Hi everyone

I hope the silly season is treating you well.

Thought I'd drop this on here and see if anyone else can relate to the problem/s

I got sleeved in October. Lots of adjustment and getting used to the new regime as we all did/do

Got to mid December and was planning my Christmas dinner. Small but full of flavorsome goodies.

Dec 19th comes around and this bunny is starting to feel a bit unwell.... Cold hands, cold feet, nausea and the final straw, lower back pain on the left..... Been here before, I'm going into shock. I know what it is as have had them many times over the years... Kidney stones.... Joy

Down to the local A&E, a CT scan and confirmation that I have 3 of the little (huge) gits in the left kidney and they are too big to pass. Transferred to another hospital for emergency surgery as they are starting to cause internal problems for me.

Finally they found me a space in the operation list on the 23rd. In all this time I've been on a drip and nil by mouth in case there is a sudden slot I can be put into.

Stay with me, almost to the point

I got released on the 24th with bucket loads of pain killers and antibiotics.

When I got home I was feeling a bit knocked about and somewhat tender, anyone will tell you that they remove most kidney stones without making any "extra" holes in the body and just use the one that mother nature provided...........I thought to myself that hey, perhaps I lost a few pounds in there

Wrong.... Came out 4lb heavier!!! Putting this down to the drip, the other meds and possible Water retention from the op... Maybe?

Anyway. Christmas dinner was a mini bowl of porridge and my glass of wine turned into loads of water. My feeling towards food had returned to the way I felt the week following my sleeve and it feels like I've had to start all over again and I've only just had a normal meal today and only managed a couple of mouthfuls..

The main question is... Has anyone else been in a similar position of having been taken into hospital for any emergency op and how did you feel afterwards?

Sorry, bit of a longer than usual one for me

Happy new year to you all..

@@sk101 9mm, eh? Mine will probably be a .45 slug by the time it decides to manifest.

So long as it doesn't get to a full blown 50 cal with tracer you should survive :-)

I hear from the way they come out, you don't need a tracer!

@@sk101 9mm, eh? Mine will probably be a .45 slug by the time it decides to manifest.

So long as it doesn't get to a full blown 50 cal with tracer you should survive :-)

I hear from the way they come out, you don't need a tracer!

Its just the pathetic soul rending scream precludes the removal of the catheter and stent that makes theses wee beasties nasty :-)