I am getting tired of the complications...when will it stop
I can only say that we were all warned we would be feeling depressed etc.
I can say that you do not mean that you want to slip back into the old cacoon for protection.
I be you look great with the weight loss and be very proud of yourself as the surgery did not take your weight off YOU DID. The surgery was a tool and you put it to good use.
Good for you.
Keep your chin up . Are you sad and lonely because you do not have a unrealistic challenge any longer to face because the weight is gone?
A few complications is better than a death sentence for sure.
Yeah, I'm waiting for the complications to go away. Things are getting better for me... very slowly getting better. I'll be 7 months out out this month. I spent the first 4 months post-op in and out of the hospital, had surgery to repair an obstruction, strictures dilated, malnutrition I fight still, nausea and vomiting that I battle with daily. But I can say this... my situation is better now than it was even 1-2 months ago. Things are looking up and I refuse to give up or in to complications. Find a support group (online, but in person is supposed to be better). They may not relate to you in terms of your complications but I guarantee they can relate to your feelings and wishing to go back to your old cocoon... being ashamed of yourself or feelings... etc. Keep on keeping on. They say it gets better. Just don't give up!
~Alyssa
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Yes, I can relate. This month is my one year "surgiversary" and I've had a series of complications, one of which was life-threatening. I had 3 really good months somewhere in the middle, but the rest of the time has been a fight to either survive or recover. Yes, I understand the feeling of "does it ever stop?"
None of us planned for it to work out this way, but hopefully we did our homework and knew it was a possibility. I just never expected one "possibility" after another! I have to believe the struggle will end eventually and I will look back at all this one day and say it was worth it. Would I say that now? Probably not.
But you know where you were before and the issues that awaited you if you did nothing. Instead, you were brave and took steps to improve your health. While it's hard now and the complications keep coming at you, fight one battle at a time. Hopefully the battles will die out and you'll resume the life you dreamed of. I have to believe that...for you, for me, and for everyone else in our situation.
Godspeed,
-Zook-
None of us planned for it to work out this way, but hopefully we did our homework and knew it was a possibility. I just never expected one "possibility" after another! I have to believe the struggle will end eventually and I will look back at all this one day and say it was worth it. Would I say that now? Probably not.
But you know where you were before and the issues that awaited you if you did nothing. Instead, you were brave and took steps to improve your health. While it's hard now and the complications keep coming at you, fight one battle at a time. Hopefully the battles will die out and you'll resume the life you dreamed of. I have to believe that...for you, for me, and for everyone else in our situation.
Godspeed,
-Zook-
Chana There is no proof that RNY extends life.
Of greatest concern are the effects of long-term nutritional deficiencies, which are rarely discussed realistically. The neurological decline and aging seen after bariatric surgeries is especially rapid and results from multiple vitamin and mineral deficiencies, said Dr. Ernsberger. Both the stomach and small intestines are critical for absorbing many nutrients, including B-vitamins, calcium, iron, vitamin D and protein. Even taking supplements in multiple times the recommended amounts doesn’t help because the surgeries eliminate the proper function of the stomach and gastrointestinal system, he said. Hence, malnutrition problems are not uncommon, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and include anemias, osteoporosis, loss of teeth, blindness and, in a reported 16% of cases, even neurological and brain damage. We are seeing the return of nutritional deficiency diseases of starvation in formerly healthy fat people that had become rare in Western societies and are typically only seen in underdeveloped regions of the world.
Of greatest concern are the effects of long-term nutritional deficiencies, which are rarely discussed realistically. The neurological decline and aging seen after bariatric surgeries is especially rapid and results from multiple vitamin and mineral deficiencies, said Dr. Ernsberger. Both the stomach and small intestines are critical for absorbing many nutrients, including B-vitamins, calcium, iron, vitamin D and protein. Even taking supplements in multiple times the recommended amounts doesn’t help because the surgeries eliminate the proper function of the stomach and gastrointestinal system, he said. Hence, malnutrition problems are not uncommon, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and include anemias, osteoporosis, loss of teeth, blindness and, in a reported 16% of cases, even neurological and brain damage. We are seeing the return of nutritional deficiency diseases of starvation in formerly healthy fat people that had become rare in Western societies and are typically only seen in underdeveloped regions of the world.
Luchosays...
Give it a rest, man. You copy/paste the same thing in multiple posts time and time again. Your "facts" are not supported with references that people can check. Some of the statements you make in other posts are absolutely unsupported by the many studies cited elsewhere.
The Dr. Ernsberger you quote (same quote over and over and over again) may be the greatest MD in the world, or he could be a PHD economist, for all I know. Without telling us who he is, and pointing us to a URL, study, or publication that you are citing, your post is absolutely pointless.
There! I got that off my chest. Feel much better now!
Give it a rest, man. You copy/paste the same thing in multiple posts time and time again. Your "facts" are not supported with references that people can check. Some of the statements you make in other posts are absolutely unsupported by the many studies cited elsewhere.
The Dr. Ernsberger you quote (same quote over and over and over again) may be the greatest MD in the world, or he could be a PHD economist, for all I know. Without telling us who he is, and pointing us to a URL, study, or publication that you are citing, your post is absolutely pointless.
There! I got that off my chest. Feel much better now!
Unfortunately for some of us, they never stop. I am six years out adn I am still having problems, serious ones. I am looking at having my roux-n-y reversed cause of the problems as a last ditch effort to get rid of it. I hope it helps but they dont know fore sure, only a 60% chance it will help at all. Sorry and I hope yours stop
Alannah
Alannah
I know a few people friends of family and people who know people that have had RNY, and they get so depressed they turn to drug and alchol for confort. so if you are havening signs of depression PLease seek medical attention befor you do the same. Call your Sergon tell them how you are feelling about the complications maybe he knows something we don't.
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