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Wow froufrou, that is how I am feeling too. I cannot function much without the pain and discomfort getting in the way but the doctor acts as if this is completely abnormal.
Sorry I didn't mention it before, I just didn't want to bore you with a super long post. I had the sleeve procedure in July, about a month out from surgery I found out that I had a leak. From the leak I got a blood infection and was in the hospital for about a week and was placed on TPN for about 7 weeks in order for the leak to heal. I could not have anything by mouth, not even Water, for 7 weeks. It was incredibly hard, but luckily my family was very supportive and I made it through. The TPN was over in October, then fast forward to a couple weeks ago. I began to have a nagging pain under the left side of my ribs and as the days progressed the pain become worse and basically impossible to ignore. I went to urgent care, they found nothing, went to my surgeon and he brushed me off saying that it sounds like a strained muscle. I told him that I just didn't feel right and he ordered a CT scan. That evening I got the dreaded call yet again that I had another leak and that I needed to go to the hospital.
I was devastated because I know how serious a leak is and clearly remember what toll it took on my family. My surgeon referred me to a GI surgeon that placed the stent. It is 15 cm long and is in my esophagus and stomach. That means my esophagus and stomach are always open, making acid reflux an every day thing. I feel this time around I am not as supported by my surgeon or the GI doctor. I have told them about the pain that I am experiencing and they offer little or no support. I am very happy to have found your post because it is nice to hear that someone else has had a similar experience (although it is a painful experience). Everyone I know personally that has had the sleeve have had absolutely no complications. It is very hard to go through this feeling as if no one else understands. So thanks for posting and for all your suggestions.

Wow froufrou, that is how I am feeling too. I cannot function much without the pain and discomfort getting in the way but the doctor acts as if this is completely abnormal.
Sorry I didn't mention it before, I just didn't want to bore you with a super long post. I had the sleeve procedure in July, about a month out from surgery I found out that I had a leak. From the leak I got a blood infection and was in the hospital for about a week and was placed on TPN for about 7 weeks in order for the leak to heal. I could not have anything by mouth, not even Water, for 7 weeks. It was incredibly hard, but luckily my family was very supportive and I made it through. The TPN was over in October, then fast forward to a couple weeks ago. I began to have a nagging pain under the left side of my ribs and as the days progressed the pain become worse and basically impossible to ignore. I went to urgent care, they found nothing, went to my surgeon and he brushed me off saying that it sounds like a strained muscle. I told him that I just didn't feel right and he ordered a CT scan. That evening I got the dreaded call yet again that I had another leak and that I needed to go to the hospital.
I was devastated because I know how serious a leak is and clearly remember what toll it took on my family. My surgeon referred me to a GI surgeon that placed the stent. It is 15 cm long and is in my esophagus and stomach. That means my esophagus and stomach are always open, making acid reflux an every day thing. I feel this time around I am not as supported by my surgeon or the GI doctor. I have told them about the pain that I am experiencing and they offer little or no support. I am very happy to have found your post because it is nice to hear that someone else has had a similar experience (although it is a painful experience). Everyone I know personally that has had the sleeve have had absolutely no complications. It is very hard to go through this feeling as if no one else understands. So thanks for posting and for all your suggestions.

I'm so sorry to hear you had to go through this! I hope that you are on the road to healing and feeling so much better!!!

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Sorry for such a horrible ordeal. I hope both of you heal quickly and are leak free. That's truly scary and I can't imagine what it must have been like.

Hi - I'm so sorry you are going through this!
Yes I was in pretty bad pain and threw up a lot.
Are you in hospital? I'm asking because I'm wondering what kind of pain meds you are on. If you are in hospital then dilauded was what helped me the most. At home I was on tablet form of dilauded but it didn't work as well as the IV version. Also I just had to sit with a hot water bottle on my chest most of the time - heat really did help. I was prescribed Carafate to prevent ulcers - are you taking that? I didn't realise I was supposed to take it during the time I had the stent, so I didn't take it, but my GI surgeon said it would have helped with nausea. It might be worth a try.
I can assure you that when the stent is taken out, it'll be like night and day. The pain will go... so just hold on to that thought. I can't remember right now how long it took to heal up, but I will try to find out for you. My mother has a record of it (I was too out of it to notice!).

Thank you for sharing your story. How long did it take the stent to heal your leak? Did you feel any discomfort while the stent was in place? I currently have a stent and am experiencing a lot of abdominal pain along with extremely painful gas and nausea. The stent has been in place for a week now and I can't seem to find anything that is comforting for the pain or the nausea. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you.

Good morning @Sosewsue61, I work in the education field and they do not offer disability insurance. I assumed everyone did but I was wrong.

Well I was uneducated about short term disability, apparently ONLY five states require employers cover STD. When I worked my company did have the STD insurance available and our state does not require it....
So awful that only 5 states require it.

I wasn't tired on TPN after I got out of the hospital. I was a bit worn the first few days but went back to work after that. I had a backpack and had it in there, so it was odd with the backpack but no one really figured out the line going under was into the arm.
It may be the issue of what nutrients you are getting. Are you getting blood pulled 2x a week?