GinaCampbell

Alot of my problem is what I do eat, going straight through. Then I get dehydrated. Can't really get ahead. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you so much for all of your kind words and prayers. It means so much! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I ate something too gloopy (best word I could think of) and it feels a bit stuck. Just sitting too high. Any suggestions on how to clear the situation? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

thank you! I still have the abscess and now have to have my gallbladder removed. Still on fluids eight weeks out. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Well no. As I have been quite outspoken about how this surgery was wrong for me. This weightloss was because I have been so ill, not because of the actual change in my body. So I actually don't feel that great about the weightloss. But I wanted to post something positive as I am trying to be positive in my outlook. I can't reverse this surgery, I would do anything to reverse it. So I can only look to the future. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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As I am two months out post op, I have been trying pureed foods. Clearly not all purees are equal! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am feeling a bit better thanks for asking. I still have a 3 cm abscess in my abdomen and my gallbladder is shot but I am better. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

When I started in the weight loss system here two years ago, my BMI was 48.65. The day of surgery, May 31st, it was 41.15. Today it's 34.75 Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you. I will look up my original BMI. I have been very ill and regret my surgery as I have made very clear. But I thought it was about time that I posted something positive. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

As sick ad I have been, it's still nice to see my eyes again! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App *as Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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How could I know that I didn't have all of the information? How can a person know what they don't know? I went in for a CT scan last night. While there, the scan nurse told me that yet another patient, a gastric bypass, was scanned earlier in the day. She had lost eight stone in six weeks because something was wrong. So maybe complications are just high in my area? Let's hope so, but I doubt it. As you work for the NHS, you are always going to defend it. And no, my gallbladder is staying put. I will save up and go private. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

No, I am not being unfair about my particular area's complication record. Out of ten of my NHS bariatric seminar class, all but two of us have had complications in some form or another. Three of us developed abdominal abscesses. One of us was in HDU for weeks, another is currently on her fifth course of antibiotics, on morphine with Fluid on her lungs and seriously ill on the ward. She had no prior health issues. That statistic means it is not rare! I did not have any of these problems before surgery. Fibromyalgia does cause immunity issues but the bariatric team said "Don't worry about it" prior to surgery. And no, I was not warned about food revulsion, gallbladder removal, malnutrition or abdominal abscesses. I was not warned about food, Protein or lactose intolerances. I cannot tolerate any of the items you mentioned. I know exactly what I am consuming. I have to drink 150 ml of fluid every hour for 15 hours a day (instructed by my bariatric dietician) for dehydration. I am only allowed free fluids until the gallbladder care plan is established (instructed by my bariatric dietician). I can only tolerate clear Soup, diluted fruit juice and Water at present. I am six weeks out of surgery now. I discovered that my CRP was 100 (5 is normal) on the day of surgery, my platelets were 600,000 (upper limit is 450,000). My GP mentioned to a haematologist that my platelets were high but the bariatric team said a referral to haematology was "appropriate". The pre op assessment nurse halted the surgery due to the platelet issue but the anaesthesiologist overruled that decision. I couldn't give informed consent because I wasn't correctly informed. The NHS booklet I was given on discharge has information in it that we were never told in the two years I attended prior to surgery. I never would have done it had this booklet been available to me beforehand. On the ward, there was no provision for bariatric patients on clear fluid so I had to find whatever I could on the normal menu that might work. But there was nothing at all for Breakfast. I was readmitted so quickly post op that I left my blue asthma inhaler behind. No one in the whole hospital could provide one so on the third day I had an asthma attack, then on the fifth day I had an asthma attack. I was given Cyclizine straight into my vein which caused a severe reaction which nearly caused a stroke. I lost my eyesight, speech and could not read or write for two days. The nurse was heard saying "I pray everytime I administer that to someone". No one emptied nor monitored my drain fluid. Which is why I think the abscess occurred, the drain was taken out too early. They were eager to discharge me as a geriatric patient in my bay had decided that I was a teenage girl who had burgled her house and everytime she got a chance, she would get out of bed to try and assault me, often falling in the process. None of my liquid medications were available through my GP, nor were they ordered on the ward for days. I brought some crushables with me but the ward did not have a crusher, I had to bring my own the second admission. Finally, the pharmacy just wouldn't supply one medication as they said it wasn't available so I had a severe gout attack. After the cyclizine debacle, no one thought to remove the cannula so I developed severed phlebitis. I then developed phlebitis at all five cannula sights. They haven't healed yet. When my surgeon asked the nurses to look after the phlebitis, they told him they would. Did they ever even look? Oh no. I had to change my own open drain wound on the ward, begging for dressings like a lost puppy. Alot of these things happened to my three friends too. So not rare. My hospital had just announced some pay and conditions change. The whole hospital was in an uproar. From the porters to the health care assistants etc, there was drama and serious neglect to patient care on the wards. It was shocking and upsetting. So no, I was never warned about any of this prior to surgery. And after spending from 31st May to the present, in and out of this hospital, I can tell you, it's not rare! I think this bariatric program should pause until proper care on the ward is organised and until the source of all of these life threatening infections and abscesses are sorted out. I am now facing gallbladder surgery in this hospital by the same surgeons. I am petrified. I am going up there tonight from 6:30 to who knows when for a repeat CT scan which means another cannula being inserted and two days trying to flush the contrast dye from my system. This is my third CT scan. No one warned me that I might lose six months of my life. And as I am losing 10lbs a week at present, what happens when I am at goal in approximately two months? What will stop the weightloss? How much more weight will I lose during the gallbladder surgery and recovery? What if I develop another abscess? How much time in hospital will I spend and how much more weight will I lose? These are legitimate concerns. And only people like me can inform pre op people of what actually might happen. If the NHS cannot provide a safe bariatric service, the service needs a review. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

No, I am not allowed anything but liquids due to my ill health. I have to re hydrate myself, my bariatric team just seem out of their depth. Out of my seminar group in the NHS bariatric stream, three of us have had serious complications. All of us have had lengthy hospital stays, several re admissions and one of my friends is there now with an abscess on her spleen and Fluid on her lungs that they cannot seem to fix. I cannot tolerate anything but clear fluids and it is hard to push the calories in that way. I have to drink at least 150 ml every hour for 15 hours to battle the dehydration. That leaves little room for food calories. I am too ill to cook broth and I do try canned Soup but can only tolerate a couple of ounces. I am nauseous all the time. I am disabled and don't work. If you are working, keep in mind, if you have to have post op treatment (I was in hospital half of May, all of June and having outpatient treatment throughout July), will your work be okay with it? I can't drive my car yet, from May to July. The battery died in the car and I had to buy a new one so do get someone to drive your car a bit while you are unable to drive. My neighbour couldn't drive for three months after her bypass. No one talks about these things but they can be important. Maybe complications are rare elsewhere but they are not rare in the NHS bariatric stream. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

She may be doing thorough research. Not everyone is happy that they had this surgery. Some of us do have to concentrate on what we eat, how much Fluid etc. Complications can change this from a great idea to a very poor one in a heartbeat. I didn't know I might lose my gallbladder. I didn't know that I might develop food revulsion. Some of the changes that we go through are not temporary, like GERD. Or develop malnutrition if you cannot eat or take your Vitamins. I cannot tolerate Protein at all and have been dehydrated for over six weeks. I am also now lactose intolerant. I have been living on less than 200 calories a day for over six weeks. I dream of 800 calories a day. I can't drink coffee or tea either. If you do your research thoroughly, good and bad, you will at least know enough to make a decision that you feel was an educated one. Because I was not informed about these things as possibilities, I am genuinely annoyed at changing my life for good for the worst. I am losing 7 to 10 lbs a week, mostly muscle. I thought I would just follow the plan. Did my liquid diet, ordered in my greek yoghurt, protein, etc. But I can't eat anything. Have been on Clear liquids for over six weeks now. All anyone says to me though is but look how much weight you lost! I am already close to goal after losing nearly 60 lbs in six weeks. What happens when I want the weightloss to stop? Being informed is a good thing! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am in Doncaster and had my surgery on the NHS Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thank you all for your support. I do have some dioralyte here x Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My daughter and I are very close which is why she objected so to this surgery. She was completely aware that my ill health would prevent a speedy and successful recovery. I just refused to believe it. I was so seduced by the thought of losing weight. I did ask the surgical team about my auto immune issues, the fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue etc. I was assured none of that would matter. I fully understand why my family objected so much. Losing six months plus of my life for an elective surgery, was definitely not worth it. I am not being admitted Wednesday, only having a scan. They will look over the results and phone me Friday. It will be the same team and the same hospital and aftercare where I developed the abdominal abscess so my confidence is low. It will take around six weeks for my name to come up for the surgery, so hopefully I will be in better shape by then. I am emotionally and mentally exhausted. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am hoping that once this CT scan is done Wednesday night, my surgical team will make a care plan. They confirmed today that I am dehydrated but say that my nutritional levels are acceptable. My daughter has been helping me while in hospital and is doing her best for me. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Couldn't face A&E but my GP got me in and did some blood tests to check about dvt. He thinks that I am suffering some sort of nerve pain not circulation issues. He was thorough and said to wait until after the repeat scan on Weds. If the abscess is growing or causing swelling, he thinks it will show on the scan. The abscess was 6.6 cm and went down to 5.3 while on IV antibiotics. Anything smaller and I am winning. My GP was very kind and acknowledged that I had been through alot and that he could see that I was still very ill. When I got home my bariatric team phoned to say that I am very dehydrated. sigh Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App