Miss M

where do i start, When i got my gallbladder out in 1990 my surgeon told me to avoid all fried foods and fat as i may gain weight but I didn't listen and through the years gained up to 120kgs at work all the staff were being cruel and picking on my weight which had me look into weight-loss surgery so i had my first lap-band in 1999 and after three surgeries due to the lap band prolapsing three times i asked my surgeon to refer me to another surgeon who does permanent weight-loss surgery so in 2003 I underwent the DS with that i had major problems with malnutrition and i ended up having gastroparesis with it due to the surgeon severing my vagus nerve, I also ended up having a bowl prolapse due to the constant loose stool and involuntary muscles wanting to evacuate what was not there. i was having Iron infusions every three months and having to take D3 injections and other injections of Vitamins intramuscular due to malabsorption. I also had a bowl strangulation and obstruction due to two abdominal hernias and then finally had to have the surgery revised to the rny due to bile reflux and also due to the sleeve of the ds stretching into an hourglass due to a stricture in the center and the food not passing through due to the gastroparesis. and now with the RNY i'm having more problems my eyesight isn't great my thyroid within the last two months has declined due to the fact my body does not absorb the iodine from food the bile reflux has not resolved nor has the gastroparesis of which i was assured would resolve due to having the RNY surgery. not to mention the brain fog and tiredness that i experience on a daily bases. And here you were thinking that you were alone in your situation, I think that most people do not speak up when things go wrong because they don't want to be picked on and because their doctors make them feel like everything is either in their heads or that the problems that arise are their fault for not adhering to the guidelines etc. Hey I'm just glad i found someone else who isn't afraid to speak up about their complications, I hope that you get better soon and get some sort of normal life back. (we just don't realize that weightloss surgery has it's own complications down the line and that it doesn't rear its ugly head till many years down the road especially with malabsoption and malnutrition due to intestinal bypass)

where do i start, When i got my gallbladder out in 1990 my surgeon told me to avoid all fried foods and fat as i may gain weight but I didn't listen and through the years gained up to 120kgs at work all the staff were being cruel and picking on my weight which had me look into weight-loss surgery so i had my first lap-band in 1999 and after three surgeries due to the lap band prolapsing three times i asked my surgeon to refer me to another surgeon who does permanent weight-loss surgery so in 2003 I underwent the DS with that i had major problems with malnutrition and i ended up having gastroparesis with it due to the surgeon severing my vagus nerve, I also ended up having a bowl prolapse due to the constant loose stool and involuntary muscles wanting to evacuate what was not there. i was having Iron infusions every three months and having to take D3 injections and other injections of Vitamins intramuscular due to malabsorption. I also had a bowl strangulation and obstruction due to two abdominal hernias and then finally had to have the surgery revised to the rny due to bile reflux and also due to the sleeve of the ds stretching into an hourglass due to a stricture in the center and the food not passing through due to the gastroparesis. and now with the RNY i'm having more problems my eyesight isn't great my thyroid within the last two months has declined due to the fact my body does not absorb the iodine from food the bile reflux has not resolved nor has the gastroparesis of which i was assured would resolve due to having the RNY surgery. not to mention the brain fog and tiredness that i experience on a daily bases. And here you were thinking that you were alone in your situation, I think that most people do not speak up when things go wrong because they don't want to be picked on and because their doctors make them feel like everything is either in their heads or that the problems that arise are their fault for not adhering to the guidelines etc. Hey I'm just glad i found someone else who isn't afraid to speak up about their complications, I hope that you get better soon and get some sort of normal life back. (we just don't realize that weightloss surgery has it's own complications down the line and that it doesn't rear its ugly head till many years down the road especially with malabsoption and malnutrition due to intestinal bypass)

Mbrock, How are you doing now? have you gotten your health back? hope youre fine and doing well.

Savannalady, Trust me you are not whining if anything i'd like to hear more as it is hell to suffer in silence and not have any support, It is good to express yourself as by doing so it helps you and others work out whats wrong and in doing this you maybe able to correct some of the damage done by taking more Vitamins etc. With your low calcium you need to bring that up by taking the following calcium citrate 500mg 3 times a day Vitamin D3 5000 units a day Magnesium chelate 500mg 3 times a day and with the anemia apart from taking the Iron supps or transfusions add 2mg Copper daily (you can get this from the GNC store) then get your bloods checked in three to six months to see if your levels have improved also get your thyroid checked too and your vitamin B1, B12 and Zinc.

Normaleigh, What sort of issues are you having post surgery if you don't mind me asking

I'm afraid that you're not the only one with second thoughts I personally have had all three surgeries started off with the lapband in 1999, the duodenal switch in 2003 and the bypass in 2009. Health wise my health is declining due to malabsorption of Vitamins and nutrients regardless of how much i adhere to the requirements and regular blood tests what i have personally come to know is that one should never have their intestines tampered with as it is there that we gain our absorption of nutrients and vitamins for better health. I was perfectly healthy when i was fat i had no illnesses or comorbidity's other than the fact i was fat I only looked into surgery due to discrimination in the workplace.

The smelly gas and stool problem that most gastric bypass patients experience will be a life long issue, the reason being is because we malabsorb. The food that reaches our intestines ferments and decomposes due to the re-routing of our intestines and also the fact that our stomach's no longer have the acid capacity and churning capacity to aid it's digestion, also the re-routing section of our intestines causes food to sit there stagnant for hours which cause the smells as our bodies no longer completely absorb the nutrients from our food and because the food isn't fully digested the bowl bacteria go wild with the partially digested foods and create obnoxious and foul smelling gasses and stool. As Quoted to me by my surgeon

Try eliminating coffee and cola items from your diet as the caffeine seems to make most people insomniacs also try to darken the bedroom as much as possible and if you're not lactose try warm milk before bed. If these don't seem to help then you could try melatonin.

normaleigh, What sort of issues are you referring to? as there are many depending on the person, a few examples are dumping on sugars, fats or carbs. other issues are food intolerance's like lactose then you have the celiac's who cannot tolerate wheat.