1 year post op visit

I went for my 1 yr. post op visit yesterday. Total loss 89 lbs if I did my math right. I've lost 25.6 lbs. since I saw him for my 6 month post op visit. Not bad, but not great either. My PCM has finally figured out that I have hypothyroidism. I started on synthroid almost 2 weeks ago. Between that visit and the one I had yesterday I've lost 4 lbs. I'm hoping that I will start to lose a little faster now that I am on medication for my thyroid. I've known for a while that something wasn't right with my body, I just didn't know what. Its funny, my mom had me ask the doctor to check my thyroid at 6 months post op because of symptoms I was having, but the bloodwork came back fine. She thinks it was a false negative then and that I actually had something wrong with my thyroid then. I'm still trying to get my chronic pain and depression under control. So far nothing seems to be working for either. My psychiatrist has started me on my 3rd antidepressant since surgery along with pills for anxiety and pills to help me go to sleep. I'm still on blood pressure pills (for my kidneys, not bp) and cholesterol meds. As for pain, I'm still doing the fentanyl patches and percocet for breakthrough pain. Plus I still go through bengay like water. I'm still not very hungry and pretty much have to force myself to eat most days. My PCP checked some bloodwork a few weeks ago and what he checked was fine except for my thyroid. I'm having blood drawn again by my surgeon in about an hour or so. I told my surgeon that I'm happy with the weight loss but I feel worse than I did before surgery (healthwise). He seemed shocked. He said that most his other patients report the opposite (healthwise). Leave it to me to be different than everyone else. I really feel so alone in all of this. The doctors don't seem to know whats going on. I don't know whats going on. It seems to me that there is a lot that isn't known about this surgery, at least by any of the providers I work with. I like answers, not "well that's odd". Well I'm off to another doctor appt. this morning then to my psychiatrist this afternoon. Oh and tomorrow I go see the opthamologist because my eye sight seems to be getting worse. Last time I was there a few months ago, I was told that I'm starting to get glaucoma. A year after WLS and here I am still sick and tired of being sick and tired. Pathetic...huh?

Bee, I can totally relate to not feeling well. I to have experienced lots of fatigue post-op, I feel I had more energy before surgery. I recently added additional vitamins to my daily regimine and I'm doing better but I don't have the energy many talk about. Here is the link to the Yahoo grad board. Lots of ladies there are further out and have dealt with fatigue, low iron, low B vitamins, depression, etc. I have gained some wonderful information there...as they are people that are dealing with health issues that many doctors don't know about. You might want to post there and see if someone can give you insight. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG/ I can forward you a list of vitamins they recommend. Also, Michelle Curren "Vitalady" will email you personally with suggestions and such, go to her website www.vitalady.com, she is very knowledgable and helpful. Hope you feel better soon. Dana

boy do i feel your pain, bb. since wls a year ago i feel like i've encountered more physical ailments than any one person should have. and am really also sick and tired of being sick and tired. but they've checked all my blood work. all levels are fine. i'm trying, really hard, to just focus on getting through one issue at a time, knowing that without the surgery i probably wouldn't be around to deal with the issues. but it does get tough. and i also feel pathetic at times. hope you get some answers soon, girl. there's only so much one person can take, isn't there? hugs dorthe

Hello Bee---I'm so sorry that you are have all these problems---I wish you the best. If it makes any difference-----I too have been really really tired since my surgery--there seems to be no explanation for it, either. I had my 1 year post of visit with lab work this morning, so I don't have the results of it yet---I hate the idea that something would be wrong but if it were then at least I'd know why I have this tiredness.(sounds crazy, I know) My doc. thinks that I do too much and without realizing it because it's so much easier moving around now than before the surgery. (I'm 52 years old)..I guess that could be possible. I sure hope you get your problems resolved soon so you can feel better..... Hugs Wanda