Michelle, where in CA did you send people? I am in CA and considering a revision because I don't want to go completely back to nothing. I have just had a lot of issues with my RNY and am thinking DS seems like a better fit for me. Thanks.

my story is that i had a wonderful pre-op 6 mos. lost 45 lbs, took my vitamins and exercised my surgeon stated i was the perfect candidate. on 4/23/07 i had my rny and had immediate complications. the surgery was not easy as i had adhesions from previous old type c/s and hysterectomy that left them as he called them like cement. he had to cut the omentum to do the surgery and from day 1 it did not function and i can not tolerate more than 5-7 bites of food. i have had 8 surgeries to try and correct the structure and function including a total takedown of the original rny and a new bypass put in. i have no pouch as my is now embedded on the backside of the liver. i can not keep the weight on and have relied ona feeding tube for 2 years. my kidneys are shot aaaaaaand my liver is now in trouble. so oct 28th my last dilatation and scope i ran out of options and my surgeon suggested a reversal to say my life. he wants me to gain 10 lbs before the surgery to make it safe for him to operate lol i can not keep any weight on including increasing the feedings.so i see him on 12/7 and we will go from there. i am having an mri done tomorrow to check things out in both the kidneys and the liver. what is an eryn please let me know so i can inform my surgeon of this if this might be helpful down the road for me. no scheduled date yet but i know he wants to do this asap to try and reverse all these health issues that are occuring. anxious to have you get back to me...may God truly bless you in the days ahead.   patricia

Just to add a bit of info onto my last post, I had RNY surgery.  I've also had 3 endoscopes, found an ulcer and stricture, which they said they fixed.

I still have horrible heartburn, I take 80mg of Nexium a day, and still have some issues with heartburn.  I've also had the opening from stomach to intestine widened in the 3rd scope, which didn't do much, as I still do alot of vomiting and getting the foamies.  I also get alot of constipation, followed by diarreah once I do go. (Usually have one bowel movement a week)

My calorie intake is pretty much a joke at this point, as food hurts.  I'm pretty good about getting my liquid intake in, but food is another matter altogether.  I probably take in 400 - 600 calories on a good day, 0 - 200 on a bad one, and there are alot more bad than good lately.

My original weight was 333 lbs. and my goal was 169.  I'm still losing, without trying due to the food issues.  I'm down to 148 as of this morning.

And, yes, I have told all my dr's this info.  They're as lost as I am on everything.

Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.

 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

I had 4 incisional hernias, had them repaired i had to stay overnight due to some minor complications. recover time was about 3 weeks they cut me in the same place they did my surgery, long scar tooook longer to heal.  hope this helps some......