If i could do it Over!!!
If I knew then what I know now...I would not have had the surgery. I truly believe that I am dying a slow death, and am having a very difficult time trying to find a doctor to treat me. My doc thinks it's excellent that I had my surger on 12/3/03, and have lost 140 lbs. Yeah, that's just great, right? UH, NO...I am losing my heath rapidly, I cannot take care of my 3 year old son by myself, I cannot have sex with my husband, I have all kinds of different tubes hanging out of my body, I have not been able to keep much of anything down in 9 months (I have been on tube feedings, and TPN), I cannot keep water down, so I go in for weekly IV rehydration thru my permanant PICC line. I could go on and on. I believe that there are too many people out there that are sugar coating this sugery...there ARE MANY of us that regret this surgery, but most of the time when I put out the hard cold facts of my journey, I get cowards that email me thru private email telling me that I am "killing people" by saying bad things about the RNY, because I will help people make the decision to NOT have the surgery, because I say negative things about it. I have NEVER once told anyone NOT to have the surgery, I simply tell them MY side...and there ARE two sides to every story...nobody wants to hear that SOME OF US NEVER RECOVER from this surgery.
WHEW! Thanx for letting me get that out, Lady A! I feel much better now!