RNY Surgery July 2010
One Hellava Week
What A week, man ohh man.This past week has been the worst week since I started on this journey.It was my regret week, the what the hell did I do to myself week.
All week starting on Monday I couldn't get not one once of food down for nothing, I would gag get nauseous, then here comes the fits of dry heaving for at least 2-4 minutes. All I was able to ingest was water and jello, but by Thursday, I wasn't able to consume nothing at all. I felt horrible. At first I thought it was due to a lil dumping I thought I had with the Activia yogurt I had, but 3 days??? I finally called my Dr on Thursday, explained my symptoms and he requested I go in the same day to see him, but his office being 1 and 1/2 hours away, I couldn't get anybody to take me at the last minute, and I sure wasn't going to chance driving myself. So I went in Friday, he took me back right away, I told him all my symptoms and he tells me that I may have scar tissue at the stitch line from my small intestine and my pouch and he would have to perform an endoscopy. If there was then a balloon would be sent down and inflated to stretch the area, that's what may be causing the nausea and dry heaving, the opening is too small for anything to pass, even water, he noticed that I was dehydrated. So we set that up for early Saturday morning.
Got to the hospital at 7:30, got admitted, started me on I.V fluids, and did blood work. Blood work shows my potassium levels are way low, so after the procedure, that would have to start me on I.V. potassium.
I undergo the procedure and when I come to, the Dr. tells me that I had not blockage, but a developing Ulcer!!! I have never had an ulcer in my life, so I didn't know that what I was felling was an ulcer. I get started on Nexium and Metoprosol,I think that's what its called, not sure of the spelling and I quickly start to feel soo much better, my husband says I am starting to get the look of death off me, Well after a week of not eating, that will do it to ya. I got discharged Saturday evening, what took so long was, my blood pressure was staying real low like in the 80's, it slowly creeped back up to the 90's and they said I can go home, Oh and that dang potassium I.V was horrible, it hurt soo bad, constant burning sensation up my whole arm.
Today is even better then yesterday thank goodness, I am still nervous that it will flare up again before it gets better, but when I do start getting that feeling, I take a bite of something, a cracker, some peanut butter and it calms down.
Moral of the story, Keep Hydrated, I don't think being dehydrated really made a difference on rather or not I was going to get the ulcer, but it sure didn't help the way I was feeling.
All week starting on Monday I couldn't get not one once of food down for nothing, I would gag get nauseous, then here comes the fits of dry heaving for at least 2-4 minutes. All I was able to ingest was water and jello, but by Thursday, I wasn't able to consume nothing at all. I felt horrible. At first I thought it was due to a lil dumping I thought I had with the Activia yogurt I had, but 3 days??? I finally called my Dr on Thursday, explained my symptoms and he requested I go in the same day to see him, but his office being 1 and 1/2 hours away, I couldn't get anybody to take me at the last minute, and I sure wasn't going to chance driving myself. So I went in Friday, he took me back right away, I told him all my symptoms and he tells me that I may have scar tissue at the stitch line from my small intestine and my pouch and he would have to perform an endoscopy. If there was then a balloon would be sent down and inflated to stretch the area, that's what may be causing the nausea and dry heaving, the opening is too small for anything to pass, even water, he noticed that I was dehydrated. So we set that up for early Saturday morning.
Got to the hospital at 7:30, got admitted, started me on I.V fluids, and did blood work. Blood work shows my potassium levels are way low, so after the procedure, that would have to start me on I.V. potassium.
I undergo the procedure and when I come to, the Dr. tells me that I had not blockage, but a developing Ulcer!!! I have never had an ulcer in my life, so I didn't know that what I was felling was an ulcer. I get started on Nexium and Metoprosol,I think that's what its called, not sure of the spelling and I quickly start to feel soo much better, my husband says I am starting to get the look of death off me, Well after a week of not eating, that will do it to ya. I got discharged Saturday evening, what took so long was, my blood pressure was staying real low like in the 80's, it slowly creeped back up to the 90's and they said I can go home, Oh and that dang potassium I.V was horrible, it hurt soo bad, constant burning sensation up my whole arm.
Today is even better then yesterday thank goodness, I am still nervous that it will flare up again before it gets better, but when I do start getting that feeling, I take a bite of something, a cracker, some peanut butter and it calms down.
Moral of the story, Keep Hydrated, I don't think being dehydrated really made a difference on rather or not I was going to get the ulcer, but it sure didn't help the way I was feeling.
