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kwhetzel    0

kwhetzel
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I had 1st surgery (gastric bypass) on Wednesday July 25th. Felt better than I ever felt and went home early on the 26th. Woke up on the 27th vomiting blood. Took 3 hrs to get back to hospital and back to my surgeon. Bowel had flipped at the "Y" connection and caused a bowel obstruction. Went back to surgery for repair. Morning after 2nd surgery was doing a little better but then it went downhill from there. By that evening was still vomiting and in a lot of pain only to find out that the bowels had flipped again. Back to the OR for the 3rd surgery in 4 days. They opened this time to find out the connection wasn't long enough. Every time I would stand up to walk it would pull the connection and cause it to flip. I'm still in hospital waiting for my small bowels to repair and start working again. I keep telling my self it's got to get better than this. I've had nothing but ice chips for 9 days now. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Ocean0527    23

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Oh my goodness! Praying for a speedy recovery for you! I hope things get better quickly now that they know what's wrong.

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working4shoes    55

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Oh my! Get well soon!

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roxyraquel    77

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This makes me very nervous I hope you get better soon

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lovealways    287

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Get better soon! Is this very common??

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SoccerMomma73    1,867

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Thoughts and prayers are with you. Good luck and keep us updated!!!

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mary2008    11

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That's happened to me the same thing two days I started to vomit blood one o'clock CT performed SACN and left I had a blood clot in in gut back to the operating room for repair,waoo was horrible 7 days in the hospital, I know how you feel now 4 months later all is well. Assured that everything will be fine, I hope you recover soon. God is with you :)

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LosingItForMe2011    320

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kwhetzel...are you still in the hospital? I hope you're doing well and they've got it all set for you. Sending prayers.

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Joe.s    15

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well had my surgery ar 830am on 8/3 and now there taking Mr back to or to makesure there are vote leaks pray for me back

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kwhetzel    0

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That's happened to me the same thing two days I started to vomit blood one o'clock CT performed SACN and left I had a blood clot in in gut back to the operating room for repair' date='waoo was horrible 7 days in the hospital, I know how you feel now 4 months later all is well. Assured that everything will be fine, I hope you recover soon. God is with you <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote']

Thank you so much for sharing! I needed the encouragement that all will be well. It just helps to know I'm not alone. God bless you.

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kwhetzel    0

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kwhetzel...are you still in the hospital? I hope you're doing well and they've got it all set for you. Sending prayers.

Yes still in hospital. This is my 11th day in hospital since surgery. Thank you for all the prayers!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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