7 months post-op

Jul 07, 2010

Hi again,

I'm down 80 lbs in 7 months and I'm loving every minute/lb of it....

I find myself out of work again !!!!! My employer does not allow "work restrictions" and I'm on no heavy lifting or strenuous activity restrictions until after surgery.

On Saturday June 12th I had a tummy ache from hell. I drove myself to the emergency room, after a CT of the abdomen, I was told i had an incarcerated hernia and a small bowel obstruction.

The local surgeon said "NO WAY" to doing  emergency surgery. So I was put in an ambulance and taken to Tyler. The ambulance broke down about an hour out. So I was taken by another ambulance the rest of the way.

By the time I finally got to the Tyler hospital, I was fine, after 3 different shots of dilaudid and zofran and one shot of phenergan....I guess the bowel relaxed enough to untwist.

My potassium was low so I received IV (ouchy) potassium.....My vein is hard and dark from that stuff.....its very hard on your veins.

So by the time Monday rolled around I was fine and the PA from the Dr.s office said I'm no longer in an emergent situation, so I can go home....which made me very happy....

I got my medical records and it shows that i have adhesions wrapped around the bowel, so this WILL happen again, the question is when....I make sure to eat small amounts, as I fear a large bolus of food would get stuck behind an adhesion and not pass through....

My surgeon will perform a hernia repair and i believe adhesion removal in August...

I do not consider this a complication of RNY.....I do consider it a result of the 5 hernias he repaired at the time of RNY...

My potassium has always been borderline low....even before RNY

I fell into a feeling of uselessness/broken after my employer wouldn't let me come back....I internalized it way too much...I'M still a good nurse and a good person.....I'm just gonna take this time to love on my boys and enjoy my summer....

My eating is good, I tried sweet tea....oh my goodness.....i can not do sweet tea....not even a little bit sweet....

If I could have a Cajun rib eye from chili's everyday, I think life would be good.....!!!!!

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