Almost 36 hours and counting
Tuesday morning I will be wheeled into the OR to get rid of these horrid ulcers. I'm terrified. The hope is to be able to leave the RNY in tact. However, there is a chance that I will wake up with a reversal. Not knowing which I will be waking up with is getting to me. There is no doubt this has to happen, but I hate not having any control over the outcome. My surgeon is going to have another surgeon from his practice in the OR with him. He said either surgery is tricky and two sets of hands/eyes are better than one.
I'm ready for it to be here already. These ulcers have left me miserable. I've lost enough blood that I had to have a transfusion this morning. They've got me on something called Procrit to get my hemoglobin up between now and surgery. Last night was by far the worst night yet. My ulcer started bleeding again and the blood clotted in my stoma. So, it couldn't drain from my pouch. The pain was insane. I felt tons of pain and pressure. Finally I got sick and brought it all up. I don't care if you're expecting there to be blood in your vomit seeing it still scares the crap out of you.
They are going to cut out the area at the stoma where the ulcers are hanging out. Then they will reattach my intestines to a different area of my pouch. If he was to attach it to the same spot there is a good chance the ulcers would reoccur. My surgeon and the GI specialist feel like my ulcers are the result of bad blood flow to the area. I'm hoping that moving things around will change that. I'm not sure I can go through this again.
Has anyone had their RNY revised? If so what should I expect? I'm wondering if the recovery is gonig to be similar to that after my RNY. I'm also curious if my weight loss will be altered at all. I don't think they are changing much about the layout of my intestines.
I'm ready for it to be here already. These ulcers have left me miserable. I've lost enough blood that I had to have a transfusion this morning. They've got me on something called Procrit to get my hemoglobin up between now and surgery. Last night was by far the worst night yet. My ulcer started bleeding again and the blood clotted in my stoma. So, it couldn't drain from my pouch. The pain was insane. I felt tons of pain and pressure. Finally I got sick and brought it all up. I don't care if you're expecting there to be blood in your vomit seeing it still scares the crap out of you.
They are going to cut out the area at the stoma where the ulcers are hanging out. Then they will reattach my intestines to a different area of my pouch. If he was to attach it to the same spot there is a good chance the ulcers would reoccur. My surgeon and the GI specialist feel like my ulcers are the result of bad blood flow to the area. I'm hoping that moving things around will change that. I'm not sure I can go through this again.
Has anyone had their RNY revised? If so what should I expect? I'm wondering if the recovery is gonig to be similar to that after my RNY. I'm also curious if my weight loss will be altered at all. I don't think they are changing much about the layout of my intestines.
I wish you to best and will be praying for the best results. My mother-in-law had her bypass in 1975, and it was reversed about 10 years ago. She had the original intestinal bypass, quite dramatic, but did not have her stomach altered. Nevertheless, she was in her 70's when she was reversed and had lived with her bypass 25+ years. She did great and continues to do well to this day. There was a large team who participated in her surgery. Even though it is not quite like yours, I wanted you to know her story.
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