My 12 month appointment..surgery again

Well I had my 12 month appointment with Dr C today.

Things went pretty well.. My labs weren't too bad although my anemia is getting worse and my iron levels are low. She told me to find a hematologist near by and call up there and she will refer me. I got my T SHIRT!! YAAAY

The nut & I worked things out to change my eating schedule up to see if I can get more calories in and keep my blood sugars and all level since they seem to be dropping. She said I'm doing really well exercise wise and I'm doing okay with my protein.

Dr C. seems to think that my problem with the bloating and pain is that some how food is getting into my Afferent limb, where food isn't supposed to go.. I don't really know how to describe it but anyways it can cause the horrible bloating and pain. It gets out of it with the heaving, sometimes it comes back up others it gets itself over into my intestine where it should be, which explains how I feel better without meds or anything sometimes. Sooo anyways the way to fix this is to have surgery again. She is going to go in laproscopically and section off the part of my stomach or what not that its going into sooo that its not going in there anymore. I can't remember if she said she is going to remove that part or what right off.. She drew a lil pic to show me what she was saying. Also said shes going to look around in there at everything else to make sure thats the problem and something else isn't happening. ...

Well hopefully this will all be resolved soon.  When are they going to do the surgery?

Don't have a date yet, have to wait for Heather (scheduler) to call and she was very harrassed yesterday sooo I'm guessing it'll be Tuesday or so.

YYYaaaaaOOOOuuuuchh!  No wonder you are having so much trouble!  I saw the drawing on WLSIndy and wondered how that "afferent limb" got there in the first place except by the surgeon's hands?  Kind of scary.  Wish you luck!

I'm soo glad that we have things figured out hopefully. I drew that up so that hopefully people would have some idea what I was sayin because I keep trying to find a pic of a RNY with an afferent labeled but couldn't

i am so sorry to hear that you have to have surgery again, but i am glad that you know what is causing the problem. when do they want to do surgery? my thoughts and prayers are with you.

I'm not sure because I don't know how far out her surgery schedule is.

Glad to hear that you are doing well on your labs.  So sorry to hear that you have to have surgery, but at least now there is a way to resolve the pain and bloating.  Hopefully that will be all that has to be done, and get it done quickly!  Let me know when and where surgery will be!  Take care!

Thanks hon.

Misty, I am glad that your labs are doing well but I am sorry for you having to have surgery again. At least this time you know that part of your life is going to be in the past. That is something to look forward to. You have to find a positive out of a negative and somehow that seems to help. Keep us posted on the date and you know that we are praying for you. I am sending love and hugs to you~can you feel them?