Search results

Thanks everyone! I had to see Dr. K. yesterday due to a clog in my feeding tube. He took out the other contraption he had put in the bottom of my incision, which I think I mistakenly said my belly button in my first post, sorry. He stuck several pieces of gauze in there and I was able to take it...

First, I just wanted to thank everyone for the well-wishes and condolences of the passing of my dad. The holidays were tough. I wanted to post on here that I had a surgery date and all, but things got crazy before we left Tennessee with dealing my dad's affairs and trying to get everything in...

Thanks everyone for your kind words and advice. @JackieOnLine she will only eat 2 kinds of treats--the original greenies and those small crunchy peanut butter ones by Nutro. Very picky! @southernlady thank you for the advice. That's a good idea and then I can see how well she will do with her...

I'm sorry I haven't been on here in awhile. I hadn't even been back from California a week and my dad died. We found him outside in the field. They said he had an aneurysm and went quickly. It was so unexpected and a complete shock. I still can't believe he's gone. I'm having a very difficult...

Thanks. Me too because now I have the real truth, and he explained everything in such great detail. I like that he's a straight shooter. I hate not being able to get the surgery tomorrow, but am thankful to have found a surgeon that puts patients safety above making money. I know he truly cares...

Definitely going to explore all my options at taking care of Mr. Houston.

The blind stomach is still intact, but the gastric pouch is so small there's not enough tissue for him to connect it to my blind stomach. He said normally there is an anastomosis site but I do not have that. Mine just drops straight down. I meant to say the pouch is connected directly to the...

Well guys things have not went so well. I got out to California Tuesday and saw Dr. K. yesterday. He is awesome like everyone has said. He wanted to do an upper scope this morning just to see everything with his own eyes. Things are much worse than I first thought. There is barely a centimeter...

I think we will be using either Lyft or Uber, especially after I looked at the taxi rates. I booked a room at the SpringHill Suites in Burbank. I think it's about 15-20 minutes from the hospital. I'll be at Huntington.

Thank you! I'm sorry you are going through that -- there just has to be a better way to live than being in constant fear of vomiting. I hope Friday the 13th will be lucky for me too and happy early birthday.

Kristina confirmed my date yesterday so it is definite for October 13th. I have to be in Dr. K.'s office the morning of the 11th so I will be leaving for California in less than 3 weeks from now. Even though I had the surgery date, it wasn't until I booked my flight and hotel room that...

I have a tentative surgery date, October 13. Friday the 13th, lol. The nerves are starting to set in now. I know the date will be here before I know it.

Thanks everyone for the support. The information on these boards have been invaluable to me, as well as the advice and encouragement. I especially want to thank @Larra and @DianaCox for all your help and advice. Hopefully soon I will be revised/switched and not having to deal with this nightmare...

Thank you for this information! I would hate to get out there only to be sent back home. Honestly I wasn't thinking about all the little things I might need help with like with lifting, and my mom is worried about me being alone in a hotel room after surgery if something was to go wrong and I...

I heard back from Kristina and Dr. K. has agreed to do the surgery. He said the pouch is very small, but he feels confident in doing the conversion. I just have a few hoops to jump through for insurance, but I will have these completed this week. Once these are done, they can schedule my surgery...

I'm still waiting to hear back from Dr. K. so I don't know anything yet. He did send me a prescription to increase my vitamin D to 50,000 IU daily. I hope this is a positive sign he's going to take me on as a patient. I'm trying very hard to be patient, but the wait is killing me. Just trying to...

Thank you for that! I'm working on writing something. I'm just more focused on getting well right now, but I have no plans of letting it go.

Sorry I haven't responded sooner. The video consult was positive. Dr. K said he didn't see anything jumping out at him that would keep him from being able to do the surgery, but he wanted me to get all the radiology image files so he could actually see the size of the pouch. He doesn't want to...

I have a video consult with him Monday evening. I can't wait to talk to someone who will know what the hell is going on with this RNY hook up. I thought maybe the GI doctor meant the diameter of the supposed "pouch" was 2-3 mm and was 1-2 cm in length but even that doesn't make sense. The way...

Well I had my follow-up with my GI doctor today and my poor mom was completely confused on what he tried to explain to her, but after leaving his office today I am totally perplexed at what my surgeon did to me. When he said there was a fine line of stomach--he was referring to the gastric pouch...