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Libby63    57

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I am ‘in process’ without a surgery date yet. I am a candidate for RNY because of GERD, sugar addiction, comorbidites but I have had three previous abdominal surgeries and my surgeon said adhesions could require me to have a sleeve instead. Did any of you have successful RNY despite having adhesions?

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Briswife15    890

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My doctor was concerned about adhesions too because of prior abdominal surgery, but my RNY was successful. Good luck to you!

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alex76    184

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I had 3 c- sections 18, 20, and 25 years ago. I also had a tubal ligation back then too. Are these the types of abdominal surgeries that you're referring to?
My bypass is scheduled for tomorrow July 3. Should I be concerned about him not being able to do my bypass?

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Libby63    57

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Thanks, Briswife15. Alex76, I am sure you will be fine or he would have mentioned it! My surgeon was most concerned about my old gallbladder surgery. The others were a 2 stage hysterectomy but he was not as concerned with them. Relax, and get a good nights sleep. Please let me know how it goes. You’ll be in my thoughts tomorrow. Best wishes!

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alex76    184

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Thanks, Libby63! I will be sure to post my update in the July Siblings thread.

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Prestonandme    107

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My surgeon was not concerned that I had had my gallbladder and appendix removed two years prior. My RNY surgery went very smoothly, no problems.

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FluffySaysForkIt!    823

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I also had some questions for my surgeon about this prior to my RNY having had a hysterectomy before. The way it was explained to me was that they were most concerned with prior abdominal surgeries that involved implanted mesh to repair them, such as a large hernia repair. I bet you will do just fine. :)

Good luck tomorrow!

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Mrs. Hayes    91

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I had an adhesion from an OLD c section and an old hysterectomy. I got my bypass and the next day ended up in emergency surgery from a bowel blockage due to said adhesions! I had 3 blood transfusions and was in ICU for an entire week. With ANY abdominal surgery there is always a risk if adhesions. The blockage was not due to my bypass unfortunately it happened a day later.

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Libby63    57

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Mrs Hayes, that must have been terrifying. Glad you are ok now.

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4 hours ago, Libby63 said:

Mrs Hayes, that must have been terrifying. Glad you are ok now.

It was.

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On 07/02/2019 at 17:00, Libby63 said:

I am ‘in process’ without a surgery date yet. I am a candidate for RNY because of GERD, sugar addiction, comorbidites but I have had three previous abdominal surgeries and my surgeon said adhesions could require me to have a sleeve instead. Did any of you have successful RNY despite having adhesions?
Hi Libby. I’ve had two sections and adhesions were my biggest fear because I had them with my second section and pain was terrible!!
However this pain was not even close. He did tell me I had quite a bit of scar tissue so he had to make an additional incision. But other than that I’m doing great. I went RNY. When you sign your consents they will put both in case he can’t do one, if that makes sense. All in all, I’m so excited at how well this went for me! Good luck to you

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Thanks, Briswife15. Alex76, I am sure you will be fine or he would have mentioned it! My surgeon was most concerned about my old gallbladder surgery. The others were a 2 stage hysterectomy but he was not as concerned with them. Relax, and get a good nights sleep. Please let me know how it goes. You’ll be in my thoughts tomorrow. Best wishes!
Good morning, Libby63: I'm happy to report that you were right! My bypass was a success. I woke up yesterday and was in minimal pain that was managed well by the nurses. I haven't had anything to eat in about 34 hours and I don't feel any hunger. This morning I will start my clear liquid diet Phase 1. Wish me luck!
Thanks again for your supportive words.

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I also had some questions for my surgeon about this prior to my RNY having had a hysterectomy before. The way it was explained to me was that they were most concerned with prior abdominal surgeries that involved implanted mesh to repair them, such as a large hernia repair. I bet you will do just fine. [emoji4]
Good luck tomorrow!
Good morning, Fluffy! You were right, I did just fine [emoji4] I am officially 1 day post-op from gastric bypass. It's still hard for me to believe that I went through with it! I'm excited to begin my road to recovery and renewal! Thank you for your encouragement.

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Congratulations Alex76!!![emoji253][emoji253]

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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
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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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        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.

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