UUUUGH!!

Sep 02, 2010

Here I am almost 3 weeks post-op and I am still swelling!!!  The docs all say it is normal to swell after surgery.  Well I have not read anywhere that anyone else is having the same problems as I do.  I have ended up in the ER twice already and each time I am told "its just the swelling is pulling on your incision".   Well then why do I have to wait for the swelling to go down naturlally and just tolerate the pain and use my narcotic pain meds.  I just don't understand why they won't let me take the damn water pill and get this water off!!  I thought this was not supposed to happen. I just don't understand why my body is retaining so much water.  When I was in the ER, the doc did some tests for kidney function and said that they were working well.  SO WHY CAN'T I GET RID OF THE WATER!!!  Sorry for yelling, but this is so frustrating.  I figure that after 2 weeks post-op the doctors would know that there is a big problem with water retention, especially if I am drinking 80 oz of water daily.  Is it that I am not drinking enough?  Because when I was given an IV in the ER I gave a great sample.  then the next day my output was just the same....minimal.  I don't mean to sound like a cry baby, but this pain is almost unbearable.  Now when the ER doc talked to Dr Patels' on-call doc(Dr Bell) he told the ER doc that the medication from the Qball had worn off and that was the reason I was having so much pain and that it was normal.  Well the ER doc did not like that answer and said that answer did not resolve the question at hand.  So he ordered a catscan to make sure there was nothing really wrong, there wasn't.  He said that he did not want to send me home in the same condition, but there was not much he could do, but take the pain med and wait on the doc.  He said to just keep in contact with the surgeon and hopefully they can give me better answers.  I am beginning to wonder if the swelling and pain will ever stop!

For newbies: 
dont' get discouraged by me.  Not all surgeries go this way most are very successful and uneventful.  I do not regret getting the RNY done.  Alot of other things have improved like my high blood pressure, diabeties, and for the most part, my sleep apnea is improving.  The surgery is well worth it and encourge you to not to let anything get in your way of improving your life.

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