Guest guest Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 Hi all. My name is Doug Edelman and I just passed my 2 year anniversary of RNY surgery on 8/13. I've been a member of obesityhelp.com since 6 months pre-op, and just learned of this group from a member who replied to a post of mine. I'm not going to bore you with a long history of the last 2 years but to get acquainted here's a brief synopsis: Lap RNY 8/13/01 by Drs de la Torre and in St Louis, MO area. Had bleeding requiring open correction 12 hrs later. Then a week later developed a leak, requiring 6 weeks on TPN and NPO. Fun Fun! At 9 months out, developed hernia and gallbladder problem. May of 02 had hernia repair, cholecystectomy and panniculectomy (17 lbs of skin removed) all in one shot. It was not an easy year. BUT in that time I went from 385 to 243. Never regretted choice to have the surgery. In the 2nd year I'm suspecting my stoma's stretched (probably my fault for returning to a bad Mountain Dew habit when I started a new job last October. I " flatten " it first by shaking and bleeding gas several times before drinking... but I know I shouldn't be drinking carbonated drinks.) At any rate, now I can eat way more than I think I should be able to, since food seems to pass right out of the pouch thru the stoma. I put 20 lbs back on over the last 9 months. I'm giving up the Dew, and starting to exercise to try to get back on track. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! See the 1 year before/after pics at http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/bnfseries.phtml? Dir=Next & Time=1014429484 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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