Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies: POST-OP Discussion

[Megan Sadler 186]

Ellie I know you will make it up to your son. Yes he’s heartbroken but you needed to go. Take him on a special mom son date as soon as you’re better. I don’t know how close you are to Austin but there is this place called the void—take him to that if you can. It’s seriously awesome!! (We hAve one here actually which is a funny location compared to Anaheim, Dubai, Disney world, London, Paris etc) What do you do for work out of curiosity? I think I’ve said it here I work for dominos as a pizza chef 👩‍🍳 I closed last night and wasn’t tempted at all by the left over bread sides which according to policy expire at close (like we can make fresh ones 5 minutes before and they’re good for 4 hours but close hits and they’re expired) which means they’re free game for employees. I used to get excited to have them. They were my favorite and I didn’t even care about them.

[sassysleever76 97]

On 10/13/2018 at 03:55, ellie123 said:

Ellie123 I think that your son would rather you be alive rather then you be at a dance, please take care of yourself for you and for him.

Thank you all for your well wishes. I missed it and my heart is broken...

I have been admitted at a bariatric hospital. I have suffered so much. I was on my way to pick up my kids from school in the pouring rain (the 30 min ride was over an hour due to an accident), and I was on the freeway stopping every 10-20 minutes on the side to throw up. At one point in time my heart was palpitating and my fingers and toes started to go numb so I pulled over at a gas station and my husband who was over an hour away from me dialed 911 for an ambulance to come . They showed up with the Fire department and run an EKG to make sure I was not having a heart attack, my heart was racing and I continue to feel like I had an elephant sitting on my chestFire department and run an EKG to make sure I was not having a heart attack, my heart was racing and I continue to feel like I had an elephant sitting on my chest. I told them I needed to get to a place that handles Bariatric’s, But they refused to transport me all the way to Dallas where my doctor is private surgical center, as that would have been two hour ride in rush hour traffic, so I refuse to go with them to a local emergency room as I knew that they would not really know what to do with me and judging from my experience at the ER the previous day they would just try to control the nausea and let me go even though the strongest medicine they have, promethazine has not been controlling my vomiting.i also knew the wait there would be hours and hours as I would be triaged with trauma patients.

My husband picked the kids and they met me in the gas station and I watch my eight-year-old son well up with tears streaming down his face when he realized mommy will not be making the mother son dance that he has been waiting for over a year )missed last year’s one due to being out of the country, and this year I promised him come whatever, I’ll be there! I even rescheduled my work trip out of county to be there (scheduled to leave this Thursday and I just don’t know how I can go...). My heart just broke and I felt like I had failed him as A mom, and even then, the crazy side of me tried to tell him it will be OK and we will still go but then I proceeded to violently vomit in front of my kids and realized it’s just not gonna happen . I had my husband stay with the kids and I still drove myself to the hospital in Dallas. Because him driving me would mean bringing along the kids for a long night and what is the point in that. I drove through the rain vomiting most of the way by the time I made it here I was vomiting every 10 minutes. Exhausted, my esophagus burning, felt like a giant grapefruit was stuck in it. They started an IV and gave me some nausea meds which did not work and I just keep throwing up spit and bile. Morning can’t come soon enough so my surgeon will come and probably scope me.

sorry for long post... got nothing but suffering and time here. But I thank God he’s kept me alive, so please pray they fix me soon...

[Malcy 132]

Thank you all for your well wishes. I missed it and my heart is broken...
I have been admitted at a bariatric hospital. I have suffered so much. I was on my way to pick up my kids from school in the pouring rain (the 30 min ride was over an hour due to an accident), and I was on the freeway stopping every 10-20 minutes on the side to throw up. At one point in time my heart was palpitating and my fingers and toes started to go numb so I pulled over at a gas station and my husband who was over an hour away from me dialed 911 for an ambulance to come . They showed up with the Fire department and run an EKG to make sure I was not having a heart attack, my heart was racing and I continue to feel like I had an elephant sitting on my chestFire department and run an EKG to make sure I was not having a heart attack, my heart was racing and I continue to feel like I had an elephant sitting on my chest. I told them I needed to get to a place that handles Bariatric’s, But they refused to transport me all the way to Dallas where my doctor is private surgical center, as that would have been two hour ride in rush hour traffic, so I refuse to go with them to a local emergency room as I knew that they would not really know what to do with me and judging from my experience at the ER the previous day they would just try to control the nausea and let me go even though the strongest medicine they have, promethazine has not been controlling my vomiting.i also knew the wait there would be hours and hours as I would be triaged with trauma patients.

My husband picked the kids and they met me in the gas station and I watch my eight-year-old son well up with tears streaming down his face when he realized mommy will not be making the mother son dance that he has been waiting for over a year )missed last year’s one due to being out of the country, and this year I promised him come whatever, I’ll be there! I even rescheduled my work trip out of county to be there (scheduled to leave this Thursday and I just don’t know how I can go...). My heart just broke and I felt like I had failed him as A mom, and even then, the crazy side of me tried to tell him it will be OK and we will still go but then I proceeded to violently vomit in front of my kids and realized it’s just not gonna happen . I had my husband stay with the kids and I still drove myself to the hospital in Dallas. Because him driving me would mean bringing along the kids for a long night and what is the point in that. I drove through the rain vomiting most of the way by the time I made it here I was vomiting every 10 minutes. Exhausted, my esophagus burning, felt like a giant grapefruit was stuck in it. They started an IV and gave me some nausea meds which did not work and I just keep throwing up spit and bile. Morning can’t come soon enough so my surgeon will come and probably scope me.

sorry for long post... got nothing but suffering and time here. But I thank God he’s kept me alive, so please pray they fix me soon...

I am praying they find out what is causing you to be sick and feel better soon. I hate to hear you are feeling so bad.

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[bluehat 16]

I was sleeved on June 20th, so I just had my three month check-in. I was 360 at the start of my journey, 325 on surgery day, and weighed in at 280 this morning. My dietitian said I'm perfectly average in the weight loss department, so, I am perfectly pleased. I'd been worried I wasn't losing enough, but I'm all inspired to keep going to the gym now. And, you know, avoiding all that Halloween candy...

My only issue was that apparently my high blood pressure from pre-surgery disappeared, but I was still taking my blood pressure medicine, and that meant, yeah, low blood pressure, which was making me all tired and headachey. But now -- no more blood pressure meds! Woohoo!

[insta_adventurer 1,046]

Non scale victory! I bought a straight sized fleece today!!!! 😲😲😲 I couldn’t tell you the last time I shopped from the straight size section (certainly has been years if ever)!

The scales been a little stuck at 253 this week, but my clothing keeps getting looser so things are still happening!

[davgar 1]

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[IsabellasBlues 12]

Praying for you, Ellie. Please keep us updated!

[IsabellasBlues 12]

On 10/14/2018 at 01:41, bluehat said:

I was sleeved on June 20th, so I just had my three month check-in. I was 360 at the start of my journey, 325 on surgery day, and weighed in at 280 this morning. My dietitian said I'm perfectly average in the weight loss department, so, I am perfectly pleased. I'd been worried I wasn't losing enough, but I'm all inspired to keep going to the gym now. And, you know, avoiding all that Halloween candy...

My only issue was that apparently my high blood pressure from pre-surgery disappeared, but I was still taking my blood pressure medicine, and that meant, yeah, low blood pressure, which was making me all tired and headachey. But now -- no more blood pressure meds! Woohoo!

That’s great news. Congrats!

[IsabellasBlues 12]

On 10/14/2018 at 02:08, insta_adventurer said:

Non scale victory! I bought a straight sized fleece today!!!! 😲😲😲 I couldn’t tell you the last time I shopped from the straight size section (certainly has been years if ever)!



The scales been a little stuck at 253 this week, but my clothing keeps getting looser so things are still happening!

I’m happy for you. I hit a stall this week too, but like you, my clothes are looser, so yay!

[ellie123 374]

Quick update on my status. Thank you all so much for your lovely messages of encouragement each and everyone of them helps me keep my spirits up. I am still at the hospital and it looks like they will not be able to do the endoscopy till Monday morning… Needless to say that is upsetting. They think I have a structure and that they can fix it via the endoscopy. Until then I am on nothing by mouth which is very hard, And IV fluids I am also getting some nausea medicine and pain medicine as needed. The vomiting is now under control so I think God for that. Also my husband and kids came to visit me today and my son made me this beautiful card and call him but I’m sharing with you, they also brought some wonderful flowers and those really helped bring up my spirits as well. I am grateful this did not happen in the middle of My upcoming trip and I am hopeful that I can get fixed and not have issues while traveling. In the meantime I just got done taking a shower in the hospital and I feel more human so I will try to sleep a little to regain my energy. What would I gave for just a glass of cold water… and a sip of Protein drink sounds like heaven to me right about now. For those of you who can, enjoy your liquids on my behalf and count your blessings that you can take something down because I tell you what, without them it gets sucky very quickly...

[iattcom 96]

Ellie123 I said a prayer for you today and will continue to do so til I see you are well and home again. Can I pray for anything else for you and your family?

[ellie123 374]

On 10/14/2018 at 00:09, iattcom said:

Ellie123 I said a prayer for you today and will continue to do so til I see you are well and home again. Can I pray for anything else for you and your family?

Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it!

[libbyleeb 97]

@ellie123 How awful for you! I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I hope your surgeon can help you feel better quickly. I’m confident that you can have another special mother-son date that will show your son how much you love him.

[AEdoesRnY 531]

Went on a hike and had a few pics of me taken, first pics in a while! Pics are of me from a hike in June/July vs this weekend, coming up on 50 lbs down since start of two week preop!

[Megan Sadler 186]

Ellie I’m glad they seem to have an idea of what’s going on! Good that you’re being taken care of, and that you got to be visited by your family! I hope the endoscopy goes well for you tomorrow. Let us know, you’re in my thoughts and prayers.

@AEdoesRnY congrats!! You’re looking great! I just hit the 40 lb loss mark! I’m currently doing a free trial of kickboxing at 9 round and can’t wait to sign up for my membership next month.