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jojo775 · 09-28-2016, 06:37 AM

My coworker is taking a week off because her daughter is having a 4 hour operation for a bleeding ulcer? She said she was so sick she had to stop her dancing, was skinny and pale as a ghost. Couching up blood. That doesn't sound like and ulcer to me?

SouthernBelleInUtah · 09-28-2016, 07:31 AM

It could be. Ulcers that have eroded the stomach wall may need to be removed surgically. Why are you asking? You think she's trying to fake something?

stan4 · 09-28-2016, 07:31 AM

Makes perfect sense. Sometimes all you can do with a nonhealing ulcer is cut it out.

TFW46 · 09-28-2016, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jojo775

My coworker is taking a week off because her daughter is having a 4 hour operation for a bleeding ulcer? She said she was so sick she had to stop her dancing, was skinny and pale as a ghost. Couching up blood. That doesn't sound like and ulcer to me?

Sounds exactly like a bleeding ulcer to me. But, then, I'm not a doctor like you apparently are.

waviking24 · 09-28-2016, 02:38 PM

You could go to the hospital and ask about her surgery

TFW46 · 09-28-2016, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by waviking24

You could go to the hospital and ask about her surgery

Because of HIPAA, the hospital wont be able to give you any information, either in person or by phone.

maggie2101 · 09-28-2016, 03:50 PM

Why are you asking anyway? You sound suspicious.

stan4 · 09-28-2016, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by waviking24

You could go to the hospital and ask about her surgery

Yes.
Then tell the surgeon whether you prefer highly-selective vagotomy, truncal vagotomy with gastric drainage, or partial gastrectomy.

Mikala43 · 09-28-2016, 06:19 PM

You have a lot of threads like this. You seem to need to check up on a lot of people in your life.

city living · 09-28-2016, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jojo775

My coworker is taking a week off because her daughter is having a 4 hour operation for a bleeding ulcer? She said she was so sick she had to stop her dancing, was skinny and pale as a ghost. Couching up blood. That doesn't sound like and ulcer to me?

She is probably thankful that it is only an ulcer with those symptoms.

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Originally Posted by Mikala43

You have a lot of threads like this. You seem to need to check up on a lot of people in your life.

Yes. Nice posting history indeed! I hope someone questions OP as much as she does everyone else.