Oh wow. I hope your recovery is going well. Right now we are jus****ching everything. My GI is pretty conservative when it comes to any type of invasive procedure. So far medicine seems to be working pretty well. It's about time for my next endoscopy so I'll know relatively soon whether or not I have any more ulcers. He wants to avoid revision surgery if at all possible because he knows how extensive it will be.

So, I had surgery Wednesday for marginal ulcers. When they got in everything was so damaged and scarred down they had to remove most of my remnant, majority of my pouch, and part of my small bowel. Held in hospital for fluid/electrolyte administration until Saturday afternoon. The original surgery was not for weight loss but for quality of life, I could not go a day without pain and/or vomiting. I was told there likely would not be a large amount of weight loss.. probably because I was not successful with original RNY. After surgery they now say differently, that because of the amount of stomach that was taken there will be weight loss. Unsure of how much. Anybody with any insight? This seems to be atypical and I'm in uncharted waters.

Hi Kim!

Feeling better every day. I do have some stomach pain but I really think it's coming mostly from my ulcer. I do have residual pain from the procedure though but I'm at work my biggest issue is fatigue right now. I'm not eating much. Lots of protein shakes, soft food like mashed potatoes, applesauce, cottage cheese, avocado, but when I do it, it's not much. I do have a sensation of being full that I didn't have. So far I've lost 8 pounds. I think I've been I've been in starvation mode and haven't lost much in beginning. I'm expecting more once I feel I can start to get on my elliptical soon. Feeling good though...thanks for asking! Maybe talk to doc and get some more info to see if it's right for you? I hope so.

Jen

My doc told approx 40 lbs, but like I said above, it has recharged me to use the tool I was given 15 years ago with RNY. I'd like to lose 75 but with my age, 46, it's going to be slower. After my procedure, it was rough for about 4 days but I'm feeling better. I'm exhausted because I am not eating much. I am on soft foods, but my doc told me to eat when my body tells me too. I feel like I will be on soft for at least another week. It's been 10 days and my stubborn body is still holding on to every bit of fat because it's in starvation mode. I've only lost 5 pounds but know it will come off soon since I'm not eating much.

So glad you found someone. It will happen for you. Keep us posted and we can all be a support system for each of us.

Jen

may i ask was it that you could eat any type of food even in any type of quantity?