Hello Everyone,
My name is Cristina and I’m not really sure where I belong within the bariatric community.
I have surgery scheduled in 3 days. My situation is different from most. I’ve had an ulcer for a few years now that has been preventing my food from digesting. I went through 4 EGDs with dilations and they didn’t work.
It turns out that my ulcer isn’t in my stomach, it is in my antrum. I was referred to a surgeon for what I thought was going to be a super simple procedure only to find out that wasn’t the case.
Because of the location of my ulcer, the surgeon tells me that I need to have my antrum and pyloris completely removed, a gastrectomy and a reconstructive roux and y.
As I happen to be overweight, my surgeon asked how comfortable I was with my weight. I’ve never really seriously considered wls in the past. He told me that because of the surgery I need, he could change the size of my stomach while he is in there.
Being 48, I decided to opt for weight loss to improve my health and hopefully my quality of life and expectancy.
I only had 3 weeks to prepare myself mentally for this surgery and to learn as much as I can.
But to be honest, I don’t feel like I fit in with others having wls because I didn’t have to go through the extensive process that others have had to go through. I don’t even know what to answer when asked what type of surgery I'm having. I feel like I cheated the process, my surgeon even said that I have the cheat code to wls because of my health issues.
My name is Cristina and I’m not really sure where I belong within the bariatric community.
I have surgery scheduled in 3 days. My situation is different from most. I’ve had an ulcer for a few years now that has been preventing my food from digesting. I went through 4 EGDs with dilations and they didn’t work.
It turns out that my ulcer isn’t in my stomach, it is in my antrum. I was referred to a surgeon for what I thought was going to be a super simple procedure only to find out that wasn’t the case.
Because of the location of my ulcer, the surgeon tells me that I need to have my antrum and pyloris completely removed, a gastrectomy and a reconstructive roux and y.
As I happen to be overweight, my surgeon asked how comfortable I was with my weight. I’ve never really seriously considered wls in the past. He told me that because of the surgery I need, he could change the size of my stomach while he is in there.
Being 48, I decided to opt for weight loss to improve my health and hopefully my quality of life and expectancy.
I only had 3 weeks to prepare myself mentally for this surgery and to learn as much as I can.
But to be honest, I don’t feel like I fit in with others having wls because I didn’t have to go through the extensive process that others have had to go through. I don’t even know what to answer when asked what type of surgery I'm having. I feel like I cheated the process, my surgeon even said that I have the cheat code to wls because of my health issues.
