Surgery Date: April 17th. Would anyone like to be my surgery buddy?

[alligus 37]

Dear Team April 17 --

This time next week our new life will be beginning! I pray we all have easy surgeries and recoveries!

[Madea61 27]

I pray that all goes well for you

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[elliscoastie 9]

I am having surgery on the 17th for revision of sleeve to roux n y. I made this quick decision on wed the 12th. Lots of medical issues for me....and my surgeon thinks this is the best option for me. I have been through tests since this January. Had GERD so bad that it was causing erosion of the esophagus. I have early signs of Barretts Esophagus, a hiatal hernia and 24 hr ph test of 163.2 (normal is 22 or below). Staying on Nexium was not an option. She said I needed to do this surgery.

I have been on liquids since wed when I decided to do this surgery. She was able to get an operating room for Monday since she didn't want me to wait till end of June when her next surgery date was open.

I'm scared since this is being rushed. I love my sleeve. I know what my portions are. Now I have to start over.

[elliscoastie 9]

are we talking April 17th, 2017? just checking :-) if so, then that's 2 days away!

[elliscoastie 9]

how is everyone doing? I had surgery on Monday. Wednesday, I passed the barium swallow test, although it showed another hiatal hernia above the daprham. Doc said she had repaired the only hiatal hernia she was during surgery. She said I needed another surgery. I went back to the operating room on Thursday. I saw this as a set back. I was released to go back home Friday. It hurts the most where they did surgery near diaphragm. She said I had an unusual long esophagus and pulling it tightly down and putting stitches near it was what was needed.

Hope you are all good!

[elliscoastie 9]

how are you all doing? I'm slowly recovering. I have a cold....runny nose and hacking like crazy! I tried driving in to work twice and exhausted both times. How long will recovery take? how long are you all taking off? I week in hospital. I week at home so far.

bowel movements....very soft. glad i'm not constipated, but this is too soft, tar like, yuk!

stomach feels bloated still.

no energy.

bored at home.

hard to sleep at night.

[elliscoastie 9]

going to leave this website....I was looking for support and I have not seen any new posts.

[orionburn 1,023]

19 minutes ago, elliscoastie said:

going to leave this website....I was looking for support and I have not seen any new posts.

This site gets a ton of traffic, and on top of that you have hundreds of people that don't understand how the search function works and post the same questions over and over and over again, so don't get so upset when your topic gets lost in the crowd. Nothing wrong with bumping your thread but people aren't on the board 24 hours a day. You just have to be patient. That's the way it goes with nearly any forum.

Edited May 10, 2017 by orionburn