FFDoc180

You're welcome & I hope you find pain relief soon. I'll post that soon.

That's your best bet & they'll be able to lead you along. Also everyone is different. I'm looking for that page in my binder. When I find it I'll post it, it maybe of some help as a guide to follow

Did you have the same pain while in the hospital after surgery? If they gave you a binder with all the info in it there's a page that's like a troubleshooting guide. For pain due to gas or other issues. That would really help you narrow it down a little better.

I'm Doc, 45y.o. Male, married with 2 young ladies & a boy. I'm actually just on my 4th day out of having Gastric Sleeve and doing very well considering. I'll get to the "considering" part in a minute or so. All I can say is the last few months jumping through the hoops that is needed for the surgery for my case anyway couldn't have gone fast enough. So anyone that is nervous or scared, I always say that is good to be a bit nervous or scared if you prefer. It wouldn't be human nature otherwise. My starting weight was 288 & last weigh in yesterday was 260. My entire journey started back in 2001 when I injured at work for a second time as a Corrections Sergeant working our Intake Dept... The first injury I suffered 2 bulging disc & I was never healed from that when the second injury occurred & herniated the same disc. I ended up having 3 back surgeries, 2 of which were spinal fusions. According to Work. Comp. I just liked getting operated on. OH YES I LOVE LAYING IN HOSPITAL BEDS WITH ALMOST A CONSTANT MORPHINE INFUSION BEING PUMPED INTO ME!!! Anyway before my injuries I was a typical thriving male that was also a headstrong fearless volunteer fire fighter that worked out in the gym 4 out of 6days of the week with other hobbies including working on automobiles, hunting, fishing, going to NASCAR races, riding dirt-bikes & many more things. I was probably in the best shape of my life at a weight of 180lbs. After the back surgeries ended up failing I had an intrathecal morphine pump implanted into abdomen which will probably remain for the rest of my life. Remember the part about me "liking" having surgery so much. This helped tremendously & gave me some quality of life back, but this wasn't implanted until 2009. By this time from inactivity my weight started its climb. With the pump & the other drugs they had me on was just a recipe for obesity. I had a PCP prescribe weight loss meds & I reacted to those very well & was on my way back down. That was until his nurse said to him he's been on these for a while you should take him off of them. I don't know, someone correct me if I'm wrong but who's the one with the higher degree. That was the last time I would see anything lower than 225lbs. & that lower mark just kept go higher & higher. I had since switched from that doctor & found a new one that worked closely with my Bariatric Dr. anyway. Dr. Dash is awesome, she always called me her healthiest BIG GUY she has in her care. So after my Mothers sudden passing 2 yrs. ago that's when the SH$T started to get REAL. Dr. Dash put me on a stricter diet which I followed, but one thing kept holding me back. My GOD forsaken knees. I need double knee replacements, but I have to wait 18yrs. to have them done. Now just remember I have omitted a lot from my story already so there's things that occurred throughout my journey. Since then I have had a procedure on each knee called nerve ablations done with radio frequencies which was very successful until about a few weeks ago when the nerves started coming back in. It seems as though I will need them done again which is normal. That was done by DNA Pain Center, Dr. Yesh Navalgund. That was my "CONSIDERING" part I'm think I'm the 1st from JRMC Bariatric Unit that was not able get up & move about freely after surgery because my knees being so bad something called Pseudo Gout settled in my R knee. It's very painful & is quickly treatable, but takes time for swelling to go down. I just wanted to finish my story with my Dr.'s info because from beginning until now they have been Totally Awesome!!! Dr. Tunc O. Aksehirli from Jefferson Hills Surgical Specialist & all his support staff including Coordinator Megan Skovranko RN, Melissa Bova PA-C, Nutrition Specialist Mark Davis RD & LDN and I don't want to leave out the 3 amazing nurses from the unit Judy, Lindsey & Jackie. I hope that you take the time to read my journey & if you're fortunate to either be from SWPA or you travel into the state for their care, it's well worth it. However I know there are so many other doctors out there that are probably just as good & I'm not bashing them. So please I don't want any other of my fellow Bariatric recipients to take offense to my opinions I've stated regarding doctors or their care. Thanks