bigsky 1 Posted December 14, 2014 I had my surgery on 11/17 which was a Monday spent 9 months to get the surgery through all the hoops and appointments I had to do for the VA to cover everything I have to have to take care of. On day 2 of my recovery I ended up not being able to keep anything down. I ended up back in the operating room that Friday night for a fix. I was told from my surgeon that the surgery would only be 30-40 minutes and it would be a quick in and out of surgery, this was not the way it was.....the surgery ended up being almost 4 hours due to a bowel issues and previous hernia surgeries I had in the past. 3 days after that 2nd surgery I ended up with a infection in the open abdominal surgery I had. I ended up staying in the hospital for 2 weeks and it is just about to start 5 weeks tmrw and I am still in pain and haven't gone back to work as of yet. Still fighting the open incision and hopefully I will be able to go back to work part-time this upcoming week but we will see.....just about how much pain I am still in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarylandCrab 25 Posted December 15, 2014 Oh no! I am set to have this surgery in June -- well, that's the projected month -- but I had a partial pancreatectomy and splenectomy back in 2005. I ended up with a terrible post-op infection with lots of pain, fever, and a trip to the emergency room. I'm so sorry you've had to go through that. I hope you'll be feeling better soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigsky 1 Posted December 15, 2014 This is not the 1st surgery I have had with complications so that wasn't anything I couldn't adapt to other than not being told what was going on for 3 days until my surgeon come back at the first of the week after my 2nd surgery. I have had gallbladder surgery and 3 hernia surgeries and my 2nd hernia surgery is where I had all the complications such as infection (packing for 5 weeks 2 times a day, wound vacuum for 6 weeks and out of work for 3 weeks). This is not my first rodeo but it definitely sucks..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuzeMuze 338 Posted December 15, 2014 Hey @MarylandCrab- We've got the same surgeon! Nice to "meet" you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarylandCrab 25 Posted December 15, 2014 Hi SuzeMuse! Where are you in the process? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuzeMuze 338 Posted December 17, 2014 @@MarylandCrab I had RNY on October 23 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
