I had a BPD-DS in 2001. I lost a lot of weight. My first problem was malnutrition in 2007. It ended up with me in a coma and both legs amputated. Now I have had to have Open Heart Surgery which did not go well due to too much calcification of my heart. I was doing pretty good, holding my own now in the last 8 months I started losing weight again. I have lost 30 lbs. in 8 months I take lots of supplements and I am trying to eat 2000 calories at least each day. I don't know what is going to happen. They are still looking into it. I have other problems and I am not sure I could make it through a revision considering my heart situation. I wish I had never done this but it sounded like the answer to my prayers when I did it. It was fairly new at the time. My wife also had it 6 months later and she has gained weight lately but she has a problem with about 6 bowels movements every morning. She has been gaining weight lately but she has been feeling better since she was able to gain a little. We are 62 and I 64. I need to have something happen soon. Dr.Lee Trotter saved my life in 2007. They didn't think I was going to make it. They had given me an infusion of albumin and I stopped breathing. They had pretty much given up on me and told my wife not to expect me to make it. They intibated and put me in a medically induced coma. My heart stopped pumping blood out of my feet, thus amputation. Dr. Trotter was able to get me on the right track, he recognized what was going on and got me on supplement and protein through my feeding tube and I did well or at least I pulled through. He also amputated my legs below the knee and even though he was a bariatric surgeon his skill made it so I was able to be fitted with prosthetics and could walk normally again. I even went back to work, tho not at the same job but worked for 2 years. I can't seem to stop losing weight now and I don't know why but malabsoption is suspected. I am 14 years into this and really don't want to die and leave my wife behind. I hope I can get this straightened out. I will stop now. All I can say is Dr.Trotter said this particular operation should not have been given to us since we were only 100 lbs overweight. It was too drastic and was meant for someone more like 200 or more over. This surgery was performed on me by Dr.Adrian Heap also my wife 6 months later. She has different problems like 4-5 bowel movements every morning. Dr. Heap told us we only had to take a multiple vitamin and we would be fine. Dr. Trotter is going to try to get me on the right track one more time. I live in Spokane, WA and Dr. Trotter has moved to Rapid City, S. Dakota but he has a special place in his heart for me I believe and if he can't get me turned around will do the revision. I have a lot of trust in Dr. Trotter and I think you can understand why. When everyone else had given up on me he didn't and that is why I am here today. I forgot when I was really sick I got down to what would be 120 with my prosthetics. With Dr. Trotters help I got back up to 173 last fall. I now weigh 143.
I pasted this from another group I belong to that I have been getting advice from. I wrote this since then I have been trying to follow advice from them and I have managed to keep my weight loss to a minimum that was in October 2014 I now weigh 139.
I was invited to check this forum out by Brooklyn Girl so I thought well I've got nothing to lose. Since then I have every test they could think of to see what is causing this weight loss. I am currently trying to eat 150g of complex carbs and 200g of protein each day. That is how I have slowed my weight loss.
I pasted this from another group I belong to that I have been getting advice from. I wrote this since then I have been trying to follow advice from them and I have managed to keep my weight loss to a minimum that was in October 2014 I now weigh 139.
I was invited to check this forum out by Brooklyn Girl so I thought well I've got nothing to lose. Since then I have every test they could think of to see what is causing this weight loss. I am currently trying to eat 150g of complex carbs and 200g of protein each day. That is how I have slowed my weight loss.