I am so done!!!
There are always possible complications with any surgery. Sorry you are experiencing some.
I had constant nausea for the first 6 months post RNY. I couldn't progress through the stages on my eating plan as suggested. I stayed on full liquids and puree for several months. At almost 2 1/2 years out - I still have days I do only liquids because of nausea. I've learned to live with it and I'm doing well.
I am recovering from abdominoplasty and brachioplasty and had complications. I'm 11 weeks out and recuperation is slow. We get through it. I don't look back. I'm so happy I had RNY and the plastic surgery - even with issues. I'm so healthier, look better, have more energy, etc.
Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Best wishes.
I had constant nausea for the first 6 months post RNY. I couldn't progress through the stages on my eating plan as suggested. I stayed on full liquids and puree for several months. At almost 2 1/2 years out - I still have days I do only liquids because of nausea. I've learned to live with it and I'm doing well.
I am recovering from abdominoplasty and brachioplasty and had complications. I'm 11 weeks out and recuperation is slow. We get through it. I don't look back. I'm so happy I had RNY and the plastic surgery - even with issues. I'm so healthier, look better, have more energy, etc.
Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Best wishes.
Penny Highest Weight 255 * Wt loss includes 19 lb lost before surgery
Thanks everybody! The understanding and support mean more to me than you will ever know! I love OH because people here understand what I am going through because you have been through it. I have some wonderfully supportive people in my life but they just don't "get it" the way you all do. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one and that others have had serious complications and have gone on to be successful. It gives me hope. This too shall pass!!!
@ Kelly- I too believe that the infection that I have was gotten in the hospital.Even with the two antibiotics it is still growing out of control. That by itself is a little scary.
Thanks again!! I really needed this!!!
@ Kelly- I too believe that the infection that I have was gotten in the hospital.Even with the two antibiotics it is still growing out of control. That by itself is a little scary.
Thanks again!! I really needed this!!!
"It's not what is taken from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."-Hubert Humphrey
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on 8/17/11 10:34 am
on 8/17/11 10:34 am
Oy! I'm so sorry to hear how difficult the early part of this journey has been for you.
I, too, had major complications at the beginning of this journey, albeit a really rare situation. During my RNY, my surgeon accidentally "nicked" my kidney. He immediately sent me for an MRI and a urologist followed me for two days in the hospital, and it looked like all was healing well. But three weeks later, I had horrible cramps and blood in my urine, and I ended up in the hospital for eight days with major kidney complications. I was in and out of the hospital for two months, including two more surgeries, ER visits, cath bags and adult diapers (yeah, humiliating). I couldn't go out much because I needed to be home near my bathroom and I was often in pain. It really, really sucked for many weeks.
BUT...The day they took the kidney stent out and pronounced me fully healed, I felt like a new person. At last, I was "just" a RNY patient. I slowly got into walking, then regular exercise, and continued to progress through the stages of eating. Once the kidney problems were behind me (knock wood), I felt fantastic and could start to really focus on this WLS journey.
This week is one year since the kidney complications landed me back in the hospital. I remember that time as one of the absolute worst in my life, BUT even if I had to go through that, I would still do it again. (OK, I might have picked a different surgeon, but who knows -- it could've happened with someone else,) As a result of my RNY and the work I have put in, I am now healthier and happier than I have ever been. And I am hoping that during times when this journey is difficult -- and there WILL be plenty of those times, I'm sure -- I will remember how much I endured during those early months and it will help me stay, or get back, on track.
Allow yourself to feel disappointed, sad, angry, or whatever -- Yes, you are in a lousy situation right now. But know that, hopefully some day soon, this will be behind you and you'll be able to focus on all of the reasons you decided to have WLS.
Best wishes for a quick recovery,
Laura
I, too, had major complications at the beginning of this journey, albeit a really rare situation. During my RNY, my surgeon accidentally "nicked" my kidney. He immediately sent me for an MRI and a urologist followed me for two days in the hospital, and it looked like all was healing well. But three weeks later, I had horrible cramps and blood in my urine, and I ended up in the hospital for eight days with major kidney complications. I was in and out of the hospital for two months, including two more surgeries, ER visits, cath bags and adult diapers (yeah, humiliating). I couldn't go out much because I needed to be home near my bathroom and I was often in pain. It really, really sucked for many weeks.
BUT...The day they took the kidney stent out and pronounced me fully healed, I felt like a new person. At last, I was "just" a RNY patient. I slowly got into walking, then regular exercise, and continued to progress through the stages of eating. Once the kidney problems were behind me (knock wood), I felt fantastic and could start to really focus on this WLS journey.
This week is one year since the kidney complications landed me back in the hospital. I remember that time as one of the absolute worst in my life, BUT even if I had to go through that, I would still do it again. (OK, I might have picked a different surgeon, but who knows -- it could've happened with someone else,) As a result of my RNY and the work I have put in, I am now healthier and happier than I have ever been. And I am hoping that during times when this journey is difficult -- and there WILL be plenty of those times, I'm sure -- I will remember how much I endured during those early months and it will help me stay, or get back, on track.
Allow yourself to feel disappointed, sad, angry, or whatever -- Yes, you are in a lousy situation right now. But know that, hopefully some day soon, this will be behind you and you'll be able to focus on all of the reasons you decided to have WLS.
Best wishes for a quick recovery,
Laura
RNY 7/30/10 SW 302/CW ~150/First Goal 155 (reached 9/2011)
Extended TT & Medial Thigh Lift 7/16/12. Arms, Butt Lift 2/6/13.
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