ursieursie

HI, Im sooo happpy i found this site, but I dont know where to post my story. I thought I did post when I first signed up, but cant seem to find it! Anyway, im wondering if there is anyone out there that has had the sleeve done with a bmi of 53 or so, with diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, osteo arth, copd, LUPUS, 4 previous hernia repairs, 5 bowel obstructions, and now i need 3 new hernias that need repair, a hiatal hernia, an erosive essophagus, erosive gastritis, and gastric reflux disease????? A bariatric surgeon in NJ referred me to a trauma surgeon who specializes in hernias, and he sent me to the surgeon who will sleeve me. Im scheduled for June 13, but am I crazy for undergoing all this with all these ailments? I am in pain now cause my intestines r completely out of place, hanging down very low, so that needs repair asap, and while in there and open, the surgeons r suggesting the sleeve big time. Any advice, suggestions, previous stories????? helpppppp and thx

I am no doctor, nor am I a nurse, but it could have very well been that u had some sort of obstruction. I have had 16 abdominal surgeries in the last 7 yrs like, and most were hernia repairs and bowel obstructions, and i'll tell ya, there is noooo pain in this worldddddd like an obstruction. I have had partial and full blown obstructions, and its like someone is stabbing u in cold blood, with a knife constantly....major pain and very uncomfortable feeling, and u cant go to the bathroom, so it sounds to me like thats probably what u experienced. that is what they give u for the pain....morphein In any event, im glad ur feeling better now, and hope ur'll never have to experience anything like that again!!! I have every ailment under the sun. In addition, recently diagnosed with lupus, and after all the bypass surgeons told me im nooo candidate for the bypass, now,....cause my intestines r hanging way below my pelic area, and its like an emergency sort of, they wanna do the sleeve on me and repair the intestines/hernia at the same time. Good luck to u keep up the good work!!!

HELLO ALL IM SOOOO HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND THIS SITE, IT LOOKS GREAT! I GUESS I DIDN'T CHOOSE A GOOD TOPIC DESCRIPTION, BUT IT WAS THE BEST I CAN THINK OF. OK, HERE IS MY STORY...I AM A 46 YR OLD FEMALE. I HAVE BEEN MORBIDY OBESE ALL MY LIFE. I WAS ALREADY WEIGHING 300 LBS IN THE 3RD GRADE!!!, AND GAVE BIRTH TO MY SON WEIGHING ALMOST 12 LBS, AT 475 POUNDS!!! I HAVE BEEN THROUGH BOUTS OF ANOREXIA, AND IN PARTICULAR...BULEMIA. I COME FROM AN ITALIAN FAMILY THAT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT NUTRITION, AND A TYPICAL MEAL WAS 5 DIFFERENT CARBS, 5 DIFFERENT MEATS, AND THENSOME. OVER THE YRS, I HAVE DEVELOPED DIABETES TYPE 2, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, ASTHMA, ARTHRITIS, AN ERROSIVE ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC REFLUX, SOMETHING OR ANOTHER GASTRITIS, A HAETAL HERNIA, AND MORE, WHICH I CAN'T THINK OF AT THIS MOMENT. I HAVE ALSO HAD 4 HERNIA REPAIRS, AND 4 OR 5 BOWEL OBSTRUCTIONS, A GALL BLADDER AND APPENDIX REMOVAL, A C-SECTION, A CATHETERIZATION WHICH I HAD TO HAVE TO BE CLEARED CARDIOLOGY WISE FOR THE GASTRIC BYPASS WHICH I NEVER HAD, AND NOW I HAVE LUPUS! JUST TO GIVE U AN IDEA OF MY PAST AND PRESENT LIFE STYLE. A GASTRIC BYPASS SURGEON IN NO. NJ REFERRED ME TO THIS SURGEON WHO SUGGESTS THE SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY IS WHAT I NEED TO HAVE DONE, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER HERNIA REPAIR AT THE SAME TIME. ALL SURGEONS IN THE PAST TOLD ME I WAS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR THE BARIATRIC SURGERY CAUSE OF ALL MY HERNIA/BOWEL OBSTRUCTIONS, AND...I HAVE NO MUSCLE LEFT IN MY STOMACH FROM ALL THE PREVIOUS SURGERIES. MY INTESTINES, AT THIS TIME HAVE DROPPED WAY BELOW MY PELVIC AREA ON XRAYS WHICH WAS SHOWN AND EXPLAINED TO ME. THIS SURGEON I SAW A FEW DAYS AGO TOLD ME I AM GOING TO DIE, AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, I HAVE TO TAKE THAT RISK. THIS IS A TRAUMA SURGEON WHO SPECIALIZES IN HERNIAS. I AM DEATHLY AFRAID. I HAVE A 12 YR OLD BOY. I HAVE ONE SISTER, AND NO FAMILY LEFT AT THIS TIME, SINCE I WAS BORN AFTER 18 YRS MARRIAGE. PLZ, PLZ, I NEED ALL THE ADVICE, SUGGESTIONS, AND FEEDBACK POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY STORY...NOVEL LOL I AM NOW WEIGHING BETWEEN 320 --330 LBS. ATTACHED IS MY PIC. THX AGAIN