logical sense to me how simply 
poking in my belly is going to make the pain stop, but indeed it did (maybe I 
had gas...haha) but seriously, I have no explanation for it - yet there it is, 
two days since he poked for a good 2 or 3 minutes straight, and now no pain.  
Like I said, I'm chalking it up to mind over matter, as in my mind playing 
tricks on me, but hey, I'll take no pain over the pain I had any day!  Now 
don't get me wrong, we still want to figure out what caused the pain in the 
first place, and what's up, but I thank my Lord for this blessing of no pain, 
and that I didn't have to go under the knife!

Just wanted to let those of you who may not have heard, know about this update.
Oh, and to keep it related... Fishing trip to Manchester VT and then Oakland/ 
Waterville ME (both USA) is still scheduled for 2 weeks in July, (if near 
either location, private message me if you'd like to get together and/or if you 
can recommend fishing locations to go it alone with extremely mild wading 
conditions, preferably from the banks/ shoreline of the streams and rivers for 
trout and the likes) and hopefully this mess doesn't keep our family from that 
vacation / holiday.

Hope this finds all of you well,
-Pete
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Re: [VFB] Health update

[J Balmer]

It could have been something as simple as a kink in your intestines or a
minor blockage that was cleared by his manipulations. Glad to hear it's
better.

J


On Wed, June 28, 2017 5:08 am, Pete Gramp wrote:
> Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then
>  the surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and
> wanted more tests done (I think one is called HIDA, and there are two
> others I won't pretend to be able to type out correctly)... so for those
> who are aware, from my facebook close friends list, the surgery was
> cancelled for the gallbladder removal, pending further tests. On the
> up-side of things, the surgeon poked and prodded all over my gut with just
> his gloved hands, and now this may be a placebo effect at its finest, but
> after 2 months of pain and uncertainty what it was, to be without any pain
> there, hey I'll take it!  It makes absolutely no logical sense to me how
> simply poking in my belly is going to make the pain stop, but indeed it
> did (maybe I had gas...haha) but seriously, I have no explanation for it -
> yet there it is, two days since he poked for a good 2 or 3 minutes
> straight, and now no pain.  Like I said, I'm chalking it up to mind over
> matter, as in my mind playing tricks on me, but hey, I'll take no pain
> over the pain I had any day!  Now don't get me wrong, we still want to
> figure out what caused the pain in the first place, and what's up, but I
> thank my Lord for this blessing of no pain, and that I didn't have to go
> under the knife!
>
> Just wanted to let those of you who may not have heard, know about this
> update. Oh, and to keep it related... Fishing trip to Manchester VT and
> then Oakland/ Waterville ME (both USA) is still scheduled for 2 weeks in
> July,
> (if near either location, private message me if you'd like to get together
>  and/or if you can recommend fishing locations to go it alone with
> extremely mild wading conditions, preferably from the banks/ shoreline of
> the streams and rivers for trout and the likes) and hopefully this mess
> doesn't keep our family from that vacation / holiday.
>
> Hope this finds all of you well,
> -Pete
>
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Re: [VFB] Health update

['Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail]

I hope it is a permanent cure.   Have fun on the trip.
Rick 


On Wed Jun 28 2017 05:08:54 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time), Pete Gramp 
 wrote:

Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then the 
surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and wanted more 
tests done (I think one is called HIDA, and there are two others I won't 
pretend to be able to type out correctly)... so for those who are aware, from 
my facebook close friends list, the surgery was cancelled for the gallbladder 
removal, pending further tests.On the up-side of things, the surgeon poked and 
prodded all over my gut with just his gloved hands, and now this may be a 
placebo effect at its finest, but after 2 months of pain and uncertainty what 
it was, to be without any pain there, hey I'll take it!  It makes absolutely no 
logical sense to me how simply poking in my belly is going to make the pain 
stop, but indeed it did (maybe I had gas...haha) but seriously, I have no 
explanation for it - yet there it is, two days since he poked for a good 2 or 3 
minutes straight, and now no pain.  Like I said, I'm chalking it up to mind 
over matter, as in my mind playing tricks on me, but hey, I'll take no pain 
over the pain I had any day!  Now don't get me wrong, we still want to figure 
out what caused the pain in the first place, and what's up, but I thank my Lord 
for this blessing of no pain, and that I didn't have to go under the knife!
Just wanted to let those of you who may not have heard, know about this 
update.Oh, and to keep it related... Fishing trip to Manchester VT and then 
Oakland/ Waterville ME (both USA) is still scheduled for 2 weeks in July, (if 
near either location, private message me if you'd like to get together and/or 
if you can recommend fishing locations to go it alone with extremely mild 
wading conditions, preferably from the banks/ shoreline of the streams and 
rivers for trout and the likes) and hopefully this mess doesn't keep our family 
from that vacation / holiday.
Hope this finds all of you well,-Pete

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Re: [VFB] Health update

[Allan Fish]

On 6/28/17 6:08 AM, Pete Gramp wrote:
It makes absolutely no logical sense to me how simply poking in my 
belly is going to make the pain stop
Let's hope that's a permanent cure and you don't have to go to a biker 
bar once a month and get into a fight with some big bruiser to get  
punched in the gut!


Good luck.

af

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Re: [VFB] Health update

['Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail]

After over four years they still have not found my problem. I wish a poke would 
take care of it.
Arkansas Tony

On Wed, 6/28/17, Pete Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [VFB] Health update
 To: "vfb-mail@googlegroups.com" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>
 Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 5:08 AM
 
 Well, they had me on
 the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then the
 surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so
 on, and wanted more tests done (I think one is called HIDA,
 and there are two others I won't pretend to be able to
 type out correctly)... so for those who are aware, from my
 facebook close friends list, the surgery was cancelled for
 the gallbladder removal, pending further tests.On the
 up-side of things, the surgeon poked and prodded all over my
 gut with just his gloved hands, and now this may be a
 placebo effect at its finest, but after 2 months of pain and
 uncertainty what it was, to be without any pain there, hey
 I'll take it!  It makes absolutely no logical sense to
 me how simply poking in my belly is going to make the pain
 stop, but indeed it did (maybe I had gas...haha) but
 seriously, I have no explanation for it - yet there it is,
 two days since he poked for a good 2 or 3 minutes straight,
 and now no pain.  Like I said, I'm chalking it up to
 mind over matter, as in my mind playing tricks on me, but
 hey, I'll take no pain over the pain I had any day! 
 Now don't get me wrong, we still want to figure out what
 caused the pain in the first place, and what's up, but I
 thank my Lord for this blessing of no pain, and that I
 didn't have to go under the knife!
 Just wanted to let those of you who may not have
 heard, know about this update.Oh, and to keep it
 related... Fishing trip to Manchester VT and then Oakland/
 Waterville ME (both USA) is still scheduled for 2 weeks in
 July, (if near either location, private message me if
 you'd like to get together and/or if you can recommend
 fishing locations to go it alone with extremely mild wading
 conditions, preferably from the banks/ shoreline of the
 streams and rivers for trout and the likes) and hopefully
 this mess doesn't keep our family from that vacation /
 holiday.
 Hope this finds all of you
 well,-Pete
 
 
 
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[VFB] Health update

[Pete Gramp]

Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then
the surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and
wanted more tests done (I think one is called HIDA, and there are two
others I won't pretend to be able to type out correctly)... so for those
who are aware, from my facebook close friends list, the surgery was
cancelled for the gallbladder removal, pending further tests.
On the up-side of things, the surgeon poked and prodded all over my gut
with just his gloved hands, and now this may be a placebo effect at its
finest, but after 2 months of pain and uncertainty what it was, to be
without any pain there, hey I'll take it!  It makes absolutely no logical
sense to me how simply poking in my belly is going to make the pain stop,
but indeed it did (maybe I had gas...haha) but seriously, I have no
explanation for it - yet there it is, two days since he poked for a good 2
or 3 minutes straight, and now no pain.  Like I said, I'm chalking it up to
mind over matter, as in my mind playing tricks on me, but hey, I'll take no
pain over the pain I had any day!  Now don't get me wrong, we still want to
figure out what caused the pain in the first place, and what's up, but I
thank my Lord for this blessing of no pain, and that I didn't have to go
under the knife!

Just wanted to let those of you who may not have heard, know about this
update.
Oh, and to keep it related... Fishing trip to Manchester VT and then
Oakland/ Waterville ME (both USA) is still scheduled for 2 weeks in July,
(if near either location, private message me if you'd like to get together
and/or if you can recommend fishing locations to go it alone with extremely
mild wading conditions, preferably from the banks/ shoreline of the streams
and rivers for trout and the likes) and hopefully this mess doesn't keep
our family from that vacation / holiday.

Hope this finds all of you well,
-Pete

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