STRICTURE! Feeling SO LOW! Someone PLEASE help me!

5 weeks post-op, and a difficult recovery. At 1 week post-op, an incision opened (and draiiiiined, gross) -- have to wash and have my husband pack it twice a day until it's closed (probably 3-4 more weeks of that). It doesn't hurt anymore, and hubby is a saint, so I'm doing great on that one. And then, I was always just queasy and feeling bad, every day. FINALLY got an Upper GI last Thursday, and yep, I have a stricture -- went in Friday for the EGD procedure, and they tell me it's SO tight that I'll have to get 2-3 MORE EGDs, JUST to get it to a "normal" state. I know this is the pain and exhaustion and lack of proper nutrition talking, but I'm starting to regret having my RNY. I mean, is this gonna be my LIFE? Queasiness and struggling to get protein and the stricture re-closing up whenever it wants to (which they said was "possible" to happen for the REST of my life?). Yeah, I've lost 37 pounds, but I can't really say my health has "improved." I'm crying on my keyboard, I feel so discouraged. Can someone who's been there PLEASE help a girl in need?

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