wow , how time fly's

Nov 19, 2010

well itz been well over a year since I been on here . I hope everyone is doing good.. I am around 16 mths out 177 lbs down , and still loosen .. I had to pull away from the site I was not where I needed to be , and was begaining to look down on myself because everyone else was loosen and I was layed up in the bed with mersa ..

Many of u know that my hospital stay was less then bad . After I was home about a week , I started to have drainage from my site ( I had open gastric bypass ) . I went to the E.R  who said not to worry all was fine but it look like I had a lilttle bit of infection . They needed to get a hold of the doctor that did the surgey to find out what kind of meds I needed to be on .. 2 hrs and lots of calls later they were unable to get a call back or a hold of n e 1 . So they sent me on on LQ septra , and told me to follow up with my PCP . Things where a lot worse by the time I followed up , and my site was starting to re-open . My PCP  did a swap said to stay on the septra while he tried to get a hold of someone at the Dr. V's office .The next day my site was almost half way open , so I talked with a friend from here that said that I should go to the ER where she had her surgey because they had gastric bypass Dr's on staff .. So I did , When I got there they stuck me on a heart monator because my heat was throwing PVC'S . They to tried to get a hold of sum 1 from Dr.V's office with no luck . They set me up with a Dr on staff there at DePAUL , 2 days later . Even tho he did not take my insurance he said he wld see me.. When I got home there was a message from my PCP , when I talked to him they said I tested POS for MERSA . He said he found a med that I cld take and started me on it right away . I followed up with the other Dr from DePAUL we said "wow ur gonna need in home care to have ur site packed everyday ( by this time my site was all the way opened and about 2in deep ) he changed my meds to a better med and sent me on my way ... Long story short , it took about 2 mths to heal , Dr, V called back 3 weeks into this thing and said he was sooo sorry no one gave me pain meds or called/email or n e thing back blahh blahh blahh ..

It took about 4 mths for me to get on my feet and in the gym . By this time I was only down about 40 lbs and everyone on her was down 60-80 and I felt like a failure so I thought If I pulled away I cld just do me and the best I could . In Jan 2010 I started school , while walking up the steps on morning I felt a sharp pain in my bell y at the site of the surgey . It went away after a while and I though no more of it . In Feb 2010 I was getting out of the tub and happened to look down and I seen a big ball where my site was , i pushed it in , and a second later in poped back out .. Yep a hernia . I went and seen my new PCP ( who by the way is awesome and wonderful ) who sent me to see Dr.Crouch . So on my way to see he I am replay n  the past 7 mths in my head and beside myself . The moment I walked in his office I felt better . He said that I cld wait to summer break to have surgey no rush , I just need to see him every mth till then . Fast forward to Aug 2010 , I went in for my surgey scared to death , woke up from surgery with pain under control all was well . He did say that I had 2 differnt hernias . I will say the pain was by far the most horrible , painful surgey I have every had ... But the care was great . All of this was because the Dr. wanted to open gastric bypass insted of the other way ... 

Alot has happen , I have walked a long walk .. I still think when I see someone who got down to a size 9 or 10 and I am in A 14 OR 16 that I am a looser .. Then I remind myself that I started at almost 400lbs and they did not . I have lost a few friends from the surgey . But if I never lost another pound I wld be fine . I look great , I am healthly , and happy .. I hate stalls , and I had arm flap , but I love myself , and am thankful to the Lord above for seeing me thru all this ...  TILL THE NEXT TIME MAY GOD ALWAYS SMILE ON UR PATHS....... CHEROITY...

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