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1 minute ago, BigAussieGirl said:

Sorry to hear you still need pain meds this far out from surgery.

Thank you, B.A.G. Is it unusual to need pain medication three days after an RNY? My belly is really tender and swollen, and I feel the pain whenever I move...and it's bad. Part of this is also the anxiety I have felt about having to remind the nurses again and again when they missed a scheduled medication time...which they themselves clearly wrote on the board in my room...it's not like I invented it or made it up. I don't think they were deliberately trying to step me down, either. No one has ever suggested waiting a longer time between doses. And when I do, the pain is much worse.

Thank you for the support, folks! I'd rather not say where I am at the moment...still here...hopefully will be discharged tomorrow and then think of writing a letter of complaint to the CEO of the hospital. (By the way, found out today it was mentioned by a nurse that this hospital is FOR-PROFIT.) And it seems they take your money, but then don't live up to their part of the bargain. Yes, I got my surgery, but I would think adequate pain management would be a part of the deal. I didn't want to get 'high,' I just wanted the pain to stop so I could try to sleep and recover!

So sorry to hear you are going through this crap with the stricture. I understand the regret. I truly hope that this matter will be resolved and you will achieve great success within the next year on your weight loss journey! May you be healed.

It's really, really nice to have the family support there to calm your nerves pre-op, and to advocate for you post-op. Studies have shown that people with family present post-op have more responsive nursing care. Sometimes your nurses will be very busy and you will really *appreciate* an advocate to help ask again for your requests! If they want to be with you, I'd go for it!

So...today I was supposed to be discharged from the hospital. My RNY was on Friday evening around 4:30pm ever since my release to Post-Operative care, I never got proper pain relief. The nurse didn't notice that my IV was 'infiltrated' and thus the medicine wasn't going directly into my bloodstream as it should have. Then they insist on giving me the 'doctors' normal prescription' of Roxycontin, which causes a severe allergic reaction of itching all over my face, scalp, eyebrows, and thighs.

I wish I had been discharged today...but my surgeon said he won't send me home after two days after major abdominal surgery (RNY) with ANY narcotic pain medication. REGULAR Tylenol only. (Which never works for me, if I even had a head ache in the past I would use 2-4 Advil!)

So my doctor arranges for me to stay one more night in the hospital with narcotic pain relief...only 4 milligrams Dilaudid, which for me, barely takes the edge off the pain. (I was told before by a podiatrist that I 'metabolize pain medication very, very quickly' as he had to give me more and more local injections in my toes when he was slicing out my ingrown toenails years ago...can you say OUCH? haha...the only thing I metabolize quickly, how ironic!

This afternoon around 4pm they decide to 'close the wing' I'm in and move me to another room a ways away...a room that is very HOT and SMELLY (many can relate to being VERY sensitive to odors after this surgery!) and the young, inexperienced tech grabs my purse and suitcase and loads it onto a cart, leaving me in the original room while she moves 'my stuff' into the new room...where she promptly abandoned it, complete with a wide open door and curtain...needless to say I started to feel anxious and when I opened up my wallet, $60 cash had been removed and the contents rifled through and moved into the wrong areas of the wallet.

So, I'm understatedly upset...haven't slept in two days because they won't give me the Ambien I have been prescribed for sleep due to concerns about me being oversedated...never had pain relief better than a 6/10 on the pain scale...and now to top it all off, because she strangely insisted on moving my purse before moving ME to the new room, I've been robbed.

I'm upset about being robbed so I call the security guard at the hospital and file a report...he suggests I call the local police to make a report as well, so I do. Cop says she isn't sure she can do anything but asks if she checks the security video footage and sees someone entering the room unauthorized and thus is the obvious suspect for stealing out of my wallet, will I file charges? And I say yes, because that person (hospital employee ostensibly) is preying on vulnerable people who are hospitalized and in pain. Cop leaves.

I wait, as usual, for more than one hour PAST my scheduled 4 milligrams of Dilaudid dose...walk up to the nurses's station after making a nurse's station page twice asking for my pain medication and noting that it's significantly overdue...to overhear the male nurse going ON AND ON about how I'm a 'drama queen' because I 'claimed' that money was stolen from my wallet (which it 100% was!) and that I 'think I deserve to be treated like a queen but I'm not a queen...even the COP was calling me a drama queen' He's poisoning the new night nurses' mind against me before she even meets me! He was ENTHUSIASTICALLY savaging me verbally, which was surprising because the brief interaction we had together in my room was pleasant, we were talking about traveling to Vietnam and learning other languages.

Long story short, I go back to my room in severe pain and in tears...thank goodness the Charge Nurse for this evening was very kind and helped get me my overdue meds quickly...and the nurse who had received the diatribe against me was also polite...but needless to say, I think I've been through it. It's now been an hour past the time I took the 4 mgs Dilaudid and still in severe pain whenever I move...anyone else have a WORSE experience?

PS Forgot to mention I saved up for years and years and borrowed over $20,000 for this surgery...so I paid a small fortune in cash to be neglected, robbed and verbally assaulted...how's that for 'drama'?

Thank you all for the great support and love! You are all inspiring to me! <3

54 minutes ago, Biddynz said:

And I will send you good vibes! So many post from us RNYers so nervous the day before, then relieved the day after, then delighted as the struggles, and the weight, fall away.

x

Everything has gone GREAT for you! I foresee EXCELLENT results for you, Bidd! Fear is just False Evidence APPEARING Real. You are safe and well, surgery was a breeze and recovery is going excellent. And So It Is! <3 Let's be Surgery Buddies!

48 minutes ago, KimTriesRNY said:

I think with any weight loss surgery, if you decide after that you are going to eat chips, Cookies, and pastries, you will gain. I have a bypass but if I chose to eat only milkshakes, would this mean I would lose weight?

You must be willing to stick to the post op diet or you will regain some, or worst case scenario all, of the weight that was lost.

Both the sleeve and bypass have Vitamins requirements for life. Both the sleeve and bypass have dietary restrictions for life. If you aren’t ready to make that commitment, you aren’t ready for this surgery in my opinion.

That being said with your past history and lower BMI a sleeve would certainly work for weight loss in your situation if you did not want the bypass. Keep in mind there is no guarantee if you have a bypass you will get dumping syndrome if that’s what you mean by “suffer the consequences if I don’t stick to it”, and dumping can also be something that lessens or disappears as a bypass matures so don’t choose a bypass based on that.

I hope you do some reading, researching, and thinking to come to a decision that is right for you.

Kim, if you have the RNY (Bypass) and you drink milkshakes, you will get SICK. That's one of the reasons why people prefer RNY over sleeve. It has a TRIPLE prong attack on weight: reduced stomach size, reduce absorption of calories and fat, AND the 'gift' of Dumping. Meaning if you eat sweets you may get hot, sweaty, flushed, and nauseous, and possibly vomit it all up. Most sugar addicts find it isn't worth the feeling of being sick after indulging in sugary junk food.

1 hour ago, Holls06 said:

Surgery for me tomorrow as well! I'm VSG. Good luck!!

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Thank you, Holls! May you have GREAT SUCCESS! You are going to do great and pass through surgery with flying colors and experience a great weight loss journey!

Thank you, Fergie! Are you pre-op or post-op ?Do you have a surgery date yet? Thanks again! <3

Well, I have run the gamut on which surgery I wanted. First, I wanted the RNY, the "Gold Standard" which has a long history of success. Then I considered the Duodenal Switch (SUPER expensive) and then decided against that due to issues with Vitamin deficiency, baldness, and runny diarrhea! Then I was told by a surgeon that a gastric sleeve might be more effective. So now I am back to the ball park of getting an RNY after my surgeon told me that if you have a very high BMI, RNY IS STILL the Gold Standard. I want to lose 210 pounds! So, yes...the RNY is for me...going in TOMORROW for this life-changing opportunity!

Hello, Bariatric Buddies!

TOMORROW is my big day! After about 32 years of being in the range of chubby to overweight to morbidly obese, TOMORROW is the day I take back my life! So excited and nervous! I have been wanting RNY for about 14 years now! I almost did it twice in the past, two false starts...looks like the third time is the charm!

Excited and nervous. Packing my bag tonight OF COURSE I have been a procrastinator! Eating sugar-free Jello and Water until my eyes pop (3 Day Clear liquid diet pre-op!) and I already lost about 10 pounds before...

Would LOVE a Surgery Twin for the RNY or at least someone in the same week as me! <3 Thank you all for being here!

Wonderful news to hear! I pray that TOMORROW when I get my RNY I will report back the same! <3 All success and happiness on your journey!

Surgery TOMORROW! Looking for a Surgery Twin! Preferably RNY like me! <3