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I live in Kissimmee and I am scheduled in 2 weeks.
I am going to dr. Kim in Celebration. They do offer support groups.
I am soo nervous and I am having 2nd thoughts. Any advice for me?
- Samantha
For those who are pre-op and reading this, research is a must. However, because there was a death and it's possibly RNY related, as unfortunate as it is, don't forget there are always other factors we don't know about. Just do your research and listen to your head and ONLY YOUR HEAD!!
Peace!
I've been in contact with a classmate of mine from 30 years ago. I connected with him on FaceBook. I saw a post that his wife was having Weight Loss Surgery so I tried to follow his posts about her surgery and recovery. It does not have a happy ending. I'm just putting this out there to reinforce the fact that research really needs to be done when choosing a surgeon. Here's a tid bit of what was explained to me about her death.
These are his words not mine....
XXXXX had weight loss surgery on August 19th and came thru pretty well and went home on august 25th.. she developed an infection which probably occurred in the hospital and was readmitted to the hospital on august 28th. on sept 8th doctor took her into surgery to clean out her wound and put a new drain in because it was not draining well enough and was over whelming the would vac.. the surgery seemed to go well enough according to the surgeon but xxxxx had trouble in recovery and her blood stopped clotting. She fought the great fight but her body just gave out on her.. Her surgeon is Dr.Hoddinott in Ocala, no recommendations against him but if I was having that type of surgery I would not do it in Ocala since they are lying about truly being a center of bariartic excellence. Their rooms are not handicap accessinble and many of their nurses and staff are not sensitive to the needs of the overably obese person ...
Renee
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My DS SW/263 CW/136 GW/150
I don't live in Miami. I live in Central Florida :) The Florida message board is kind of slow so you might post on the general message board if you don't see any responses! However, congratulations on your bypass! Feel free to still post here LOL It just might take us a day or two to get back ;)
TTFN!
HELLO ALL,
JUST HAD GASTRIC BYPASS ON WED SEPT 8, 2010.
lOOKING FOR LOCAL SUPPORT AND FRIENDS.
ANYONE NEAR ME?
Down 210 lbs since Surgery.
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Sounds like you did the right thing. You knew what your body needed and you made the right choice by having a baked potato rather than processed carbs.
Keep up the good work.
Donna
AUGUST 18, 2010 "The First Day of the Rest (BEST) of my Life"
HW/SW/CW/GW - 380/362/178/1??
I'm three weeks post-op RNY. Been doing fantasti****il yesterday when I started having mild nausea. It's persisted throughout today. Along with it came shaking, dizziness, mild disorientation and low energy. I haven't changed my meal plan. Been getting 60+ grams of protein a day. Very low carb intake. I would say no more than 10 g of carbs a day. Struggling to drink my fluids but getting at least 42 ozs in (due to the nausea). I am not diabetic. My blood pressure is stellar. I am just fat.
After doing some research, it sounds like my sugar is going to low. So, today, I ate the inside of 1/2 a baked potato. I was out of my mind with the shaking/dizziness and didn't want to eat something with sugar in it and didn't have anything else in the house that was "healthy" so I figured a potato was a vegetable and it's what I had on hand before I passed out so I ate it.
I cannot tell you how much better I feel. After saying that, what's the right way to keep our digestive system balanced after RNY? I can't imagine that low to no carbs is good for your body. But I also know that "most" of your carbs come from processed foods/white flour which are bad for our systems. Is there a better way to manage without bottoming out?????
Help!
