So many additional surgeries and life-changing medical complications. Is it just me?
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Have you finally been stabilized? Your situation seems fairly rare but I hope it all finally works out for you.
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Marco spent an hour and a half cuz I call my insurance cuz it's a free nurse line who sent me to telehealth who they immediately reviewed my record and the appointments kept getting canceled. Simple q
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Currently got my boyfriend to move all of my TPN and G tube and oral medication to my nightstand. We also included living room chair because I had like physically can't make it to the living room but
Almost I had it in 2018.
Here is a list of my surgeries and diagnosis's from just this hospital stay.
Duodenal switch with cholecystectomy and small intestine surgery (11/21/2018)
- Hernia repair, diagnostic laparoscopy, hiatal hernia repair, Botox injection, and upper GI endoscopy with biopsy (09/09/2019)
- Pyloroplasty (09/02/2020)
- EGD with Botox injection and balloon dilation (08/07/2020)
- Limb lengthening and resection of redundant afferent limb with EGD (05/18/2022)
- Hiatal hernia repair with fundoplasty (laparoscopic, no mesh) (06/18/2025)
- PICC line removal (08/09/2025)
- Modified upper GI with marshmallow (08/16/2025)
- Esophageal manometry and impedance study (August 2025)
- Tunneled catheter placement (08/14/2025)
- EGD with balloon dilation to 18–20 mm (08/13/2025)
- Laparoscopic conversion from duodenal switch to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (08/20/2025)
- Laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement into excluded stomach (08/20/2025)
- Upper GI endoscopy with dilation (08/20/2025)
- CT abdomen/pelvis with contrast (08/25/2025)
- XR abdomen 2 views (08/26/2025)
- QL block for pain management (08/27/2025)
**Diagnosis**
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| K91.2 | Postsurgical malabsorption |
| K90.9 | Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified |
| E46 | Protein-calorie malnutrition, unspecified |
| R63.3 | Feeding difficulties |
| R63.4 | Abnormal weight loss |
| R63.5 | Abnormal appetite |
| R63.0 | Anorexia (not anorexia nervosa) |
| E86.0 | Dehydration |
| R11.0 | Nausea |
| R11.10 | Vomiting, unspecified |
| R11.2 | Nausea with vomiting, unspecified |
| R10.9 | Abdominal pain, unspecified |
| Z93.1 | Gastrostomy status |
| Z98.890 | Other specified postprocedural states |
| Z90.49 | Acquired absence of other parts of digestive tract |
| R19.4 | Change in bowel habit |
| R19.7 | Diarrhea, unspecified |
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### 🔹 Nutritional & Functional Diagnoses
| **Code** | **Diagnosis** |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| E44.1 | Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition (GLIM criteria) |
| M79.1 | Myalgia (muscle pain) |
| M25.50 | Joint pain, unspecified |
| R60.0 | Localized edema (swollen legs) |
| Z74.1 | Need for assistance with personal care |
| Z74.3 | Need for continuous supervision |
| Z74.8 | Other problems related to care-provider dependency |
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I am tpn dependent and I have a g-tube for my medication waiting on home services for occupational physical therapy so I can basically relearn and build muscles again.