Nancy K.

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At least it was in Illinois this time. Just went thru another major surgery on the 30th of march. That is my third in less than a year. This time it was for a very large ventral hernia. Of course it was another open procedure. Nothing else will do for me. LOL Was in the hospital for 5 days and been home now for 7. The Dr. Will Not let me do ANYTHING and it is driving me crazy. Seeing him on Tuesday 4/14 and he will hopefully remove the drain and the staples. He tightened up my stomach as a bonus. I have so far lost since 5/15/08 112 lbs and counting. My goal is to lose 28 more lbs by 5/15/09so I can meet my goal of 160 by my 1 year surgiversary.  Hello to all and keep up the good work.

Well I have finally reached another goal of being in ONDERLAND !! YAHOO. To me it seemed a long time coming. As of yesterday I lost a total of 101 pounds. HEY!! That was actually 2 goals met. Onderland and 100 lbs. I feel good except for my new live in's  the Hernias. We were introduced a few months ago. LOL Sure do wish they would move away and live somewhere else. IThey make me feel like I am 7 months along. Sure do hope everyone is doing great and I wish my "friends" would write me more.

The past 5.5 months have been a roller coaster of things for me. I truely believe that the worst part of it all was the fact that I was soooo thirsty and in the very beginning was not able to drink enough at one time to quench that thirst so therefore seemed to be thirsty all the time and that was all I could think about. I did not even want to eat. Everything tasted like crap and even sugar free stuff that I had gotten to love before surgery was way to sweet tasting. I suppose it was worse for me because of the back to back surgeries and being under for so long. Anyway, just so you know, I HATE PROTEIN DRINKS. LOL I have tried quite a few and seem to hate them all. The exception (thanks to Lori Black on the DS forum) is the Banana Scream one from Champion Nutrition. I can also tolerate (just barely) Jay Robbs Orange Dream.
I am so rotten because I have not exercised like I am supposed to. I will make a vow to get on the ball in that respect. I feel ok which is a blessing from the Lord. Without His comfort and the Holy Spirit holding my hand I am not sure I would have had the strengh to get through all this.
I am now down 81 lbs as of today. I seem to be losing alot of weight recently and I think it is attributed to the fact that we just moved and I have been alot more active. HINT HINT. lol
I now wear a size 18/20 and I started this journey as a 30/32. I am soooo excited about that. I just wish I could stop losing my hair. Pretty soon I will have to wear a wig and that is no joke. Gotta go for now.

Well, I went to the er here with a fever and found out my wound is infected and I have a blood clot in my upper arm from the pic line. Was in from 6/1 to 6/8. Home now on coumadin and packing a 1.5 in. opening in my incision. More later.

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated here. I went to see Dr. Brian Lane in Ohio on 4/9/08. It was a very worthwhile trip. Dr. Lane is a very professional and quiet kind of man. He did not pull any punches and that is fine with me. My date is 5/15/08 fo my revision. I met Amy his PA also, and she was great. Very personable and friendly and knowledgeable. I am looking forward to getting this surgery over with and moving on in my life.  With God's help that will now happen.

I now have an appointment to consult with Dr. Lane in Ohio on 4/9/08. I am hoping that he will turn out to be "THE ONE". I have heard really great things about him. We will see.

Today I had a consult with a new surgeon at the Univ of Ill. he was a really cool guy. He explained to me that I might have to settle for the RNY distal but he won't be able to tell until he gets in there. I really want the DS but if (because of my VBG) it is not possible then I will have to except that. Dr. V said that he will do all in his power to make the DS happen but only if it is safe to do so. I appreciate that. He will check his schedule after he reviews the DVD of my upper GI and he will let me know a date.

Ok now I am really wacked.......... Dr. Prachand is OUT. They tried pulling that Oh by the way Dr. will not be here when we scheduled your appointment so we need to reschedule. F*&^%$ that. I am not playing that. I told them don't bother. They wanted to make it the middle of April. Yeah OK Whatever. If I have to travel outside of Illinois I will. I did not want to go there anyway.

Happy Valentines Day to you all. Time to vent a little. AGAIN..... On Monday 2/10/08 I completed a online application for the Univ of Chicago so I can get the ball rolling with my "soon to be" new surgeon Dr. Prachand. They seem to be the only place close to here that does the BPD/ DS which is what I have decided to go with. After many hours on here and much detective work I think that this tool is right for me. Anyway... you have to fill out this long questionaire it took about an hour I would say and send it to them via internet and they will review it and get back to you. Ok so I waited and today turned on my cell phone and there was a message from them to call so they could get more info. Hello.....ever think of calling my home phone. DUH. I called and this girl set me up with 2 appointments. One for the info seminar thingy on 2/19/08 and the other for my consult with the Dr. on 3/19/08. Oh, and by the way plan on staying on 3/19 for about 3 hours. I have to see the Dr. the nut and the psych. I told her I already have clearance from my ins. from the psych because we must be approved thru our managed mental health provider which is Magellan. She basically said too bad that their psych knows what the Drs. there are looking for. I told her my Ins. will not pay if we do not use Magellan providers and she said basically OH WELL... To me all this psych stuff is just a crock of shit anyway. If the Dr. can't tell if someone is whacky or mentally unstable when he sees them then there's a problem. I know that in order to be a Center of Excellance you have to do this crap but OMG give us a break already and here is a thought. How about having a webcast for the information seminars? Put people on a list and have them sign in and wha lah. INFO.. If people do not have a computer make their appointment 4 hours long then. Ok bitched enough for now. Post more later.

Ok.... so I probably am a whack job... I have now been considering the possibility of having the DS instead of the RNY. I have contacted a surgeon at the University of Chicago and will see what he says. I have an appointment with a Dr. Cahill on Wednesday to see about him doing the RNY. Don't want to postpone it in case the UofC Dr. can't do the Revision from VBG to DS. I feel if they cannot no one can. I am picking up my records from my old surgeon on Monday. Which, by the way I have to pay them $25.00 for. There is probably 10 papers in the file. That's one of the reasons why I am no longer going there. Everything seems to be about money with them. The surgeon there said they are probably one of the last groups to start charging a program fee. Bullshit. The one I am seeing Wednesday has no $300.00 fee or any other fee. I just want to get the best care and not have to worry about other crap.