Re: Questions for those with much more experience.. Important!!!! HELP please

[Guest guest]

I had open RNY a year and a half ago. We tend to suppress memories

of pain, so I'm not sure how accurate my answer will be, but I think

I felt pretty good after a couple of weeks. It would ache more as

the day went on, but pretty much a diffuse, dull ache. It took me

about 3 weeks to be able to comfortably lie flat, I had to sleep in

a chair. I didn't finish the bottle of liquid percocet that was

prescribed, was able to just use tylenol after about the first week

or so.

Here's one guess about what might be going on with you. I have *no*

idea how valid this might be, but it seems logical. When we have

the initial surgery we immediately start losing a lot of weight, so

I'll bet there's quickly less tension on the muscles and other

tissues, especially once the edema subsides. However, if you have

surgery at a stable weight you wouldn't have the advantage of

everything getting looser. Does this make any sense?

Celia

[Guest guest]

Dr Oh is an expert. I bring him " broken people " pretty often. He

examines them, then he fixes them. We are in WA state.

As to being underweight, since you are still in the honeymoon stage,

you're not done. When I was as far out as you, I was way underweight,

too. But I just kept doing what I was supposed to do and the wt

stabilized.

The last thing I would do is eat/drink candy (Ensure) just to get

empty calories on board. The craving cycle you set up may mean you

cannot control the upswing. You might want to try real protein to

level things out. At least the calories are not empty.

Not many STAY too thin for very long. And the people I've known who

have tried to gain often end up parking higher than they want to be.

Men seem to be ok for a lil while, but the women just keep on going

back up.

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Questions for those with much more

experience.. Important!!!! HELP please

> Hi Group --I have a question for you guys that have had OPEN

> procedures.... Beth suggested that I send out this question to all

of

> you with more experience to see what, if any, type of responses

that

> I might get... I hear you guys have all the experience...(smile)

> First question : Since alot of you have had OPEN procedures I'd

like

> to know just how long it took you to feel better after surgery,

since

> you were sliced open all the way up and down??????? As some of

you

> might know - I had another emergency small bowel obstruction Nov.

> 29th and this time Dr. Naaman (Houston) cut me from under my

ribcage

> to way below my belly button (I'd previously had LAP -RNY - Dec.

6th,

> 2002 with no complications at all until Oct of this year..) so

I've

> never been cut wide open before... ANYWAY, my wound is completely

> healed on the outside... scar doesn't look too bad actually .. he

> doesn't use staples just tape or glue or something to hold it all

> together...but like I said, it does not look too bad!! But I

STILL

> am having problems with it being sore and feels like it

> is " tightening up " ... does that make sense to you? Is that normal?

> I can feel it when I bend over or move around quickly and stuff

and

> it hurts....even when I button my jeans... it feels different or

> painful if something like the waistband is too tight... So I'm

> wondering just how long it was before your tummy FELT NORMAL

again --

> or DO YOU? And is there anything I can do to make the healing

> BETTER?

> 2nd question: I'm still not 100% back to normal from this

surgery,

> I've suffered constant pain on the left side under the rib area

> (feels like a big ball in there sometimes)and diarrhea ever since

> this last surgery...I also had a small bowel obstruction in OCT

and

> they fixed that with a LAP procedure.. stayed in the hospital a

week,

> then went home to recover...with no problems! The obstruction

came

> back the day after Thanksgiving -- only this time I had

COMPLICATIONS

> after surgery - and ended up on Life Support for 3 days, because I

> didn't wake up.. they said my body was in a weakened condition

from

> all the morphine they gave me.... (yes, I'm looking into THAT

little

> problem too) I've had tests after tests, and no one seems to know

> what is wrong with me...except that I have a new big fat ulcer in

my

> pouch... I'm down to 114 pounds and need to STOP losing weight...

> I'm a big bag of skin and bones right now.. and the doc is

> threatening to put me on TPN? -- SO I'm in a bit of trouble right

now

> and need some help!!! I'm weak all the time, just want to

> sleep...and basically no energy to do anything! I am eating, but

> eating alot of junk food for the calories... Dr. N, says to eat

> whatever will go in my mouth right now, to gain back some weight!

So

> I am... but that might be causing my diarreha issues TOO.... so

I'm

> damned if I do and damned if I don't! He wants me to drink at

least

> ONE Ensure Plus a day - if not twice.. those fill me up ALOT....

> yesterday I put it in the blender with ice and it tasted like a

> milkshake... pretty good - just high in the calories, which I need

> right now... I DO DUMP though - so I have to drink it

SLOOWWW!!!!!!

>

> I actually think I'm going to go get a second opinion ASAP...

because

> I didn't like what he said yesterday at my appt!! Which was if

this

> didn't stop soon -- we might be looking at having to TAKE DOWN my

> surgery! That freaked me out completely! Not a option for me,

unless

> it's life threatening....I hear there are MANY complications from

> reversing the surgery and my quality of life would not be good

> anyway! I have lots and lots of questions concerning this,

because

> he ORIGINALLY told me my problems were from ADHESIONS wrapping

around

> my intestines... now I don't understand WHY - he would want to

TAKE

> DOWN my surgery, if this is all because of ADHESIONS?????? Taking

> down the surgery isn't going to make the adhesions go away or stop

> growing......... RIGHT? Just things aren't adding up... and I

need

> to figure it all out... Any names of great doctors would be

> appreciated also... I'm looking for someone who is a

SPECIALIST....

> and trustworthy... so any thoughts on that would be appreciated

too!

> Please don't get me wrong... I like Dr. Naaman ALOT... but I think

> for my sanity and well-being that I need to find someone who might

be

> a specialist when it comes to problems of my kind! Thanks all and

> have a great day!

>

> Cheers, Tammy

>

> Dr. Naaman - Dec. 6th, 2002

> 270 lbs - down to 114 today!

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