ShouldBlittler

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Hi everyone.

I'm not sure if anyone is still monitoring this discussion (forgot about it myself for a while), but just in case anyone else has issues with bezoars I would like to report that I successfully dissolved mine by sipping Coca Cola, all day & all night, for about 10 days. Dissolved my bezoar and made me so sick of Coca Cola that I'll probably never drink it again. So, double success!

About a year later, I thought I would try eating a smaller amount of coconut just because when I had my original bezoar, I felt like I had a rock in my stomach and was not hungry for a week. I thought if I just ate a smaller amount of coconut maybe I could kill part of my appetite without getting obstructed.

Sadly, the attempt was a failure. I successfully re-formed my bezoar but also successfully re-obstructed myself. I was too embarrassed to go back to my doctor, so I started back on the Coca Cola and was normal again a week later.

So my advice is... don't eat coconut. But if you do, keep a case of Coca Cola handy.

Cheers!

Natalie

Do you think it is because you don't have as much fat on your body?

I am glad to hear that those who have had leaks are doing well. I had VS on July 8th, stomach ruptured on July 15th, and stayed in the hospital until Aug. 6th. I am home with a JP drain and a J tube for feeding. The doctor wanted to put a stint in but I was too afraid. I told him I was ok with the feeding tube because I just did not want to take a chance of the stint weakening any other tissue around it. I am on Clear liquids and go to the doctor of a check up tomorrow. Not sure when I will go back in for an upper GI to check to see if the leak has healed. I would guess one day in the next week or so.

I have been so depressed because I can't take care of my family. It is hard to just sit here on a feeding tube and watch life go by. At this point this surgery was the worst mistake I have ever made in my life. I pray that I feel different when I am all well and back to "normal." I am hanging in there but would love to talk to others who have been through the same thing.

Now that time has passed, how do you feel about the surgery?

I had a leak 2 days post-revision. I had zero symptoms, and it was found during my final leak test about 2 hours before I was to be discharged.

It was immediately repaired. I did have drains, was on TPN via a pic line in my arm, and was restricted from consuming any food/liquids for 22 days.

My sleeve has healed nicely, and have had zero complications other than a hospitalization around 6 weeks post-revision due to abscesses in my abdominal and pelvic cavity. They suspect that microscopic bacteria lingered behind, and the abscesses developed slowly over those 6 weeks even though I came home on antibiotics.

Would you do this surgery again?

I'm curious... What are the symptoms and remedy for food getting "stuck?" Do any of you deal with this issue? How often?

Thanks!

Could it also be that liquid may cause certain foods to expand IN THE STOMACH?

Crickets...

Just curious... why can you not have ANY liquids with meals? What if you ate one Oreo? Could you dunk it in milk?

It might be a little bit funny.....

What do you wish someone had told you, or made more clear to you, before surgery?

Thanks!

Good luck! Please update!

And about this:

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-is-and-what-isnt-about-weight-loss.html

Let me know what you think.

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2010/05/gastric-sleeve-story.html

Let me look. I SHOULD be able to find it...

Hello all,

I am new to this forum. I was reading on another forum about the sleeve, and they maintained that many people regret the decision at around 10 years out. Anyone have opinions/thoughts about this?

Thanks in advance!