New guy here.....

[bigsky 1]

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.

[MarylandCrab 25]

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!

[bigsky 1]

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.....

[SuzeMuze 338]

Hey @MarylandCrab- We've got the same surgeon! Nice to "meet" you!

[MarylandCrab 25]

Hi SuzeMuse! Where are you in the process?

[SuzeMuze 338]

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I had RNY on October 23