My wife's on the front page...

[jesse]

Wow, what a horrible thing to go through, especially when no one understood what the condition was.

Congratulations on your healthy boy though, and getting your picture on ABC News!

[Rick-o]

Yeah, that's pretty wild stuff! I had never heard of morning sickness being that serious either.

And I'll also chime in about your link. I got Joran van der Sloot, a missing woman, and Carrie Prejean pics. I was a bit puzzled at first.

[OWC Jamie]

Racer X wrote:
I see it.

It's all your fault, you know. Or, at least your testicles fault. Unless.....

I'd worry about them being retributionally squeezed for posting a hospital bed pic ....


Despite this particular hardship you are a lucky guy Mike.
Hope all turns out well for you and yours.

[kj4btkljv]

I'm sorry to hear that, Mike.

Jeff

[wowzer]

Sorry to hear about your wife's hyperemesis.


This article is inflammatory and not well written...I have never known an OB or ED physician to call patients with hyperemesis 'pukers' or stated that it was psychological. Hyperemesis is not a rare diagnosis...only the very severe cases like these are rare. I think there's a dearth of drug research because doing therapy on pregnant women is fraught with liability and disasters...recall thalidomide.

[Racer X]

billb wrote:
[quote=Racer X]
I see it.

It's all your fault, you know. Or, at least your testicles fault. Unless.....

I'd worry about them being retributionally squeezed for posting a hospital bed pic ....


Despite this particular hardship you are a lucky guy Mike.
Hope all turns out well for you and yours.
A co-worker's wife was squeezing his hand during childbirth. 3rd kid. She asked him to have a vasectomy. She wouldn't let go until he gave in. She broke a few bones in his hand before he gave in.

[Mike Johnson]

wowzer wrote: This article is inflammatory and not well written...I have never known an OB or ED physician to call patients with hyperemesis 'pukers' or stated that it was psychological. Hyperemesis is not a rare diagnosis...only the very severe cases like these are rare. I think there's a dearth of drug research because doing therapy on pregnant women is fraught with liability and disasters...recall thalidomide.

Yes, it's poorly written. It conflates morning sickness and hyperemesis, which is no help. It calls it a "rare condition" and then quotes an expert as saying it's "not that uncommon."

My wife is an OB and she's never heard HG patients called "pukers," but she has heard plenty of doctors say it's all psychological. Shoot, she was fired by her medical group for having HG. It wasn't a big surprise. While she was sick, her boss -- the chairman of the OB department -- said to her, "I wish I had hyperemesis so I could lie in bed and read books all day."

Zofran, reglan, and the like can be very effective. Unfortunately, they're not always covered by insurance plans. For example, because Zofran is typically used right before and after a chemotherapy session, many insurance companies won't approve its continuous use. And there are insurance companies that have refused to cover treatments for hyperemesis after the first trimester because that's when the nausea is supposed to end.

[Speedy]

Tough go, Mike. You have my sympathies on the loss of your unborn child.

Couldn't your wife have a feeding tube inserted into her small intestine for better nutrition? Much better than TPN and so much safer.