Elia1981

@@Liz W I know that this is scary and you need to talk to your doctor and make sure he is competent and knows what to do in case something goes wrong. He should look at your stomach very closely to assess the damage if there is any. I do not want to discourage you or anyone else, but to me the risk is very real. I never had any problem with my health and it was a terrible experience to go through. but I might have prevented it, if I had known before what I know now. So the only real advice I can give you is to work closely with your doctor. You must trust him to do the right thing. @ bayougirl I have been told that it also happens easier to people with a very high bodymass index, which is why doctors here recommend to go on a liquid Protein diet weeks before surgery.

Hi Sleeveee, I am not sure I have any answers to your questions. I could imagine, that the liver attaches again, because peeling the liver from the stomach and band causes injury which might again grow together. However, this is just speculation on my part. In you continue to lose weight before your surgery, it might helf, because when the liver shrinks it is not so much in the way, when the surgery takes place. All your questions could probably be ansered better by your doctor. He had enough sense to stop the procedure, when he saw the damage. My doctor abviously didn't.

Hi Sleevieee, be really glad that your surgeon insists on the waiting. I waited for 1 year and still almost did not survive the sleeve-surgery. After 5 months I still have a lot or problems, like a huge infection just now in the stomach cavity which robs all my strength and energy. My liver also had attached to the stomach and the band. So be really careful now.

I was not so lucky. I waited 1 year after the band had been removed. 1st surgery the suture was not closed, so another surgery two days later and again not closed. Then I got a heavy infection in the abdominal cavity. Another surgery to put in a stent. Did not sit properly, so another stent was placed on top of that one. Did not work either, so both came out and another one was put in. Meanwhile infection and inflammation got worse and worse. Many more spectroscopic measure, Water in the lung area, 5 drainages and one that had to stay in for 3 months until finally the stent could be removed. I was in the hospital for 3 months, came out 66 lbs lighter but so weak that I was in a wheelchair, then in a walker and now finally I can walk by myself. Still very weak and burnt out. From all the antibiotics I had numerous other problems and my CRP now is up again to 150 (normal is <5) and I have pain, can still not really eat properly. So I do not get enough Protein which I need urgently.