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I guess I was lucky? That my stent didn't hurt but I was on 3 different nausea meds and none of them worked, it was not fun at all. I was allowed liquids during that time but wasn't taken off the tpn, which was awesome because I remember trying to have a Popsicle on thanksgiving and I only had like 2 bites and could lnot lay down for hours after I had it. Good luck, I really hope that the stent does heal your leak.

I'm so sorry that you've not only had to deal with complications with your health but also with drs. I don't know what I would do in the position on without a dr I felt very happy with.

Oh wow, I can't imagine not being able to find another surgeon in my area, I would've died! I've been very lucky. My home health nurse told me about a patient she had with a leak who her dr wouldn't see her anymore because she had no money to put up front for a surgery, she was already in debt from previous surgeries. I can't imagine how frustrating that would be.

Been gone for a while, sorry. Picc line infections are super scary, I hope I never have to go through that again. I got my cat scan today, hopefully I get the results tomorrow. I think someone previously asked how I managed to get another dr, my original surgeon was in Tijuana so when I went of the er here in San Diego I was lucky my current dr, dr. Zorn was there. He really is amazing. I'm so thankful for him,

Sitting around at home gets old very quick I hope your next appointment brings you all good news and you're back to your normal life soon.

Mine is my dog's name who I had to put down in July 2012, a few months before getting sleeved and my year of birth.

@@metoonow I'm sorry you've also have had complications but I'm so glad that your leak has healed itself and it's not stubborn like mine don't worry about the weight gain on tpn, I hated it too! But it'll come right off when you're off of it.

@rj's/beginning wow, that sounds so rough. I guess I've been lucky that I haven't had to have another surgery yet, my new and super awesome doctor wanted things to hopefully heal on their own so he has tried to get in there as little as possible. I feel very, very lucky to have found him, he's even seeing me pro bono( he doesn't take my insurance). He's a very nice man, in fact all drs I have had to deal with over here have been extremely nice and encouraging. I just hope my insurance approves a cat scan soon so we can start working on the next step.

@ thank you it means a lot to me that people are wishing me the best, it gives me strength since it gets very hard at times.

I'm so sorry :/ it's so frustrating when they can't find what's wrong with you and they don't believe you. I really hope they find out what's going on soon.

@rj's/beginning thank you. I think that's one of they possibilities but the problem here is that I have damage to my lung and diaphragm too and the dr says that doesn't happen, he has only found one other case similar to mine and presented my case in a conference and was met with a lot of huhs? So he is being extra cautious but says we're now at a point where I'm a lot healthier and thinner and we need to decide on the next step, we just need another cat scan to see if my lung is doing better and it's safer to proceed. I agree, I've had enough and it's been way too long. I just want to get back to normal life, whatever the new normal is gonna be. Have you had any problems since having this procedure?

@@laura71 I don't know what to tell you. Like I mentioned, idk if it was his fault or it just happened. My friend and her dad both went with him and had no problems, I've also read on here of a lot of people who have gone with him and have no problems. I also saw on TV (while I was in the hospital) a story about a patient of his that was brain dead in the hospital in San Diego and they wanted to disconnect him so another hospital in irvine, I believe took him, it was on TV cos of the controversy around it, apparently the hospital wanted to disconnect him and his family refused, they even had protests outside the hospital. I don't know the whole story but according to the report he was like 23 years old, had the sleeve and got a leak, he lived in Los Angeles and his family drove him down to see dr ponce who put in a stent and the guy went back home, according to the head dr at the hospital where it was done ( which wasn't INT where I got mine) the guy didn't go back in time to remove the stent, (they didn't interview dr ponce but showed his picture) and when they were driving down to tj to get him medical help cos he was really sick, he had a heart attack and ended up in a hospital here in San Diego, brain dead, I tried to contact his family on Facebook but never got a response. Idk what happened to him but considering he was brain dead. I'm sure other doctors have stories like this but don't tell you about them, this one just happened to come out on the news because of the controversy around it.

Thank you all for your very kind words. I'm sorry that some of you are having complications, specially so far out, that's scary. I hope they get resolved soon, being in and out of hospital sucks! And always having to see doctors is a pain too. We did this to be healthier and avoid things like that.

Dr. Ponce de Leon, but I wanna add that I know people who have had surgery with him and are doing great. I don't know if this was surgeon error or not and will never know for sure, but I'm not blaming him. I feel like it just happened cos it happened.

I don't think I regret the surgery either, because even through all I've been through I feel better than before, but I have my days lol hopefully once this is over I can truly say I don't regret it.