Surgeon Follow Up

Home from bangor from seeing my surgeon. All is going well. I have lost 18lbs however. My G-tube came out THANK GOODNESS!!!! My other incision is healing well. still in pain from it all. Still out of work till at least 10/29. Going NUTS Need something to do still limited. Taking care of myself and getting house work done or what i can get done.

 

I also found out exactly what happened. The dr explained that the spot where he re-routed my intestine it retracted (telescope effect) on itself. Where part of it went up into the re-routed intestine. In the past it would corrected itself only this time it didn't and cause a bad blockage. Lost about 6 inches of intesine as the dr couldnt get it to undo itself. This ISNT a common issue but has been documented in three or four other patients through bangor. The dr explained that between the hernia and the bowel issue this is what was causing my off and on again pain. Thus the assumption that it would undo itself. No gauentee that it won't happen again though.

Glad you are feeling better!!!!  Mainegal had something like that happen to her also you may want to look at some of her posts.  Hope you continue to be on the mend!!! 

Thank you. I will try and get in touch with her. The dr told me though that there is no gaurettee that it won't happen again though. thats what scares me but at least now i know what it feels like

Glad to hear you are on the mend!

Trying to do house work but having a hard time. i hurt afterwards. Today cleaned the boys toy closet but the buckets were too heavy and i hurt myself doing it. I just need to leave what i and cant do. Maybe it will be guess and check.