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Great news. No cancer treatment just a watch and see every 6 mos. And I go soon to hopefully get tube out! Ty tyall for the prayers for my wife, it worked!

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Obama are also caused my company offered plans to double over last 2 years

Thank you all. I've been apologized too

Hi. Just found this after my nasty gram message from bittersweet who I am deleting. On Jan 4th I was still not the best. Maybe my wife who also had surgery came on to "browse" as I've told her she should come on many times or my phone app logs me in. Fb shows me on in middle of night when I sleep. Ty Amy for starting this thread, I updated the latest on mine yesterday. Appreciate the non haters. Love to all but one

I stopped reading when I got accused I read the rest now and was worse. I had no idea a separate thread was created to check on me, during my illness and recovery I don't look at the general forums as my focuses were elsewhere so when I come on I click on "participated " and takes me to my 2 related threads to update and read the posts. So anyway read rest of hate mail and was worse than first half and said I came on and updated when I was "busted" what the heck. Craziness. Sidenote, can someone tell me how to find the separate thread so I can thank that person. Thanks all

Well they don't know WHY it happened just that instead of my stomach waking up a couple days after surgery like it supposed to, mine decided to not fully comeback online and shut down 2 weeks post op. That's their best guess. When I finally got the other surgical team, the chief of surgery wanted to try and jump-start things by tube feeding past my stomach to my bowels. And that did the trick. At least seems to have as I'm tolerating liquids and some soft foods well!!

I'm a bit ticked, glad I feel up to being to ticked off. I just got a loooong private message, name withheld, that accused me of surfing here and Not updating how was doing. May I die tonight, and that was in my reply, if I ever came here since I got sick and didn't update. Yes when I was sick I didn't even have strength to login and update but did when I could. In my recovery, I forget things and one was logging in here. Everytime I did was like oh crap need to update these caring folks. Besides my vision being affected hopefully short term, probably my mind to. They have me on a host of meds including compazine and remeron for Nausea. I appreciate everyone who has checked on me and apologize for not checking more frequent. I noticed just now my "star" was not on for notifications. Plus my mind is also on my wife's cancer. So to all of you and the accuser who has a friend that can see my activity somehow I apologize. My phones app probably keeps me logged in maybe? But never came here and didn't update. THAT's what has me coming on is to update you great folks. Thanks

Same surgeon same hospital and self pay was around 30k but use insurance and they bill 97k,nuts

just updated before your post

I am 6 weeks post op. Define for first couple weeks and started to go down hill. Been re admitted 2 additional hospital stays and 3 ER trips and one ambulance trip. My issue is that I cannot even tolerate water let alone protein or food. Living on about 6oz of water a day and no other nutrients. Surgeon has no idea, have done leak tests, upper gi scans, and blood work. What happens is even a sip of water feels like it wants to come back up. Starts with tightness in chest then esophagus and then I have to burp a few times or throw up. The nausea and chest discomfort from that sip can last minuets or hours. Since they are not sure what's wrong they sent me home with home health and am on iv fluids from 9p to 9a indefinitely. I'm so weak and malnourished that by tomorrow wants to start me on TPN iv. Which is full food nutrition thru iv 24hrs a day or possibly a feeding tube. So i am basically on a form of life support. No leaks or blockages were seen. They are puzzled. Am going to see another specialist. But was hoping someone here may have had a similar post op experience. Please help

Just updated other thread. Ty all

Hey folks quick update. Sorry haven't been on. I'm still on tube feed, but weaning myself down a little bit instead of 24/7. Docs orders were 24/7, nothing but clear liquids and 3 times as day compazine for the nausea. He will evaluate me this Friday. Problem is, he said if I am doing well, he may pull tube. That's good but every other time I got worse after. I got sick originally when went to soft foods. So how would I know I can nourish myself, not be nauseous, tolerate soft foods etc..... SO...... I decided to wean myself down. Proud to say. 10 days from hospital stay 4, I backed down now to compazine once a day, maybe 16 hours on tube feed today, I have been trying some solids and have been staying down. I feel confident I can have them pull tube on Friday and sustain myself. I will go back to work next week too after 11 weeks. So I am doing well. Energy is coming back. Ty for all the prayers they were needed. Was so bad at Xmas, I cried and wrote a detailed will. I couldn't even tolerate an ounce of water and felt death knocking. I have a new outlook and appreciate things like ability to drink water as we all take for granted. Now for the not so good news. On my wife's bypass do of discharge they were surprised at well she was doing from surgery, she has done great BTW. but, with these surgeries we all get a random liver biopsy to check for fatty liver, on the day of discharge they told my wife the biopsy tested positive for cancer. She's went last week and this week for nuclear scans and tests to find the tumor. She's a nurse, so knows to much for her own good. Cancer doesn't start in the liver, in mastaticises there and cones from somewhere else. So 2 places with cancer, liver and other tumor location. Day I I have my appt this Friday, she gets results of all the tests and diagnosis from oncologist. Her mom is flying down to be with us when she gets results. We can't catch a break. She went back to work from bypass surgery yesterday and we are probably looking at surgery for her based on cancer treatment plan. Financially is going to be rougher with more time off but health is foremost of course. She's beside herself with this of course and me too. My illness brought us close together. So prayers again please for her and us. Love you bunch of folks.

Ty. Tried protein shake for first time this morning but threw it up so worried again as I should be able to tolerate? Maybe I drank to fast? Does that happen?

Sorry folks. Was back in hospital a week. Just got out again. They inserted an NG tube so I am being tube fed 24/7. Guess from my nose to my small bowel. They are hoping it wakes things up. I am finally able to tolerate some liquids in my own. If all goes well, they may pull tube in a couple weeks and I will be on my own and hopefully sustaining myself. We shall see. Been living this nightmare for 2 months now. 4 hospital stays 5 ER trips, 1 ambulance trip. Ugh

I was back in hospital for a week. Got home a couple of days ago. They inserted an Ng tube down my nose to my small bowel and am being fed 24/7 that way. They are hoping it wakes things up. I am able to tolerate some liquids finally. If this works may remove tube in a couple of weeks and be on my own so we will see.

Headed back to hospital , still no ideas maybe convert to bypass but because of recent survey may have to wait until early February. I can't make it that long. I'm vomiting like 20 times a day. Dry heaves and bile. The nausea is controlling me 24/7.I've taken pretty much all anti nausea meds. Zofran, Phenagran, reglan, benedryl, scopAlomine patch. Wish someone could help me my prayers have not been answered.

Another specialist another thought. Out of 3 none know what's going on. Now I can stop vomiting and nothing buy bile. Too weak to get out of bed much and when I do its to vomit. Can't do much more if this

just his best guess. No test conducted to prove. So weak today

I am starting TPN IV tonight due to malnutrition. At least it will help me get nutrition so I'm not so weak anymore. I have no energy now, Lathargic. Specialist said could be ILEAS and should just clear up on its own in time. Sounded like temp paralysis of lower intestine or part of new stomach section. Not sure. Once my nutritional values are restored I may get better. Will keep you updated

Starting TPN Iv tonight so at least my body can get nourishment until this goes away or is figured out. Right now cannot consume any liquids. So weak but this TPN will help. Ty for prayers

I see a GI specialist tomorrow and another Bariatric expert Monday.

Yes I have a small esophageal hernia but they decided it was no causing the issue so didn't repair

OK I'm home. Home nursing coming soon to hook me up on round he clock iv fluids and meds. At least I won't get sicker until such time this gets figured out. Also going to find specialist tomorrow. So not out of woods but can live until can tolerate fluid on my own.

She's doing well. She didn't come see me today. Been lonely here. As far as hernia they decided that wasn't the issue nor will be. So they know nothing. If I can get TPN iv us me sometime to find other specialists. Without it, at home I die with lack of fluids. So I knew better than to check out against medical advice. Heck they put the scopAlomine seasickness patch on me a day are giving me phenagran for nausea. That's it besides the iv fluids