annabellarose77
Active Member
Hi everyone. I haven't posted on here in a very long time. I was suppose to have a DS done in 2015 with Dr. Houston but he ended up convincing me to do a RNY instead. It's a long story, but basically he "hurt" himself skiing and couldn't perform the DS because of how long the surgery would take and he postponed my surgery. In order to finally get any WLS done I had to change to a RNY or a sleeve. He pushed me into the RNY, but I agreed to it, he didn't hold a gun to my head. Now, after dealing with complication after complication, with no help from him, I'm so tired of dealing with this. I made such a HUGE mistake in agreeing to do the RNY instead of the DS and now I'm paying for it. Worse thing is my surgeon is a HUGE jerk who believes he can do no wrong so there couldn't possibly be any complications from a surgery he performed. No other surgeon in the Nashville area will see me because I'm someone else's patient. I'm so tired of being sick and in constant pain. I have only lost half of my goal weight. The GI doctor I'm seeing believes I may need to have the surgery reversed. This seems so ludicrous to me after all I've been through. I finally broke down and called Dr. Boyce's office in Knoxville to see if he would see me for a consult. I'm waiting for him to review my records. At this point, I'm not sure what to do, but thinking of having a revision to a DS if Dr. Boyce will take me as a patient.
The complications I'm having is upper right abdominal pain( gallbladder removed long ago), severe nausea, pain in the middle of my chest, gnawing hunger pains with sometimes a burning sensation like acid, but it's more nausea than burning. I've had blood work, ct scans, and colonoscopy all negative. However, I just found out the ct scan showed a small hiatal hernia, but they never disclosed this to me. I had to read the report to find out. The other problem is I have other stomach issues going on that arose after fighting two battles of c-diff last year. I developed post-infectious IBS due to the severe c-diff infections and my bowels have not been normal since. I don't think the IBS issues have anything to do with the other stuff. Basically, the GI doctor wants to blame the RNY and my surgeon says it's not a surgical issue. He even said that there was no way I was having a complication from the surgery because I'd be having pain on the left side not the right. At this point, I don't know who to believe. I just want to be able to function and not be in pain and miserable every day.
I'm sorry for the long post. Just hoping for some advice. Do you think a revision to a DS is a viable option? I just wish I had made better choices prior to surgery. Thanks for reading.
Andria
The complications I'm having is upper right abdominal pain( gallbladder removed long ago), severe nausea, pain in the middle of my chest, gnawing hunger pains with sometimes a burning sensation like acid, but it's more nausea than burning. I've had blood work, ct scans, and colonoscopy all negative. However, I just found out the ct scan showed a small hiatal hernia, but they never disclosed this to me. I had to read the report to find out. The other problem is I have other stomach issues going on that arose after fighting two battles of c-diff last year. I developed post-infectious IBS due to the severe c-diff infections and my bowels have not been normal since. I don't think the IBS issues have anything to do with the other stuff. Basically, the GI doctor wants to blame the RNY and my surgeon says it's not a surgical issue. He even said that there was no way I was having a complication from the surgery because I'd be having pain on the left side not the right. At this point, I don't know who to believe. I just want to be able to function and not be in pain and miserable every day.
I'm sorry for the long post. Just hoping for some advice. Do you think a revision to a DS is a viable option? I just wish I had made better choices prior to surgery. Thanks for reading.
Andria