Guest guest Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 Hi Everyone. My name is Cheri and I have been on the list for a few months now but have never posted. Just trying to learn from all your experiences. My surgery was January of 02, at Loyola near Chicago, done by Dr Brems. I had a hard recovery because I done heal well. I can still see the staple marks from my incision. I have yet to reach the 100 mark of weight loss. I started out at 268 and now weigh 180. I was done to 171 a few months ago but the pounds are creeping up. I watch what I eat but I find I am able to eat more larger portions lately. It feels like I am starving all the time. To make a long story short, I now have a hernia. I've been having pains in my stomach for some time now. The hernia is up high towards the left of my incision. Dr Brems ordered a cat scan and the results confimerd the hernia. He also showed me the films and explained how my somache has stretched out and food may be going into the lower stomach because of the stretching of the pouch. I feel like such a failure. My worst fear is to gain back all the weight I lost. He is happy with my weight loss. I'm not! He said the food is probably going down to my lower stomach. I was in shocked state and could not think of any questions to ask him. His office is going to call with the date for the hernia repair. I asked him to please zip me back up while he was in there. He explaind the risks are too hig for future problems. But... he will give it a look while he is in there. What exactly is a hernia? Should I insist he make my pouch smaller? What is the recovery time? Is there anything I can say to him? My job is also in jepordy because of all the time I took off last year. Please give me advice. I am feeling very depaired at the moment. Thank you, Cheri MagicCheri@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 Hi Everyone. My name is Cheri and I have been on the list for a few months now but have never posted. Just trying to learn from all your experiences. My surgery was January of 02, at Loyola near Chicago, done by Dr Brems. I had a hard recovery because I done heal well. I can still see the staple marks from my incision. I have yet to reach the 100 mark of weight loss. I started out at 268 and now weigh 180. I was done to 171 a few months ago but the pounds are creeping up. I watch what I eat but I find I am able to eat more larger portions lately. It feels like I am starving all the time. To make a long story short, I now have a hernia. I've been having pains in my stomach for some time now. The hernia is up high towards the left of my incision. Dr Brems ordered a cat scan and the results confimerd the hernia. He also showed me the films and explained how my somache has stretched out and food may be going into the lower stomach because of the stretching of the pouch. I feel like such a failure. My worst fear is to gain back all the weight I lost. He is happy with my weight loss. I'm not! He said the food is probably going down to my lower stomach. I was in shocked state and could not think of any questions to ask him. His office is going to call with the date for the hernia repair. I asked him to please zip me back up while he was in there. He explaind the risks are too hig for future problems. But... he will give it a look while he is in there. What exactly is a hernia? Should I insist he make my pouch smaller? What is the recovery time? Is there anything I can say to him? My job is also in jepordy because of all the time I took off last year. Please give me advice. I am feeling very depaired at the moment. Thank you, Cheri MagicCheri@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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