2 Year Checkup

[Redmaxx 740]

Tomorrow I go for my two year checkup. I found some of the notes/lab reports from my emergency surgery and even though my bariatric surgeon didn't do the emergency surgery I am going to ask him questions. What a wild ride the last two years have been, I only wish that I would have gotten the surgery sooner.

[johnsons13 359]

Was your emergency surgery from the WLS? How often do you get checkups now?

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

47 minutes ago, Redmaxx said:

wild ride the last two years

@Redmaxx

hi stranger, nice to see you again

great to hear things are going well

most OP wish they had WLS years ago too!!

better late than never

keep up the good work for the rest of your healthier, happier, longer life☺️

kathy

CONGRATS

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22 hours ago, johnsons13 said:

Was your emergency surgery from the WLS? How often do you get checkups now?

It was a complication from my WLS. Apparently scar tissue had built up and blocked my bowel. It came on all of the sudden, it felt like I had eaten too fast or to much. I went to bed and woke up the next morning feeling better but still uncomfortable. I have a 35 minute or so drive into work. I was drenched in sweat when I got to work and couldn't stand up straight. One of the guys I work with forced me to go to the ER. I had to wait an hour at the ER before I even got a bed. They gave me morphine for the pain (not a big fan) and sent me for a CAT Scan. Took them about 3 hours to come back and say it looks like I had a blocked bowel. They didn't do the surgery at their hospital so they called an ambulance and had me transferred to their sister hospital about 5 miles away. My wife drove over to the other hospital so she could be there before I went into surgery. Three hours later, the ambulance finally showed up to take me to the other hospital. The other hospital called three times looking for me and my wife called twice. As soon as I got to the other hospital they took me right into pre-op and I was under the knife within 30 minutes of arriving at the hospital. It is a known complication (not a common one) and I drew the small straw and got it. They gutted me like a fish and it has taken me a while to bounce back from the surgery.

I only see my surgeon once a year for checkups (unless I need to see him otherwise). This just came out of nowhere, it happens, it happened to me but I will never blame my surgeon because it happened.

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22 hours ago, proudgrammy said:

@Redmaxx

hi stranger, nice to see you again

great to hear things are going well

most OP wish they had WLS years ago too!!

better late than never

keep up the good work for the rest of your healthier, happier, longer life☺️

kathy

CONGRATS

Howdy, great to be seen, lol. It is great to see you still on the forum. I hope things are going well for you. 2018 hasn't been the greatest year for me, so I am hoping next year will be better.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Thank you so much for posting, I am suffering from a minor league version. I have a stoma stricture which lets only liquids through. Have an EGJ scheduled for Friday, basically short stay/ ambulatory surgery. This is the second attempt, 2 weeks ago my surgeon was fearful of causing the ulcers around the opening to bleed. So we try again.

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23 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

Thank you so much for posting, I am suffering from a minor league version. I have a stoma stricture which lets only liquids through. Have an EGJ scheduled for Friday, basically short stay/ ambulatory surgery. This is the second attempt, 2 weeks ago my surgeon was fearful of causing the ulcers around the opening to bleed. So we try again.

Good luck to you. I hope they are able to take care of the issue. From the time I felt any issues (like I ate too much or too fast) and the time I had the surgery was about 24 hours or so. I never felt anything was wrong (or off) until then. I ate what I normally ate (a salad). My wife wanted to take me to the ER the first night (but me being me) and I thought whatever it was would go away. This surgery wasn't laparoscopic so they cut me wide open and I had about 35 staples holding me together.

Good luck to you, please let us know how you are doing. Your weight loss journey maybe your own, but you will never be alone with your support group here.

[Redmaxx 740]

Well, my surgeon wants to see me back in 3 months instead of 12. He said the incision looks pretty good, he had them draw blood and we went over the operation notes and results of the CAT Scan. He said that everything on the CAT scan notes were ok (or what he expected) except for the 15 x 7 mm cystic structure in the pancreatic head. So now I have a referral to see a specialist. So today I have to call the hospital that did the CAT scan to get a copy of the images and make an appointment with the gastroenterologist. I am nervous.

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Sending positive intentions!

[Redmaxx 740]

2 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Sending positive intentions!

Thank you.