Hi Sraebaer, I appreciate the feedback and think all your points made out correct. I’ll I can do is share my experience and hope it saves one person the agony I’ve gone through.
I’m still going through a challenging time. However I’m starting to have some days were the nausea meds work and I don’t dry heave. Still on tube feeds. The doctor doesn’t know how long tha nausea and d.h will last. He’s done everything he can. So for now it’s just a waiting game. I’ll follow up in a couple weeksI’m so mad at myself. I last week we had a sunny day and I was feeling pretty good for me so I went outside for a walk but I decided to try and jog, I made it about 4 blocks when I started having pain, I ignored it and kept walking and jogging. Well that night I was up with excruciating pain. Had an MRI Sunday, the nurse called with a preliminary report, I have a tibial plateau fracture. I find out tomorrow I find out if the meniscus is involved and see what the treatment plan is. For now nurse said no weight bearing. I think An old question you had and I forgot to answer than it was gone. I had a history of severe acid reflux and a hiatal hernia, the treatment for that was a Nissan fundoplication wrap. I didn’t know you shouldn’t have the sleeve with that kind of history and that my wrap would need to be removed because the sleeve will create dangerous pressure to build up in your abdomen. Will Dr Almanza & Weightloss Agents lead me to believe he check my history and the Sleeve was a good choose for me. That was a sham and of course that’s the only surgery he does. He even lied and said he was obese and had the Sleeve surgery 5 years ago. So when you look at his thin muscular build helps you feel more comfortable. I can’t find any pics of him heavy only thin pics going back further than 5 years. Well he cut my wrap and didn’t tell me. I think my body closed it up with adhesions and it stayed closed until The pressure built up and opened the wrap back up, eventually I developed a h.hernia that dragged my sleeve stomach into my chest cavity which created lots of problems and had severe reflux and the ppi’s Did nothing including diet change, raising my head up and not laying down after eating. After getting sicker and sicker I went back to the surgeon who did my wrap and he did test to discover all my problems that started after my first year. Unfortunately revisions our very risky and The rest is history. Doctor said I should never have had the Sleeve. Bypass was the best option for my medical history. I can say Dr A caused my stroke because the hernia and sleeve up in my chest is the reason I developed A-Fib. No episodes of A-Fib since first surgery. I think if you want to stand a better chance of having the best wls for you is to go to a doctor that does more than one type. Go have a consult with a doctor not making a living receiving cash up front before you even met him. It truly has been hard concurring the life I dreamed about for years suddenly rip away from me. I can’t wait to recover and get back out there again a climb mountains, backpack,snow Shoeing and skiing again. Sorry to rattle on. Glad your doing well. Take care and enjoy the mountain trails for me.
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