Today is the appointment at UCLA with the dermatology department.  I am seing Dr Modlin whom also has a good understanding on Vitamin D so will be good with all the problems with many vitamin deficiencies and maybe some clear consensus on swelling color changes in right arm.

I saw saw the Physical Therapist yesterday and there is a huge difference in the strength in left hand which was 48 pounds for the grip and my right was 20 pounds a very bid difference which is not good.

Keep posted when I know more.

I had a revision from RNY to DS. I had some post op complications. One of them was that the day I was supposed to be discharged my incision decided to leak serosanquenous fluid (it's an orangey fluid). My incision was red and swollen. A couple weeks later I got a gastric leak. The leakage came out through my open incision.  For the last 14 months I have been dealing with a chronic gastric leak and fistula. I just had a fistula plug procedure that I think is working. It's still too early to tell, but I'm still around thank goodness.

It sounds though to me like her incision may be infected. If it hasn't already happened she should go to the ER ASAP.

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Had the appointment with the rheumatologist on Wed Sept 29.  He has ordered 3 more tests to check for autoimmune responses  and also got referral to a dermatologist and genetics department.  I always knew I had very flexable buit have diagnosis of hypermolitity syndrome.  There are some connective tissue disorders that hypermobility is part of the equation, also with genetic referral there may also be other things that can have malabsorbtion as part of it too. 

I have the appointment with the dermatologist on Tuesday Oct 5 and the genetic department on November 29 but if opening before this date will get in then.

The followup with endocrinologist on Thurs Sept 30 was a good one too.  Now my calcium levels are low sespite uptake on calcium supplement and D levels are down in the dumps at 20 when in may it was 33.

Endocrinologist did state this is hungry bone syndrome.  My calcitriol has been upped from 0.5 mcg twice daly to 1 mcg twice daily.  hopefully labs will improve.

On Mon Oct 4 i have an appointment for a physical therapy evaluation to see where strengthening can be done to help limit injury to tendons, ligaments, and joints.  The farrow wraps for the lymphedema is in i get them monday too my appointment with lymphedema therapist is at same place as PT back to back appointments.

Follow Up with Gastro is end of oct.

Keep posted with more

That is what my stomach did when I developed my ulcers. I would see your surgeon or a gastro and see if they will scope you.

You should post this on the RNY and main boards, this board doesnt' get much traffic. Sorry, I dont' know anything about this subject.  I do know that at about 3 months post op, I started out having terrible abdominal pains and burning pains. Actually thought I had an ulcer. I had an endoscopy and every other possibly test in the book and everything was  normal over the next 3 months.  I went for  my 6month follow up and my Nurse practitioner was blowing off my pain and I finally insisted on seeing the surgeon. I saw him the following week.  He said I needed exploratory surgery to see what was going on inside and sure enough, I had 4 sets of adhesions, 1 causing my intestines to be all twisted, 2 were at the connection sites of the where the stomach and intestines were joined and where the intestines were rerouted - both places were adhered to my abdominal wall and dont know where the 4th one was.  I also had a 1 inch hole in my intestines.  Everything was repaired and I was pain free in the recovery room.  Unfortunately the complications we get don't show up on tests and the only way to diagnose us it to operate.  I wish you luck with finding out what is wrong with you