REVERSED GASTRIC BYPASS 6 DAYS AGO

Jun 11, 2011

 Reversed my gastric bypass 6 days ago on 6-6-11 after three years. I feel so much better already! I am slowly rejoining the living. My energy is starting to come back and best of all that awful mental fog and severe memory problems are lifting. I guess I am someone who can not do without my duodenum. I am lucky that my surgeon stayed with me and agreed to the reversal and that my insurance paid. I had constant diarrhea and incontinence and could not leave my house. I ate small amounts constantly because it would show up in the toilet undigested a few hours later. I took massive amounts of vitamins and protein supplements to keep up my health for the reversal I knew I would need, but I still never resumed my normal life after the bypass, even housework was just too much. I was a semi-invalid and felt awful everyday. I only lost 65 lbs , my diabetes never reversed and it was not worth it, I had all kinds of unexplained health problems that I think were caused by the bypass, like swollen lymph nodes, severe burning urine for 9 months, slow healing of wounds, dry burning eyes, and many arthritic symptoms that required cortisone shots because bypass people can't take ibuprofen. My disbelieveing primary care Dr. had me tested for everything under the sun (TB, AIDS, hepatitis) she refused to believe that the bypass and all that undigested food could cause long term problems, but I knew because this all started the day i woke up from bypass surgery. Already my skin is turning soft again. The Dr. said I can take ibuprofen when I heal. I worry about weight gain but so far I still feel like I have a little pouch for a stomach. I will try my best not to gain. The Dr. offered me a lap band in the future but I am through with weight loss surgery. Sorry I ever did it.

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