Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 hi grads. i am 2yrs 8 months out from open rny. i have not had anycomplications and have reached my goal. my question for you all,is..as a result of my success, i am often asked to help anothernewbie with questions and info. a new friend had surgery (lap rnywith gall bladder removal) on 9/3/02. i was on vacation and spoke toher for the first time on the 10th. she seemed to be doing ok..justa little more in shock at how serious this surgery really is. shewas under for 5 hours. update..she called yesterday morning to tell me she was at theemergency room all day sunday with vomitting and dehydration. ofcourse, she got the wonderful (not) reaction once she told them ofthe wls. this was not the hospital she had surgery in, but theyseemed to blame her for having the surgery. they called the hospitalshe had the surgery in and they said that was to be expected for thenext 2 years. i told her that was wrong..i have never thrown up inall of my time. she was going to her 2 week followup the next dayand was going to figure this out. i faxed her the eating plan fromthe place i went to..it was a great plan. she said her plan was fullstrength fruit juice and slim fast with water intersperced. way toomuch sugar..maybe she was dumping? i just called to see how her appt. went and her daughter told me sheis back in the hospital. here is the diagnosis and maybe some of youmore " medical " people can explain if this is possible. they said herlower stomach is filled with food and whatever. they are currentlydraining it via a tube and are considerating doing the surgery again.she took the necessary pre-surgery cleanng out stuff and no food for24 hours pre-surgery. she had an rny..isn't it transected? do theydrain our stomachs during our surgery? i feel bad for her, andalmost want to get out of the " mentoring " of wls. hope you can give me some answers so i can call her with some kind ofknowledge. she did say the hospital was horrible, but that we'd talkabout another day. now she is back there. it is in illinois ifanyone wants to know which one (not BTC). thanks for helping in advance,peggyopen rny 1-18-00283/155/dnebtc - belevidere, il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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