Anjela424

Thanks Tammy

Thank you :-)

Thank you

Panda that prayer was beautiful. Thanks everyone. You're all very kind. I went to a different hospital earlier in the month for a 2nd opinion so to speak but they dismissed me and said i'd have to go back to where the surgery was originally performed. I had another endoscopy yesterday (#4) and the g.i. dr said my surgeon may have to go in and do a revision. I am still in the hospital but supposed to be getting discharged today. We shall see. I am leaning on my faith not my fear cuz fear and faith don't mix

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Highet weight 429 Surgery date weight 403 (surgery was 3/22/12) Todays weight 345

Thanks everyone. I've been vomiting blood. My throat is raw from the stomach acids that pass over it every time that happens. Endoscopy #4 in the a.m.

Thanks so much. Im in the hospital again. Endoscopy #4 in the morning. So tired of it

Jackie, I had a really rough night last night. I started getting really nauseated earlier on in th evening...then I started to vomit......blood was in my vomit! My husband was begging me to go to the ER but I just couldn't. All those 7 and 8 IV's they "attempt" only to end up doing a picc line in the end is too much for me. My body is beat down literally. Everyday I say to myself, this ain't what I signed up for! This can't be life! The sad reality is.....it is! The bariatric clinic opens in about 5 minutes. I will be the 1st one calling. I can't go on like this. Its unbearable

Although I'm sorry you're going through all of this, it feels so good to have someone that can REALLY relate to what I am going through. I am 9+ weeks post op and to still be feeling like this is unbearable. I'm in the hospital more than I am home or so it seems. My lust for life disappeared. I've been invited to about 4-5 BBQ's today but I'm not going to any....For what? I can't enjoy gathering with friends and family feeling miserable and nauseated like this ALL the time. I can't eat anything. I'm certain broth ain't on the menu. I appreciate the concern of everyone on this site and I really wish I had more positive feedback to give but this is the worst thing that's ever happened to me. Yea I've lost more than 50 lbs but i'd gladly take all the weight back just to feel better again....Normal again! Is there any specific dosage of Nexium I should request to be put on? The protein shakes nauseate me so I don't do them at all. I don't even take the vitamins bc they're too big and get lodged in my throat. I just really wanna feel better

Thanks Vamp.....Jackie....Nexium huh? They have me on Omeprozal....Its also called protonics....I guess its supposed to be like Prilosec....I still have no relief. I don't even try to eat anymore. I just sip broths here and there as tolerated

I'm sorry I'm just seeing your message. I was in the hospital from the 10th-18th.....they said the stricture was cleared but the ulcer wasn't. I think I need to be dialated again bc I'm vomiting again. I couldn't eat/drink anything in the hospital. My veins were too deflated for IV's so I had a triple picc line put directly in my chest. I was fed TPN through a nutrition bag like they give people that are in comas and can't feed themselves. It was pretty bad. I am once again not eat but still trying to drink enough to stay hydrated. Its a holiday weekend so I will call the surgery team on Tuesday to see if they want me to re-admit myself into the hospital........again :'(

I didn't even know strictures could be in multiple places. True although it doesn't happen to everyone, for those of us this it has happened to and its continuing to happen to...its quite unpleasant. I'm trusting in the Lord for my complete healing

About 2 wks post op

I just don't know what to do anymore.....

Thank you for your well wishes

My problems being about 2-3 wks post op

Not at all and with me having an ulcer as well they said if it perferates (ruptures) I can die! Wtf......I just wanna go back to the way it was.....

They're just continuing the endocopys and dialations. I am beyond frustrated. I wish I could be put in a medically induced coma until I feel better. This is crazy

I don't feel better at all. I haven't eaten in 2 weeks and even then it was just 2 spoons of yogurt. I never feel good or normal. Its hurting my family bc they feel bad that they can't do anything to help me..EXTREME BUYERS REMORSE! If one more person says hang in there I'm gonna scream. Unless they're the ones going through it they have no idea how truly horrible this is. I'm an incest survivor as well as a domestic abuse survivor and this by far is the worse I've ever felt in my life. Id give anything for a "do-over"

I don't feel any better at all. Still regretting getting this surgery

I feel exactly the same as you. I am almost 7 weeks post op and I have a stomach stricture and an ulcer. I have had 3 endoscopys and been dialated 3 times as well. They say what's happening to me happens to less than 1% of patients. My surgeon said out of the 2 thousand surgeries he's performed this has only happened to 60 ppl. I too have buyers remorse and I plan on going to the support groups and telling my story bc they never made me aware of ANY of this. I am beyond frustrated and I feel like I'm going to die at times! The pain the nausea the vomiting the weakness. I barely even drink....maybe 6 ounces a day. I've lost 40+ lbs so far but so what! This is so not what I signed up for

I am quite the cook too. The only thing is my husband is obese as well. Now that I've had the surgery I try to encourage him to change his eating habits. To have one sanddwich not 2 or 2 franks not 4. He eats healthier when I'm around but when I'm not he will order a medium 2 topping pizza and 12 wings and eat it by himself. This surgery was very hard. I'm in the hospital right now due to complications from it. If I had it to do over I definitely would not do it again