What's on your Thursday Menu?

Lisa91941
on 8/31/23 7:43 pm

RNY on 10/29/19

The catalyst, if one could call it that, is years between surgery and life. They say the scar tissue continues to build. One thought for you. He has one of those "muscle stimulator" guns. He finds gentle impact helps his body move the food that gets stuck through. His symptoms mirror yours in many ways. Sweating. Vomiting. Doing laps to help start moving.

Height 5'3"

HW 200

surgery date 10/29/19 177.9

CW 121.4

goal weight 125

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 9/1/23 3:10 am

WLS on 07/15/22

That makes sense, and comes with the joys of aging. Thanks for the idea!

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

Teenie
on 8/31/23 7:43 am - Pittsburgh , PA

RNY on 12/19/17

IBS is a made-up diagnosis when they don't know what to do. I almost died with that diagnosis when I had diverticulitis and my intestine had a hole in it.

HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.

White Dove
on 8/31/23 10:18 am - Warren, OH

RNY on 10/16/07

I went to the doctor in severe abdominal pain and he gave me medicine for IBS. That night the pain was so bad that I went to the hospital. It was kidney stones. I agree that IBS is when they don't know what else to say. I am sorry that you went through that and glad they found out what was wrong.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 8/31/23 11:28 am

WLS on 07/15/22

Wow. It's good you went to the hospital!

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 8/31/23 11:20 am

WLS on 07/15/22

That's terrible! Wow. I'm glad they found your diverticulitis in time and were able to make repairs. A rupture sounds terrifying. Also hope it's been treatable for you since then. My mom has flares and boy, they're bad when they happen.

Thanks for sharing.

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

lmfontana4
on 8/31/23 7:53 am

RNY on 03/24/21

Medicine is not an exact science. It can be a bit of a guessing game based on symptoms with many conditions having the same symptomology. Hopefully, one of the 2 specialists can figure you out!

HW 296 SW 267.8 GW 130 LW 128.2 CW 131.6

Age 55 5 ft 4 inches

Roux-en-Y 3/24/21

Internal Hernia 1/14/22

Gallbladder 3/22

Volvulus 10/7/23-Reversal of RNY 11/19/23

The last of the human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. (Frankl, 1946)

Teenie
on 8/31/23 8:46 am - Pittsburgh , PA

RNY on 12/19/17

That is why it is a doctors practice and not a doctors we know what we are doing.

HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 8/31/23 11:33 am

WLS on 07/15/22

HW 282, LW 123.4 (8/29/23), CW 144.4

Pre-op-33, M1-12, M2-17, M3-14, M4-11, M5-14, M6-5, M7-6, M8-5, M9-22, M10-6, M11-5, M12-2, M13-2, M14-5

Cautiously_Hopeful
on 8/31/23 11:33 am

WLS on 07/15/22

Certainly - we even talked about that yesterday. When you consult Dr. Google on these symptoms, 6-7 things come up and include everything to cancer. I always see some of it as trial and error to figure out. I do think there's a big component of finding the right doctor, though. Some are not people-focused in my experience. Don't have much doctor history until last year but I'm learning faster what I need from a provider and how to ask better questions. But I was also encouraged to seek other opinions, so I'm glad to have that venue, too.

Add in individual responses to conditions and reactions to medications and I don't envy doctors trying to figure out what's wrong with people. And my pain scale of 5 might be someone else's 9, or vice versa. Variables!