Home Again!!!
Well I was able to spend 2 days at home before I went back in the hospital for the next 8 days!!! But i'm home and hopefully here to stay!! I ended up in the ER at Vandy last friday night I was having severe pains in my right side, my surgeon (who is in Atlanta) said go to the ER that it may be kidney stones...well I get to the ER...start in the door and then start dry heaving badly.... come to find out I had a serious kidney infection so I was admitted and never stopped dry heaving and throwing up. So needless to say I had nothing to eat or drink by mouth for a week, if I tried it immediately came back up... so finally about tues or wed they get the bariatric surgeons in there. They freak out because they have not been giving me any sort of vitamins thru my IV. Speaking of IV's..i've never been a real easy stick but I had to have my IV redone 5 times in those 8 days...they kept infiltrating...if you have never had an IV do that...don't worry you are not missing anything... my arms are still sore and they said it could take 2 weeks for all the pain to go away.
Anyway.... so they send me down to see if I have a stricture...now I've heard ppl say those tests aren't bad but i'm here to tell you either i'm a huge baby or they didn't give me enough medicine!! They said they would knock me out but it didn't!!! Anyway 2 days later I finally found out the results...I did have a stricture where my bowel is connected to the pouch but more importantly my pouch was full of ulcers they said... well I finally was able to keep water down friday night so they disconnected my IV and started giving me all my meds by mouth...OMG.... I don't think they realize how hard it is to take pills when you can only sip!!! Even if they are broken up....My ulcer pill is HUGE and its 4 times a day..... it's a struggle to just get it down...I'm so scared of throwing up and dry heaving...I haven't really eaten yet and i'm not hungry but I know I have to eat and drink....This is been such a long and painful journey all ready I just hope the worst is behind me!!!
Hugs..
Rose
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OMG Rose,and here all this time I thought you were at home getting stronger every day , I sincerely hope all your troubles are overand you are on the path to recovery now. Do not hesitate to call the Drs who took care of you at Vandy if you feel really bad . only you know your own body and have a sense that something is wrong so go ahead and call call call. I would rather be labeled a "big baby" then have something serious go wrong ,When do you go back to see your surgeon? have you called him and told him what has happened to you? Take care and follow the dr orders to the letter about eating and drinking and taking your pills too . Hugggggggggggggggggg Arianna
Hi Rose, I am sorry that you have had to go thru all this. I did too, and they said I had ulcers but my own GI checked and he saw no ulcers what I had was errosions from the pills in my pouch and not being able to drink much for them to dissolve. I sure hope you start feeling better real soon. It's not fun dry heaving is it? Mine is a nightly thing with the chemo pills which causes my errosions in my pouch and my potassium to drop real quick. Girl, you hang in there and continue to fight for a healthier you. You are in my thoughts and prayers and may this be the last time you have to go to the hospital.
Much love, Kathy
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