3 years
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, 02-05-2019 at 03:40 AM (2348 Views)
Hello friends!!
When I reached two years I was happy that my surgeon's goal/prediction was reached, I felt great besides a few hick ups...life was good...
My 3 years anniversary was a few days ago but I was in no condition to communicate. This time it's different.
I just came back from a one week at the hospital for tests, and since they asked me to stop the PPI for the tests, I became even more sick, my asthma was so out of control I had so see the pneumologist again, she had to give me a stronger treatment ....again...
All the tests are finished, I'm just waiting now to have a firm date confirmed for the surgery. I should know by the end of the week (hopefully!)
The results of the multiple (and mostly unnecessary tests) just proved what we already knew...my asthma (triggered in October but all the viruses I got from being so anemic) did create an hernia, but it's a sliding hernia (a few tests did show different sizes depending on the day and how my asthma was before) which is apparently not the best kind of hernia to have, plus my reflux is very bad, at the highest level possible, and no responding to medication any more. Even with my "low acid diet" I'm still in pain, still sleeping sitting down.
Plus all those tests did show other little (bad) surprises but I will explain that in an other post later because I still don't have all answers, but seems like my pains and multiples injuries over the years might be related to a chronic condition (an other one!!!) not just the fact of being obese like all my previous doctors always said (so convenient).
Anyway...my asthma got better in four weeks from December to January, I hope this time will be better because the surgeon was talking about early March, one of the specialist who called me last week said she wanted to do it earlier since I was so much in pain.
So as soon as my lungs are better, I might get the repair on my stomach!! Yeah!!! finally!!!
I didn't go back to work since the end of November, I'm lucky I still have a job, I know in other countries I would have been fired for being sick for so long...
My medical leave might end in May from what the medical expert said, but I can ask to go back earlier if/when I feel better.
I hope I will be able to go back to work at the end of March!!! Work is piling up, nobody is doing it when I'm away and I don't even know how I will cope with mountains of files everywhere when I will be back...
we'll see how it goes!!
But, even with all those troubles, I still don't regret my decision to have a sleeve. All my ordeal could have happened anyway and would have been so much worth with +100 pounds on my back...