Near Deadly Infection Post Surgery...

Oct 28, 2013

I am not down 75lbs (Jul 25 - Oct 29) in 3 months but the weight loss didn't come in the planned fashion.

The Story:  The lapband (that I got in 2006) cause a lot of tissue damage and a hernia.  The lapband was removed and my RNY was completed on Jul 25th.  BUT, the damaged tissue (from the lapband) busted open 3-days post revision surgery.  Post surgery food leaked into my body cavity and BOMB POW... massive blood infection.  I got sepsis (blood infection that has a ~50% survival rate).  The lapband messed me up not my current bariatric surgeon.  No fault!  He saved my life and is awesome!.  I was in the hospital through the end of Aug and I lost considerable muscle mass (I was fat but always muscular and strong).  I'm all good now but I am still recovering strength and trying to retain/build muscle.  I do NOT have any long term effects from the sepsis blood infection.  It actually allowed me to be cleaned out (literally).

Jul 25 - Revision.  340lbs

Jul 27 - Home from Revision

Jul 29 - Cousin saved my life and called 911;  Ambulance rushed me to hospital

Jul 30 - ICU for sepsis

Jul 31 - Happy Birthday to me; Organs shut down (thanks sepsis); Surgery to bring me back to the land of the living

Aug 4 - Out of ICU; Recovery from sepsis surgery

Aug 21 - Home from hospital and recovering

Oct 10 - Back to the business office (medical disability for 2 1/2 months)

Oct 29 - Today.  265lbs.  Down 75lbs.  I'm in the gym and trying to recover muscle lost to sepsis.

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