Hello people, remember me?
Well, a lot has happend since I have last been on here in July. I had a total staple line breakdown 6 weeks after my original surgery. I was bleeding uncontrolably, throwing up bucketfulls of blood at a time, and the doctors didn't know what to do, or where I was bleeding from. On my third trip to the ER, my surgeon misdiagnosed me with an ulcer. While being treated for an ulcer in the hospital, I continued to throw up blood. I was transported to another hospital to see a gastric bypass specialist. He determined the staple line breakdown, and my nightmare began. There, I was hospitalized for 15 weeks, undegoing another surgery to repair my bypass and find the bleed, which also failed. I continued to throw up blood, until one day it just stopped. It was a miracle! I was actually facing a thrid surgery which would have removed my entire digestive system, hooking my esophagus to my small intestine, therefore being on liquids for the rest of my life. Over the 15 weeks, I had numerous blood tranfusions (apporox. 80 units) to save my life, the doctors told me that I almost died twice. It was a very scary time, and I am so glad to be alive and home.
I have been home for 3 weeks now, and things are going well. The nightmare seems to finally be over, I hope. I have lost almost 100 pounds, thanks to being in the hospital and starving since July. My nutrition levels suck
My hair is so thin, I have no energy, and I always feel like crap.
But I am alive, thank God, and I
will get better. And thinner. I have to do it the old fashioned way now, lotsa exercise and good foods, but I can do it!! I will
NEVER have surgery again...not even the boob job I was hoping for before
And that was my summer. Thanks for letting me vent!
failed bypass surgery
So, instead of losing weight by having a small pouch, I have a whole, regular sized stomach...which means I have to diet and exercise to lose more weight.
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