Just wanted to say hello to all out there. My name is Mary and I live in Kansas. I had gastro bypass surgery in Nov 2004. I have had a hard time since the surgery but do not regreat a thing.
I weighed 248, Pre op 228 and now post op still sitting at 143. I would probably be at my goal right now if it wasn't for all the set backs. So still trying. My goal is 125. I am short so any extra weight looks dumpy on me. I really want to get a boob job,tummy tuck and lose the extra skin on my inner thighs and arms. I am just very scared to do so since I had pervious complications with surgery.
Ok here it goes. The gastro bypass surgery went great. No problems there. It was on Sept 10, 2006. I went to an oral surgeon to have some teeth removed on Sept 8th. I previously told the surgeron and put it on my paperwork that I had gastro bypass. He asked me how much weight I lost and so forth. I had the operation in his office and he gave me a prescription for pain reliever. I ask him if that precription was something I could take. He said yes. I didn't question it further. I went to get it filled there was no red flags at the pharmacy either. I took the meds as prescribed. I woke up about 3 am Sunday, Sept 10th in extreme pain. I couldn't sit, lay down or even breath. I rushed to the small hospital we have in town, where I learned I had an ulcer and it perferated my stomach. I was bleeding internally. The meds the oral surgeon gave me, were pain relivers but were also anti-flammtory meds. I should have been more carefull and read the papers on the meds but I was too trusting of the doctor. Anyway, I was dying fast and felt myself going. I was then rushed to a bigger hosptial 25 min away to have emergency surgery. I survied.
During the stay however I ended up getting staph infection.
Not just a small one either. The doc came in opened my incision back up and cleaned it out and packed it. I had to go home with a whole in my stomach, wash it out 3 times a day and pack it, until it healed. During my healing time I had a pin hole open up right under my rib cage in the center of my incision. It poured out staph infection so much so that it soaked my entire side of my bed. I was rushed back to the hosptial and given very potent drugs, cleaned up and sent home.
I was in bed for 3 months. I was so weak and tired from being in bed inactive. But I made it. I went back to work in December. Everything was going ok. Then on December 31, 2006, matters became worse. I finally lost enough weight that I purchased this little red dress that I have been dying to get. When I put it on the night before , I thought it looked great. Then New Years Eve the next night, it looked like I was pregnant in it. My stomach was sticking out like I was 4-5 months pregnant. I called the doc the next day and went and seen him. He thought it was gastritious since I was in no pain. He gave me some meds. It still didn't go down and I was uncomfortable. Eating was hard. I could only take one to two bits and I felt like I overate. Burping and felt like everything was getting stuck. I went back in and he said I should see my surgeon who did the surgery, that I might have a hernia. Sure enough I did, I was scheduled for surgery in two weeks. They said it wasn't something that deemed emergency but to call back if I felt worse. I did one week later. I couldn't even sit, I had to lay down and I was in pain. I had surgery two days later. I found out I had a hernia the entire length of my incision, which was from under the rib cage to my belly button. The staph infection I had from pervious surgery caused it, and ate alot of tissue away. They had to put a plastic mesh in held with titianium clips and put me on potenant meds again to pervent staph infection again.
This sugery was worse than any of them. They had me pulled and stiched so tight, I was very sore and hard to move. I was even afraid to move, because I didn't want to go through any surgery again. I went through depression again, thinking that I almost lost my family and such. I hated for them to leave me at home when they went to school and work. I was a mess. I finally got back to being myself and I was just so happy to be alive. I almost lost my life twice do to my bloodpressure on the last surgery and this surgery. My blood pressure was 40/20 and I wasn't just white in color I was gray. They were not sure I would make it. But I did. I am here now to say I made it and still trying to get myself back on track. And for others to always check the meds you are given, don't trust anyone. A mild mistake for some can prove fatal when you have had this kind of surgery.
I am still so tired and week in my muscles. It is very hard to excerise since it doesn't take much to tire me out. Now I have new problems.
I ended up sick in August 2007 after a camping trip. I ran fevers and became very week, jelly legged and ached all over. I first I thought oh no I got bit by a misquito and contacted west nile. That is all I need. Nope just was some bug I picked up.
But I still have this problem of being very tired sometimes, with nerve problems in my legs and arms. I feel twitchy in them and it aches. My legs also feel week like they will go out from under me. So not sure what is going on.
The doc is checking my thiasin or however you spell it now. We will see what that says.
Does anyone else suffer these problems?
Hi I am new to this site, but had the WLS Nov 2004 ( this is long)
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Thank you all for your posts!
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