Addiction after surgery is a serious issue. I was never warned about this. There are so many post gastro patients who eventually trade one addiction to another. Let me make something perfectly clear first. I never ever drank or took drugs my entire life. I was always to scared of that kind of stuff and being raised Pentecostal, well, it was never around me. 2 years after surgery I exchanged food for prescription pain pills. Every year I got worse and worse until recently I had to go into REHAB. Yes, that's right , Rehab. It has been devastating for not only me but my family as well. I can't tell you I regret my surgery. I would do it again if given the chance. The point is, is that it was never seriously stressed of the seriousness of this issue. I wish I would have been warned and then maybe I would not of had to go through this. I am completely off pain meds and Im trying to get my life back in order. It's been along road that maybe could have been avoided if the topic was discussed before hand.
