Margaret Smith
JOURNEY INTO MY LIFE OF RNY
Feb 10, 2013
I DIDN'T HAVE A WEIGHT PROBLEM UNTIL AROUND 14 YRS OF AGE.THERE WAS A LOT OF PHYSICALY AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND I GUESS THATS WHERE THE WEIGHT PROBLEM STARTED THEN WHEN I WAS 16YRS AT 5FT 2 IN I WAS 130 LBS I FELT OVER WEIGHT THAN BUT NOT BY MUCH THAN I GOT MARRIED AND DIVORCED THEN REMARRIED THAN BEFORE I KNEW I WAS AROUND 200 PDS THEN I GOT DIVORCED AGAIN AND WAS AROUND 215PDS GOT DIVORCED AGAIN REMARRIED AGAIN AROUND 215PD THAN I LOST A LITTLE WEIGHT THAN I HAD TO HAVEA A TOTAL HYM I LOST 45 PDS FROM SURGERY AND GOT DEPRESSED BECASUED I WOULD NEVER HAVE BABY'S.THEN I WENT BACK TO WORK AND I GOT STARTED ON TAKING METOBLITE AND LOST 50 PDS I WAS DOWN TO 199 PDS THAN I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY INTESTINES AGAIN I GAINED ALL THE 50 PDS BACK PLUS MORE NOW I'M 250 AND I HATE THIS LIFE I CAN'T DO ANY THING WITH OUT HELP.I DONT EVEN LIKE SPENDING TIME WITH MY HUSABND AND HURTS.I JUST CAN'T EXPLANIN HOW IT HURTS ME AND MY MARRIAGE BUT MY HUSABND IS STICKING BY ME.NOT BEING HAPPY OR BEING ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH HUSBAND AND NOT FEELING LIKE DOING ANYTHING,AND FAMILY MEMBERS SAYING I DONT WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEIGHT YOU LOOK LIKE A SAUGUE IN THE OUTFIT LIKE THAT HAVE ROOM TALK MOST OF FAMILY IS OVER WEIGHT.
2/02 I started doing a lot of research on the gastric bypass surgery .Then I saw a dr for it but the INS said nope its not covered.I didnt give up there I saw other drs hopen they could convinse the INS to say yes and I even got a lwayer involved but the INS still says nope they dont cover nothing for weight lost. This is very hard on me because I really need the surgery and i cant get the INS to help me.
6/3/02 meet Dr.Butler for the first time.Really liked him.I had gone to another Dr in Feb and the INS turned the surgery done so hopefuly Dr.Butler can help me with this.
3/02 denied--- 5/02appeal letter-denied- 6/3/02 Dr,butler appt
Was turned down after 1st appeal letter and 2nd dr requested for me to have this surgery.So now I have contacted my lawyer to see if he can help.
My dr also said try Voc Rehab ,I called them and have an appt with them in July to do all the paper work.And my dr is on their list of dr's for this surgery.
6/28/02 Lawyer sent 2appeal/demand letter for me to have this surgery so my health want get any worse so we will see what happens.
7/3/02 Went to Voc Rehab and done the paper work there so now they have sent paper work to Tallahasse so I'm still waiting for naswer form INS CO and Voc Rehab.
7/31/02-I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT VOC REHAB WILL NOT APPROVE ME FOR SURGERY.THE DR WHO WENT OVER THE RECORDS DECIDED TO SAY THAT HE WANTED ME to DIET FOR A FEW MONTHS AND FOR BE TO GO TO A COUSLER AND TO HAVE A TEST WHERE THEY DO THE LIGHT IN THE RECUMED,(HELLO) I HAVE HAD THIS TEST SO MANY TIMES IST IS NOT FUN.(THANK U VERY MUCH) MY COUSLER DOES NOT EVEN KNOW THEY DENIED ME FOR SURGERY,SHE SHOULD PROBLEY KNOW BY FRIDAY.I'M WAITING FOR HER TO CALL ME THEN I WILL ACT SURPRISED WHEN SHE TELLS ME AND ASK HER ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS LIKE WE CAN APPEAL THIS OR NOT.
WELL THIS WILL PROBLEMLEY BE MY LAST UPDATE HERE FOR A WHILE UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES.:(
8/6/02 Saw Dr Thomas today and he sent another letter to the Insurance Co asken for approvel for the gastric bypass surgery and once again the Insurance CO said no the surgery is not covered.
9/27/o2 Saw a new dr today for the pains in my stomach the new dr also said I needed the gastric bypass surgery and he would send a letter to the Insurance co asken permission .
10/14/02 The Insurance said no again.
10/14/02 I have a review appt in the morning with Voc Rehab so hopefuly they will change their minds and say yes because this is my last chance to have the surgery,because my Insurance CO just does not care.
10/15/02 I had the review this morning.They asked all kinds of questions and so did I .They said I should I have an answere in abt 1wk or two.
10/21/02 Got my letter today and was DENIED again.The case worker didnt even show the new medical info to the medical review board.
10/22/02 I called another program that helps u with the deciseion from Voc Rehab.They will call me tomorrow.
10/23/02 I got a call from the program that helps they r not very happy that I was denied after I had so many drs tell me it could be life saveing for me to have the surgery.SO they r assigning me a case worker/lawyer to help me.SO lets keep r fingers crossed.
11/25/02 As of Jan 1,2003 Our INS changes to United Health Care so hopefuly they will cover the surg,
01/03/03 OK the New INS is a BIG NOWAY because hby's job put an exclusion in the plan once again and now they say it may be in there next year but in the mean time try to lose some weight on your owen (what a joke like I havent tried this already).
on another note I got a call from a judge last week where I am fighting Voc Rehab to cover the surgery ,there DR says I want this surgery so I will look better (Hello )I need this surgery for my health not my looks ok !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyways the Judge said I needed to pick a day to go to court so I picked the the 1st day they had open Feb 4,2003 so hopefuly this Judge will see they r wrong and will say yes I can have the surgery because I also found out after they turned me down with the same dr the same dr got a another person done with Voc Rehab covering the bill for the surgery .I felt so cheated that I cryed over it. will up date when I know more
1/20/03 Ok here is the latest info on me.We are not going to court my case worker feels like I will have a better chance if I do as the prog has asked so I will be going to WW for a couple months and to a cousler then after the couple months they will resumit my records for them to see I have gone through the steps as they asked me and hopefuly then they will say yes for the surgery.*keeps your fingers crossed for me*
2/03 I have to go to WW for 1 yr *not happy * but hey if it gets me approved ok lets get started (right).
6/03 ok I have beenin WW for 5 months and have lost abt only 10 pds *sad*.
6/23/03 Sorry havent updated but Husband I and are homeless now as of today I new mobile home burned this am and then again this pm it finshed burning.We lost everything.
7/03 Sorry so long for the update but had no PC and I had emercgy surgeyr for appendix and intestine blockage.Living with mama and recovering from surgery. no weight lost to report.
8/03 No weight lost to report. 9/03 no weight lost to report. 10/03 may have lost about 10 pds total. 11/03 the same 12/03 gained about 10 pds. 1/04 Had emercgy surgery again for Intestine Bloackage and I almost died before they found the problem,By the time they found the problem Intestines had already shut down and filling with blood and dieing .I spent 14 daysa in the hosp throwing up everything they gave med,drink,NO FOOD FOR 15 DAYS.Not even Icechips. I came home throwing up I spent about 20 somethign days throwing up *gross* I was no stranger to the trash can *
1/04 & 2/04 Still recovering from surgery and Taken care of my babysister who turned 25 yrs in Jan 8,2004 she has Mesenchymal (bone cancer) Sorry to say we lost Pammie 2/26/04 .
3/04 & 4/04 & 5/04 & 6/04
Have been helping with my sister's 2 children she left behind.But I promised her on her death bed I would be there for her children,as if they where my owen children.
5/05 Had hearing with Judge today will get answer sometime in July 2004.
7/04 Took a mine vac to Ga and just got home and was cleaning the trailer we just moved into and went shopping an dchecked the mail when we got back and guess what I found in the box????
AN ORDER FROM THE JUDGE ORDERING VOC REHAB TO SPONSER THE GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY FOR ME RIGHT NOW. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M SO HAPPY FINELY AFTER 2 1/2 YRS OF FIGHTEN I WIN THANK YOU GOD.
Will call Voc Rehab cousler tomorrow to let them know I have Judges order for the surgery and see where we go from here on setting things up for surgery. Hopefuly soon
Monday, July 19, 2004 7:07 PM
:mad
I called the Dr's office this morning and I made an appointment to see Dr.Thomas when he comes back from Vac July 30th would be the date he return's and my appointment.Then I called Voc Rehab and told my cousler I made the appointment and I could change it if I had to,she said she would try to get everything in order so I hopefuly wouldnt have to change it. The my cousler called the Dr.Thomas's office and talked to Roberta the nurse and got the name of the Nurt they use and she is in Lakeland for $245.00 and she treats you for 1yr after surgery with no extra charge.So ok she is not a fender for Voc Rehab and will try to use Winter Haven Hospital Nurt if Dr.Thomas will accept it. My cousler call's the Lawyer they used when we had our hearing and tell's him what is going on and what she is trying to do .The Lawyer tell's her NOT to do anything else :confused Voc Rehab legal department is haven the COMMINSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION look over my file :confused. I asked her how can they do this to me when I have a court order for the surgery,and are they trying to steal it away from me. The cousler said she does'nt think they are trying to steal it away from me.She doesn't know if this is normal for the Comminsioner of Department of Education to look over the file,because I am her 1st client that has asked for the WLS and went to court to fight for it.
My cousler said she didnt wont to call me and tell me this,because she figured I have been through a enough and she is on my side to have the surgery,and I know she has to do what she is told or get fired.
She said if she hasnt heared back by Fri she will call the Lawyer back on Next Monday and find out what is going on.She did say for me not to worrie yet
Sorry I have already started worring,I was in the middle of doing color on a client this morning when she called me and it's very hard to Cry and put color on someone's head at the same time. :mad
So I guess Iwont be having surgery the 1st or 2nd Tus of Aug like we hoped :mad
I will keep you updated.
Keep your fingers and everything else crossed for me . Thanks,
7/28/04 woooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I got the call from the Voc Rehab Lawyer at 2;00 pm this after noon .He said they are turning me lose,I repeat they are turning me lose.That means I will be having my WLS after all. The Comminsioner of Education decided to not appeal me and my court order seens I done everything I was told do except 1yr of WW and I didnt stop that until I had Dr.'s order to do so. But now for the next ppl going through Voc Rehab will have to a 1yr of a diet prog,they just changed the rules again becuase of the fight I went through ,So they are making it harder for other ppl.(sowwy) But I have fought with the Voc Rehab and state for 2 1/2 yrs now and I finely won.Thank You God!
So no my Voc Rehab cousler has to draw up a new contract with Voc Rehab and me and her supper has to sign off on it and then I have to sign it.Then they make a Dr.appt with the surgen, I will keep you up date and will let you as soon as I know I have a date.
Thanks so much for listen and the support .
Margaret
8/9/04 I just back from Dr.Thomas office,its a go a head with surgery.I have a few test I have to do,then we off to surgery. Dr.Thomas said we are looking at 3 or 4 weeks before surgery.Thats fine with me because I was hoping to have surgery the Tuesday after Labor Day which is 8/7/04 that is util he sai dI had to drink bowel prep (og man grosssssssssss and Yuckkkkkkkkkkkkkk.There's noway in this life time I will drink bowel prep on Labor Day (LOL) so I;m hoping to have surgery done on (9/14/04.) Oh ya Dr's scales show I weigh 256 Hu is all I can say about that. will keep you updated.
I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS HERE I KEEP UPDATING AND POOF IT NEVER SHOWS UPS THIS IS SO CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYY
10/7/04 ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg at 2;00 pm Monday the Winter Haven Hospital called Voc Rehab and said we have a problem they are canclen my surgery because they werent getting paid enough money from the state. I was so upset and I had already started my prep crap. I cryed and cryed and was so mad I was just pissed off at the whole world and my dr and VR was pissed also.They all fought with WInter Haven Hospital over this.The hospital broke their contract they have with the State of FL ,so my cousler reported them . So the VR cousler and I spent 2 days on the phone trying to find another Dr and hospital who will do my surgery.We think we may have found one in Gainsville.Hopefuly I will know for sure by tomorrow or the first of next week.I am so ready for this surgery and if I have to drive to the moon to get it I will.LOL I only have to drive 3 hrs away to Gainsville FL if everything works out. The Dr's name in Gainsville is Dr.Eric Thoburn. Well I just hope this pans out for me. will let you know.
10/22/04 I saw Dr Thoburn for the first time today and I really like him and his staff.Dr.Thoburn also agreed to accept all my pretesting .If everything goes good I could be having surgery on 11/15/04.
10/04 I got the call today from Dr.Thoburn office and he has asked that I get an UGI and blood work . And my surgery date has been set for 11/15/04 at 3:30 pm
11/03/04 Went to Gainesville again today for the UGI and bloodwork and pre ammit. Not to bad.
11/09/04 I had pre op appt with Dr.Thoburn today and we went over all the risk again and how the surgery will go .So happy only a few days left.
11/09/04 I just got back from Gainesville from my preop appt with Dr.Thoburn and his nurse Debbie called me at 5:00 pm and said to me that Dr.Thoburn said to cancle my surgery at 3:30 pm and I said what.Debbie then saiad Dr.Thoburn said change my appt up to 8:00 am .instead :) so happpppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyy. So now I have to be at the hospital at 5:00 am . for surgery to be at 8:00 am. Just a few more days to go .
11/14/04 Only a couple more days to go .yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and I will be a loser on the other side.I havent even packed a hosp bag yet .LOL I guess I better do that in the morning.
11/30/04 wowwwww wowwwwwwwwwwwww wowwwwwwwwwww wowwwwwwwwwwwww I had my surgery on 11/15/04 and I done really good according to my surgen.The last thing I remember before surgery was the Dr saying ok Mrs.Smith I gave you something to help relax you in your IV and it should help you ,I'll see you in surgery.Well let me tell you it must have worked,because the next thing I remember is 2 nurses saying Mrs.Smith we need for you to slide over to the other bed,I'm thinking ok surgery will start in a few mints.OH MAN was I wrong,I brought my legs up to move over to the other bed and tryed to move and I screamed for all the hell I could,Then it hit me I had already had my surgery and these 2 nurses where trying to make me kill my self by moving,They wound up slideing me across one bed to the other.Then I was screaming for something for pain,and they pushed my happy button for me.(haaaaaaaaaaaaaa) I was being pushed into a room and I barely remembering telling them this is not my room I have a private room because I paid for it.LOL,,I remember waking up and being wheeled down the hall and I woke up again later in my private room,LOL I asked someone to help me because I was hurting and the nurse said push your happy button,I was feeling everywhere on the bed and I asked them where is my happy button,well the happy button had fallen off my bed and was iin the floor,Then my husband came in and I told him to find my *************** happy button. My husband was a great help to me he stayed in the hospital with me all 5 1/2 days and helped me with everything from pain med,bathing me and ,wiping me,somethign no man should have to do for his wife.GOD BLESS MY HUSBAND.
For the good news. I had my 2nd week check up today and I lost 12 pds.and the dr says I am doing good.
12/14/04 4 week check up today and I also had drain tube removed.Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I'm down a total of 19 pds so now I weigh 238.Nurse said I was doing good because in the first 6 weeks they would like for you to lose 10% of your weight ,I have 6 pds to go and I have lost my 10%.I have another Dr appt in 2 weeks which will be my 6 week checkup. I also have been moved up to soft diet and now I can add soft baked fish and tuna fish to my diet now. I think I am doing really good,I still get tired more then normal.The trip to Gainesville and back in 1 day really wares me out.I am going back to work tomorrow for a few hrs and keep doing that until I can work full days,Xmas is in 2 weeks so I really need to make some money for Xmas,seens I havent worked in a month,and my husband has been paying all the bills around here. I will be taking it very easy at work.
01/03/05 7 week check up and I'm down a total of 26 pds now.I had a few prombles with airbubbles gettign stuck and being sick from that until I could get them up.The worse one I had was on Christmas day,and I gaged all day long and I couldnt eat or drink. I was so sick from airbubble being stuck finely got it up around 7:00 pm that night.I felt better afterwards and did manage to get a little sleep. Dr.Thoburn says I am doing great.but if I have any more problems with airbubbles he may do a test on me with the light down my throat.Geshh I hope not.He says things may still be a little tight from surgery,so we will play it by ear,and to call him if I still have the problem.I dont go back now for another 6 weeks,and I'm hoping to lose more by then
2/15/05 I went to day for my 3 months check up and i have lost a total of 38.6 pds now.yaaaaaaaaa The dr said I was right on target.And he also said for me to keep up the good work.I also talked with my nutrs why I was there and I have done so good with the food and haven no problems there so I got moved up to the reg diet plan I can have raw vegs and now I can have red meat if I chose to .So for lunch yeasterday I done just done I tryed a small steak and I done good no probelms at all.But I hardley ever have red meat anyways,,but I just wanted to try it.
I have lost so many inches in thses first 3 months I just cant hardley believe it.lol
6/7/05 Sorry its been a while seens I have updated but things have been crazy around here we have bought a new house and we are trying to get repairs done on it and hby is recovering from knee surgery,and well with me I keep losen my clothes.LOL as of to day I have lost a total of 62 pds in 6 months and so many Inches I dont know how many ,but I keep losen my clothes,and I have to buy some every few wks so I have decided I will go to the thrift store and buy them because my size changes about every 2 wks. But if I was to be asked would I do WLS again yes I would with no problems at all,I have been very lucky I guess because I havent had no problems with my WL and seens day 1,no dumping or being sick when I eat,if I did it was because of to much spices on the food or not chewed up enough,it was my own fault if I got sick. But I really do feel much better seens I have had surgery I am able to get out and do more.I feel like a new person.
ps.my pc was hit by lighten and i have a new one but not hooked up yet seens we are in the middle of moving,I will hopefuly be back on the line in a wk or 2,so in the mean time I am using mom's or sisters pc.
8/05/05 It has been a rough few months here,Sorry I havent updated before now I have been busy working and fighting a very nasty cold that turned into the flu and settled in my lungs so I finely had to go to dr and he tryed for 1 wk to reat it and i got worse so I was ammitted to the hosp for abt 4 days to get IV meds,I am doing better now but still very tired from teh flu,I am still on another wk of no work and i have breathign treatments at home every 4 hrs to help my lungs..I WILL NEVER TAKEN FOR GRANTED AGAIN THAT A COLD IS A COLD..I promised my family Dr, I would cal him as soon as I started sneezen again or anything that I didnt like and he said yes for me to kep that in mind and cal him no matter how stupid I may think it is,because I got very serouisly ill from this cold/flu really fast, As for wls I had dropped from 257 to 197 then I got ill and was put on steriods so now I am back up to 207 *I cryed all the way home* but Dr said it should come right back off seens I am no longer taken steroids.*I hope so* I also had blood work done in the hosp stay and he told me today that my blood work was barley normal,So I will have to to try eating better now seens I am getting healthier from the flu ,so I am looking on the pc now for different ways on eating healthier and less carbs food and eating higher protein foods, But all in all I am doing better just a little set back from being sick ,and Dr did make me take a Pneoumia shot,I already had the flu shot, My dr said I scared him because I got so serously sick so fast,The cold / illness i had set up an infection so fast in my lungs tahst i was haven a very hard breathing and was so out of breath i could barley talk ,so he ammitted me in hosp for 4 days for IV meds and breathing treatment,Iam not 100% better yet but I am on the to recovery,and I make sure I do my vitiams every day and make sure I dont get wet from rain and I dont walk around with a wet head from shower either,and I stay away from ppl who are sick ,regardless who they are or what is wrong with them I am NOT taking any chances st all.I just cant aford to take that chance,So everyone be carefully with this new cold/lung infection flu out there,IT IS A NASTY ONE .
11/28/05 Sorry its been a while seens I have updated,,but I had some health issues.OK remember I had pheanmia in July 05 and was ammitted to hospital because of it,well I came home and was resting like Dr said I even took my vaction time to recovery.On 8/8/05 I walk up with tummy ache and dry heaves,and I sweating really bad,so I called my husband and said for him to come home please there is something wrong with me.My husband got home in about 5 to 10 minutes and one look at me and he was on the phone with my mother and sister at work and they told him to call 911,,the rescue department was 1 block away from where we lived.Before they got there I had my husband clean me up as I was on the toilet (shamefuly)The permedic's where talking to my husband,and one was talking to me an dasked me what was wrong if I hurt things like that,Then he took my bp (OH crap) it was 80/40 I was in big trouble.I was sweating so bad it was dripping from night gown.The guy asked me could I walk and I said I think so,(I couldnt get up ) So they helpped me to the strecher,and straped me down and gave me a kidney dish for the dry heaves,I was in the aublance and he gave me Oxange and a kidney dish for the dry heaves.I remember leaven the drive way then nothing until I woke up on LIFE SUPPORT 13 DAYS LATER. Just as we left my drive way I stopped breathing,and I lived less then 5 minutes from hospital.Some where in the middle of this I remember jerking out a NG tube they put in.Then next thing I remember is my mom saying to me they want to put a tub down my throat to help me breath.Then nothing I woke up and was on life support I thought I had died,because I couldnt talk,move,I was tied down to the bed,and I as in so much pain.There was no one with me when I woke up.The last thing I remember I guess before I came fully awake was my deceased sister telling me it was time for me to go back to the family ,that I had promised here I would help take care of her children and she needed me to fullfill that promise to her,and she hugged me and said she loved me and would watch over me.*To this day I believe my sister and God where watching over me ,and sent me back .Because the Dr's had told my husband and family there was nothing else they could do for me it was up to me now.*
*I heal to much n the inside and cause adhesions,well the adhesions had wrapped around my intestines and blocked them off and they backed up to my old stomach and caused my stomach to brust,and all that posion went into my blood stream ,and I was sypest and I was also bleeding out,I had to have a blood transfusen,in total I wound up have 8 pints of blood*
The first month in the hospital I lost like 30 pds and they where feeding me through my IV.*gross* all that fat & sugar going in my body*
In total I was in the hospital for 2 1/2 months,I had to have therpy because I was so weak I couldnt walk,I was released from hospital after 1 month and I lasted less then 24 hrs at home,the next day I was reamitted back to the hospital with fever and pain and swollen on top of the ribs,They gave me pain meds and was watching me and doing X rays,then they moved me to another room where I was right across from the nurses station ,Ealyer in the day I saw a spot on my stomach that looked like a minie winnier and I asked the nurse what that was and she said she didnt know but would tell the Dr when he came up to see me that afternoon. I had taken a nap and my mom and niece came to vist,I was talken to them and my stomach started hurtng really bad and then I felt wet all over and I told mom I didnt feel right I felt like I just peed on my self and I picked up my blankets and sheet and saw that my gown was soaked and it was still running under me,and I screamed at mom to get my niece out (5 yrs old) I didnt want her to see me like that,(she is the daughter of my deceased sister).Mom sent her to the waiting room to watch tv why she dealt with me,It took her asbout 10 minutes to find a nurse to help,Then just as she we getting ready to call the Head people of the hospital,My nurse was coming back from her lunch break and mom told her what happened and she came running in my room and started yelling orders to the other nurses.It took them over an hour to stop me from leaking from my stomach and they called the Dr and he said bedrest NO moving at all. They had to put a poopoo bag over the hole to drain it in.It was draining so much,Then the Dr said he wanted a test done where they run a camer & light through the hole to see where it is and what it is.*HELLO HELL NO NOT WHY I AM A WAKE YOU ARENT DOING THIS* So my Dr order them to put me to sleep for this test and the results came back ITS A FISHALULE* The infection now was in my colane and it ate a hole from the inside to the outside of my stomach,,Then I blew my vains where my IV was,so here I go back to the OR again to have a port put in my chest for my meds and blood work. Then I get a roommate from hell she is so crazy she stripes her clothes off and is yelling all the time and changen the tv channels and talking to the phone when theres no one there.The last straw was when she tryed to attack me when I was watching tv,and I couldnt defend myself with a the tubes and drains I had,so I SCREAMED for all I was worth and it took 4 nurses to get her back to her bed and I told them they had to move one us I cant hande this crap.SO they moved me to another room so they could keep an eye on her. OK I get moved a few rooms down and I am still haven the dry heaves and not eating so now they are threaten me with a feeding tub,I told them its not that I dont wont to eat I cant eat because of the dry heaves,they even changed my pain med's thinking that was the problem,but I still had dry heaves,so we started giving me my med's very very slowly throughy my IV,still didnt help. OK was moved to another room again because of shower leak frm room upstairs. Now they have decided to send me to a Rehab in Winter Haven.I was there for about 10 days and I dry heaved the whole time I was there also and I had a very special nurse who whispered to me for me to refuse my med,and OMG when I refused the one med ,the DRY HEAVES stopped, I was haven a reaction to antbact meds there where given me which is Flago for infection. Well my INS wasnt happy with me because I missed therphy 3 days in a row they kicked me out of the rehab that I really needed.They dont care that I was sick . I have been on my own seens and I have been walking a little more every day and my family has been great with me about helping me and I just have gone back to work last week. as of today I now wiegh 180 ds and I have lost so many inches. I as tinkled pink when I bought a pair of size 14 jeans last week. I have another checkup next tues
05/08/06 Sorry I havent update in a while,,I have been haven some health problems again and now I have had a hernia repair and I have to see a back dr,because I have been have vry bad pains in back,tailbone,legs .Other then that I;m ok,I really havent lost any pounds I have been losen inches again and I fienly got where I could buy a size 12 pants,yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I 'll update more after I see back dr.
2/11/13 Been a while seens I have updated I'm still losing inches and feeling good.For some dumb reason dont know why I stopped the protein shakes and wght has stalled solast week I put my self back on protein shakes and I have been drinking them for over a week.I mix it in my coffee every morning so I have them before I have anything else.So hopefuly wgt loss will starte back down again.I would like to lose another 60 pds I think.Doctor says no but I say yes.lol.We are in the process of getting hby ready for RNY and I promised him I will do the food steps with him so he wont feel alone doing it and I think that will make him feel better and really stick to it.So hopefuly the dr finshed up hby's paper work and the surgern meets with us and then they submit it to Medicare and hopefuly they say yes right away not 6-8 wks later because its a matter of life or death for him,He has been ammitted to hospital 6-10 times in a year for breathing issues and had to be on intubatted like every time but maybe 1 -2 times.Keep your fingers crossed for us.
