/s reasons for two revisions in such a short time

[Guest guest]

To anyone who is wondering why I had two revisions since my original

surgery.. here are the reasons..

 I had open RNY gastric bypass in Dec 2000... I had a minor wound infection 9

days post op  .. This infection developed into a mild cellulitis and took

several weeks to clear with very potent antibiotics..

 At 4 months post op, my staple line completely unzipped.. called a staple

line disruption.. and I developed a marginal ulcer on my stoma that

perforated and caused peritonitis..The ulcer also spread to the back of my

liver.. I had to have a revision to resect the ulcer, and transect my

stomach.. Transection is when the stomach is surgically divided into two

separate parts...this is much better than staple lines..If a staple line

disruption or ulcer happens, it is not your fault, or something you did.. it

is a mechanical faillure of the surgery and repairable .

My second and most recent revision was to reconstruct my pouch.. I had a rare

complication.. the surgeon  had only seen about 20 cases of this prior to

me.. Atonic pouch... means that the pouch has no ability to move food/

liquids through the pouch into the stoma and ultimately into the small

intestine.. He was able to reconstruct my pouch and for the first time since

my original surgery, I have had three complete weeks with no nausea/ no

vomiting.. However, when he went in to do this revision, he discovered that I

had developed a grapefruit sized incisional hernia just below the breasts

that had to be repaired, a massive hiatal hernia that had to be repaired,

three feet of mangled, cemented together intestines..caused by my previous

peritonitis, that had to be removed and discarded before I had a full blown

bowel obstruction, and he also bypassed more small intestines as I wanted to

be distal vs proximal..

I am doing fabulous for three weeks post op from this last surgery... I would

have the surgery all over again , even knowing that I would have problems..

Just understand that  many people have this surgery and never have even one

small complication.. They lose weight, and become and stay healthier , if

they learn to educate themselves on nutrition , and supplementations after

surgery.

Hugs,

open RNY 12/12/00

revision 04/18/01

revision 02/07/02

sw392

cw 218

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5'6

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[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Thanks for the hugs.. anytime I can be of help, just ask..

((((()))))

Hugs,

open RNY 12/12/00

revision 04/18/01

revision 02/07/02

sw392

cw 218

-174

5'6

l