11 months status post open rny reversal

Aug 07, 2011

Not much to say. I don't feel well, my ulcers, I think are back, I have gained 30 lbs this year, and I have a hell of time with pain management as it seems like I still malabsorb nutrients and medications. Reason for the weight gain is because no matter what I eat, it usually makes me really sleepy, and I take the sleep because I have severe uncontrollable pain that from a weight loss point of view, no it's not wise to eat and sleep, any break I can get from the pain I will take, problem is the weight I've gained is in my mid section only, which makes my pain levels worse,it's a vicious cycle. I have more energy not eating at all then when I do eat. I had labs drawn on Friday, will be interesting to see where they are(it took 5 months for my ferritin to go from a 9 to a 13 which it was in June). I haven't seen my bariatric surgeon for about 5 months, with my ulcers being symptomatic, I think that's about to change, I was hoping to go the rest of the year without having to bother him....
    People ask me when I talk about being reversed, whether or not I "regret" it. There's no choice in reversals for most people, they have to have them to save their lives or because the quality of their lives has been drastically reduced. I just am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I don't want to have to think like a bariatric surgical patient anymore, period. My surgeon told me in March that it could take a year for my reversal to "work". It's been 11 months, I am still waiting. At least, though there has been an amazing amount of time this year that I didn't have severe abdominal pain. Most of Jan and Feb, I did not, and it only came back when I was put on Topamax and that made me really sick (I have chronic migraines).For the last month now on and off the pain is back intermittently as well as the nausea and vomiting. I am at the point where I've had so many endoscopies,the next one I get scheduled for I could probably perform myself. At this point while last year having my reversal and not revising to another surgery wasn't an option for me, even though I probably was one of the heaviest reversal patients ever, I at this point just want my whole entire digestive system removed...Maybe when I feel better, I can write a clearer, concise less ranty update....  

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