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Candlelite

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  1. Hi I know this is going to be a crazy question but I need to know which surgery I had. I had my surgery in 1979 when I was 18 years old. It was done in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Mount Sinai Hospital. I am now in my late 50s and my health is failing. I guess the reason I never knew which surgery I had was because I never had great medical care beyond the day I walked out of the surgeon's office. I spent years of throwing up my food and not losing much weight. When I asked other doctors about malnutrition they just laughed at me and asked if I had rickets. They made me feel stupid so I never pursued it further. I didn't have great medical care beyond that. I never had the energy or stamina that other people had, I just thought I was lazy and I pushed myself harder. Other people thought I was lazy too, and they never understood my eating issues. My teeth started breaking off and became painful in the back from all of the throwing up I was doing, which impeded my eating habits even more. I got pregnant several times and became very ill and I was not offered any medical help to get through the pregnancies. My husband was very upset about how sick I was he did not want lose me to not getting any help and did not want me to go through with them. My final pregnancy I spent 7 months hospitalized and tube fed because of malnutrition. That was 25 years ago and after I had my daughter again no doctor would presued the malnutrition issue they just told me that pregnant women had worse issues in third world countries. I went on from there to live my life until the last 4 years when I started getting too sick to even go to work. Finally I got social security disability but because you don't get actual medical insurance for two years after you start disability I did not get medical attention again. I am told by other people that the malnutrition issue is well-known however it seems to be unknownby any doctors I am seeing. So anyhow back to the original question all I know about the surgery is I have a large scare from the top of my abdomin to my belly button, I was told they had to take my stomach out to work on it, the staples show up on x-rays or scans and something was done with the opening to the intestine, I think it was moved to form scar tissue to slow down the emptying of my stomach. I have attended seminars given by bariatric doctors and when I pose the question to them about which surgery I might have had they tell me they can't help me. So what was the name of my surgery and what was done to me? I hope someone can give me some help here.
  2. Candlelite

    Which surgery did I have?

    I bumped the buttons accidentally
  3. Candlelite

    Which surgery did I have?

    Thank you so much for an answer The hospital does not exist anymore, it has been absorbed by other hospitals in the area. I could give it a shot to see how to do that. I do take supplements, extra amounts and drink protein meal replacements. These things were not available back in the 70,'s and 80's, and hardly acknowledged in the 90's. So I went a long time without. I have had many sores all over my body for more than 20 years. No one could come up with any answers. Last fall I begged for IV iron since I have been chronically low for as long as I can remember and the sores showed some healing, the doctor refused to see the coalition and insisted I see yet again another dermatogist. When I said I still was not feeling as good as I should the doc gave in and took a vitamin D test and my level was 19. With the addition of extra D the sores are progressively getting better, but still slow to heal. I also need to know what tests they should be doing for me.

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