So happy to hear you're doing better! You were on my mind. Now get home and hug your family!

Yay! That's excellent news!  :)

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for your cards, notes, and calls. With the time and rest I have been taking to gain my strength and with all of your healing thoughts and prayers, we are winning the Dialysyis Battle! I haven't needed Dialysyis since Saturday, and from all sources, it seems my kidneys decided to finish their 2 week long vacation and they are now back to work! I got the Green Light to go home from the Surgeon, just waiting for Nephrology (The Kidney Dr.) to clear me. Here's hoping I'm home by Friday. Thank You again.

Are there any support groups in Saskatoon? Not necessarily for wls, a general obesity one would be good. You would think we'd be swimming in post op ds people.

thanks in advance,
Ivy

Well, petite_jolie, let's put it this way... it has been anything but boring...lol As I mentioned on June 22nd, I came to the Regina General Hospital for a routine weight loss surgery called the Laproscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass... It's July 4th, and I haven't left yet. The 1st Surgery went by with some issues (It was discovered that I was internally bleeding, and as a result, my renal system or my kidneys were shutting down.) The 2nd surgery was short and sweet, and the correction was made for the internal bleed. As a result of my kidney or renal failure however, my Creatine Protiens started to poison me. I was told I was going to start Dialysyis to correct the imbalance. Man, was I in for a surprise. Dialysis sucks! Sitting there for up to 4 hours non-stop blood recycling... ugh... I have had over 20 hours booked this week in the Dialysyis, and the great news is that it could be my last treatment. I woke up @ 4 AM today with the most severe abdominal pain and acttually crying out in pain for the 1st time in my life. I seriously thought I was dying for sure. But... Here's Joel... You can't keep a good man down! lol As for where I am located, as there is a sicker gentleman who needed the nurse's attention much more than me. I am on the mend, and look forward to getting back into my life, once I am discharhed. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers; they are greatly received.