Had Emergency Surgery Just Now

[FluffyChix 17,418]

6 hours ago, TheJuice202 said:

Sucks you had to go through such pain but glad you've been fixed up and are healing.

You post really well for being medicated lol.

Better living through chemistry!!! Good times! 🤣🤩🎉🍾

[FluffyChix 17,418]

4 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

LOL

LOL summer is gonna get the bodies we give it!

Prayers for both you @FluffyChix and @Alex Brecher, y'all are both handling it with grace and courage.

I, however, plan to set aside a few days just for misery & such to just cry like a baby if I need to... A big angry baby 😁

And you deserve to sweetie!!!! We’ll send big hugs!!

[Krestel 330]

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

i was fortunate to get to my bariatric surgeon who knew what it was immediately and took action-saving my bowels and blood supply!! She put in 5 or 6 ports and did it laparoscopically lucky for me. The doc at the other hospital wanted to do it open! 😳🤪😥😲🥴

I dont pray much, but I will pray loudly and often that you dont get the gas pains after laproscopic surgery then!

[GreenTealael 25,565]

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

And you deserve to sweetie!!!! We’ll send big hugs!!

Thank you!

[JohnnyCakes 593]

"internal hernia with twisted gut" ... did they say this was due to your RNY anatomy?

and if so, any tips on how to avoid it?

glad you're okay Fluffy!

[JohnnyCakes 593]

10 hours ago, Krestel said:

On a side note: When i was in the hospital during surgery, there was another guy in my room who had had surgery for a twisted intestine. He was a healthy kid in college. So even if it's more common in bariatric patients, twisted gut still happens to normies.

my thoughts as well.....

[FluffyChix 17,418]

33 minutes ago, JohnnyCakes said:

"internal hernia with twisted gut" ... did they say this was due to your RNY anatomy?

and if so, any tips on how to avoid it?

glad you're okay Fluffy!

Hey great to see you!! Yes it happens frequently to RNY people. There is a point between 2 major blood supplies where they access the stomach. It’s on our left by the spleen adjacent to the stomach and being MO this area is ripe with fat. Sometimes the doc uses a stitch in there to close it and other times they leave it open. She left mine open and because I lost so much and lost the deep internal fat, that hole became bigger cuz it wasn’t filled with fat anymore. So it was big enough for the small intestine to slip through and tangle with the omentum (a blood rich net of fat that wraps over the peritenium and protects the organs within). So they had to work out and untangle the si and put I back in the sack and close the hole up. 😳

Edited July 13, 2019 by FluffyChix

[JohnnyCakes 593]

wow... that sounds incredibly complicated. thanks for the explainer.

[Sosewsue61 3,185]

OMG! Fluffy!! Hugs hugs and more hugs! I am so glad you had an amazing surgeon. Please please take it easy (and stop worrying about goal#3 for now)!!!

[ms.sss 15,809]

GET WELL SOON!!! ♥️

[Sheribear68 3,201]

Omg Fluffy!
Just now got a day off so I’m hitting the boards and saw this.
So glad everything seems to have gone well and it’s awesome that you’re still so upbeat, although that’s not surprising.

[gabybab 696]

So sorry to see this happening to you. Hopefully you are on the mend!💗

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Update. Things are going great. Back to walking 60+ minutes a day and back on my forever diet of success. I do have pain, but it's easily handled with tylenol at night. Some gas pain in shoulders, but minimal. I'm back at work today and business as usual. Yay team.

Thank you everyone for the prayers, concern and well-wishes!!

Remember to listen to your gut! If you "feel" a sudden INTENSE onset of symptoms--don't ignore them! Contact your surgeon PDQ and all should be well!!!

[MIZ60 1,291]

Oh FC that sounds like a nightmare. so sorry to read about it and so glad you are on the mend and handling it like a champ. I know you are getting near goal #3 but this is a LITTLE EXTREME as a weight loss tactic. Please no more twisting and herniating and I hope you are able to avoid Rosemary's Baby poo....you crack me up.

[FluffyChix 17,418]

Just now, MIZ60 said:

Oh FC that sounds like a nightmare. so sorry to read about it and so glad you are on the mend and handling it like a champ. I know you are getting near goal #3 but this is a LITTLE EXTREME as a weight loss tactic. Please no more twisting and herniating and I hope you are able to avoid Rosemary's Baby poo....you crack me up.

At the time, I seriously thought I was dying. And I played the drama card big time! Cuz you know, what's a death scene without drama and a seriously curious audience of strangers. Right? But in the end, once big time Billy Badass morphine was on board and I was no longer writhing or sweating, things felt much less cray. And I was one of the lucky ones. Sadly @Alex Brecher got the short draw on his. That's who I'm saddest for! Mine ended up being NBD and 45 minutes later I'm out and discussing the great trip I'd been on with fentanyl and my cute anesthesiologist.

And yes, I will stop at NO lengths to reach Goal #3. LOL. Take no prisoners. Tawanda!!!