Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies: POST-OP Discussion

[Megan Sadler 186]

Grr. My husband makes no freaking changes and lost 5 lbs.... I made him go get on the scale so I could see if I was less than him yet. Down to 210 and that bastard is 202.... love him he just smiles at me and says sorry and gives me hugs grr.

[Megan Sadler 186]

Has anyone tried banana egg pancakes? Thinking about trying these. We like to do pancakes a couple times a week.

[Malcy 132]

Has anyone tried banana egg pancakes? Thinking about trying these. We like to do pancakes a couple times a week.

All these commercials about pumpkin/holiday flavored pancakes has me craving pancakes big time. I'm looking for a good recipe that I can make at home so let us know how yours come out

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[Frustr8 7,886]

Bananas, oumpkibs, eggs and more? I definitely live in an alternate Universe. What would l like if I could have anything? A very small tender beef steak with a quarter baked potato on the side, and a quarter to half cup peas and baby pearl onions. I my dream any better, more acheiveable than yours? All depends on what mirror You are Looking into! Meanwhile I more along with my prlonged clear and murky liquid diet. I may have a stricture but I still can dream!💦😙💦

[Megan Sadler 186]

Lol 😂 I’ll take a ribeye 20 oz blue rare (I won’t eat that much just reheat the next day for a philly lettuce wrap instead) sides with onions and mushrooms and asparagus or Brussel sprouts or green Beans

[Megan Sadler 186]

Correction I’ll eat that for like 3-4 days. I’ve been eating taco meat for days now!!

[ellie123 374]

My Dear Bari Sisters and Brothers. I’m alive! Hallelujah! But I’ve been through the ringer. The ER visit last Thursday did not help. I was throwing up every 10-15minutes on Friday. It got...bad....Started having numbing of fingers and toes and felt like an Elephant had taken a seat on my chest. Hubby failed 911. Long story short, I wounded up in bad shape at my surgeons hospital and was admitted right away. I was displaying classic acute Stricture symptoms. And I was severely dehydrated. I thought they would just scope and dilate me, and that would be that. But nope! Surgeon was gone for the day and I had to begin a LONG and exhausting wait for Monday to come, and I had not eaten since Wednesday night! Ofcourse they did their favorite thing and put me on Nothing by mouth... It was torture. Thirsty, naucious, the minutes oozed like molasses, waiting, suffering. They tried to make me comfortable but...the wait was excruciating. My highlights were the kids and hubby visiting in the evenings. I hated kids to see me this way.

Monday morning finally came and I was SO excited. Relief was surely on the way. So you can imagine how I literally BLEW A FUSE when my surgeon waltzed in at 1:30PM and instead of prioritizing me and putting me out of my misery, asap, he proceeded to to into Surgery to do a Tummy TUCK! Lets just say I got the hospital director involved. Problem is...he owns the whole center, he’s the ultimate CEO, what’s she gonna do...call the boss? GRRRRR.....I was livid! The added stress is that I knew I had a flight to Europe on Thursday (ie. Today!). I was not scoped till 5:30PM Monday, and was in limbo for a while from anesthesia. They kept me Tuesday through evening to make sure I could tolerate liquids, the softs and fed me well before they cut me loose. It tasted like heaven. heck, my shoe would have tasted like heaven at that point.

Got home at mid-night Tuesday and had one short Wednesday (in my compromised state of energy), to get the house as in order as I could, work, pack, think through what I need to take to be successful on my first Airplane ride and long haul trip since surgery). Stress was the word, but i prayed my way through it. I even got a USB chargeable blender on Amazon.< br />
The kids were so happy to have mama home. My 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter. And then came this morning...and as I was dropping them in school, I had to let them know mama has to go out of town till next Friday. :(

I bearly made my flight. I have a whole suitcase of Bariatric stuff. If I had more time I would have documented what all I prepared. But alas, I was RUSHING!
I just landed in New Orleans and the first leg of my journey went well. I ate a bit of airport bought humus on the flight. Waited 2mins between bites for good measure! Had two mini pretzels and drank Water in between.

I am about to board the big Transatlantic flight. Nervous about how I will do. I will always live with the trepidation that a Stricture might return. Cabin pressure and all...but God has not given me the spirit of fear, so I press on.

Hope you are all doing great. I have had zero chance to catch up. Please, do say a little prayer for me!

Love and hugs,

PS: Attached area pics of the lovely flowers kids and hubby brought, my heavenly first meals, and the card my son made for me.

[IsabellasBlues 12]

On 10/19/2018 at 05:56, ellie123 said:

My Dear Bari Sisters and Brothers. I’m alive! Hallelujah! But I’ve been through the ringer. The ER visit last Thursday did not help. I was throwing up every 10-15minutes on Friday. It got...bad....Started having numbing of fingers and toes and felt like an Elephant had taken a seat on my chest. Hubby failed 911. Long story short, I wounded up in bad shape at my surgeons hospital and was admitted right away. I was displaying classic acute Stricture symptoms. And I was severely dehydrated. I thought they would just scope and dilate me, and that would be that. But nope! Surgeon was gone for the day and I had to begin a LONG and exhausting wait for Monday to come, and I had not eaten since Wednesday night! Ofcourse they did their favorite thing and put me on Nothing by mouth... It was torture. Thirsty, naucious, the minutes oozed like molasses, waiting, suffering. They tried to make me comfortable but...the wait was excruciating. My highlights were the kids and hubby visiting in the evenings. I hated kids to see me this way.



Monday morning finally came and I was SO excited. Relief was surely on the way. So you can imagine how I literally BLEW A FUSE when my surgeon waltzed in at 1:30PM and instead of prioritizing me and putting me out of my misery, asap, he proceeded to to into Surgery to do a Tummy TUCK! Lets just say I got the hospital director involved. Problem is...he owns the whole center, he’s the ultimate CEO, what’s she gonna do...call the boss? GRRRRR.....I was livid! The added stress is that I knew I had a flight to Europe on Thursday (ie. Today!). I was not scoped till 5:30PM Monday, and was in limbo for a while from anesthesia. They kept me Tuesday through evening to make sure I could tolerate liquids, the softs and fed me well before they cut me loose. It tasted like heaven. heck, my shoe would have tasted like heaven at that point.



Got home at mid-night Tuesday and had one short Wednesday (in my compromised state of energy), to get the house as in order as I could, work, pack, think through what I need to take to be successful on my first Airplane ride and long haul trip since surgery). Stress was the word, but i prayed my way through it. I even got a USB chargeable blender on Amazon.



The kids were so happy to have mama home. My 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter. And then came this morning...and as I was dropping them in school, I had to let them know mama has to go out of town till next Friday. :(



I bearly made my flight. I have a whole suitcase of Bariatric stuff. If I had more time I would have documented what all I prepared. But alas, I was RUSHING!

I just landed in New Orleans and the first leg of my journey went well. I ate a bit of airport bought humus on the flight. Waited 2mins between bites for good measure! Had two mini pretzels and drank Water in between.



I am about to board the big Transatlantic flight. Nervous about how I will do. I will always live with the trepidation that a Stricture might return. Cabin pressure and all...but God has not given me the spirit of fear, so I press on.



Hope you are all doing great. I have had zero chance to catch up. Please, do say a little prayer for me!



Love and hugs,



PS: Attached area pics of the lovely flowers kids and hubby brought, my heavenly first meals, and the card my son made for me.

Dear Ellie,
I’m sorry you had to go through all this. I’m glad you’re doing better now, and I hope your flight is comfortable.
Whereabouts in Europe are you going? I’m here on a conference right now, so I’ll be happy to assist and/or keep you company when needed!

[Frustr8 7,886]

IsabellasBlues, I'm one of Ellie's buds, she was going to London UK, don't know if there are other stops. I enjoy your postings, And you have quite a story to tell and I am so glad you had an excellent surgeon, I think I have one also. Mine gave me the surgery I had been seeking for over 3 years, at 72 many would have been fearful, backed out, and although I am having difficulties now myself, similar to what Ellie went through, I had a wonderful pain-free surgery and early recovery. And if you have any prayers left over,remember me 26th October, my surgeon will make a second attempt,to redialate my stoma, you see at this point I can still only handle liquids, purees and softs come right back up.Similar to Ellie's former difficulties but not exactly the same. But I believe it is still repairable, I was still too swollen the last attempt. But this may be a success., at least I am still hopeful.

[Megan Sadler 186]

Ellie I want to know what you do for work! Would love to be able to travel like that. That being said—I’m so upset to hear your surgeon put an elective surgery above your safety. I would report him to the med board. I hope you have a wonderful trip!!

[ellie123 374]

Just now, Megan Sadler said:

Ellie I want to know what you do for work! Would love to be able to travel like that. That being said—I’m so upset to hear your surgeon put an elective surgery above your safety. I would report him to the med board. I hope you have a wonderful trip!!

Oh cool! On my way to London. Then back to the US next Friday, then I ship out to France early November. Are you per chance in London??

[IsabellasBlues 12]

On 10/19/2018 at 06:27, Frustr8 said:

IsabellasBlues, I'm one of Ellie's buds, she was going to London UK, don't know if there are other stops. I enjoy your postings, And you have quite a story to tell and I am so glad you had an excellent surgeon, I think I have one also. Mine gave me the surgery I had been seeking for over 3 years, at 72 many would have been fearful, backed out, and although I am having difficulties now myself, similar to what Ellie went through, I had a wonderful pain-free surgery and early recovery. And if you have any prayers left over,remember me 26th October, my surgeon will make a second attempt,to redialate my stoma, you see at this point I can still only handle liquids, purees and softs come right back up.Similar to Ellie's former difficulties but not exactly the same. But I believe it is still repairable, I was still too swollen the last attempt. But this may be a success., at least I am still hopeful.

I’m so sorry you’re having difficulties! I feel genuinely sad that people have struggled post op, and I wish I could see every one of you guys and give you a hug. I will definitely be praying for you, and I hope things get done smoothly. You deserve it! And please keep us updated!
Thanks for letting me know about Ellie. I’m in Barcelona now, heading to Greece for the weekend, then back to Spain.

[ellie123 374]

8 minutes ago, Megan Sadler said:

Ellie I want to know what you do for work! Would love to be able to travel like that. That being said—I’m so upset to hear your surgeon put an elective surgery above your safety. I would report him to the med board. I hope you have a wonderful trip!!

I know huh! Apparently I was stable ... so technically not an emergency enough to move a tuck! Grr trying not to get upset here, about to take off, will post more when God willing on other side of big pond...

[Megan Sadler 186]

On 10/18/2018 at 20:43, ellie123 said:

I know huh! Apparently I was stable ... so technically not an emergency enough to move a tuck! Grr trying not to get upset here, about to take off, will post more when God willing on other side of big pond...

Have a safe flight.

[ellie123 374]

On 10/19/2018 at 5:44 AM, Megan Sadler said:

On 10/19/2018 at 3:43 AM, ellie123 said:

I know huh! Apparently I was stable ... so technically not an emergency enough to move a tuck! Grr trying not to get upset here, about to take off, will post more when God willing on other side of big pond...

Have a safe flight.

I made it to London with out a Sticture!!!! Got a hotel with a kitchen, grocery shopped for good stuff and my USB blender did a fantastic job of making me Green Smoothie this morning! Today I packed some healthy Snacks to take, went walking in Hyde Park where I had me a picnic, then focused on touring Palaces and such (saw Lady Diana’s gowns on display at Kensington Palace (men she was 5’10” and skinny!!! How in the world did she do it!?), and ate the world with my eyes not stomach. Then came back to hotel to my simple meal of British Sut pea Soup, various Beans, hummus, Babaghanouch salad

, yesterday I had chicken veggie soup and huge Blueberries There is a LOT of temptation here, even the breakfast buffet croissants gave me a hard time passing them by... gosh I wanted one so bad! But I did not give in! Taking it one day at a time...

oh oh and I brought my Travel scales with me to keep me honest!