I feel I also needed the negative consequence of Dumping Syndrome if I eat too much sugar, too much fat, or things that will go through my belly too quickly. I also had a much higher BMI and really wanted the best chance possible for success for how high my weight was. The sleeve is newer and there was not as much research available. My insurance pays for bariatric surgery one time in a lifetime. I did a lot of research on the difference between both of these surgeries and for me, the best option was the bypass. Sometimes people see my before and after photos and think “wow, she looks great! It has been so smooth for her!” WRONG! ***I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS LOUD AND CLEAR– EVEN WITH ALL THESE COMPLICATIONS– I WOULD DO THIS A MILLION TIMES OVER AGAIN AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE complications AGAIN TO HAVE THE LIFE I HAVE NOW*** I know, I know- this sounds like a nightmare right? I do not tell you any of this to scare you. Basically it was trying to heal and my esophagus was almost closing off. They took me in and did an EGD and balloon dilated my esophagus to stretch the area. I was having so much pain and pressure anytime that I ate or drank, even a small sip of water was super painful. I also developed an esophageal stricture three weeks after surgery. It was impossible for me to do this on my own and it was pretty painful. It was over 8cm deep with tunneling and I had to have visiting nurses come twice a day to pack it for seven weeks. It actually got so bad that they considered putting a wound vac on it to close it. I dealt with this infection for a couple months. My surgeon neglected this (not cool) and the infection got way out of control. It opened up and started draining a very abnormal type of drainage. One of the additional lap sites began to get infected five days after surgery. So I had an additional couple laparoscopic sites. They removed my appendix and had to stop the Gastric Bypass and start over – performing it slightly backwards. Instead of it being in the right lower quadrant, it was in the left upper quadrant since my intestines did not fully uncoil as a baby. This actually caused my appendix to be in the incorrect spot. Basically, my intestines did not uncoil when I was little and they were underdeveloped and “adhered” to other parts of my intestines. It is very rare and you are born with it- my surgeon had never performed bariatric surgery on a patient with intestinal malrotation. When he got in my abdomen to perform my surgery, SURPRISE! He found out that I had/have intestinal malrotation. My bariatric surgeon has been doing this surgery for about 20 years. Complications with Gastric BypassĪs I have told you all before, I am a unique little critter. But to say it has been an easy road, is an even larger understatement. To say that my life has changed since then is an understatement. On JI had Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass surgery at 3pm. I’ve almost made a list of everything you need to take with you day of surgery. I went through test after test after test including an EGD, blood work, psychiatric testing, nutritional testing with dietitians, tracking my eating habits, a physical with my primary care doctor, an abdominal ultrasound to check for gallstones, and pre-surgical testing before the day of the surgery. I began telling people in person of my decision to have gastric bypass and how I knew this was going to change my life. Once I saw the bariatric surgeon, I had made up my mind and proceeded with the next steps towards surgery. In general, I would say about 99% of people that I told about it were pretty positive and fully supportive of my upcoming appointment. For weeks, I looked up everything about weight loss surgery and was more confused than ever. After months and months of prayer, God placed it in my heart to set up an appointment for a consultation with a bariatric surgeon just to see what my options were. I could not imagine permanently and surgically altering my stomach in order to lose weight. I had heard about gastric bypass and gastric sleeve surgery and quite honestly always thought very negatively about it. In 2016, I had reached my highest weight and began praying about what I should do.
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