weight loss surgery

my weight loss surgery is finally scheduled for the 27th with preop the 25th and post post the 8th. I can't believe it is finally happening.

 Hi Ladies. I want to wish you much success with your weight loss surgery. My husband had lap band surgery and lost just a little weight but he had complications. The port where they would give him a fill developed a hole and all the fluid came out so immedietly he felt the no restriction in his stomach.They gave him another surgery to replace the port ,well a short time later his port somehow flipped in his stomach and now they cant put more fluid in. They want him to have another surgery to repair it but he said no more. He didnt do very well or make a good candidate because his head still told him to eat and he didnt follow the diet changes that are required to be successful. 

My brother had gastric bypass and he also didnt lose weight because he just grazed all day instead of eating big meals so ended up consuming the same calorie wise. 

I think that you ladies sound excited and are prepared for doing what you need to do. I know there are lots of people who have great success and have faith you will be another 2 to add to the list!

I lost weight before lupus by watching my diet, eating 5 small balanced meals a day, and walking 5 miles a day and shed 160 pounds. But now with using prednisone for 4 years and the great lack of exercise I have the battle once again so I know how you feel . Lets just never give up on ourselves and keep on trying.We are worth it!

 

Woohoo ;) Glad both of your dates are coming up very quickly! I sure hope the surgerys are successful and you acheive some great results :)

lynwood this devastates me beyond belief.. I cannot believe this im heartbroken.. i just dont know what else to say

Yes, it is quite horrid and shocking. I'm not far from totally speechless myself.

I can't believe this.  I'm not sure what to say either.  This is shocking.  I'm glad to hear that Donna is making positive steps in her recovery. 

I am in shock and my heart breaks for Redrose family. So glad to hear Donna has improved some, prayers being said for both families.

Thank you, Lynnwood, for those good words.

Lynnwood, thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. This is very sad. Redrose was such a sweet person that had such a positive and uplifting nature about her. I know we will all miss her deeply... my heart aches for her family.

Im so sorry to hear this. Much love to you always, Redrose! And much love to you, Donna, as you recover, hopefully you are doing much better now.
Love, Marji

Ok I am finally back. Sorry. I am Redrose's best friend. Let me answer some of the questions for all of you.

Her husband says he didn't know what happened and says she went to the hospital for the surgery. She was doing fine afterwards and was sent home. Then within a few days she was vomiting and had diarrhea. Redrose couldn't keep anything down, so he took her back to the hospital. They kept her there for a week and she was scoped they said they found a pocket of infection as well as a hole in her stomach. Hospital said the hole was supposedly caused by the prednasone. The doctor placed a stint and she was sent home next day. Two days at home she seemed to be doing well, a bit tired but nothing her husband was worried about. Later she said she was thirsty so her husband helperd her to get some water and she said she was nauseous and had the onset of a migraine. So he gave her some medicine for that and put her to bed. He checked on her a few times , and tried to get some sleep. He said the power had been out so that was all he could do. During the night he went to check on her and she wasn't breathing, so he tried to do cpr, but wasn't able to help her. He called 911, medics arrived and checked her, and he was told she had already passed.

I left out the rest of the email as it was personal, between him and I. Again I do apologize. I did personally join the board for these very reasons. I had spoken to him about where she was online as we both knew she was active in groups and I knew she had a journal somewhere etc. He mentioned "Healingwell" and I googled it and it came up this site.

Thank you for the additional information. One of the biggest issues with lap band surgery for those of us with Lupus has to do with the number of medications we have to take to control our diseases. And the power of these medications as well.

Unless our meds are ground up and taken more gradually in a powder form, the relatively huge amount of medication taken at once in our normal meds is too much for the newly formed stomach and causes issues rather quickly.

This is almost identical to what happened with the stomach of another HW member. They found an infection and a small ulcer just below her new stomach -- still in the area where the surgery invaded. And she *was* taking it easy with her meds,but thought it was safe to stop a probiotic as she'd been doing well. Turns out the probiotic was MORE necessary than usual with the smaller stomach. Donna has now been in the hospital on a respirator for over 3 weeks.

darn it!! I knew it was the doc's fault!! I knew it!!! See what prolonged them doing the autopsy for SO LONG is the doc didn't sign off on the certificate (she still hasn't been buried as of yet as they are still doing toxicology and haven't released the body yet) so everything has been a mess. So this is why there isn't any obit yet. But when they did do autopsy they didn't find anything. Well of course, they didn't find anything, they waited too long. So I'm sure toxicology won't find anything period. It's been way too long. I won't bother telling her husband the information as he did say he wanted to move on, but I know he misses her so much too. I know Kait talked about probiotic meds to me for a long time with migraines and yeast infections especially with heartburn and assorted other issues, but I do not have Lupus like she did. I just know she worried over me and was always mindful to fuss over me like she did all of you too. I am taking online classes at the moment, so I will be back and forth and will continue to be on the forum and will probably come across many of her posts and will more than likely reply to them even though they are old ha ha.