5 weeks post op

Apr 30, 2009

This isn't something I normally do, but maybe I will feel better by writing things down.  I am 5 weeks out and feel pretty good.  It was rough going for the first 4 weeks or so.  The Rny was a piece of cake.  They removed my gallbladder at the same time.  That was the problem.  About 10 days after the surgery, I started feeling pretty rotten.  My stomach felt like it had filled up with air and was going to explode.  My right side was very tender and very sore.  I ended up in AMC ER to have all sorts of tests and to be told they could find nothing wrong.  They admitted me for more tests.  After enduring a liver scan for an hour, they discovered a leak in the tube the gallbladder was originally attached to.  It was a very small slit that had not been closed above the claps.  It was slowly leaking bile into my abdominal cavity,thus the stomach fill up.  After another proceedure and 2 drains, I finally started feeling much better. 
Five weeks out and 30 pounds gone, still have a little problem getting all the liquids, but getting better.  When the drains come out in 3 weeks, I am sure I will feel much better.

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