Frustr8

From your mouth to God's Ear!

And my EGJ is in 2 two days, and I feel sick. it's like my body is hungry but I can't hold down food enough in my new stomach, to take the hunger/ulcer pain away. I am begining to think my pouch is only a holding tank, when the liquids sloowly drain out, I put more liquid down. maybe when they stapled off, they killed the muscles that used to move the food along and destroyed the nerves that keep things moving Will the nerves regenerate ever? Will I end up a thinner person with a paralyzed stomach? And Friday May be the last chance I have to see a real surgeon. They told me care will now be all NursePractioners and an occasional dietician, yo yo. folks. over here, I'm still not well!

But I still find them a little grainy, and you have to take 2, my cheap but good-- Wal-Mart prenatal only 1 and it went down easy. Always has.

Good 👧 --your mind is set for success. I can call you GIRL because I am older than dirt, everybody seems to be younger than ME. This group will stay alive as long as people keep posting. My own " September Surgeries and Success" is still going strong. We have swiched from surgeries to success and semi-success as we recover and start our new lives. But there are a lot of us still posting, since I started it, I routinely update my struggles there. We have sleeve, RnY, DS and ESG pisting, some of the things are different but a lot of same struggles. And it is SO NICE to have things to share, you don't feel so alone. I live in a small city of 20,000 and I think there are no other bypassers, 2 sleeve friends and that's it. And if you saw the average person in my county, Knox, you would know a lot of people need bariatric surgery And the obese children and teenagers, I cry inside for them!💦😥😪💦

if that is true and no reason to say it isn't Precious Pouch must not think I need any solids or purees. I hope her 7 week reign of terror ends Friday when they stretch my stoma!!!

Both of you please keep us is updated when your surgery is over, we worry until we know you're Okay!

I think of it as sad, rueful, or that's the way it's got to be, just like the one next to it, confusing or I don't understand it, I guess I read odd things into the emoji. I changed it to a straight" like", which could also be simply "I Approve", the trophy "I couldn't have said it better, the perfect answer to this question. I give a fair,amount of the hug one cause everybody in their struggle needs a hug, but I have yet to use that other one, guess I thought it was saved to "I made My Goal, now I can go to maintainace" and most of the posters are just on their way or trying that I know. I have also given a LIKE for" I see nothing to argue with" in the past.

Thank you so much for posting, I am suffering from a minor league version. I have a stoma stricture which lets only liquids through. Have an EGJ scheduled for Friday, basically short stay/ ambulatory surgery. This is the second attempt, 2 weeks ago my surgeon was fearful of causing the ulcers around the opening to bleed. So we try again.

And one I wish James had reminded me of, maybe because he's. not a female and vain, take pictures of yourself on Surgery Day, maybe going in , certainly when you're in your gown, surgery hat, before they take you to the OR. Kind of a "Victory.I made it HERE "shots. Jakesoldlady posted hers here the other day and I started. crying, my son was with me there, wouldn't take any of me, my surgeon, the staff,he brought in to meet me, SON said it wasn't important. I do have a couple back in my post surgery room with my gown pulled up to show my incisions but none of my face. I never will have a picture of how,happy,after 3 years of trying, I was that I finally,was going to have it, that my last try was my best try, that my surgeon Bradley J Needleman MD believed in me & believed I could make it a success. Even my PCP at the last, tried to throw cold water on my plans. "You're old, you won't have much success, maybe you had better call it off, you already have a history of depression". This from someone who started me on the road by telling me I wouldn't live to 75 without it? Out of my way. *Junior* I have come this far & I am not stopping now. So I have pictures from July when I met with my surgeon, A couple from August when I was on my liver shrinking diet, but Nothing from My Day of Days, my REBIRTHDAY when my life so changed. I know my face was fatter, my cheekbones are more prominent now, I have lost my double chin, Oh I wasn't going to post them here, just for me. Like a tattoo, it would have meant something to me and me alone. So you can never go back, you never can recapture, like a brand-new baby, there is only one time things will be like THAT! I have to have a repeat EGJ this Friday, I have a stoma stricture that needs repaired, don't worry , it Does Not happen That Often! but I will have pictures now by all that is Holy! Oh I will survive, I have faced worse, but the Days of Your life, live them while you can , to the best of your ability!!! IT ONLY COMES ONCE💦😪😥💦

Hey gals, I am down to 290 at 7 weeks, other problems still there but I will gain "happy" where I can!

Go ahead and slap me but I had few if any of these problems. Evidently OSU extracts the CO2 gas, I had a bypass instead, and I had few of any incidents where I really had to "splint" my tummy. Let me share what I got instead. I'm old, well older than most, because my age made me more than average a fall risk or for reasons only known to them or God, I was on what I call Room Arrest, I am sure there were other patients, never saw or talked to any, if my son hadn't stayed with me, except for when I rang to go to my bedside commode, I was basically alone. Had O2 and cardiac leads the whole time, so I'm sure they were monitoring my vitals. Stayed an extra day, thought I would be dismissed at 11 Am, arranged my transportation to be there, then at the last minute, before they dicontinued my IV they decided to hang an extra bag of sodium so I didn't leave until 2-3 o'clock. As I am pushed down the hall to elevator I THOUGHT I might have seen another patient, waved in case SHe saw ME. Had taken a notebook to get addresses do I could correspond or text people. Still blank. My first week home, was feeling pretty good, giving myself Lovenox shots 8AM 8 PM. THOUGHT OK pretty peachy Kool. Sunday ( my surgery had been Wednesday) I got up and my left side was purple, now isn't that odd? And I watched it progress across my abdomen. By Monday morning 3/4 to 7/8 of my tummy was purple and swollen. I looked like I had been impregnated by an alien and was carryn,g his child. I had expected a little bruising around my incisions but not THIS. Anyway, saw my surgeon on Tuesday, he took one look, said. jokingly" What have You Done To You?" , looked him in the eye, said No No,Bradley J, it is" What have you done to Me?" And only thing he could come up with was one of the trocars had knicked a little skin blood vessel, when I got enough Lovenox blood thinner in me, it popped open and I had a mini- bleed btween my fat layer and the outside skin. Looked and felt worse than it really was. And I was swollen then as I should have been from the operative gas. Well as a reward? he told me I could advance to the next stage of diet, Level 3 , purees and some very soft, well that only lasted a couple days, and I started vomiting with almost every meal, spent an entire OSU football game, and I am a fan, urping,up. And post-surgery. your vomiting is a different quality, not so much projectile but an uncomfortable proceeding. So called the emergency contact # and was told to regress back to level 2 the one I had been on when rekeased, give it time. Maybe I was swollen inside, give it until October. I could try adding things back in, see how I would do, well I did not do well. Oh the weight was dropping off, I managed to retain my vitamins, minerals, various meds by taking them one or 2. at a time with baby sips of water. Gone were the days when I would take a small mouthful of water, toss them in all at once and swallow. By trial and error I have learned what Precious Pouch will allow, protein shakes , half skim milk, half protein shake, strained cream soups although I had trouble with a new flavor last night,her 2 favorites are cream of mushroom and butternut squash, strained veggie soups, prefers a beef base to chicken/turkey, Flavored waters, likes some herbal/green decaf ones , water as long as it isn't room temp, bone broth and Wal-Mart's organic vegetable broths. What does she not like? Cooked cereal even super -runny, cottage cheese even pureed, Greek yogurt, even plain, softened saltine cracker , peanut butter, and anything I might think sustaining that would keep the thundering hunger monster away especially purees. Oh she is a brat, but I have let her have her way and I have been back to see my Bariatric people every other week. On the 9th they decided maybe I need an EGJ,can't be a EGD because you no longer can visualize a By-passers duodenum unless you would g9 in through a open incision, so you,look at the jejunem instead. I had suspected a stricture, okay I am a medical geek, when Dr Noria went,down on October 12th I was right, one of the times I wished I had been wrong. Now I went into surgery with 1 semi- dormant gastric ulcer named Hectorm He now lives in the disconnected portion of my stomach. But doggone if I did have the stricture I also had 5 evil stepbrothers of Hector, 2 in the pouch, 3 on the back wall of the jejunem. And if Hector was Gizmo from the Gremlins, quiet, causing only minimum trouble, these 5 new ones were like Stripe, not at all nice, thinking about breaking down and bleeding sWell Dr Noria(who really LIKES doing endoscopies) stretched as far as she thought she could without provoking bleeding, but it wasn't enough so she tries again on Friday. And I have been on this boring, largely tasteless diet for weeks, today is my 7 week surgiversity. I lost 15 pounds in my liver shrinking diet, all the month of August , and. over 44 pounds since surgery. Nice loss but not a funny way to do it. I exercise until I get dizzy, because my calorie count is so low, try my best but I yearns to progress toward foods again. Since I am meeting my protein and fluid requirements and takin a LL my meds they think I will end up okay. But you are right, it is a brand new world we now live in.

And as you heard already, my post-operation stay was different, although I still am peeved I didn't get to meet And share experiences with others there I just got accept that they THOUGHT they were treating ME right. I used my stuffed bunny, Roux N.Rabbit, my biotene, chap stick, I have a bad habit, well I have a bunch, when I get nervous I chew my lips and make,them sore. Phone charging cord; I bought a 10 foot one at Staples , Tomkitten thought it was a waste of 💰 but I found it valuable. Took 2 cell phones, one pings off of Verizon, the other off of AT&T. Both worked , the second a little better, Columbus was a Bell tiwn, after all, so the most per capita towers, but the Verizon did ok, took it because it has unlimited data and. my phone minutes keep rolling over each month if I don't use,them all. But the AT&T runs off of Marshmallow, a higher Android system. Pays your money, makes your choice. Since I never got to walk in the hall, slippers , jammie pants and robe were useless. But it was what it was, and Moving On, don't bemoan or wail, does no one any good.. Life is all good, well except my durned structure, THAT I can do without, fervently,hope Dr Noria can fix it, getting tired of these every other Friday EGJ, Second try may be the Money Winner!👈😷👉

And always remember you are making your own path down this roadway, it will be your footprints. There are facets of minen few if any others have shared. Somethings will be Frustr8 al9ne, that's okay, we are all individuals, nobody is a carbon copy. That does make me feel better. I read other posters, then if I find out Mr X or Ms.Z had similar happenings, I can nod my head YES they had that also. I used to rage inwardly if it was what I perceived as easier, until I realized it was just we are different people. When I was visiting my surgeon's office,yesterday I mentioned these things, we discussed, and they are,basically happy with me. Thought maybe I looked tired and worn out, maybe I was looking at the wrong rate, those kind of things. The few blips, either I will outgrow, remember Precious Pouch is less than 2 months old or they, like my stricture, can be repaired . Barring any bad occurances I will not have another office visit until December for my 3 month. Probably have to have labs then, that's okay. Might be nice to see if I have to subtract anything. But that is the latest in Frustr8's Follies. Anything else that happens you are 3rd in line, right after my surgeon's office and ME!

You're starting out on a wonderful wonderful journey. It will be filled with joys , sorrows and days in between. It will seem like the days and weeks go so slow, but the Last Surgery month before? Oh my, it flies! Suddenly you'll start to be concerned. Have I got things straightened at home, what should I take to the hospital? How. will I feel when I go home? Will I be in pain? You may even worry about things you'll laugh about in the future. One bari friend slightly loopy on presurgery. meds asked the anesthesiologist" How soon she could have a BM?" Never did,find out what kind of response she got! Another was afraid she would talk about old lovers , don't know if I relieved her worry. For what it is worth , I had a wonderful surgery day, oh got,to my hospital early because I was a 7am. Still dark out, but once I got there I met the intake clerk, both friendly and professional. Then I went to kinda of a holding area, glad I grabbed a wheelchair, it was down a long hallway into an adjacent buildings then up a couple floors to a presurgery area. Changed into a patient gown, I'm a big girl but the gown was bigger. Went to the BR and had a nice presurgery tinkle, I had rode 50 miles to get there, nearest Bariatric surgery facility, a Center of Excellence, what that is ? Its given only to creme de la creme hospitals so the best of the best. My surgeon had promised as long as I emptied my bladder, I wouldn't be given. an urinary cath. So it was worth it to me, tested my blood sugar, a teensy bit high, went ahead and started my IV, second test my blood sugar was perfect, climb into bed. They went ahead , went over my meds on more time. Gosh I was excited, I had been working toward this day for over 3 years, long story there. Was comfy, everybody treating me wonderful, I'm sure there others also being readied but I felt the center of the World. And coming to see me one more time before surgery was my surgeon. Gosh I like him so much, he is really a very nice person as well as the best surgeon I could find. One thing I appreciated, when he met my Sinn they shook hands and he said " I promise to take good care of you mom" I just melted to hear that. Proved I wasn't a number in his mind, he actually cared for me as a person and somebody's Mom. Since I was first surgery , he brought in many of the operating staff for me to meet. And anesthesia and I chatted, I knew which one was going to be mine. My surgeon excused himself, said he would see me up in the OR. And pretty soon it was time for my transport. Down the hall and into the elevator I went on my bed. When we got there, the doors opened and it was ShowTime. Now I have had maybe 8 different surgeries, this was the finest, most warm one I ever had been.Now most OR are cool to cold, I have jokes with surgeon that they are to freeze the germs to death. But this one was NICE. Pushed me over to surgery table and asked me to slide over, a source of pride I did that without help. And this table was the right size, often I have felt like I would fall off one side or the other. Now another poster said they pulled her arms. out to the side and buckled them down. Didn't happen to Me! Saw Dr Needleman on other side of room and he waved at me. Thought that was So Nice! Everything was calm, my anesthesiologist called me by namw, asked me if I was comfortable? I said Yes Dave I believe I am. I must have drifted off quickly, the next thing I knew I was in my room, no pain, I felt good and my dream had come true. I was doubtful, thought for a minute, maybe I hadn't had my surgery yet. So I lifted my gown, yep 7 little incisions, all with criss-crossed steri strips except the one in my navel. Thought I might have,big ABD,on my tummy, but no he did neat tidy work. And I never had leftover gas, don't remember receiving pain pills, guess I didn't need them . And after a couple days I got to go home, never doubted I had done the right thing for me at the right time and certainly the best surgeon. And I can only wish for you such a good experience.😷👼👍

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News Flash! Frustr8 weight has lowered. to 290 pounds, 7 weeks post and I have lost 53 pounds since July 31st. Never could have done this without my Bariatric tool. God Bless you Bradley J Needleman, you and your surgical staff have performed a miracle. Well I helped a little, my stricture kept my liquid portions small, whoever wants to claim credit, just go ahead! I think I may be finally going down in clothing size, granted there is still an X after it, but I believe it to be a mention-worthy NSV!😛😛

Found out I have 6 weeks more of the stinking omeprazole and then I am free. Saw dietician , gave me my new diet for after my stricture opening, Dietician optimistic maybe I should be too? And since they said after 2 months you can frequent restaurants, on the back of his card is my disclaimer to get reduced amounts of food. THIS PATIENT HAS HAD GASTRIC SURGERY. PLEASE ALLOW HER TO ORDER HALF-PORTIONS, ORDER FROM CHILDREN'S OR SENIOR MENU. THANK YOU.

I never have thought you pretentious, but then I am a Spectrum sister, so your statements and research always ring true. I value you on Bariatric Pal.

And Hi right back out you. How are things going for you?

Are you on an PPI like omeprazole, how about rantidine or famodine? Got to stop that reflux, the last thing you want is an irritated esophagus, if you get one of those, it is not a favorable sign! Gosh you're only 3 weeks post, you're healing, I wouldn't wish it on you!😨

Sounds like smooth sailing⛵ Deepseamariner, may you never have anything but smooth seas!🚤

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You also can get Torani Sugar free syrups at WalMart, Krigers and most major grocers, and probably on Amazon Even though I go to Bariatric Pal Store for most of my needs. Price is good, delivery phenomenal ' And the stuff is A#1 Every time..

Hiya Penelope, love your name! Welcome to Bariatric Pal, we 💘 love new people, if you have Any questions please ask. I'm from from the other side of the Weight loss family, I had an RNY bypass on September 5th, but I have oodles of Sleeve friends on here so know a lot about that process as well. And we would love to help you along on your journey. As an example , a while back I was having a problem, sure I was singled out to have it and there was no hope for me Shared it on here, 4 people had encountered the same thing and had a easy way to solve it. I'm an inch taller, started out at 355 and am down to 293 , didn't think I would get under 300 but I did it! And I give credit to my surgery, because I couldn't drop my weight by any simple diet, and I have tested a mind-boggling amount of them in my time.7 weeks after surgery, I can see differences in my body, my waist, my legs, my rump and even my belly. And I want this to continue, and I believe with this new tool it will! Join me on this journey, things are always happier with friends!😛🌈😛

Or elcee you would dip your finger in the bottle of booze and rub the baby's gums when they were teething. Like to say it was brandy they used , sounds status-like but in my family corn liquor. Had people on daddy's side that were smell business men, oh stone the crows-love that term, came from an English novel I read- the fact was there some moonshiners in the family tree. Just flatter them by calling them" small businessmen"! They flat-out made white lightening. And yes I have tasted it, had enough family pride I wouldn't throw up, especially in front of my uncle's. But the headache I got, woweee wow wow. That was quite memorable. Daddy married Mama whose family was of a different persuasion, her mama, my grandma, was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and was even buried with her pin and ribbon on. And there was discussion at reunions which parent had "married down" but they were married for 50 years and 2 months before Daddy died in 1993, and Mama followed him 10 years later. And they must have believed in quality more than quantity because they had only me.