Hey everyone sorry I have been MIA but the last couple of weeks have been hectic and I haven’t had internet access on most of them.
We will start on the 24th of Feb when I started to introduce soft foods. My first 2 meals went ok but dinner got stuck. So the next day I stayed on liquids. That Friday I was really nauseated, but was able to get in breakfast ½ an egg and dinner some deli turkey. That went ok but I was still nauseated. The next day I was nauseated all day long and started throwing up and it was bad. I called the on call doctor he put me on clear liquids and told me to try cottage cheese the next morning. The next morning I had 2 teeny tiny bites of cottage cheese and I started throwing up and kept doing it all day long. I called the on call doctor again and he ordered a nausea med and told me to not drink for about 5 hours. So 6 hours pass and I take a sip of water and it comes right back up. At this point I am scared since I have had about 10 oz of water in 2 days. I call the doc again and he admits me to the hospital on the 28th.
I go to the hospital and my doctor orders a endoscopy. They take a look in my stomach and sure enough I have a stricture. It is on the exit to my pouch. I kinda figured that is what was going to be found. They stretched me open to 8mm but couldn’t go the full 12mm since I was too early out. They stretched me and I was still nauseated but was released on the 5th. By the 8th I was still really nauseated and ended up back in the hospital since I could not get good fluids in. I was just so nauseated. I had another endoscopy done and I was back at the same point that I was at the week before. My stoma was at a pin point instead of the 8mm that I had been stretched to the week before. I was re-stretched to a whopping 9mm but still 3mm too small. I was released from the hospital on the 16th and am doing a lot better than I was. I am able to get my liquids in but still not eating. I have my next stretching on the 22nd and hopefully it will be the last :)
I am so thankful for my great surgeon. He and his staff took great care of me when in the hospital. I just had one of those complications that can happen but I in no way regret the decision to have surgery. I have lost about 30 lbs… a bit behind due to the 2 weeks of hospitalization and getting pumped full of fluids, but that is only a minor set back. I am gonna rock this surgery!!
Also thank you all for the support you have given me. Without you all in my corner cheering me on I may not be as strong as I am today :)
