Test Results, Moving Ahead

Hi all! I went this past Monday and did my first urine nicotine test. It came back negative, and the nurse at the doctors office told me yesterday that I was given permission to move forward and that the person in charge of scheduling will be calling me to schedule my pre-op appointment, pre-op blood work, and to give me a surgery (revision) date!

My bloodwork from back in March did show slight anemia, so I'm starting Integra Iron supplements once a day. I was also told that one more urine nicotine/continine test will be called in prior to my surgery date. Not a problem, I am still smoke free...and feel SO much BETTER! 

My surgery will be a revision, as I have two Gastro Gastric fistula's connecting my pouch to old stomach. I had open roux en y in July 2002, and an unsucessful fistula repair by a different doctor in western ny in July 2012. I had a different revision surgery scheduled for October 2015, but cancelled that as we moved. I saw my new surgeon down here back in March, but had failed to quit smoking until recently, so was not able to schedule surgery til that was done. I am so excited! Ready for the pain nausea and stomach probs/weight regain to finally hopefully be gone once and for all :)

Megan M. :-)

Good luck with the process!!! Rich

Thanks, Rich! 

Good luck. And quitting smoking is the very best thing you could do for your health.

Thank you! :-)

hey there! Awesome that you got in to see them and that your testing is done.  I'll be looking forward to seeing you post your successes here on OH!

Thank You, Deanna! 

Congrats on quitting smoking, that's fantastic!  You'll have a surgery date soon! 

Thank You, Kelly! :-) it was hard (again) but it was so far past the point where I enjoyed smoking. Actually, I'm not sure that I ever really did enjoy it lol

Megan M. :-)

With all these problems - please say that you have quit smoking for good.