MY STORY

HELLO ALL MY NAME IS DAWN I HAS SURGERY 3/3/04 WAS HOME FOR TWO DAYS AND WAS BACK IN HOSPITAL SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF. THE DOCTORS WERENT SURE WAS HAPPENING THEY ENDED GOING BACK IN FOR EXPLOREATORY SURGERY FOUND A HOLE IN THE OLD STOMACH SIZE OF A QUARTER THEY REPAIRED THE HOLE BUT THE DAMAGED WAS ALREADYDONE I HAD PARATANITIS BAD BACTERIA BILE FROM THE STOMACH ALL THROUGHT MY BODY I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH TUBES EVERYWHERE MY WHITE COUNT 23,200 WHICH NORMAL IS 9,000 BUT I DOING OK KNOW MY DOCTORS ARE REALLY PROUD OF ME THEY REALLY DONT KNW WHAT CAUSED IT BECAUSE MOST HOLES HAPPEN IN THE NEW STOMACH NOT THE OLD WELL ALL I KNOW THAT GOD LOES ME AND THAT WHY I AM HERE TODAY. I WANT TO KNOW IF SOMETIMES YOUR STOMACH AREA FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE JUST DONE A 1,000 SIT UPS

Dawn, I am so sorry for all you have gone through with your WLS!! God does love you and will always hold you in the palm of his hand. My stomach area felt that way on and off for the first 3 to 4 weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if you were still having some residual pain since they had to open you back up to repair the hole. Just to be safe, check with your surgeon. Take care and hang in there...hopefully the rough part is over!! LOL... Sierra

I had muscle pain for about 2-3 weeks. The doc told me that part of that was the stomach healing (the pain on the left side of middle), but part was also because they had to move so much out of the way that my stomach muscles would be sore. That's what made it difficult to stand up straight for almost 2 weeks. Wasn't able to lay straight in a bed for another 1-2 weeks. Glad all is well with you now. The healing will take time, but keep walking as much as you can. As silly as I thought that sounded, when I couldn't even stand up straight, it did help! mgm -40

Dawn, I'm so glad that you are doing better and back in the groove. Peritonitis is no fun at all. My father had it last summer and we almost lost him. Connie

Wow! Our God Is an Awsome God!!! I hope you feel better....