ulisha
14 weeks out
Well I am 14 weeks out and doing much better. I mean I have my days but everybody does I think. I am eating real food now and I must say I dont know why I liked all that food before lol cuz pretty much everything taste like CRAP !!!!!! As far as people saying your taste buds change after surgery they are sooooo right. There are actually some vegetables that I really like now that wouldn't touch before, but for the most part if its not tuna, cheese or pickles I dont like it lol. I eat other stuff cuz I have to but doesn't mean I like it, lol. I have not experienced the dumping thing yet, thank god. I sometimes think that it would be nice just so that I know I wont go there again, but then I'm afraid that I wont dump on the stuff and then I will know that I can eat those things. I do not have very good will power and thats what got me into this mess to begin with so I dont want to go back there again!!! Of course that doesn't mean that I dont crave that bad stuff, they fixed my belly not my head. I will say that I have a friend that had this surgery almost 5 years ago and she told me how she had gotten addicted to the food network, well I thought she was crazy!!!! Guess what I now love to cook (just dont like eating) and I love love love watching the food network. My husband thinks I'm crazy lol.
I went into surgery at 242 lbs and now I am 167 lbs and a size 14. A 75 lbs loss and that makes me really excited. I dont have any clothes that really fit to enjoy it but its still wonderful. I'm just to cheap to spend money on clothes that I will only wear a very short time to buy any, lol.
I must say that if I had to do this over again, I would still have chosen to do this. I think there is always gonna be some bumps in the road but we can handle it and get over it. Just so nice to be healthy. I dont miss being out of breath just walking a short distance at all now, being able to bend over with out it feeling like I am just gonna roll on over, or having to buy a size 22 any more !!!!! Plus in having this surgery, I have found the most wonderful people here on the OH. Wonderful support I must say
I went into surgery at 242 lbs and now I am 167 lbs and a size 14. A 75 lbs loss and that makes me really excited. I dont have any clothes that really fit to enjoy it but its still wonderful. I'm just to cheap to spend money on clothes that I will only wear a very short time to buy any, lol.
I must say that if I had to do this over again, I would still have chosen to do this. I think there is always gonna be some bumps in the road but we can handle it and get over it. Just so nice to be healthy. I dont miss being out of breath just walking a short distance at all now, being able to bend over with out it feeling like I am just gonna roll on over, or having to buy a size 22 any more !!!!! Plus in having this surgery, I have found the most wonderful people here on the OH. Wonderful support I must say
4 weeks out and still sick
Well it seems that I have to make a trip to the doctor at least once a week cuz I cant seem to kick the nausea. It really sucks !!!!!! I get tired of dry heaving over that dang trash can. So I get to go in for a scope now to make sure there isn't a stricture or an ulcer. Was a little nervous about that but kept hearing how it was a breeze and only took like 10 mins. Well I was in the same area that I was in when I had my reaction to the IV fluids a few weeks prior. They asked me what I was allergic to so I was telling them and they were like SO you were the one we were hearing about, lol 
Well everybody was right it was a breeze, there was nothing to it. I found out I had an ulcer so I got some nasty carafate for that and pictures to brag about lol. Dr Gupta told me that sometimes there are people that have the nausea for the first few months and then one day it just goes away, I guess Dr Diaz wasn't as crazy as I was beginning to think (hee hee hee) Went home (dont even rememer the hour long ride home) and slept the rest of the day away.
Well everybody was right it was a breeze, there was nothing to it. I found out I had an ulcer so I got some nasty carafate for that and pictures to brag about lol. Dr Gupta told me that sometimes there are people that have the nausea for the first few months and then one day it just goes away, I guess Dr Diaz wasn't as crazy as I was beginning to think (hee hee hee) Went home (dont even rememer the hour long ride home) and slept the rest of the day away.
Some not so fun times after sugery
Well it seems the first few weeks were not as fun as I would of liked, although I know things were as bad as some people have experienced. Found out the hard way that I was lactose intolerant, was not fun to say the least LOL. I was very nauseated all the time. Didn't seem like there was much of anything that was agreeing with me. Protien was horrible trying to get down and get something that actually didnt make me sick. I went in for my one week visit, and ended up having to go to the short stay unit and have IV fluids cuz I was dehydrated. I seem to have a knack at throwing a wrench in the most easiest proceedures lol becuz for surgery I had the masses to be removed too and well for a simple IV fluids I found out that the second bag they call a banana bag (vitimins and minerals) I had to be allergic to it, with in 3 mins of it running in, I felt a horrible pain going down my back making it feel like my legs were contracting, my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest, and I couldn't breath. So they pulled that and the poor nurses there were quite flustered by the time they got me back to normal lol they said they had never seen anybody react to a banana bag before. Leave it to me to be the first for them 
So that little proceedure was only suppose to be like 3 hours long and I was there for almost 7 hours. When I left though I felt a 100% better then I did when I went in. The fluids were wonderful.
So that little proceedure was only suppose to be like 3 hours long and I was there for almost 7 hours. When I left though I felt a 100% better then I did when I went in. The fluids were wonderful.
The surgery Aug 28, then again Sept 6th
Well I'm really behind at putting my stuff in here, so maybe I will slowly get it updated someday lol 
I had my sugery date on Aug 28th. I went in at 6 am done all the routine stuff and then took my walk to the OR. Wasn't really nervous a bit, which was shocking cuz I had been before that day. I took my nap and woke up in recovery with the nurses telling me that I didnt get the RNY, I'm like WTH are you talking about. Dr Diaz told me that when he went in laperscopely that he found a mass on my liver. He decided that it was to risky at that time to finish the surgery due to need of that needing to come off and the liver has to many blood vessels and there would be a big chance of bleeding. He did tell me that he WOULD do the surgery but it would be open and would be taking the mass off while doing the RNY. So while in recovery I went and had a CAT scan of my liver, well that was no fun at all, I could hardly stay awake for it and was suppose to be holding my breath for what seem to be FOREVER, 
Then I went home quite bummed. It was sooooo disappointing to wake up to that news, but I was very thankful that Dr Diaz had my best intrest first. When the pre-op testing is done, there is normally a ultrasound done on the gallbladder, but I had my gallbladder removed 14 years ago, so I didnt have to have that ultrasound. He said that had I had one they would of been able to foresee this mass ahead of time. A few days later I got to go back and have a ultra sound of the liver that showed the blood flow and whatever else they look for and on Sept 6th I went in at 3pm and had my open RNY. I was very scared this time. Dr Diaz was running a little behind so I was awake a little longer then then before while in the OR room, by the time he got in there I was really freaking out and just bawling and couldn't get myself to stop. Needless to say I was quite embarressed, but he finally said its time to go to sleep. I dont remember much of waking up. I was taken to ICU so that I could be observed, due to the fact of the bleeding issue with the liver. I had two units of blood while in surgery. The pain was down right HORRIBLE !!!!!! 
Between the pain meds and the valium I pretty much slept most of the stay in the unit. I transferred out a little over 24 hours later to the normal bariatric floor. I must say that my nurses and other staff there were absolutley wonderful. I was in the hospital for about 4 days, I think that I can only actually remember maybe a full day of it, lol. That valium is some good stuff LOL. If anybody reading this is thinking of seeing Dr Diaz or having surgery at St Vincent - Carmel. I would strongly recomend them. They were wonderful.
I had my sugery date on Aug 28th. I went in at 6 am done all the routine stuff and then took my walk to the OR. Wasn't really nervous a bit, which was shocking cuz I had been before that day. I took my nap and woke up in recovery with the nurses telling me that I didnt get the RNY, I'm like WTH are you talking about. Dr Diaz told me that when he went in laperscopely that he found a mass on my liver. He decided that it was to risky at that time to finish the surgery due to need of that needing to come off and the liver has to many blood vessels and there would be a big chance of bleeding. He did tell me that he WOULD do the surgery but it would be open and would be taking the mass off while doing the RNY. So while in recovery I went and had a CAT scan of my liver, well that was no fun at all, I could hardly stay awake for it and was suppose to be holding my breath for what seem to be FOREVER, Then I went home quite bummed. It was sooooo disappointing to wake up to that news, but I was very thankful that Dr Diaz had my best intrest first. When the pre-op testing is done, there is normally a ultrasound done on the gallbladder, but I had my gallbladder removed 14 years ago, so I didnt have to have that ultrasound. He said that had I had one they would of been able to foresee this mass ahead of time. A few days later I got to go back and have a ultra sound of the liver that showed the blood flow and whatever else they look for and on Sept 6th I went in at 3pm and had my open RNY. I was very scared this time. Dr Diaz was running a little behind so I was awake a little longer then then before while in the OR room, by the time he got in there I was really freaking out and just bawling and couldn't get myself to stop. Needless to say I was quite embarressed, but he finally said its time to go to sleep. I dont remember much of waking up. I was taken to ICU so that I could be observed, due to the fact of the bleeding issue with the liver. I had two units of blood while in surgery. The pain was down right HORRIBLE !!!!!! Between the pain meds and the valium I pretty much slept most of the stay in the unit. I transferred out a little over 24 hours later to the normal bariatric floor. I must say that my nurses and other staff there were absolutley wonderful. I was in the hospital for about 4 days, I think that I can only actually remember maybe a full day of it, lol. That valium is some good stuff LOL. If anybody reading this is thinking of seeing Dr Diaz or having surgery at St Vincent - Carmel. I would strongly recomend them. They were wonderful.
The psych evaluation .....
I went to see Dr. Stote on July 9. That was quite a treat lol. All those questions that I had to answer on the test before I saw him were quite time consuming and redundent. Then the hour that I was in there seemed to drag on and on and on. I am somebody that really hates to answer question after question so to sit in ther with him was not good for me at all. It was all I could do to keep from letting him see how aggitated he was making me lol. Thank goodness that is all over !!!!!
The first visit....
I went to my consulatin with Dr Diaz at the end of June. I was quite excited and nervious all at the same time. I had went in thinking I was going to do the lap band, by the time Dr Diaz was done explaining the surgeries, I had decided that I was going to do the RNY. Dr Diaz was really nice and made me feel quite comfortable. I even met some really nice people while I was there. The girls in the office were really nice as well.
