shezaditz@bellsouth.net

No Bowel movement since surgery one week ago.....Normal?:thumbup:

Very hard to get vitamins and protein in the first week and a half.... just work on healing for a few !!

I had a vertical sleeve monday the 10th of may. 5 incisions... 3 in belly and one through the navel (for the sleeve) and a fifth between my breasts, I guess for a hiatal hernia they found that didn't show up on the previous tests. Yesterday was not good... took last loriTab at 2:30 am... woke up a 7 with fever of 99.5, sweating - shaking (1st fever at all) then sencond fever of 100.5 an hour later. Doc said get back on loriTaBS as tylenol was controlling fever. I did, it worked. so much better except still a rough pain in my right side (no incisions there at all- pain hasbeen there all along, just getting a little more forceful) I've been on L-Tabs every 3 .5 hours and ok but fever starts to edge up at the end always. I waited a little longer today and fever did start an immediate climb. I never let it get higher than 100. So here I am... surgery spots are great.. right side is very tender, especially with a deep breath, and I'm a little worried we're controlling a post surgery fever instead of invetigating it a little... Any advice form the sage (been there done that" people) ??? Thx guys. Sandra R

Finally doing better... spent 3 weeks in hospital with sepsis... I developed a 7.3 x 3.6mm abcess around my liver.... LOTS of trouble! But heading the right way now... Had picc line removed a few days ago (was giving myself IV anti-biotics 3 times a day for 15 days) and had the drain removed from my side a week before that (draining the abcess)... What a mess !! I had trouble with the hernia repair to start with but so much else was going on... I can't say what was what.. I'd throw up the chewable vitamins, and always be nausiated in the am. Just broth worked ok for awhile.. Hang in there. You'll learn what you can tolerate, and the feeling that I had to burp or blow up has finally passed. Good luck for a quick recovery !

Been in the hospital since monday ! Abcess on my liver.... whole body is SOOOOOOOO wrong. I should be posting this on the pre-op to make people run away ! Home now with home health and picc line for anti-biotics 3 times a day, and a drain in my side to keep draining abcess. follow ups with everyone in the world etc....... Can you say Weight Watchers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I only take 4 - 2.5m tablets a week for rheumatoid control. I hadn't taken them for month before the surgery and am still on hold now.

Still working on cause... half say surgical contamination, half say a combo of pre-existing something aggrevated by my taking methotrexate... following up with gastro doc tomorrow and endoscopy to check bowel. Lots of bacteria in the cultue.

Dr. Webb did mine too, Andrea. Wonderful man... and VERY supportive on all of the hospitalization crap.

Hi Dr. Nick. Yep, pre-op diet was flawless, had lost 12 pounds even before surgery.

It was done in jacksonville florida at St. Lukes Hospital

first time looking around. My sleeve was done on monday and doing OK... Did ya'll start liquid vitamins this early? I didn't think so until after my appointment with the dietician in a week. but just making so I remember right... still a little nervous. But doing really good.