monica2016

I had a major complication. I know it's very rare, but I had the unfortunate experience of bleeding of my spleen. I was sleeved on July 19th at OCC. Here's the facts:
I woke up after the surgery and felt fine. Pain was relatively insignificant. However, the evening of surgery, I experienced more pain and thought it was just gas and decided to walk the floor most of the night in hopes to relieve what I thought was gas pain. My fellow "sleepers" were discharged the next morning, but I clearly was not ambulatory. A Dr. finally came to see what was going on, only to give me some unknown injection. I felt better within an hour and was taken back to the hotel.
Fast forward. Approximately two weeks post surgery, I experienced a debilitating pain in the abdomen and spread to my shoulder. I was taken by Ambulance to my local hospital. While in the ambulance, I realized how bad I was. My blood pressure was so low they had to put an IV in each are in hopes to increase my blood pressure. The hospital ER ordered at CT scan. It showed my spleen was surrounded by blood. It was not actively bleeding at the time, but it must have been bleeding for some time. The Radiologist report indicated spleen showed small laceration. The sleeve stitches and staples were not affected. I was in the ER for a night, and spent two other nights in the ICU. I was that I'll. The fourth night I stayed in normal hospital room. I was discharged from hospital, but later returned with Pneumonia.
Good times! There is no way someone can convince me that my spleen was injured by blunt trauma post surgery. It did not happen. It had to be caused as a result of complication of surgery.
So, yes I regret my decision to get sleeved. I put myself in this predicament. As I write this, I can say this is the first time since surgery that I have not experienced pain.
So, again, I believed this spleen complication due to surgery is very rare, but it does happen. I can vouge for this. Besides putting my health at risk, just think of the $ I spent on U.S hospital? Insane!

Is it sad that this topic is one of my biggest fears of the surgery lol. I have dreads and I love them so much and I'm afraid that they will fall out and I will have to shave my hair off and regrow them. 5 years down the drain. Vanity comes before a fall I guess.

I was making a wonderful cream of zucchini Soup starting phase 2 and like an idiot, I popped a cut cubed zucchini in my mouth and ate like I used to. I caught myself after I swallowed no pain yet and have a slight discomfort but that is about it. I guess I will be standing in the corner all night literally. Should I be concerned and what should I look for in the coming days?

I started eating Peanut Butter in my pureed stage. There was a period of time that I got into eating it everyday for added Protein but I've since stopped doing that since it was bumping my calories higher than I wanted. Now I have it as a treat from time to time or I use PB2.

Someone recommended Quest cups, 22 grams of protein. Walmart has them

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am so sorry to hear that cause when I did my sleeve not thing like that happened to me, but our skins are different i hope you get well, soon as passible

I'm currently 194lbs at 5'10". I'm currently wearing a M/L top (depending on brand, 12/14 in pants and a size 12 in dress.
I started at 301 pounds and wearing a 22 pant, 2XL tops and size 20/22 dress.
I also remember seeing somewhere that the size difference between sizes is larger in Plus than Straight sizes so it might take you longer to change sizes in plus. For example I wore a size 22 from about 270-300 pounds but once I hit a straight size 16, I've gone down much quicker.

Are you on an acid reducer like a proton pump inhibitor? Many of us have post op acid even if we didn't before and the sensations can mimic hunger. I know that was the case for me. My doc increased my dose of Protonix and it was gone.

jess9395, you make me so happy! I've been told to give up coffee for a YEAR, and I think that's going to be the hardest thing to do (I start my pre-op diet tomorrow). But I'll do it for as long as I can, anyway--may add it back in several months if everything else is going well . . .
But things like rice, potatoes, white bread--I'm figuring I'm simply not going to be eating those things. I like them fine, but it's more than a fair trade for a normal weight and serious health improvements. There are enough things we can eat that I like--no need to start triggering carb cravings.
Good luck!

Congratulations!!