Just a couple of questions
I havn't posted in a year or so but I have some questions for you.
I had my gastric bypass surgery in April of 2007. I have lost over 200 lbs. In July I went to the emergency room with a pain in my side, which they thought was appendicitis. When they opened me up they realized I had a perforated colon due to a form of diverticulitum, not diverticulitis. They removed about 8 inches of my colon, and I endured a very long recovery. I was assured by the doctors that it had nothing to do with my gastric bypass. I don't agree with them. Has anyone else experienced this or heard of this? One of the side effects of the surgery was that I lost another 30 lbs through the recovery, and now people tell me I am too thin and need to gain some weight, I did not think I would ever hear anything like that lol.
Also I seem to get acid indigestion a lot. I eat a lot of tums and that helps, but it keeps coming back.
The good news is I am currently down to about 180lbs which is great, I go to the gym 3 days a week and love it, I can eat anything I want without any repurcussions, and my skin has shrunk and does not cause me any problems. I am a little unsightly around the buttocks and under my arms, but I hope with more exercise it will resolve itself.
Any way if anyone has ever heard of what happened to me happening to anyone else please let me know, and any advice on the reflux I would sure appreciate it.
Thanks,
Craig
My hubby was RNY and has had some reflux erossion of esphogus issues and ulcers post RNY but was told he should be on previcid the rest of his life due to the Fact he has so little digestive enzymes and seems once he has taken previcid alot of his issues were resolved. He is unable to eat much meat and seems to be a carb acholic now and can drink soda etc and has no sugar dumping. he is currently holding steady at 194 he would like to lose 10 lbs but his lowest weight was 179 but I thouhgt he looked to skinny most docs say he looks good at his current weight I think he looked best at 185. Most doc told him do not lose any more weight.
His issues that he really battles is thinning of the bones Kyposis is severe, He takes reclasp once a year and was on boniva and still lost 4% of his bone density We feel the surgery has not helped him as far as bone density issues but truely feel the surgery did not help but it was not the cause of severe osteoprosis, Just his obesity hid the fact he had the disease all along. His parents both suffer from severe osteoprosis Bad genes. I mean who would have thougt a guy 300 lbs could be capable of having osteoporious? His parents have a severe malabortion issues and they did not have RNY. He just wished he looked at malabortion issues more closely who would think any one being 300 lbs be capable of ever having it. He will go in for bone density test again in Dec we will see if reclasp has made a difference.
His mom had the same surgery as u did but ended up with a colostomy bag. Hubby just has diverticulitis. His parents eat like horses and cannot keep their weight above 100 lbs. his dad got down do 85 pounds and his mom 95 lbs.. What still keeps them alive is a medical mystery, No one wants to look like they do no one. So keep some meat on your bones 180 is a great place to be Keep up the gym helps pound calcium in the bones
Hope this helps some.
I am so glad to see you again. Wecome back and join our Sunday weight ins You have done amazing job Gota love the males for resislt skin tone they have..
Keep up good work and we are here for you .. We are your A team.
Lisa
I think that as we lose weight, we have to metabolize all the unhealthy things we had stored in our fat-chemicals, etc. This causes a lot of stress on our systems and we can have different kinds of issues.
I had non specific colitis before surgery. Due to our stomaches not producing enough enzymes, I take digestive enzymes. This helps with my intestinal issues. I know they work, because if I don't take them, then the problems come back.
Sounds like everything else is going great. I agree-It is very weird to have someone tell you that you are too skinny. I always look around because they can't possibly be talking about me!
282/165/183lbs
