Wow, that was a rough one. My veins are so damaged from all the surgeries, procedures, and hospital stays that I went through 6 IV's in 6 days, blew the first one while still in the ER, right as the RN gave me medication in it, just blew right up :(
By the end of the stay, the IV therapy nurses had been in my room 3 times in 2 days and were just struggling to get a line even with the ultrasound guided method.  It's so frustrating especially when you are there to get pain/nausea control, and it's interrupted by a blown IV and then waiting hours for someone else to try and get a line started, it's like trying to drive a truck through quicksand.  I was so weak and shaky after getting home from the hospital that it hurt to move.  I'm just "coasting" until my surgery on July 6th in Cleveland...Thank you again for all of your kind thoughts and prayers, they really do mean a lot to me :)

Thank you! I am just now getting around to getting back on here...this last hospital trip really kicked my butt, thankful to be home, and now just need to focus on prepping for my next surgery in July...keep the prayers and hugs coming :)

I'm so very angry right now because a good friend of mine died this morning.  She had RNY 9 years ago.  She went through all these years and gained back weight just like everyone else does.  She had gone through a tummy tuck and brachioplasty (twice) years ago.  From what I've heard she had DS sometime last year due to her weight gain.  Evidently she started having heart problems and blot clots began forming in all of her limbs.  She underwent reveral this month and then passed away this morning.

I'm angry because people EVERYWHERE are DYING to be thin!  Being thin is more important than life itself.  WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE PEOPLE THINKING FOR GOD'S SAKE????  SERIOUSLY???

SURE, we gain weight back because our stomachs STRETCH!  We gain weight because we go back to eating like we did before surgery.  Then, we put our lives back on the line and undergo MORE SURGERY because we don't have self control!  SERIOUSLY?????

This woman led a vibrant life and was a teacher who was loved by her students and everyone around her.  She was obsessed with how people thought of her.  She was a mere 49 years young and lived life to the fullest!  People who knew her are shocked and still reeling from this news.  No one understands how SERIOUS gastric bypass surgery is!  They ESPECIALLY don't know how serious it is to undergo TWO gastric bypass surgeries and THEN HAVE THEM REVERSED! 

I'm writing this to somehow get through to people who are thinking about having this surgery!  BEING THIN IS NOT WORTH DYING FOR!  Think about this and talk to people who are ten years out from surgery!  See what the long term complications are before you make up your mind!  KNOW that if you don't CONTINUE to eat mostly proteins THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND EXERCISE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE you will GAIN the weight back!   (READ THAT AGAIN!)

You will gain your weight back if you don't diet and exercise the rest of your life!  Say it outloud until it sinks in! 

THIS SURGERY is only a temporary tool to a permanent problem!  ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE for a temporary fix?

I'm extremely shocked and angry that this precious woman had to die to be an example of what kind of people are out there today who are willing to do to ANY LENGTHS to be thin!

I don't come here much so if you want to write to me personally you can do so at:  macrobin2000@yahoo.com.

Please, for your own sakes, try some other way to lose the weight!  There are better ways than giving up your life to do it!

What has been your outcome?

Stephanie...were both bowel obstructions after WLS.  Did the doctor tell you why it happened twice?