HELLO MY FRIENDS.I HAD MY REVISION WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY ON 12/5 AND ALL WENT WELL.. THE NAME OF THE SURGERY WAS ACTUALLY CALLED A "GASTRECTOMY" I HAD A FISTULA THAT IS A COMPLICATION FROM MY GASTRIC BYPASS AND I HAD TO HAVE THE 3/4 OF MY STOMACH THAT WAS BYPASSED TAKEN OUT..SO ALL WENT WEL; AND I WAS ONLY IN THE HOSPITAL 3 1/2 DAYS--NO CPMPLICATIONS..I AM VERY WEAK AND IN ALOT OF PAIN--I HAD TONS OF ADHESIONS ONCE AGAIN ON MY INTESTINES THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED BEFORE THE SURGERY SO I AM BLACK AND BLUE ON THE OUTSIDE AND IN AND IN ALOT OF PAIN AND SUPER TIRED..I HAVE LOST 1 LBS SO FAR IN THE PAST 9 DAYS SINCE I HAVE BEEN HOME AS AT FIRST AFTER THE SURGERY I WAS SO BLOADED WITH FLUID AND GAS.. I HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF MY INSULIN AND OTHER MEDS FOR NOW SO I DO NOT GET DEHYDRATED--AS I HAVE DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS LIKE KIDNEY DISEASE--I HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS TIME GOES BY IF I NEED TO BE PUT BACK ON INSULIN--I MAY NOT  AND MY BP IS GOOD ALSO.. SO TIME WILL TELL AND I SHOULD KEEP DROPPING MORE WEIGHT--THE WEIGHT I GAINED LIKE 30 LBS AND HOPEFULLY I WILL MAKE IT TO MY GOAL FINALLY--THE DIABETES EDUCATOR TOLD ME THAT HIS FISTULA WAS MESSING WITH MY PANCREAS AND MY BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS SO NOT THAT IT IS OUT I SHOULD BE DOING GOOD WITH MY SUGARS.. ANYONE WHO HAS READ MY OTHER POSTS AND HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR ME AND THINKING OF ME THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU IN MANY WAYS..YESTERDAY ON 12/16 ME AND HUBBY JUSTIN CELEBRATED OUR 15th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND THAT WAS SO WONDERFUL.. IF I DID NOT HAVE MY ORIGIANAL GASTRIC BYPASS IN 2007 I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD MY NOW --SO I AMS O GREATFUL TO THE LORD FOR WATCHING OVER ME SO WELL.. PRAISE HIS NAME ON ALL THE EARTH.. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL AND ESPECIALLY HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR 2012 !! OH- I GOT MY GASTRIC DRAIN OUT ON WED AND WHAT A RELIEF AND ALSO MY INCISION LOOKS GOOD AND I HAVE DISOLVING STITCHES SO I DO NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEE THE SURGEON AGAIN--UNLESS I AM HAVING A PROBLEM--BUT SO GOOD SO FAR.. I JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH GI NUTRITION TO CONTINUE MY STAGES OF MY EATING SCHEDULE.. GOD BLESS--HUGS AND PRAYERS TO YOU ALL--SUSIE SMITH FROM EXETER,PA

 MY SURGERY IS AT 12:25 PM TODAY WE ARE LEAVING SOON TO GO TO DANVILLE PA .. I PRAY ALL GOES WELL.  HOPE I WILL NOT BE IN THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN 3-4 DAYS THIS TIME.. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT FRIENDS.

HELLO FRIENDS.. UPDATE-- I HAVE AN APPT ON OCT 28, WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS SURGEON --AS I HAD AN UPPER GI AND IT PROVED THAT I HAVE A FISTULA AND IT IS CONNECTED FROM POUCH TO OLD PART OF STOMACH AND IS DEFITELY ACTIVE IN DRAINING ALL FLUIDS AND FOOD THAT I EAT FROM MY POUCH TO THE LARGER BYPASSES STOMACH..SO THE SURGEON AND I WILL TALK REVISION OR MY OPTIONS... I HAVE GAINED SOME WEIGHT AND AM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT IT--I DONOT WANT TO BE SUPER MORBIDLY OBESE AGAIN.. I PRAY THAT  ALL GOES WELL.. PLEASE PRAY IF I DO HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY THAT I SURVIVE IT--AS THE SURGEON TOLD ME LAST YR-A SECOND SURGERY WILL BE HARDER ON ME.. SO WE WILL SEE..I PRAY THAT I DO NOT GET THE BRUSH OFF--AS I HAVE GOTTEN THAT BEFORE.. I PRAY THAT ALL OF YOU ARE DOING WELL-NO MATTER WHERE U ARE IN YOUR JOURNEY..PRAYERS AND GOD BLESS .. SUSIEQ 

 iT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I UPDATED MY BLOG HERE--ALMOST A YEAR..FOR ANYONE WHO IS FOLLOWING ME I DO APOLOGIIZE..I HAVE BEEN STEADY WITH MY WEIGHT BASICALLY GO UP AND DOWN 5-10 LBS AS I HAVE KIDNEY DISEASE AND FIGHT THAT FLUID RETENTION..I HAVE NOT MADE IT TO MY GOAL--BUT I AM MANAGING TO KEEP OFF OVER 200 LBS AND I AM FOR THE MOST PART--HAPPY.. I HAD A COLONOSCOPY IN MARCH AND THE GASTRO DOC FOUND 1 POLYP AND INTERNAL HEMOROIDS--THE POLYP CAME BACK CLEAN--LAST YR I HAD AN ENDOSCOPT AND THEY FOUND 3 POLYPS IN MY POUCH AND THEY WERE CLEAN ALSO..AT THAT TIME I THINK I ALREADY POSTED ABOUT THIS--BUT JUST IN CASE I DID NOT--THEY ALSO FOUND FROM THE ENDOSCOPY THAT I HAVE A  LOOSE STAPLE AND A FISTULA GROWING OUT FORM MY POUCH TO MY OLD PART OF MY STOMACH--HAD SOME DRAMA THERE--BUT I SAW THE SURGEON AND INQUIRED ABOUT A  REVISION--I DID NOT REALLY GET ANY ANSWERS FROM THE SURGEON SO I JUST ACCEPTED NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT AND NOT RISK IT AND HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY )REVISION) BUT IF I GAIN ALOT OF WEIGHT OR HAVE MORE PROBS--I WILL HAVE THAT TALK WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS SURGEON.. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY JOURNEY.

JUNE 3 2010
  SORRY I HAVE NOT UPDATED SOONER--BUT I DID HAVE AN APPT LAST MONTH WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS SURGEON DOWN IN DANVILLE PA WHERE I HAD MY ORIGINAL RNY BACK IN 2007.. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENDOSCOPY I HAD AND THE PROBS THAT WERE FOUND--LIKE THE LOOSE STAPLE AND FISTULA-ENLARGED POUCH AND THE POLYPS THAT WERE FOUND AND CAME BACK CLEAN.
 THO I DID NOT GET MANY REAL ANSWERS OR ANYTHING I DID NOT ALREADY KNOW-- HE SAID THAT THEY COULD DO A REVISION--BUT THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER ON ME THE SECOND TIME--AS ON ANYONE--ME MORE CAUSE OF MY DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS AND SUCH.. SO HE TOLD ME--SINCE I WAS SO UPSET THAT I GAINED 10 LBS IN 3 MONTHS THAT IF I KEEP GAINING WEIGHT THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT THE GI NUTRTION DEPT WHO I SEE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS--TO SEND ME BACK TO SEE HIM AND WE WILL TALK REVISION.. HE DID SAY THAT MY PROBS ARE NOT THE REASON I AM GAINING WEIGHT AND THAT
SOMETIMES A FISTULA WILL GROW OUT FROM THE POUCH TO THE OLD PART OF OUR STOMACHS--BUT I ASKED AND HE SAID THAT IT SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBS --ALSO HE COULD NOT ASSURE ME THAT THE LOOSE STAPLE WILL NOT FALL OUT AND CAUSE A PROBLEM.. HE AND HIS NURSE DID SAY THAT MY POUCH WAS NOT ENLARGED BECAUSE OF OVEREATING AS THE GI NUTRTIONIST DOCTOR HAD LECTURED ME ABOUT AND I DID NOT APPRECIATE THAT--I KNOW THAT I AM NO ANGEL AND I EAT THINGS I SHOULD NOT--BUT NOTHING LIKE I USED TOO AND I FEEL FULL FAST SO I FELT THAT MY POUCH WAS STILL WORKING FOR ME--
I KNOW THAT AFTER A COUPLE OF YRS THAT THE POUCH DOES ENLARGE SOME--BUT THE SURGEON AND HIS NURSE SAID THAT MY WEIGHT WOULD NOT BE SO STABLE A YEAR LIKE IT IS IF I WAS OVERLOADING MY POUCH--SO I WAS GLAD THAT THEY DID NOT ACCUSE ME OF OVEREATING..

 SO THE SURGEON SENT A LETTER TO THE GI NUTRITION DOC AND MY PRIME DOC EXPLAIING THE PLAN WE AGREED ON--I FEEL THAT HE MET ME HALF WAY AND WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT FOR NOW--SO HE TOLD THOSE DOCS THAT IF I CONTINUE TO GAIN THAT I NEED TO SEE HIM AGAIN TO TALK REVISON-- I SAW MY PRIME DOC 3 WEEKS AFTER SEEING DR STRODEL IN DANVILLE AND MY PRIME DOC SHOWED ME THE LETTER HE SENT..
 I HAVE DECIDED TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT AND WORK AS HARD AS I CAN TO LOOSE MORE WEIGHT--I WANT TO GET TO MY GOAL.. I STILL HAVE LIKE 50 LBS TO LOOSE TO MY GOAL.. I TEND TO WORRY TOO MUCH AND GET OVERWHELMED AT FIRST WITH THINGS--BUT I NEED TO TRUST IN GOD AND LET HIM CARRY MY BURDENS.. SO I AM DOING THAT..
 I AM SO FRIGHTENED THAT I AM GONNA WEIGH 300+ POUNDS AGAIN AND DR S DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH MORE WEIGHT I HAD TO GAIN TO PROVE I NEEDED A REVISION--SO WE WILL SEE.. NO ONE UDERSTANDS HOW SCARY IT IS FOR US--ONCE YOU WEIGH LIKE 448 LIKE ME--WHEN I STARTED GAINING THE WEIGHT I GOT SO SCARED--NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING UNLESS U HAVE BEEN THERE.. I WAS IN A WHEEL CHAIT AND COULD NOT BREATHE AND WAS SO CLOSE TO DEATH--THIS RNY SAVED MY LIFE AND I DO NOT REGRET THE SURGERY--PLZ DO NOT GET ME WRONG--I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS SURGERY AND LOSING 200 LBS--I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT OFF AND NOT GAIN..
 I SAW MY KIDNEY DOC ALSO RECENTLY (yes i have too many doctors) AND I LOST 5 LBS SO THAT WAS AN INDICATION THAT SOME OF THE WEIGHT I HAD GAINED WAS FROM MY KIDNEYS--I DO HAVE STAGE 3 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND MY KIDNEYS RIGHT NOW ARE ONLY FUNCTIONING AT 48%--BUT MY KIDNEY DOC SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF MY MEDS AND I NEED TO GO BACK FOR MORE BLOOD AND URINE WORK IN 3 MONTHS AND THEN 6 MONTHS AND I HAVE TO SEE HIM AGAIN IN 6 MONTHS--LIKE IN NOV..
 OTHERWISE I AM DOING FINE AND ENJOYING TH NICE WEATHER.. I PRAY THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT AND THANKS FOR READING THIS.
  GOD BLESS
    SUSIE SMITH FROM NE PA