Had emergency exploratory/hernia repair-please help-NEED ADVICE

I had my rny Nov. 26, 2002. I was doing great.I have lost 130lbs.I had to have an emergency exploratory and hernia repair on Nov. 3, 2003 because I had a strangulated bowel-the intestines became entrapped in my incisional hernia. I was in the most excruciating pain of my life. The er doc said that if I let it go it could be life threatening. The bowel starts to die and creates a lot of problems.The problem is that my gastric bypass doc knew about the hernia. I saw her in June and she said I had to lose more weight(down 92lb then)before she would repair the hernia. I told her that it was painful and that when I sneezed or coughed I felt alot of pressure and bulging.She told me at that visit in June to just put my hand over the hernia site and apply pressure when I had to cough or sneeze.So that's what I did- and I had a cold and was coughing and even though I held my hernia site the bowel popped through and I ended up at the er. Has anyone out there had a doctor tell them this-just hold the hernia ? Does this sound irresponsible to anyone else or am I just sensitive to this because I went through it. I am now laid up for at least 6 weeks. It is a very large inconvenience for my employer because this was not scheduled. I am supposed to see my gastric surgeon in December. What do I say to her? PLEASE HELP!!

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