UPDATE JUNE 3 2010

Jun 03, 2010

JUNE 3 2010
  SORRY I HAVE NOT UPDATED SOONER--BUT I DID HAVE AN APPT LAST MONTH WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS SURGEON DOWN IN DANVILLE PA WHERE I HAD MY ORIGINAL RNY BACK IN 2007.. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENDOSCOPY I HAD AND THE PROBS THAT WERE FOUND--LIKE THE LOOSE STAPLE AND FISTULA-ENLARGED POUCH AND THE POLYPS THAT WERE FOUND AND CAME BACK CLEAN.
 THO I DID NOT GET MANY REAL ANSWERS OR ANYTHING I DID NOT ALREADY KNOW-- HE SAID THAT THEY COULD DO A REVISION--BUT THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER ON ME THE SECOND TIME--AS ON ANYONE--ME MORE CAUSE OF MY DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS AND SUCH.. SO HE TOLD ME--SINCE I WAS SO UPSET THAT I GAINED 10 LBS IN 3 MONTHS THAT IF I KEEP GAINING WEIGHT THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT THE GI NUTRTION DEPT WHO I SEE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS--TO SEND ME BACK TO SEE HIM AND WE WILL TALK REVISION.. HE DID SAY THAT MY PROBS ARE NOT THE REASON I AM GAINING WEIGHT AND THAT
SOMETIMES A FISTULA WILL GROW OUT FROM THE POUCH TO THE OLD PART OF OUR STOMACHS--BUT I ASKED AND HE SAID THAT IT SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBS --ALSO HE COULD NOT ASSURE ME THAT THE LOOSE STAPLE WILL NOT FALL OUT AND CAUSE A PROBLEM.. HE AND HIS NURSE DID SAY THAT MY POUCH WAS NOT ENLARGED BECAUSE OF OVEREATING AS THE GI NUTRTIONIST DOCTOR HAD LECTURED ME ABOUT AND I DID NOT APPRECIATE THAT--I KNOW THAT I AM NO ANGEL AND I EAT THINGS I SHOULD NOT--BUT NOTHING LIKE I USED TOO AND I FEEL FULL FAST SO I FELT THAT MY POUCH WAS STILL WORKING FOR ME--
I KNOW THAT AFTER A COUPLE OF YRS THAT THE POUCH DOES ENLARGE SOME--BUT THE SURGEON AND HIS NURSE SAID THAT MY WEIGHT WOULD NOT BE SO STABLE A YEAR LIKE IT IS IF I WAS OVERLOADING MY POUCH--SO I WAS GLAD THAT THEY DID NOT ACCUSE ME OF OVEREATING..

 SO THE SURGEON SENT A LETTER TO THE GI NUTRITION DOC AND MY PRIME DOC EXPLAIING THE PLAN WE AGREED ON--I FEEL THAT HE MET ME HALF WAY AND WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT FOR NOW--SO HE TOLD THOSE DOCS THAT IF I CONTINUE TO GAIN THAT I NEED TO SEE HIM AGAIN TO TALK REVISON-- I SAW MY PRIME DOC 3 WEEKS AFTER SEEING DR STRODEL IN DANVILLE AND MY PRIME DOC SHOWED ME THE LETTER HE SENT..
 I HAVE DECIDED TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT AND WORK AS HARD AS I CAN TO LOOSE MORE WEIGHT--I WANT TO GET TO MY GOAL.. I STILL HAVE LIKE 50 LBS TO LOOSE TO MY GOAL.. I TEND TO WORRY TOO MUCH AND GET OVERWHELMED AT FIRST WITH THINGS--BUT I NEED TO TRUST IN GOD AND LET HIM CARRY MY BURDENS.. SO I AM DOING THAT..
 I AM SO FRIGHTENED THAT I AM GONNA WEIGH 300+ POUNDS AGAIN AND DR S DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH MORE WEIGHT I HAD TO GAIN TO PROVE I NEEDED A REVISION--SO WE WILL SEE.. NO ONE UDERSTANDS HOW SCARY IT IS FOR US--ONCE YOU WEIGH LIKE 448 LIKE ME--WHEN I STARTED GAINING THE WEIGHT I GOT SO SCARED--NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING UNLESS U HAVE BEEN THERE.. I WAS IN A WHEEL CHAIT AND COULD NOT BREATHE AND WAS SO CLOSE TO DEATH--THIS RNY SAVED MY LIFE AND I DO NOT REGRET THE SURGERY--PLZ DO NOT GET ME WRONG--I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS SURGERY AND LOSING 200 LBS--I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT OFF AND NOT GAIN..
 I SAW MY KIDNEY DOC ALSO RECENTLY (yes i have too many doctors) AND I LOST 5 LBS SO THAT WAS AN INDICATION THAT SOME OF THE WEIGHT I HAD GAINED WAS FROM MY KIDNEYS--I DO HAVE STAGE 3 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND MY KIDNEYS RIGHT NOW ARE ONLY FUNCTIONING AT 48%--BUT MY KIDNEY DOC SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF MY MEDS AND I NEED TO GO BACK FOR MORE BLOOD AND URINE WORK IN 3 MONTHS AND THEN 6 MONTHS AND I HAVE TO SEE HIM AGAIN IN 6 MONTHS--LIKE IN NOV..
 OTHERWISE I AM DOING FINE AND ENJOYING TH NICE WEATHER.. I PRAY THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT AND THANKS FOR READING THIS.
  GOD BLESS
    SUSIE SMITH FROM NE PA

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