Wow didn't realize I hadn't been on here in so long.

Feb 15, 2012

I didn't realize I hadn't been on here in so long. I have alot to update. My original rouex-n y gastric bypass was on March 10,2009. Surgery went great. At 3 wks post op I developed gastritis. At 6 mos post op I developed my first ulcer. Every 4 mos after that I developed ulcers even with the maximum outpatient dosages of prevention. In the last year I have had a really hard time and been sick more than well. In May 2011 I had to have a revision due to the ulcers coming back every 2-3 mos now. Dr. Inman did my surgery and it went well. This was supposed to solve the ulcer issues. My pouch was cut in half and had 2 ulcers in it, and they took 3 cm of my intestine and there were 25 ulcers there. Severe. So I was hopeful that it was done and we would be great. However, since last Sept I have spent 32 days in the hospital due to multiple ulcers. When my PCP called my surgeon for help since he isn't a specialist  and he was surprised how she reacted and said she had done all she could for me. I then spent 7 days in IU Med center and the dr's there also called her for advice and they received the same reaction. I was just floored because I had always been so very happy with Dr. Inman and her bedside manner and care. So, finally I was sicker than I had been and i knew i had ulcers again. So, I called her office spoke with her nurse. I was met with the normal care I was used to getting from them. They scheduled me for the next day for an endoscopy. I indeed had 3 more ulcers. Dr. Evanson (my surgeon's partner) did the endoscopy. He said that i needed to have a reversal/take down and he or Dr. Inman could do it. I scheduled an appt with my surgeon. She said there was nothing left to do but the reversal/take down of the rny. Said the ulcers would take my life otherwise. I had the take down/reversal on Jan. 31st. This has been a long hard and emotional journey for me. Not at all what I had ever expected. I am an emotional mess. I now feel like I am not getting the quality of care that I would normally.I feel like I am not a success story, and so she has done my original surgery, then the revision and now take down....now she is done with me. I am upset.

Now the surgery itself was great for me because the only complication I had were the ulcers & a stricture in Sept from the revision. I lost 133 lbs, my sleep apnea, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, borderline diabetes, etc was gone. I could keep up with my kids now. My kids could reach all the way around me when they hug me. I have with the ulcer disease and some emotional eating reagained about 50 lbs and am upset about that and want to get back off. I keep telling myself this is going to be ok because it was all they could do to save my life, but it still hurts emotionally. I don't want to regain all the weight back. I want to get back down to the size I was a yr ago last summer. Now it is just going to be a bit more of a challenge. I never thought I would go back to having to diet, etc again. This has been a hard journey.

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