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I'm an eroded gastric band survivor trying to be sleeved. I have been following sleeve forums for the past year and have compiled a list of folks and the complications they had.

  1. Sandyd – infection from surgery (Reno) (VS Talk)
  2. MeMeMEEE – leak (twice) (VS Talk)
  3. Driver63 – leak
  4. Tiffykins – leak (band revision)
  5. Hansi – stomach ruptured
  6. Dishdiva – leaks (Mexico)
  7. YellowRose – infected incision (Mexico) & drain tube infection
  8. DivaDee84 – Infected incision (Mexico) leak (still @ seven months)
  9. Honeyrubybee – splenic infarction
  10. TKDBlackbelt15 (fiancee) – leak
  11. Rblessed – leak
  12. Jen Jen – leak (Mexico)
  13. Ladiesassie – nicked liver (didn’t follow pre-op diet)
  14. Moore37042 – leak
  15. Jagator88 – leak & esophagus was destroyed and had to be rebuilt from muscle (Mexico)
  16. Jsfound – leak (VS Talk)
  17. Leisa815 – leak (VS Talk)
  18. Jasleeve – leak
  19. Joesph – leak Kuwait
  20. Peachqueen – leak
  21. Jcarelle – leak
  22. Jerseygirl74 – leak & spleen infarct
  23. Happylife – stricture (had a stent like a leak)
  24. Kookia – leak

Even with the complications, I think most of the above had said they would do it again.

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Getting sleeved after a band erosion is possible,but the complication risk goes up considerably! I was sleeved after a (bad) erosion, I did have some complicatios but Its still worth it!

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Leak, caused by scar tissue.

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My Mom passed away a week after I was sleeved, and I had to handle the arrangements, and fly into VA from Houston, TX. I had a horrible time of it and had some sort of heaving/dryheaving episode mid-flight on the way back. I cannot say I had one major complication, but the stress seems to have slowed my progress alot - or what I think it would have been. I am definately dealing with an overload of the emotions we find hardest to deal with, anyway.

But yes, I would do it again.

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Hi! I like that you have compiled this list - it gives anyone with a new complication a place to look for someone who has experienced something similar.

I did want to let you know I had just 1 leak (1 time) - thinking maybe you are thinking of the abscess - it was discovered before my leak, but caused by my leak.

Best of luck with your journey! I know that revisions are a bigger risk so lots of prayers your way!

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I would be curious to know which doctors in Mexico were tied to the patients with the leaks.

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Well my wife cousin is in ICU right now, I don't know if you want to put her in the list, she's not is this forum yet, I hope she can in the future. She had a leak, a second surgery , she is 1.5 month out and she is in the ICU on a induced coma for the last 2 weeks, she has lung infection and is breathing with the help of a machine via a tracheostomy.

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I have a blood clot and an infected incision.

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Well my wife cousin is in ICU right now' date=' I don't know if you want to put her in the list, she's not is this forum yet, I hope she can in the future. She had a leak, a second surgery , she is 1.5 month out and she is in the ICU on a induced coma for the last 2 weeks, she has lung infection and is breathing with the help of a machine via a tracheostomy.[/quote']

So sorry to hear this. Please keep us posted.

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So sorry to hear this. Please keep us posted.

I will as soon something change, but she is like that for the last two weeks. They did the tracheostomy so they could get her out of the coma. But she woke in panic, her heart accelerated and her blood pressure increased so they putted her back in coma.

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I had complications as well, and I would do it again. :)

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So sorry to hear this. Please keep us posted.

Well she died today at 10PM (Brasil local time). So I guess it's the first death on the VSG reported in this forum. They opened her chest to see what they could do with her lungs. Nothing to be done it's all infected, they closed and she died 6 hour later.

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Oh dogbone so very sorry to hear she passed away, wow please let your wife know we send her strength to get through this difficult time.

Sandy

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Oh dogbone so very sorry to hear she passed away, wow please let your wife know we send her strength to get through this difficult time.

Sandy

Thanks Sandy, she is crying a lot.

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