complications

I am finally home from the hospital after 5 weeks from what was supposed to have been an overnight stay. short version, doctor removed an adhesion from my spleen and I bled out internally for 22 hours before a 2nd surgery was done to remove my spleen. Came out of surgery on a ventilator and had ARDS from the volume of blood around my lungs. Has anyone ever heard of this happening or experienced it? I have my band in but have not had a fill yet.

OMG! How unlucky for you. How are you feeling now? What has your doctor said to you about all this? Rest recover before you think about you fill. Take care.

skinnyminney

Thanks for the comment. basically, the doctor said, "oops, won't be able to wear your bikini this year". I did all of the pre-surgical research but was not prepared for this. None of the research mentions risk of the spleen bleeding out.

on the up side I have lost 32 pounds since 1/19/2009.

HOLY COW!!!! That's weight loss the hard way! I've been on this/other sites for about 9 mo. now and I've never even heard of a doctor removing an 'adhesion' from a spleen, let alone removing a spleen related to LB surgery. You might want to post a thread on the Forum/Complications to see if anyone else has heard of this (it will get more exposure than here in blogs). You certainly deserve the weight loss and I hope the band works well for you soon with fills. ...and welcome to LBT!!! Best wishes. -BG