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LosinginFrisco    15

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Well all my surgery was 10/29 and I ended up back in the hospital on Sunday at 2am with a 104 fever. I have a leak at the bottom of my esphogus where it meets the top of my new stomach. I was operated on again to fix the leak with no success recovering in ICU with more 104 fevers surrounded with ice packs. The only thing the procedure did was maintain the leak in some extra fat they moved around it. GI doc then came in and went down my throat to clip the leak from the inside and place a feeding tube to bypass my throat and stomach to allow it to heal. Today is day 9 in the hospital. Working on tolerating the feeding. Goal is 55ml per hour. I am at 40, so almost there. This has been a struggle and the risks are REAL. If you are thinking about thus surgery be sure you are ready to handle any complications that come up. I will be going home with the feeding tube for 3 weeks along with a picc line that more drugs will be given through and blood samples taken out. I'm learning how to keep the lines flushed. A nurse from out patient svcs will be coming to ny home. I will let you know when I get home. ..hopefully tomorrow...Please pray I do. Or could be Thursday. I'm sick of this hospital but know this will pass and be a memory. I'm focused on losing the weight but damn did I have to go through this? ! God Bless

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Irishflower79    183

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Well all my surgery was 10/29 and I ended up back in the hospital on Sunday at 2am with a 104 fever. I have a leak at the bottom of my esphogus where it meets the top of my new stomach. I was operated on again to fix the leak with no success recovering in ICU with more 104 fevers surrounded with ice packs. The only thing the procedure did was maintain the leak in some extra fat they moved around it. GI doc then came in and went down my throat to clip the leak from the inside and place a feeding tube to bypass my throat and stomach to allow it to heal. Today is day 9 in the hospital. Working on tolerating the feeding. Goal is 55ml per hour. I am at 40, so almost there. This has been a struggle and the risks are REAL. If you are thinking about thus surgery be sure you are ready to handle any complications that come up. I will be going home with the feeding tube for 3 weeks along with a picc line that more drugs will be given through and blood samples taken out. I'm learning how to keep the lines flushed. A nurse from out patient svcs will be coming to ny home. I will let you know when I get home. ..hopefully tomorrow...Please pray I do. Or could be Thursday. I'm sick of this hospital but know this will pass and be a memory. I'm focused on losing the weight but damn did I have to go through this? ! God Bless

Wow sorry you are having such a rough bumpy start to your weight loss journey. I will definitely keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us posted.

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Ms.AntiBand    2,984

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You are in my prayers and hope you recover soon

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LosinginFrisco    15

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Amazed where I am today. When I had the complications I thought I was really doomed. I have no regrets and thankful where I am at today. In 10 months I lost 140 lbs. I'm doing yoga now and have tons of energy. Not on any medications and so looking forward to doing more with my life. The pictures don't lie. Don't ever give up, no matter what is thrown your way. It's not how you endured the storm but how you danced in the rain!!!

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    • Alisa_S

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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