It WAS my Fault....kinda.....what you don't know CAN hurt you. BLEH!

I had my appointment today and got some answers.  So….it turns out that I unintentionally did this to myself.  In 18 years of surgery my doctor has had 4 people, me included, have this happen to them. What is it?  Well basically because I am a gastric bypass patient who has a totally new stomach and my body now absorbs WAY less nutrients than it used to (which is why I take vitamins every day) my body also needs WAY more time to heal.  I am not getting all the stuff my body requires to make the healing process happen at a normal rate.  Which is normally not a big deal for most patients...however most patients were not working at Kroger lifting and pushing 32 packs of water, soda, ice, and who knows what else.  

I made my muscles work too hard too soon without knowing it and the muscles pushed the implants out of their pocket and that is why they are all jacked up.   Ugh….so even though I waited the correct 6 weeks before lifting anything it didn't matter….my body needs WAY more time to heal up...he said I really should just give it a full year before doing any lifting more than 5 pounds.  So back into surgery I go.  I will get a phone call from his assistant in a week to schedule that.   

As for the cost of everything my doctor is going to write it off as a very very cheap procedure...like less than $100.00…..but the hospital does not negotiate costs (they are not a regular hospital...they are a hospital that specializes in weight loss surgery) and I won’t have any luck with the anesthesiologist either.  Another big cost will be an added item he is going to place inside my breast during surgery to help guarantee my implants do not pop out again.  There is a product called Alloderm which is like a “second skin”, and it will go along my implant kinda like a shield, helping it stay there.  Sadly this item is quite pricey….ugh….I hate debt.  We just paid this all off and here we go again.  BUT, it has to get done...so it is what it is.  

I am glad however that I no longer work at Kroger….obviously if I did I would just have to quit anyway because they can’t have a cashier who can’t lift anything for a whole year.  This way I can just make sure that James and the kids help me with everything all the time...carrying laundry, vacuuming….everything.  Gonna be a rough year for them but if it helps me heal right that is all that matters.  I will continue taking my vitamins like I should and just hope that my body starts absorbing nutrients better and faster to help the healing process.  It’s a bummer that my body is just weaker in general and can’t do what it should as fast...but I am glad I know it now so I can do things the right way.  

For now I am just dealing with the pain I am getting and hoping that it doesn't get steadily worse before surgery comes.  I will of course let you all know the date I go back under the knife as soon as I know it because I am gonna want some prayer big time on it.