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THE JOURNEY HAS BEGUN
Oct 10, 2009
YES THIS IS THE STARTING PHASE FOR ME... I BEGAN THE JOURNEY ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND HAVE SEEN THE TEAM NURSE,BEEN TO AN INFORMATIVE MEET AND A SUPPORT MEET, SEEN THE DIETICIAN TWICE, AND YES I AM TRYING TO FOLLOW ALL THE PRE-OP GUIDE LINES (STOP EATING THIS,KEEP TRACK OF THIS,EXCERCISE AND THEN EXCERCISE SOME MORE)... I GO IN ON THIS THUR. TO HAVE A BARIUM SWALLOW (TO CHECK OUT THE OLD SURGERY),THEN I SEE THE SURGEON TO GET RESULTS AND FIND OUT WHERE TO GO FROM THERE...SHALL UPDATE AS INFO IS GIVEN TO ME... I AM SO DETERMINED TO GET THIS ALL WORKED OUT...
GOOD LORD...I THINK I NEED SOME POINTERS... I WENT FOR THE BARIUM SWALLOW TODAY AND ALSO SEEN THE SURGEON...DAMN-DAMN-DAMN. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MY REVISION DONE AND THIS REALLY PISSES ME OFF...THE SURGEON SAID THAT MY POUCH IS INTACK AND THAT IT IS 30.5 CM., HOWEVER SHE IS GOING TO DO AN EGD TO CHECK FOR SURE ON THE POUCH SIZE AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON SURGERY OR NOT. I TOLD HER THAT I EAT ALOT AT A MEAL AND THEN AM HUNGRY WITHIN HOURS LATER...SO WHY CAN I EAT SO MUCH?????? SHE FEELS FOOD MOVES THRU TO QUICKLY ALSO, MAYBE FROM ENLARGED- STOMA (BUT SAID SHE WON'T DO STOMA REPAIR BECAUSE THEY DON'T LAST). I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING UP/DOWN WITH MY WEIGHT FOR WAY TO LONG AND AM NEEDING SOME HELP HERE.
WELLLLL I AM MORE CONFUSED THAN EVER... I WENT TO HAVE MY EGD DONE AND THE DOC SAYS THAT YES THE STOMA IS DEFINATELY ENLARGED (17CM???), BUT THE POUCH IS WITHIN NORMAL SIZE... SO SHE WON'T TOUCH THE STOMA FOR REPAIR(AS SHE PREVIOUSLY STATED). BUT I HAD TWO AREAS TYHAT ARE INFLAMED (ESOPHAGUS & SM. INTESTINE) SO SHE DID BIOPSIES AND SAID THAT THE RESULTS OF THOSE WILL GIVE A DEFINATE DECISION AS TO IF ANY REPAIR IS NEEDED... SO WTH??? NOT SURE WHAT THE BIOPSY RESULTS HAVE TO DO WITH THE DECISION OF SURGERY NEEDED??? THIS HAS ME MUCH MORE FRAZZLED... LORDY THIS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE CONFUSING WITH EACH VISIT/TEST.
I'M BACK... I GOT A LETTER FROM MY DOC AND SHE HAS SET AN APPT FOR TUESDAY FOR ME TO SEE HER, TO DISCUSS MY BIOPSY RESULTS... HMMMM... NOT SURE WHAT THIS MEANS... SHE HAD TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD CALL THE RESULTS TO ME AND WHEN I DIDN'T HEAR FROM HER I CALLED HER OFFICE AND HER ASST SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESULTS YET...HOWEVER WHEN I GOT THE LETTER IT WAS POST MARKED THE SAME DAY THAT I HAD CALLED.. WTH??? SOOOO, I AM A BIT NERVOUS AS TO WHAT SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT AND YES MY MIND IS FLOODED WITH A BAD REPORT (IT SEEMS GOOD NEWS IS TOLD OVER PHONE)... THE CLOSER TUESDAY GETS THE MORE WORRIED I BECOME.
YES I GOT MY RESULTS FROM THE DOC... THEY WEREN'T ANYTHING EARTH SHAKING,WHICH I HAD FEARED...SO THANK GOD FOR THAT. HOWEVER I ALSO GOT INFORMED THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY REPAIR DONE TO MY ENLARGED STOMA... "DAMN-DAMN-DAMN" MY DOC FEELS THAT THEY ARE NOT LONG LASTING TYPE REPAIRS AND WON'T DO IT. AT THIS POINT I PLAN ON CHECKING AT OTHER FACILITIES, BUT HAVEN'T FOUND ANY CLOSE TO MY AREA, ALSO I AM GOING TO CHECK FURTHER AS TO WHY NOT GET REPAIRS HERE???!!!??? I THINK THIS SHOULD BE PER MY CHOICE TO TRY FOR IT.
I AM STILL STRUGGLING TO LOSE MY FAT AND EACH DAY IS HARD TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN MY CAL. LIMIT. I AM LOOKING INTO OTHER DOCS AND TRYING TO FIND A DOC IN THE AREA THAT HAS DONE REVISIONS FOR WEIGHT REGAIN AFTER BYPASS SURGERY. I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THE JOURNEY AND I AM DETERMINED TO GET THIS IN WORKING ORDER AGAIN, SO THAT I CAN NOT BE SO HUNGRY ALL THE TIME AND BE ABLE TO LOSE SOME WT. AGAIN.
