survey info needed from post op patients

[jilly9179 1]

hello everyone,

my name is jil. gosh i havent been posting on forums since 2011! i have been doing amazingly well!! my surgeon has a poster of me on his door! tears of joy! tears of change! but after almost 2 1/2 yrs it hasnt been easy.

im just here because ...i recently havent been feeling well....blood work, mri, xray...NO answers?? .i started doing reseaching...reading....reading....ive heard so many stories! so many warnings on meds our doctors arent picking up on!

i have also heard alot of your questions that no person..or no doctor has the answer for.if you ask me, there NEEDS to be more pysicians and more therapists that have actually HAD the surgery or with a current bariatric backround!!

there isnt alot of data as far as absorbtion (Vitamins,medications,etc) so i feel likw there are no answers. i am active in support groups, i coach 8 sleevers pre and post op. i am very successful as far as my surgery goes.but i need more info!

i neeeed to put some data together, or at least get that ONE nurse or doctor to hear us. in all aspects....our feelings...our questions, good and bad!

I would love if you could email me your "story". let me try to put some stats together to potentially help pre ops and each other.

im not trying to change the world...but if some of you have questions, or are frustrated...pain, weight gain, do you have questions that cant be answerd? Even if you have the BEST outcome, a truely inspiring story...i want to hear it

i read them all the time..but i cant legally use your stories without your permission.

im putting together a short survey too... i just think it would be nice to say to my surgeon, my doctor, my nutritionist, "hey look, here are 50 people 1 year+ post op, 20 of them feel this way...5 of them feel this", yada yada...lol i promise to make it more professional than that

email me j.lucidi@yahoo.com

[nyorker 67]

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my name is jil. gosh i havent been posting on forums since 2011! i have been doing amazingly well!! my surgeon has a poster of me on his door! tears of joy! tears of change! but after almost 2 1/2 yrs it hasnt been easy.

im just here because ...i recently havent been feeling well....blood work, mri, xray...NO answers?? .i started doing reseaching...reading....reading....ive heard so many stories! so many warnings on meds our doctors arent picking up on!

i have also heard alot of your questions that no person..or no doctor has the answer for.if you ask me, there NEEDS to be more pysicians and more therapists that have actually HAD the surgery or with a current bariatric backround!!

there isnt alot of data as far as absorbtion (Vitamins,medications,etc) so i feel likw there are no answers. i am active in support groups, i coach 8 sleevers pre and post op. i am very successful as far as my surgery goes.but i need more info!

i neeeed to put some data together, or at least get that ONE nurse or doctor to hear us. in all aspects....our feelings...our questions, good and bad!

I would love if you could email me your "story". let me try to put some stats together to potentially help pre ops and each other.

im not trying to change the world...but if some of you have questions, or are frustrated...pain, weight gain, do you have questions that cant be answerd? Even if you have the BEST outcome, a truely inspiring story...i want to hear it

i read them all the time..but i cant legally use your stories without your permission.

im putting together a short survey too... i just think it would be nice to say to my surgeon, my doctor, my nutritionist, "hey look, here are 50 people 1 year+ post op, 20 of them feel this way...5 of them feel this", yada yada...lol i promise to make it more professional than that

email me j.lucidi@yahoo.com

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