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No revision. The surgeon now thinks the trocar hit a big a large cap . And the Walking around, up steps, didnt help. I have been in bed most of the Day and bleeding stopped. Just need to slow down. Very nice of him and asst. surgeon to make house calls. Doc lives Down street from where we stay near hospital Pellas. Just drinking slowly today!

I had a very good result all told except for a persistent capillary Leak at the left port site. No stomach pain, just burping And mild discomfort. Not much nausea. I expected much worse. Maybe i benefitted from 5k running program for 1 year prior surgery. I walk pretty easily, just move slowly. Doc wants me to just Lie about for rest of day and see if leak wont close. Nothing life threatening, but might require another scope to Fix. Another thing that saved me is going diet coke to Water joe to Water the last 2 months. No headaches or malaise post surgery. Nicaragua is beautiful and fairly cool in Dec. nice to be here On the mend with wife's friends y family.

Oh I gained 10 lbs on IV's so dont expect immediate results!

I have Noel Turcios doing mine with two docs asisting plus anesthesiologist. Wondering if anyone has experiences to share.

Dec 13, in Managua Nicaragua. My wife is Nica and I know a bit of Spanish. Nice, accredited hospital across the street from our friends' neighborhood. But still, travel is added stress. 52nd b'day Dec 15th! So i can knock out a resolution early, right? Good luck the Decsleevers.

Nope. Oh well, just like the office, can't figure out the d@mn computer. Sorry.

Let's see if my ticker works. Sorry to hijak a minute.

I want in Jenn's "Barbaric support group". Sounds interesting and way more fun!

There isn't much under the Type 1 group discussion, so I wondered if there were some here who could just generally describe experiences post-surgery and any any issues/surprises. I'm going in Dec. 13th in Managua, Nic. My wife's from there, so I'm comfortable with language/doc/hospital (accredited). Thanks in advance for anything you can offer!

Jenn, I would keep the entire loss on there! You earned it. I had a very interesting long conversation a minute ago, just by chance--my offsite IT person is Type 1 and she had a bypass several months ago, and is extremely happy. Interestingly, her a1c was 8-12!!! And she healed up just fine, no complications. She has obviously more to worry about with bypass (blockage, dumping) but did her homework and hasn't got any complaints--just have to follow the "rules" and not over eat and eat correct things. She's a big unjury fan and something called P2B Peanut Butter powder. Unjury also makes a good multi-vitamin--I'll have to check that out. She's lost about 50 lbs. Still losing.

Thanks, Jessi. I agree--if you're too ill to eat glucose tabs or drink juice, I guess you could do a glucagon shot, but I've never done one before. I need to ask the Endo. I had an appendectomy a few years back and healed well--even if I wasn't in perfect control. I think we'll be high sugar several days after surgery b/c of the trauma, but it should resolve fairly soon. I was interested, too, in the relative difficulty in losing weight as a type 1 versus type 2 or non-diabetic. I'm pretty active (run 3 miles at a time, 10 min. miles) and hope that helps. It took me 1.5 years to get from couch to that! I hope that helps with the healing. One of the few times you'll have me admit my (nagging) wife was right, but she's often awesome. She runs with me, which helps. I have also gotten off diet coke which was a 6 can habit; drink Water joe instead and then just water. That was tough, but doable, since I didn't come off caffeine. I think post-op I am going to have one shot of water joe to avoid headaches, then rest of day water or flavored water, for hydration. I guess with my pump settings, I'll wait until the sugars come down from the trauma, then shoot for about 1/2 normal basal, and go real low on bolus, maybe just bolus an hour after eating to make sure don't go low. What a complicated life we lead!