Guest guest Posted May 25, 2001 Report Share Posted May 25, 2001 I had surgery with Dr Ren on 3/29/01 and am doing wonderfully. I left the hospital on day 3. Have had no problems. Take Dairy care before eating dairy, use lactaid milk, take 2 ADEK's per day, 2 multi-vitamins, 3 caltrate calcium chewables, 2 devrom with each meal (that controls odors in your gas and stools) My prilosec and my thyroid medicine. I no longer take any blood pressure medicine. I started back to work on the 16th of April (18 days post op) and have played golf since the surgery. I was very tired after the first game and hit the bed at 9:30 but I was up at 6:30 am and ready to go. I feel great. I now play 4-5 games per week. And have cut 10 strokes off my game. I know that not everyone bounces back this well after surgery and I was in surgery for 8 hours. I had adhesions wrapped completely around my duodenum and Dr Ren took 1.5 hours to cut them down and successfully completed my surgery 100% lap. I was in step down (one step down from ICU) overnight because I was in surgery so long but as soon as they put me in another room I was up and walking and got out of the hospital on the 3rd day. I live in Marquette, Michigan so I stayed in NYC for 10 days, got to meet a lot of my friends on the list and took a cruise of Manhatton. I will be returning in 6 months for my checkup and plan to have dinner with several of my friends on the list. I will be glad to help you any way I can. Dr Ren is a fantastic surgeon and Gio is the best. Dr Ren just started a new support group. It will beon the 3rd Thursday of every month with the first hour devoted to post-op's and the second our is for pre-ops and info seekers. Please plan to attend the whole meeting. It will have a combination of DS and RNY I am sure. NYURUSK INSTITUTE OF REHAB MEDICINE400 EAST 34TH STREETIN ROOM R111 Viau http://www.angelfire.com/on/wannabemagic/WLS.html 3/29/01: 3165/24/01: 270 (-46 lbs)Dr Ren, NYUMC http://www.thinforlife.orgTo join the new group for Dr Ren click on the link belowhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYUMC-thinforlife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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