surgery 4/27-very rough

Hi Guys. FIrst time posting since m y surgery. I don't want to scare any one, but, that's one hell of a beating your body takes. surgery went well, felt okay for about 7 days then the vomitting started. All day and night for 3 days straight. went back to the hsopital, was scoped, said nothing was wrong. nausea still never stopped. Surgeon prescribed an anti nausea med, works wonders but makes you weak as heck, especially if you've been vomitting for three days straight. ive lost about 35 pounds since my surgery but don't even care enough to check every day right now because i feel so damn miserable. i am not asking myself why i did this, i am asking when it will stop. i cant do any thing without vomitting up froth now. i don't feel normal whatsoever. i want to,, honestly, go back to the hsopital and be taken care of until i feel better. I wish i had tons of money so i could afford that. It would be gret to have constant care like that. its been a very difficult last week for me. I am not heading back to wor****il next week sometime, if the surgeon even releases me then. Which was definitely not planned for. My best advice: make sure you know you can be really super ill for weeks on end without any true relief because its just a result of the surgery. expect it, and it wont be so hard to deal with. god bless all of you, hopefully next time i update will be only better. take care!

I had my surgery the 27 th too! I hope you get better soon. please take care of you!

I'm so sorry that things have been so rough for you. It's not like that for everyone - you just had to be one of the unlucky ones right.....My surgery was the 18th and everything was fine. I've had no problems with throwing up and have no problems with any foods that I try. This is almost a worry to me because I'm afraid it will be too easy to fall back into old habits. So look at this rough patch as a good sign that the tool with work as a negative reinforcement for you. Hopefull you can afford to stay off work longer if needed. I'm not going back to wor****il Monday and I had my surgery a whole week + earlier than you. Don't push things unless you absolutely have no choice - give your body and mind a chance to heal and realize what's going on. God bless and I hope that things only get better for you from now on. Angel Hugs Carolyn

I hope you are feeling better soon. What an awful experience you have had. I will keep you in my prayers. Lizzie

Meghan - you just described how I felt two weeks ago. My surgery was 4/13, 2 weeks before yours. Since I have Crohn's disease, I have been through several tests, all resulting in the fact that it will take time. One of the big differences, besides time, is that I switched from Phenergan for nausea, which made me weak as well, to Zofran, an anti nausea drug that is used for chemo patients. It works great and I am taking less of it every day so things are obviously getting better. I have to be careful about how fast I eat or drink as it will just pop back up. Also, I am incredibly sensitive to smells and sometimes movement. I will just get a wave of extreme nausea and be dry heaving in a New York minute. It is a little disconcerting. My main message here, though, is simply how much better I am. My GI docs don't want me to go back for another couple of weeks and I now see why. This is yet another lesson for me in patience! Hang in there, Dotsie

Thanks every body. Your caring responses have made me feel not so alone. Especially yours Dorothy. I too am on the Zofran-i love the stuff works miracles, except for the weakness and tiredness. I too am sensitive to smells, not so much movement, but smells yes. IT's weird isn't it? I just hate the frothing now that the vomitting is all gone, it feels like their is hair in my throat. I am feeling better now that I am trying my tomato soup, too. Maybe i was very malnourished and dehydrated. None of that helps either. GOd bless all of you, and I hope all of you make it through wonderfully. : ) Thanks again for your wonderful words.

Unfortunately I can relate. I had my Lap RNY on 4/14 and have had persistent nausea and vomiting since. I would have good days and bad, finally it got so bad I called my surgeon on Monday and told them that I thought I had a stricture or something, sure enough, I had an endoscopy with balloon dilation following a swallow test that showed narrowing of my anastamosis. I too am not wondering what did I do but when will it stop. Best of luck to you, hope you feel better soon.