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My name is Jim, I had the revision surgery on April 17 07, at the St Lukes West Bariatric Facility in Florence KY, under Doctor Thomas Sonannstine. Had some complications, mostly minor stuff but very annoying, and kept me off work for three months, during which time I was mostly bored out of my mind!! In ICU after the surgery I had an allergic reaction to a med the good doc had me on, which aparently almost did me in according to the nurses there, and my first week (I was in over two weeks) I still don't recall for the most part, but am told I did some pretty wild stuff lol. When I had my chest XRay two weeks before the surgery they found a mass of something on my left lung. Soooooo, here we are lol, cancer scare, and I was terrified! I'd had the old staple back in 1981 while I was still a drunk, and thank you I've been sober over 17 years now. Anyway there was alot of old scar tissue left over from the staple, and somehow related to that, my left lung, liver and stomach were all kind of melted together when Doc went to do the surgery, so he first had to chip and peel, and get everything back in its rightful place, and then do my revision! The whole thing took him about six hours, and it was all very hard on my system as it turned out. The JP bags? You know about those nasty little buggars right? Well ideally they should be dried up and removed within a few days, right? Three MONTHS later mine were removed. Well, one of them was lol. The other had just fallen out all by itself a few days previous. But it's been very smooth sailing for me ever since! I haven't pushed my limit as to how much I can eat, though I have come close to that a couple times. I've had 0 dumping incidents, and along the way I've figured out that I can eat pretty much whatever I want without problems, however there are alot of stuff I choose not to eat today. My diet is pretty regimented, with just a little improvisation thrown in now and then for good measure. And since April 17, 2007, I am down over 130 pounds. Only 25 away from goal!! In my wildest dreams I never thought I'd lose so much so soon. I get a little tired lol, of people asking me "so do you feel better"? Pfffft, what do you think? A couple friends have remarked with "how does it feel to be half the man you used to be"? My reply is I don't know, but it feels pretty darn good to be 2/3 the man I used to be. My energy level now is just way off the scale lol, and I work out at the local YMCA a few days a week after work. I'm a single 51 (8/07/1956) year old guy, but I'm not what I'm finding out a typical single person at all! See I found peace, with myself, and with God, years ago. So I'm actually ok with being single, though one day I would enjoy having a partner in my life. As another result of the peace I feel in my life, I'm a very outgoing guy who really has never met a stranger! However I do strive to maintain a little humility in my life also. If you're reading this, thank you for taking the time to do so, and maybe drop me a line! It would be kinda fun to get to know some of the wonderful folks here, especially if you happen to be a single gal!!
