Gina Landers
Hi,
I am Gina, age 53 now, live in the hot, humid state of Georgia. I had proximal RNY at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA in Dec of 2000. Four months after my original surgery, I was hospitalized again for emergency revision surgery due to a complete staple line disruption, a marginal ulcer that had perforated, spread to the backside of my liver, and caused me to develop peritonitis as a result. I lost weight during these 4 months, although I had a staple line disruption.. weight loss due to the fact that I had constant nausea/ vomiting which we thought was due to the ulcer. I had the surgery in April 2001 and was sent home with unresolved peritonitis, pneumonia, and was so weak that my sister , a nurse, came and got me, took me home with her and took care of me for the next 5 weeks. She also made a few phone calls to the original surgeon and gave him / and his office staff a few choice words about me.. however, that is now water under the bridge.
I did continue to have nausea/ vomiting, so I was scoped.. nothing, xrayed.. upper GI .. normal, and was told that I would have to learn to adapt to living this way.. but an angel emailed me, invited me to her home on the west coast and arranged for me to see her surgeon.. Dr Oh. He scoped me , found a partial small bowel obstruction, and thought I was fixed. .. Scoped a few days later to discover my pouch was enlarged and atonic.. meaning without muscle tone. I came home, took reglan.. medication to help motility .. and became sicker and sicker. I was hospitalized many times, put on TPN through a picc line, developed MRSA as a result, and flew back to the west coast to have revision surgery to reconstruct my pouch in Feb 2002.. I have been doing great.. have a few issues with vitamin deficiencies but I am ok..
Take care .. further questions.. email me .. [email protected]
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