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Complications after Sleeve Surgery

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*susan*    1,709

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Hayley, I am so sorry to hear about the complications you had! You poor thing. Please do let us know how you are doing. I am sending lots of good thoughts your way for a speedy recovery.

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Jagator88    1

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I am having the first step of a 2 part surgery to close up the spit fistula tomorrow. I will have the 2nd surgery in about 2 weeks. As of tomorrow I will be on full liquids. So far all I have been able to have since the initial surgery is ice chips. I am soooo looking forward to a glass of unsweetened tea w/ splenda. Not sure if I'll be up to it after surgery tomorrow but I hope very soon after.

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Malaika    50

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Hayley - good luck with your surgery, I'm sure all will be good ... and I hope you are able to enjoy lots of ice tea with splenda!

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*susan*    1,709

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Hayley, our thoughts are with you as you go into surgery tomorrow. Take care and let us know how you are doing.

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Jagator88    1

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Surgery did not go as well as hoped. I noticed a lot more Fluid going into the bag after surgery than before but attributed it to swelling. Not wanting to wait the whole weekend withou knowing for sure I called the doctors office. He was not available to talk to me after the surgery. His nurse called back and said that according to the notes they were unable to dialate my esophogus as much as needed so I was being rescheduled to try again in a week. Disappointing but a week I could deal with. The problem is if they stretch too much too fast it can damage my esophagus and there is no tissue left to do another repair. Later onthe doctor called and sais he was not willing to attempt again for a MONTH. All I could do was cry. Another month of just ice chips! And, worst of all, another month of these damn, stupid ostomy bags that no matter how much skin adhesive you use start to leak within hours. He says that once the swelling goes down I may be opened enough that limited amount of fluid will go into the bag. I don't find that much consolation!

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Ky.hen    5

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Haley, I am so sorry for all that you are going through. I will pray that you heal soon. We are here for you, so please keep us all informed of your progress.

Thank you for sharing your story. Hugs

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Malaika    50

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OMG Hayley I am so so sorry to hear that your surgery didn't go as planned. I will keep you in my prayers that God will lay his healing hands upon you and that everything in your life will get back on schedule. Hang in there and keep your faith. HUGS

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*susan*    1,709

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Hayley, I am so sorry. That is awful that you are being put through so much. I wish there was something more we could do for you. But do know that you are in our thoughts.

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Jagator88    1

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Thank you all so much!!!!!!!! God brought me through thus far and I have to trust he will carry me the rest of the way. What does not kill us makes us stronger. I just wish God didn't have so much faith in me.

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DownInSocal    12

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Oh my Haley. You have had such a rough time of it. How did your esophagus get damaged during surgery? It seems like it is up there and your stomach is down there and?

I want to ask a really personal question and you don't have to answer. What are you doing about work? This is one of my biggest fears. I am by no means poor but I do have a big California size mortgage and commitments. I can't be missing too many checks if I have complications. It seems trivial when you have a ostomy bag but it just adds to your stress I am sure.

Feel free to vent as much as you want here. I love reading about ups, downs, sideways, backwards, forwards. I love it all.

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Jagator88    1

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I have a wonderful boss who is continuing to pay me. He also paid the additional $16,000 hospital bill in Mexico and the $22,000 airvac bill to get me back home to a U. S. hospital. We will eventually workout a repayment plan even if it's not for all of it. Hubby took a major hit in pay as he was with me in Mexico for the over 3 weeks I was there and then took time off for all the surgeries. It hurts a little financially but we had paid off both vehicles and our mortgage is reasonable. I'm just not sure how long my boss will be able to deal with me being gone. I can do quite a bit from home but not everything. I was hoping to go back to work part-time next week which is one of the reasons it is so upsetting that the surgery didn't work.

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*susan*    1,709

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I agree, he sounds absolutely wonderful and you are so lucky for that.

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Ky.hen    5

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Haley, Do you know what caused your esophogus to have to be rebuilt?

Did this happen during your vsg?

Who did the surgery to fix your esophogus?

Sorry for all the questions but it might help someone else in the future that this could happen to.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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