I'm back home!

October 1, 2003

hi everyone,

i finally made it back from the hospital!

i went in on friday morning and was scheduled for surgery at noon.i

was already on the stretcher with the IV needle in my arm when twp

ladies from the office came running in wanting to talk to me.my

husband had lost his job just the day before ( talk about bad

timing...) and the whole insurance issue was still up in the air.we

finally figured out that we could get COBRA and that is going to be

retroactive,so finally i went in and they did the surgery.it went

very well,but unfortunately the entarnce to my new pouch was swollen

for three days after the procedure,meaning that not even my saliva

could get in ther,and i had to spit everything up again.not a pretty

picture.finally on tuesday i was able to get down some clear liquids

and they devided to send me home.

i burp a lot,and it really doesn't make me feel all that great,and i

don't get nearly as much liquids and calories as i should.but i am

taking the vitamins etc a d my incision is healing fine and doesn't

hurt.it's just the eating that bothers me.all i had today was a half

a cup of broth,a few sips of water and some sugar free jello.the

burping just doesn't stop.last night it went on ALL NIGHT.just little

burps,but still.i hope it will get better soon.

the support from my family and friends was overwhelming,and the care

of everyone involved with the surgery and my care at the hospital was

so wonderful i can't find words!

i am glad to be back home,but very scared of what's ahead of me as

far as eating is concerned.

plus of course now my husband has to find a new job so we can pay our

bills,and hopefully the COBRA thing goes through without any problems

so that we don't get stuck with a $30,000 bill for the surgery!

thanks for reading and thanks for all your support and your prayers!!

Astrid

October 1, 2003

I'm very sorry about all your trouble Astrid. But I'm sure your

doctor will make sure the entrance to your new tummy will be fixed

correctly. It may take a little more time to work all the " bugs " out

(pardon me for such a gross analyzation). But remember that his

reputation is at stake here too. He wants to do the best for his

patients. I'm just sorry you had to go through all of this in the

first place. Whenever you are in doubt about the way you feel,

somthing hurts, or something just doesn't seem right---call him. You

paid for the privilege. This isn't like calling the car dealership

about correcting a little noise in a new car, this is YOUR health!

But about the insurance thing? I wish I could help you. You never

know with them. They can be so flakey.

Charlotte

265/243/160

9-24-03

> hi everyone,

>

> i finally made it back from the hospital!

> i went in on friday morning and was scheduled for surgery at noon.i

> was already on the stretcher with the IV needle in my arm when twp

> ladies from the office came running in wanting to talk to me.my

> husband had lost his job just the day before ( talk about bad

> timing...) and the whole insurance issue was still up in the air.we

> finally figured out that we could get COBRA and that is going to be

> retroactive,so finally i went in and they did the surgery.it went

> very well,but unfortunately the entarnce to my new pouch was

swollen

> for three days after the procedure,meaning that not even my saliva

> could get in ther,and i had to spit everything up again.not a

pretty

> picture.finally on tuesday i was able to get down some clear

liquids

> and they devided to send me home.

> i burp a lot,and it really doesn't make me feel all that great,and

i

> don't get nearly as much liquids and calories as i should.but i am

> taking the vitamins etc a d my incision is healing fine and doesn't

> hurt.it's just the eating that bothers me.all i had today was a

half

> a cup of broth,a few sips of water and some sugar free jello.the

> burping just doesn't stop.last night it went on ALL NIGHT.just

little

> burps,but still.i hope it will get better soon.

> the support from my family and friends was overwhelming,and the

care

> of everyone involved with the surgery and my care at the hospital

was

> so wonderful i can't find words!

> i am glad to be back home,but very scared of what's ahead of me as

> far as eating is concerned.

> plus of course now my husband has to find a new job so we can pay

our

> bills,and hopefully the COBRA thing goes through without any

problems

> so that we don't get stuck with a $30,000 bill for the surgery!

> thanks for reading and thanks for all your support and your

prayers!!

>

> Astrid

October 1, 2003

hey astrid - i had mine done a week ago on COBRA too - ends in march so i

told them to rush me in or i wasn't getting it done - so they did - i hope

it goes better 4 you, to me it seems like they didn't do anything - i don't

get a full feeling and i'm not going to push it but i ate a whole can of

cream of chicken soup last night with no problems - i thought i was supposed

to get only a couple spoonfuls in b4 i got that feeling where if you eat one

more bite its coming back -- i hope they didi mine right.

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