Many people have asked about regretting having surgery..well

I don't regret having the surgery, but if I had to do it all over again?? Right now I don't think so, maybe I'll see things different in the future. I had the RNY distal gastric bypass w/ gallbladder removed and and hernia repair, so yes I did have pain and discomfort after surgery. Was in the hosp. 5 days, I had problems with taking my meds so they were put in through the g-tube, which caused me bloating, gas, and diahhrea, I was always nauseated, which made it hard to eat or drink, therefore I became dehydrated, was lacking protien, etc..ended up back in the hosp for 8 more days, (just got out 2 days ago) and am still at risk of going back. Still all my meds and now protien have to go in the g-tube, and I'm trying to keep liquids in me so I don't dehydrate more. This is really hard for me, cause being bloated I have no appitite, even liquids are hard to take. It was also discovered that when I went back in the hosp. and they did an upper G.I. the barium traveled through the pouch ok, only when it got to the bottom of the Y it would just sit there for awhile, so if I ate something else I'd get nauseated and or vomit, then slowly it would move down the rest of the intestines. Another thing I found out just recently, certain meds (don't know which ones) will store themselfs in the fat cells, and when you start loosing weight they can be released back into your blood stream, I don't think it's a big deal in most people, and I'm sure there's nothing to worry about, just thought I'd pass that along. I'm not trying to scare anybody with my ordeal, but I feel it should be shared, I feel people should know there can be some side-affects, after all our bodies are going through some major changes, my body just seems to be taking a little longer to adjust....I do NOT blame my Dr., he's an excellent Dr. and he's taking good care of me. The plus side of all this is that in 5 weeks I lost 55lbs. .....Debi :)

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