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Who did your surgery? Was it anyone in Birmingham? Dr.Clifford Black in Anniston,Alabama

Hi, I am new to this forum and I am just trying to get advice. I am 8 weeks out and I am on solid foods. However, I am miserable. Please bare with me because this will be long. My surgery was done 4 hours away from where I live.When I went home I was experiencing pains,gas problems,infected incision, and problems drinking liquids. When I came in with my 2 week appointment I saw the PA and not my surgeon. So, I told her what was going on and how miserable I was. She stated that they were not going to give me pain medicine and put me on regular food,high Protein,low carb,little vegetable, and even less fruit diet with 3 meals a day no Snacks allowed.She also said that my gall bladder may need to come out because I was losing weight so fast. I was iffy about it but I trusted her decision. 4 days later and a pinky nail sized piece of chicken...went into screaming pain.I have NEVER screamed in pain in my 24 years of life. I cried and screamed. It felt like I was being murdered,the only thing I could do is force myself to vomit and go to the E.R. However, I walked out of the E.R. because the lack of professionalism there ( that is a whole other can of worms) so I put myself on a soft foods diet for about 1 1/2 weeks gradually incorporating firmer foods. Through out this I kept having spasms in my upper right side of my abdomen and tightening random stabbing pains in my stomach. So,I went as a walk in at my PCP office, they refused to touch me and told me to contact my surgeon to schedule me for testing. Contacted my surgeon and the nurse told me to come in tomorrow.I knew that was unlikely due to the distance and my money is kind of funny. So,I went to the E.R. the next day found out I was having and I quote "seizure like contractions" in my stomach. I was prescribed medicine to stop spasms and was sent home. 1 week later back at the E.R. for vomiting something bitter and pain on the upper right side of my abdomen that comes and goes. I had blood drawn to test for pancreatitis and gall bladder but they said it was not that.they x-rayed me. I was asked about my bowel movements and honestly I have very few and not much comes out. I was then told I was severely backed up and it was possibly squishing my intestine. I was given the stuff for colonoscopy prep and was instructed to drink it until my stool is clear.I took the prep and nothing too much came out before I pooped clear. So, I took a fleet enema,suppository,miralax,exlax,milk of magnesia (liquid and capsule), and the women's laxative ( all on different occasions of course) with little result. However, I was thinking positive because my appointment with my surgeon is on the 2nd and I will be tested and checked out. I called my surgeon's office to see what all they will be doing and do they need my records from m E.R. visits sent to them. I was told that they will not be testing me and the records are not necessary. We just want to weigh you and that is all... I was very upset. I just want to know what wrong with me. So, I contacted a local surgeon's office and see if they will see me and they said sure. So I have signed my medical release form and prayed that the appointment I have on the 11th will have results. However, I just got a call friday that my surgeon's office is not being cooperative with sending files and I do not know what to do. Sad to say I felt healthier before I had surgery than I do now. Everyday I think about what have I done to myself. Yeah its almost 100 pounds from my highest weight and 61 pounds from surgery. But good grief I am going through all of this! I just feel lost. I am trying to enjoy loosing weight. but I can't now. What do I do?

oh and yes I am from alabama

I have no problem sharing the surgeon's information. Its dr. clifford black anniston,alabama. what surgeon is she going to? yeah it is and it seems like the surgeon thinks its not that big of a deal. I hope your friend has a safe surgery and problem free recovery

Gotcha.

Thank you for your concern. He is an a*****e. his bedside manner right after surgery was a red flag. Oddly he did not act like that before I had surgery. That sounds like a smart plan. I will be doing that tomorrow.

I had a similar situation and it turned out my stomach was twisting when I are. Very hard, sometimes not even possible to see on an Endoscopy and so forth. For me, I went back in on March 18th and had a sleeve revision where they took the stomach pouch and had to take the tissue and so forth and staple the stomach to the tissue and the wall to prevent twisting. The stomach twisting is very uncommon and I was lucky enough to have a knowledgable doctor whom had performed the surgery. I am now feeling amazing and it's made a hell of a diff. Please keep updating as I'd be interested in knowing your progress as well as to see if you have the rare complication that I did. Wishing you the best! I'm signing up for updates on this forum in case you have any questions as well as to see your progress. Best wishes! Thanks I will be keeping this updated as I find out more info.How did they pinpoint it to stomach twisting?