Re: Visit to Dr. Oh...Regina...

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Regina, I pray that you do NOT HAVE TO ENDURE ANY MORE SURGERIES.

No matter how much we research, we cannot learn/know it all. It is

in joining this group that helped me to look into finding answers to

my problems.

God knows you have been through enough, so I pray that you get scoped

& get some answers to your problems. My daughter just had wls &

there were complications. She asked me was I sure I wanted a

revision. She is feeling better now, so she is more accepting of it.

It is in reading/lurking & discussing on boards like this that help

us to ask the right questions, then find the answers & get the

support we so much need.

I know you can't do this again. Just start with asking the questions

& finding the answers & then decide. I was blessed to find Dr. Oh

(from & posts on this board, btw) & have a doc who gave me

complete answers. Someone else would have just said no sld & left it

at that. Leaving me to think I was still doing something wrong.

Keep posting & let us know how ypu are. I pray you find answers &

peace inthem.

Lorraine

> Lorraine:

>

> I'm almost four years post-op and though I thought I was extremely

well

> informed, I never heard of proximal or distal surgery until I joined

> this group. All my doctor told me that he made the decision on how

much

> to bypass when he got in there. Me, he bypassed 4' of intestine and

> created a pouch. Ended up with a sld disruption seven months later

and

> then transected me, but told me he didn't have to bypass anymore

because

> the " hook-up " was fine. His expectations for my weight loss was

> approximately 100-125 lbs and I would be considered a success. I'm

down

> between 175-185 and hoping to lose another 25-30 lbs, but now it is

> work. I've also put on some weight after my most recent surgery and

am

> quite upset and now working harder and concentrating more about

what I

> put in my mouth.

>

> I was told over a year ago on one of my scopes that there was a tiny

> " hole " and it looked like the two sections of stomach were trying to

> grow back together. Was having pain and the doc said that he thought

> some food may have become lodged in that hole and caused the

problems

> that I was having. Pain went away and never thought about it again.

> Never thought anything about it becoming a problem. I do recall them

> telling me to stay on the Nexium and Librax as the Nexium is an acid

> suppressor and that supposedly would keep the two sections of

stomach

> from re-attaching. Reading these posts over the past few weeks about

> fistulas and such have me nuts. I can eat more than I could and more

> times during the day. Do still dump from too many carbs that make me

> exceedingly cranky and tired and if given the chance I fall asleep.

> Wondering if I should be scoped again and if that is in fact what's

> going on, what in God's name do I do then? Feeling quite stupid

right

> now and anxious. Can't do this again. I just can't.

>

> Regina