*****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.

So glad to hear you are having a better day!

have u spoken to a lawyer yet?

My heart and prayers go out to you!

A lawyer?? What on earth for???

if her medical team is not working with her, malpractice

And that, folks, is one part of why health care in the US is so expensive and so many of you had to leave the country to get surgery.

Malpractice- being put to sleep expecting a VSG and waking up with a full hysterectomy when you're only 24.

No malpractice- having a frustrating but fully disclosed complication from an elective surgery after which various doctors and other medical professionals attempt to work together to solve and make right.

Only in America.

if the lawyer isnt removing this stent... theres no need for one.

today does seem a little better but its not good. my stomach feels very unsettled & feels funny. i been napping to get away from the uncomfortable feeling.

if her medical team is not working with her, malpractice

you mean in the US you can tell them what to do, even though you have no medical experience and are going off something someone said off a message board, sue them if they think it's not a good idea, calling it " not working with you"? and call it malpractice?

if the lawyer isnt removing this stent... theres no need for one.

today does seem a little better but its not good. my stomach feels very unsettled & feels funny. i been napping to get away from the uncomfortable feeling.

LMAO..."if the lawyer isn't removing this stent......etc..." literally laughing out loud! You feel like crap but you have to laugh at yourself on that one..it was great.lol

i mean, seriously lol. if hes not gonna put gloves on & remove this ****.. i dont wannatalk or see one. lol. my drs refuse to remove thestent because ill get really sick with a leak. they wanted me to stay with it for another week to 10days. they went in to make sure things were ok & fix what they could to give mesome relief. thats not malpractice. as bedhead said, had i woke up with a different surgery than thatsa different story. i knew the complications involved with the VSG and i knew a stent would be the route they would go. GRANTED, they never described noneoftheabove as far as constant nausea & vomitting but from what the drs say, thats not normal & everyone isdifferent.

LMAO..."if the lawyer isn't removing this stent......etc..." literally laughing out loud! You feel like crap but you have to laugh at yourself on that one..it was great.lol

you mean in the US you can tell them what to do, even though you have no medical experience and are going off something someone said off a message board, sue them if they think it's not a good idea, calling it " not working with you"? and call it malpractice?

absolutely not, thats what u hire lawyers to investigate if something were to go wrong.

i hope u feel better....jasleeve

jasleeve it was just a suggestion, of course u can take it or leave it, i hope it works out for u

i appreciate the suggestions and thoughts but i dont feel malpractice was done here. yes, i want to hurt my drs because they did this but i ASKED them to do this. im just the odd ball who had complications to follow.

maybe not, im sorry ur having a hard time....

thanks.. im sorry i am too! trust me. lol. i wish i was 100% & was living life normal, smiling & all. instead, im depressed & down & regret it all.

maybe not, im sorry ur having a hard time....