My apologies if I offended you or any other buddy else. As I stated in my original message I know what it sounds like whining, or sympathy seeking and not is not my intention of rejoining. But it tends to look that way so I will leave you all today and wish you all well and good health I was hoping to reconnect and realize that maybe there was something out there post-surgery almost 20 years later I didn't need a catechism class or Catholicism lecture if I needed that I would go see the priest. I'm not one of those people that sat and ate myself into diabetes at an early age for the fun of it I'm one of those that grew up in a poor family that didn't have a lot of food most of the time. I was extremely active and had doctors not knowing why I couldn't lose weight. As a teenager battled bulimia and other Eating Disorders because I would go weeks at a time without eating so I don't need to go any further you've already got your mind set on the type of person I was because I said I was a happy fat person. There's nothing anybody here could tell me about deciding to be happy. I am a very blessed person every day that I open my eyes again stated in my first comment. I just would like to know that there's more to life than being stuck by medical professionals looking for a reason why my body is acting like it's 90. So again my apologies if I offended anybody and I will have a moderator remove me from your group thank you to those who did understand where I was trying to say.

Kaptsbaby

I was blessed by the surgery to walk in severely diabetic 4 oral medications and two shots a day, to leaving the hospital four days later on no medication for diabetes and sense no diabetic issues from high sugar. But over the last 20 years I had developed a pseudotumor I have Lupus rheumatoid arthritis I had H.S. Which is a skin disease prior to surgery but it has intensified so I carry a major infection all the time I've lost my gallbladder my appendix, complete hysterectomy ,many surgeries for skin removal going back in for abscesses hernia repairs and now my eyes are going due to the psuedotumor. I have malabsorption so the medications and supplements don't stay longer than two and a half hours if I'm lucky and I can't afford to take them the way my body needs some anyways, absorb anything severe anemia that needs iron transfusions that insurance battle with me for the last 20 years they didn't want to pay. Now I have no insurance so I can't even get those and I'm just run down 24/7 I don't sleep can't eat half the time and I'm battling to keep my weight up enough so that the doctors won't put me or try to put me back in the hospital. They have redone the test to make sure there's no leakage has developed in the pouch. It just seems to go on and on. it seems like it never stops and I never had these issues other than the diabetes and the H.S prior to surgery. surgeons and doctors are telling me these are all things from the surgery by not having acid in my body to absorb iron I develop anemia by not having acid to break down my food can't eat a lot of foods which I'm fine with but if I eat more then say half a kids meal it doesn't stay down I have nausea everyday, even with daily nausea medicine.sound like I'm whining and I hate that! So please don't think that's why I joined so I had somebody to whine to. Not looking for sympathy just answers. So any help would be greatly appreciated!

I don't know that I would chance it. Even absorbed through the skin if it does it's job, it would probably cause issues. There is a great cream for pain vortex(otc)that my pain doctor use to prescribe. Hope it helps.

I am almost 20 years post op, and have the opposite problem I had approximately a 10 lb Regain and have fought to put weight on. But anytime I've had worried Through The Years about I'm going to regain my weight I refer back to my nutritional package my doctor provided and I go back to just pure protein fresh vegetables and make sure I I'm careful about proportional size and how it is prepared we grill and steam a lot we do not eat fried foods both my husband and I are diabetic as well and of course stay as hydrated as possible. I hope that it helps some and I hope that you reach the goal at your happiest with. It's nice to know there's some other people out there though. That are post op As long as I am.