tinkerbell025
Know your body
Oct 18, 2010
Back in Aug when I had my 2 year follow up and had been graduated from the program, I had told them I had some odd pains in my stomach/sides and rib area. He poked,pinched had me cough etc.. and said " I don't know what to tell you" your doing fine. This all kinda kept up for a time, never on a regular basis. It was not earth shattering but at times bothersome.Finally in Oct, while I had went away for a weekend retreat (Weekend in the Pines and Walk from Obesity). I ended up getting one of those pains,pretty sharp. It was at that point where I finally thought "self you need to check into this some more".
On Oct 8Th I called my surgeons office, just to ask some random questions on what they thought it could be.
After talking to them a couple times, The doc said he wanted to see me.
Oct 11Th- Went in to see the surgeon, He checked me out and said we need to do some surgery. He was going to remove my gall bladder and do some exploratory surgery and make sure nothing else was wrong.
I was not having "classic" symptoms of gall bladder, but he said we will take it out in case, that way I wouldn't end up with yet another surgery down the road.
Oct 14Th- Surgery, no wasting of time! They removed my gall bladder and cleaned up scar tissues. I am off for 2 weeks and will return to work with lifting restrictions for yet another week or two.
I don't know what he found or what all he did, I will not see him until the 29Th of Oct.
I know I am sore, as should be. I know I can't take oxycodone (allergic) and I know I am not having some of the same symptoms I had prior to surgery. So, whatever they did must be correcting those issues.
My eating pattern is back to step one as it was almost 2 yrs ago. I can handle 2 ounces of food at a time, staying away from fatty foods and drinking fluids. Vitamins are not as regular as normal, working on that- it is the least of my issues today or tomorrow. Healing,pain control and rest are my tops things for now. Happy note some of my 9 pound regain is decreased since surgery and that bloated feeling is going away, the two must of been related.
Shall keep this page up dated as I find out info along the way. We are forever learning and listening to our bodies!
Kelly/tink
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About Me
Fargo, ND
Location
23.6
BMI
Surgery
08/12/2008
Surgery Date
Jun 15, 2008
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