Allie
What a ride!!
Jun 26, 2007
Well I just recently spent a fun-filled 9 day adventure in the hospital. I just couldn't eat or drink anything. It really hurt my pouch. SO of course I was dehydrated and royally felt like crap. Called the surgeon on call Saturday and they direct admitted me again. They got me started on IV fluids on Sunday morning. Did an X-ray. That was ok. Did a swallow test. That was ok. Did a scope. That was ok. Showed my 2 ulcers were at least healed over on the top. I was supposed to do a HIDA scan on Thursday morning to check my gall bladder but the IV blew at the beginning of the second part of the test and I didn't want another. I was mentally frustrated and just really wanted to go home. My surgeon came in later that day and talked to me. He had some theories as to what was going on and he wanted to schedule me for surgery. SO on Saturday morning I had my gall bladder out, adhesions and scar tissue removed, he found a small hernia that I need to have repaired at some point and he checked out all my anatomy in there. I was really doped up the rest of Saturday and Sunday and went home Monday evening. I ate Monday evening pretty ok but eating today was AWFUL. I had a hard boiled egg and I felt so sick on it. I wanted to throw up SO BAD. It was like I was stuck but I know I wasn't. Everything I put in there makes me want to barf. AND it hurts again. I don't know what it is but I'm SO frustrated. My surgeon was SO freakin good to me in the hospital........so patient.......and I just can't call this man up again a day and a half after getting out of there and say......"It's back!!!" Lord God I just can't do that to that man. At this point, I just want to lay on my bed and cry. I want my surgery reversed if I have to live like this forever. I can stand it.
Is it back??
Jun 12, 2007
Well I'm wondering if my stricture is back. I BARELY ate anything tonight and I threw up. I've thrown up 3 times since coming home from the hospital last week. It's really starting to be old. Guess I should call them tomorrow and see what's up. I think I read somewhere that it can take multiple times to fix a stricture. I'm really tired of those scopes......lol
In the Hospital
Jun 04, 2007
Well I got worried about the not being able to drink thing and the pain I feel when I do drink and I called the surgeon on call with my surgeon's office. He told me to come to the hospital and they were going to admit me. For one, I needed to be rehydrated and for two, I could possibly have a stricture.
So I get here on Sunday the 3rd, IV's in and fluids going. On Monday the 4th, they did a scope on me and find out I had a stricture and 2 ulcers!! I had a scope and a h. pylori test done right before surgery and they were fine. I just don't know how I could've gotten 2 ulcers in 6 weeks!
Monday was my 6th week out of surgery. they weighed me and I'm about between 400-403 now, which makes about a 41-44 pound loss! I am in shock! thank God for this surgery and my surgeon. He's taken great care of me through this ordeal. What a great guy! I'm just so thankful that I've had an opportunity to gain my life back. these are just small bumps in the road and I'll overcome them. Gotta keep my eyes on the prize...........and that's my health!!
So I get here on Sunday the 3rd, IV's in and fluids going. On Monday the 4th, they did a scope on me and find out I had a stricture and 2 ulcers!! I had a scope and a h. pylori test done right before surgery and they were fine. I just don't know how I could've gotten 2 ulcers in 6 weeks!
Monday was my 6th week out of surgery. they weighed me and I'm about between 400-403 now, which makes about a 41-44 pound loss! I am in shock! thank God for this surgery and my surgeon. He's taken great care of me through this ordeal. What a great guy! I'm just so thankful that I've had an opportunity to gain my life back. these are just small bumps in the road and I'll overcome them. Gotta keep my eyes on the prize...........and that's my health!!
Not peeing enough
Jun 04, 2007
I can go HOURS without peeing and when I finally DO go, I dribble a little and that's it. Ok so it doesn't take a genius to figure out that I'm probably dehydrated. Yes, I'm drinking. Enough? Probably not........well I KNOW not! Thing is, 30 minutes after I eat, it hurts too bad to drink. So then I wait another 30 minutes........it STILL hurts to drink. So then I keep trying. About 2 hours after I eat, I can FINALLY drink but then it's almost time to eat something else so I can only get half a bottle of water in........sometimes a whole bottle, but not very often. I see my surgeon tuesday but really don't know how much longer my body can hold up to this. To top it all off, I seem to have diarrhea every other day. It's awful! So my cardiologist told me that when that happens, I need to replenish myself with some potassium (after I had that episode with the irregular heartbeat, which he said could have been either my blood sugar or my potassium being depleted). So I do that, then get diarrhea all over again. I obviously don't know what, if anything, this is doing to my body. It's got to be doing something because after my episode tonight, I made a baked potato (has TONS of potassium) and sat down to eat it and got SO extremely dizzy that I thought I was about to pass out. I'm still very dizzy as I sit on this chair. Oh I'm babbling now.......my point is........I'm just lost. I didn't think I would have so many issues with this surgery. Besides getting majorly stuck twice, my food goes down fine so that's not a problem. It's just all the rest of this stuff.
2 weeks post op
May 07, 2007
Well my PCP's office scale was WRONG!! I have lost 24 POUNDS in 2 WEEKS!!!!!!!! I'm doing the happy dance!!!!!! I was SO scared to get on the scale......I just stood there in front of it. Finally I got on it and BAM.................420!! 24 pounds gone forever!! Gosh I worried for nothing the other day!!!
Tore a Muscle
May 05, 2007
Well the other night I sat down at the computer and got this horrible pain in my left incision. It kept hurting and kept hurting so I called the on call surgeon yesterday. He said that the stitch that's in the muscle over there probably tore the muscle and like any torn muscle, it just has to heal on it's own. It sure is painful!!
My 2 week appointment is on Monday. For some reason I thought it was on Wednesday. I think I'm losin' it..........LOL
My 2 week appointment is on Monday. For some reason I thought it was on Wednesday. I think I'm losin' it..........LOL
10 Days out update!
May 03, 2007
Well, I'm 10 days out now. Still having quite a bit of pain in the left incision area. I got a little........ok a lot.......hungry last night and went and got some pintos and cheese at taco Bell. I ate half of it and saved the other half for lunch today. It was heaven on a spork! then for dinner, hubby took a can of chunky sirloin burger soup and blended it up in the blender to baby food consistency. It tasted really good. there was some left over so Noah and I will have the same thing for lunch tomorrow!! LOL
Speaking of Noah,I can't believe he's 10 months old already!! He's such a big boy. I miss picking him up and throwing him in the air. Daddy puts him on my lap for me so I can hold him so that is nice!
My baby girl keeps asking me when I'm gonna be "little." It's kind of funny. I didn't really know any other way of telling her about the surgery since she's 4, so I said I was going to have surgery that will help Mommy be smaller. My 3 year old is oblivious to anything going on other than Mommy has "ouchies"..............he still elbows me in the stomach!! LOL
My oldest is excited. He can't wait til the weight comes off enough that I can throw a football around with him. We've gone on two family walks and he got so excited the first time and said, "Oh looky Mom you're walking!!!!!" He's so funny.
My husband has been SUCH a great support through all of this. He even didn't let me take a big ole bite out of his cheeseburger the other night when I would've wrestled him to the ground for it had I been able to get up off the couch!! lol He's just being super great......bringing me drinks, medicine, food, helping me up. I love him SOOOOOOO much!!
I go weigh on May 7th. Can't wait to see what I've lost!!!
Speaking of Noah,I can't believe he's 10 months old already!! He's such a big boy. I miss picking him up and throwing him in the air. Daddy puts him on my lap for me so I can hold him so that is nice!
My baby girl keeps asking me when I'm gonna be "little." It's kind of funny. I didn't really know any other way of telling her about the surgery since she's 4, so I said I was going to have surgery that will help Mommy be smaller. My 3 year old is oblivious to anything going on other than Mommy has "ouchies"..............he still elbows me in the stomach!! LOL
My oldest is excited. He can't wait til the weight comes off enough that I can throw a football around with him. We've gone on two family walks and he got so excited the first time and said, "Oh looky Mom you're walking!!!!!" He's so funny.
My husband has been SUCH a great support through all of this. He even didn't let me take a big ole bite out of his cheeseburger the other night when I would've wrestled him to the ground for it had I been able to get up off the couch!! lol He's just being super great......bringing me drinks, medicine, food, helping me up. I love him SOOOOOOO much!!
I go weigh on May 7th. Can't wait to see what I've lost!!!
It's DONE!! I'm a LOSER!!
Apr 25, 2007
Well my surgery was April 23, 2007. My surgery took less than an hour. I was able to get my water in and get up to walk. I got home at around 5:30 tuesday night. It was raining cats and dogs ALL the way home so it took a long time to get home. tuesday night was hard........trying to get comfortable and all. I would sleep for an hour and then get up and feel like I wanted to get sick, but I think it was just drainage. I've had the "omg, what have I done to myself" thoughts a couple of times. I was running a low grade fever tuesday night as well so it was making me feel more like poo, but I'm feeling a little better....a little.....this morning. All's I've been able to consume is water. Hope that will be ok for now. Seems anything else I put in my mouth after 3 or 4 bites makes my stomach nauseous. I'm sure that will pass though.
thank you all SO MUCH for all the prayers and well wishes. that meant so much to me!! Kim........you are an AWESOME person and I enjoyed every minute of you being there. You are such a kind hearted, warm person and I truly don't think I would've done as well as I did without you there!!! thank you SO MUCH for everything. You are a true sweetheart and I hope that Monday was the beginning of a LONG, new friendship!! I really can't say enough good things about Kim. She has a heart of gold and I was truly blessed to have her there!!!
thank you to my angel tammy and to Melissa that came and helped me out at the hospital.....getting me up and making me sip, sip, sip........lol and to all my angels on this board and the texas board. Ya'll really got me through this big time!!! I just wanted to hop on here and tell you guys thanks and give you my little update. I still feel like I've been hit by a Mack truck but hopefully it will get better fast!!
I LOVE YOU GUYS! I appreciate all those prayers and well wishes. Ya'll are great and I couldn't have done this without all those that have supported me!!!
thank you all SO MUCH for all the prayers and well wishes. that meant so much to me!! Kim........you are an AWESOME person and I enjoyed every minute of you being there. You are such a kind hearted, warm person and I truly don't think I would've done as well as I did without you there!!! thank you SO MUCH for everything. You are a true sweetheart and I hope that Monday was the beginning of a LONG, new friendship!! I really can't say enough good things about Kim. She has a heart of gold and I was truly blessed to have her there!!!
thank you to my angel tammy and to Melissa that came and helped me out at the hospital.....getting me up and making me sip, sip, sip........lol and to all my angels on this board and the texas board. Ya'll really got me through this big time!!! I just wanted to hop on here and tell you guys thanks and give you my little update. I still feel like I've been hit by a Mack truck but hopefully it will get better fast!!
I LOVE YOU GUYS! I appreciate all those prayers and well wishes. Ya'll are great and I couldn't have done this without all those that have supported me!!!
My 5 1/2 year timeline
Apr 12, 2007
This is what I've had to go through to get WLS!! It's taken 5 1/2 years!!
October 2001 - Started the surgery process
April 2002 - Approved for Surgery
June 2002 - Supposed to have surgery........found out we were pregnant after trying for 18 months to have a baby
February 2003 - Had baby, was going to start process again
June 2003 - We were pregnant AGAIN!
February 2004 - Had baby starting process over again
September 2004 - Started 6 month doctor supervised diet.
March 2005 - 6 month doctor supervised diet complete and approval sent in to insurance
March 2005 - Denial came from insurance stating that effective in Jan, an exclusion had been put into the insurance policy.
August 2005 - tried going through the texas Rehabilitation Commission to get surgery paid for. they require a 12 month doctor supervised diet. I had continued my dr. supervised so I was almost done.
September 2005 - 12 month doctor supervised diet done.
October 2005 - Was told my doctor didn't document diet well enough and that I was going to have to do it again.
November 2005 - Found out we were pregnant again.
March 2006 - Became eligible for Medicare under Social Security disability. (I'm 31)
June 2006 - Had baby started process again.
July 2006 - Previous surgeon didn't take Medicare. Switched surgeons
August 2006 - Saw another surgeon. they were supposed to become a center of excellence by December. that's the only way Medicare will pay.
December 2006 - Surgeon's office was no where near being done with their center of excellence certification. Switched surgeon's
January 25, 2007 - Went to seminar, started getting all the tests and documentation the surgeon's office needed.
April 9, 2007 - My consult with the surgeon. Surgery FINALLY scheduled!!
April 23, 2007 - My Surgery Date!!!
I have a date!!!!
Apr 12, 2007
April 23rd, 2007!!!!!!
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