REVERSAL OF RNY
HI EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SWEET ENOUGH TO WRITE ABOUT MY REVERSAL. IN FEB 25 2010 I GOT DISGUSTED ENOUGH TO SAY I HAD ENOUGH AND IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A REVERSAL YOU WOULD NEED TO PROVE IT TO ME. SO I STOPPED MY FEEDINGS AND 10 DAYS LATER I INFORMED MY SURGEON I WANTED TO TRIAL THIS (LITTLE DID HE KNOW I HAD ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS) HE GAVE ME HIS BLESSING AND TOLD ME WE WOULD TRIAL IT FOR 2 MOS AND THEN HE WOULD BUILD ME UP FOR 3 MOS AND THEN DO THE SURGERY IN SEPT. WELL, 2 WEEKS INTO THIS TRIAL I NOTICED THAT 5 BITES BECAME 7 THEN A WEEK LATER 7 BITES BECAME 10 AND I FELT BETTER. I DID NOT HAVE THE FEELING LIKE I WOULD EXPLODE AND THE PAIN I FELT WITH EATING HAD SUBSIDED MORE AND MORE EACH DAY. I DID INITALLY LOSE 7 LBS WHICH MADE ME NERVOUS BUT, MOST OF IT WAS FLUID FROM THE FEEDINGS I SUSPECTED. WELL, EVERYONE HAVE HOPE PLEASE CONTINUE TO HAVING HOPE BECAUSE IT IS NOW 9 WEEKS AND I AM NOW UP TO 1000 CALORIES A DAY, THE BLOODWORK WAS GOOD A MONTH AGO REPEAT IT ON THE 3RD. MY LIVER FUNCTION HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL AND MY KIDNEY ISSUES ARE YET BE RESOLVED. BUT, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVERAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM. 1-i WAS BEING OVER FED AND NOT TOLERATING THE FEEDINGS I RETCHED EVERY MORNING LIKE I WAS PREGNANT 2. MY BODY FINALLY WAS BLE TO HEAL I HAVE NOT HAD ANY SURGERIES IN OVER A YEAR AND THE LAST DILATATION WAS INDEED HELPFUL BACK IN OCT. 3. I RESTARTED EATING LIKE A NEW BYPASS PT AND NOW CAN HOLD MY OWN. MY WEIGHT IS STABLE I FEEL GOOD AND I THANK GOD FOR A DOWN DAY TO MAKE ME THROW MY HANDS UP AND JUST TRUST HIM FOR THE RESULTS. MY PRAYERS CONTINUE FOR YOU WHO STRUGGLE I HAVE BEEN THERE AND BACK AND I KNOW YOUR FRUSTRATIONS I COMMEND YOU BRAVE PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO REVERSE I WAS TERRIFIED. I HAD SO MUCH PROBLEMS WITH HAVING THE BYPASS TO HAVE A REVERSAL SCARED ME TO DEATH FOR WHAT MAY OCCUR. NEVER GIVE UP THANKS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH AND LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR YOU ALL. PATRICIA