*****UPDATE****** feb 2nd, 2012

i now have a leak & a stent was placed in. feeling horrible!!! the below post is the least of my worries now!

im going crazy..

i was sleeved dec 20th. everything was ok until maybe a week after coming home from the hospital. i realized that i was extremely exhausted and always felt faint. it didnt really start hitting me hard until last week. everyone keeps telling me that it will get better but it feels like its getting worse! i keep trying to "stay positive" but how much more of this can i take? i want to feel normal again!!!!

i noticed that when i walk, im like dragging my feet. im so weak and faint. almost like my thighs might just give out.

i also have excessive gas which i think is making me really nauseous. the burps are just crazy. i cant eat or sip without burping.. then it wont stop until i take some gas x chewables. i live off those chewables.

as far as shakes, i cant tolerate them. ive tried so many different ones & i throw them up. they absolutely repulse me!

i do eat but i have to be "in the mood" to eat whatever is in front of me or i will just throw it up. my stomach is extremely weak! i cant even tolerate Soups. they turn my stomach too.

i called my surgeon & told him how im feeling & he told me im dehydrated. told me to get on gatorade for a week & see how i feel then. im going in thursday morning to see the nurse practioner.

the gas & the gatorade mixed is making me very nauseous.

i take 20mg of prilosec in the morning, 2- Multivitamins & 1- B12.

im so so so so so so tired of this! i truly regret surgery. i never thought id feel like this but i do.

tpn is a picc line right?

they needa do something

I wish they would let you go TPN and be home with it and remove that stent!!

holy crap i just realized that i am subscribed to your youtube channel. you should make an update video. i would freak out with a stent. how did they put it in you?

I am so glad you are feeling better. Keep up the good work so you don't sick again.

tpn is a picc line right?

they needa do something

Yes, it's with a picc line,,it sounds like what you need.

they did it thru an upper endoscopy.

holy crap i just realized that i am subscribed to your youtube channel. you should make an update video. i would freak out with a stent. how did they put it in you?

i think u may have been reading old posts. im doing far from good right now. dealing with a leak, cant eat or drink... only vomit.

I am so glad you are feeling better. Keep up the good work so you don't sick again.

i emailed my nurse practioner & told her it needs to come out! lets see wat she says. she said we will talk today.

Yes, it's with a picc line,,it sounds like what you need.

the stent today is actually causing pain!!!!

im going to tell my nurse practioner that if they can stop the vomitting somehow, im willing to keep the stent in but if the vomitting cant be controlled, the stent must come out!

i dont wanna feel like i wasted 2weeks for nothing. i pray that maybe my leak is already healed but something tells me that with the lack of nutrition & constant vomitting.... i doubt it.

I am so sorry jasleeve, you were right I had read an old post. I see now that things are not going well for you and my heart goes out to you. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

I worry that the vomiting is just going to keep the leak open with it contracting the stomach. I hope not - I guess if the expert isn't worried maybe not.

im going to tell my nurse practioner that if they can stop the vomitting somehow, im willing to keep the stent in but if the vomitting cant be controlled, the stent must come out!

i dont wanna feel like i wasted 2weeks for nothing. i pray that maybe my leak is already healed but something tells me that with the lack of nutrition & constant vomitting.... i doubt it.

Can't they give you a TPN through a PICC line until your issues are resolved? I can't believe they haven't suggested that to you. You can do that at you own home, you don't phave to be hospitalized. They could also put other meds and vitamins in with it. Nothing goes into your stomach and you do not gain weight. i was on one for 18 days cuz they thought I had a leak in my esophagus from the hiatial hernia part of the surgery. If you have a leak, I would think that they would have put you on it already. i am praying for you and just can't imagine what you must be going through!

im going to tell my nurse practioner that if they can stop the vomitting somehow, im willing to keep the stent in but if the vomitting cant be controlled, the stent must come out!

i dont wanna feel like i wasted 2weeks for nothing. i pray that maybe my leak is already healed but something tells me that with the lack of nutrition & constant vomitting.... i doubt it.

The TPN is for food and nourishment. I was on 1300 calorie bag per day, but you don't gain weight and then after you stop it, you lose some Water weight the first week off. i think you should ask about it since it sounds to me like it would do you good while the leak is healing.

I was on a much higher calorie tpn..I gained 13 pounds but it was worth it and I lost the 13 pounds a little over a week after I went off of it. If you feel as bad as you say you do,,I can't believe they haven't suggested this to you either.

UPDATE FOR TODAY!

i went in to see the upper gi & requested he remove the stent. he refused. he ordered labs & an xray to see if the stent had moved. according to them, it did. they then decided to remove the stent! they had me register for an emergency upper endoscopy. then, they decided before doing an upper endoscopy, to do aquick swallow test to see if it showed a leak. turns out, the stent had moved but was still covering the leak! he decided to do an upper endoscopy anyway to take a look. he said that the bottom of my stomach kept rising up & covering the bottom of my stent which "may" be causing some vomiting.

hes still not sure why im vomiting & saysi show no signs of dehydration which is beyond me because i barely drink & i dont eat & i just throw up all the time. i dont get it.

anyway, long story short, stent has been "re-adjusted" & if i keep getting sick, they will admit me & the stent is to come out on feb 20th. im praying all goes well with this.