rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 1 month ago
Got a feeding tube and now a Medi-port. - 6 months post-op and I am still having problems or glitches as I like to call them. I have had 4 surgeries total, so far, including my original Roux-en-Y surgery on 9-25-2012....

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 3 months ago
Emotional today and I want Chocolate!!!! - It actually started yesterday and has poured over into today. I am 3.2 months post-op Roux-en-Y  115 pounds gone since surgery.  This is actually the first time I have felt ov...

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rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 4 months ago
Tube feeding going ok. Able to eat baby food. Last - 12 weeks out. 92 pounds lost since surgery. 167 pounds total.  Glitch after glitch occurred and had led to me having to have a feeding tube placed.   Repeated EGD's with dil...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 4 months ago
Feeding tube is placed. What could possibly be nex - 10 weeks out. 100+ pounds lost. 3 EGD with dilation done. Upper GI done. Abdominal series done.  Most of November was spent in the hospital due to this and that glitches from ...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 5 months ago
Surgery on Monday to have a Feeding Tube placed! A - After multiple attempts at solutions and after a barrage of testing, my surgeon has decided to give me a feeding tube.  I am 9 weeks post-op (82 pounds down) and have barely b...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 5 months ago
What do you do when gravity ATTACKS? - I have lost 84 pounds in 9 weeks. Surgery date: 9-25-2012  My belly is drooping big time! Dang gravity! Can you recommend somewhere online where I could purchase some type of ...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 5 months ago
8 weeks post-op - 2 EGD with dilations - still can - As posted, I am 8 weeks post-op.(80 pounds lost) I have had 2 EGD with dilations. the second one was last week and the first one was just one week earlier.I find that I am still...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 5 months ago
Another Glitch! Going for my 2nd dilation tomorrow - Status post: 7 weeks post-op RNY Had my first dilation last week because I couldn't eat or drink anything for about a week. My stoma had closed so small that my surgeon coul...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 5 months ago
Feeling worse after first EGD dilation. Any advice - I am 6 weeks post-op and was progressing fair in my eating (still pureed & liquids) up until week 3 when it started to decline. My main "food" intake has been ice water (maybe 1...

rutabaga posted a discussion topic 11 years, 6 months ago
Food won't go through...stomach is closing...havin - 5 weeks post-op I was progressing fairly well on my pureed foods until...BAM...one morning I just couldn't eat anymore.  One teaspoon of any of my allowed menu items would...
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