8 Days Out And Had A Leak In Day 5 Do Discouraged :(

[stephwb 1]

I was sleeved in Oklahoma on July 10th and went home July 11th taking 1 pain pill vs 2 i could of. Everything was great no nausea perfect and then my world came crashing down . Friday my night I was nausiated a bit but nothing to be alarmed about and as I went to something felt lite it ripped my arm off. I knocked up to over doing it and maybe a pinched nerve . I was rushed to the ER and and then transferred to the main hospital where my surgeon met me at ICU where he told me in woman a shoulder pain can act as actual pain because my leak was in under my diphram . I have been in ICU 3 days hope to be in a regular room later and if my my drain rude. gets cleared and I.can tales liquids by mouth while doing a CT scan I can go home has anyone else had a similar experience? Sorry first time user

[chitowngirl 884]

Sorry to hear about your difficulties, hope all goes well and you feel better soon.

[stephwb 1]

Sorry to hear about your difficulties' date=' hope all goes well and you feel better soon.[/quote']

Thanks me too!

[lowe1961 45]

Omg Im so sorry I hope you get better soon

[Pookeyism 1,143]

So you have done a barium drink or equivalent and they confirmed a leak? Not a heart attack or infection?

[Lissa 2,631]

Wow! I'm so sorry you're having problems! Hope they get cleared up quickly!!

[madintx 12]

Omg! So sorry to hear that, I hope u have a quick recovery!!!

[stephwb 1]

So you have done a barium drink or hequivalent and they confirmed a leak? Not a heart attack or infection?

I had a CT with contrast and my white count was really high and Fluid was a in my legs and diaphragm so they set me up with a drain . Have any of u been through any of this

[Jill279 65]

Search leaks on here...other people on here have had the same problem. Thank goodness you are OK. Keep us informed on your progress....

[Aaron in Tulsa 147]

Do you mind saying who your surgeon was? I have my first appointment with Dr. Broussard Friday!

[peacequeen 434]

I was sleeved in Oklahoma on July 10th and went home July 11th taking 1 pain pill vs 2 i could of. Everything was great no nausea perfect and then my world came crashing down . Friday my night I was nausiated a bit but nothing to be alarmed about and as I went to something felt lite it ripped my arm off. I knocked up to over doing it and maybe a pinched nerve . I was rushed to the ER and and then transferred to the main hospital where my surgeon met me at ICU where he told me in woman a shoulder pain can act as actual pain because my leak was in under my diphram . I have been in ICU 3 days hope to be in a regular room later and if my my drain rude. gets cleared and I.can tales liquids by mouth while doing a CT scan I can go home has anyone else had a similar experience? Sorry first time user

I'm so so sorry you are going through this. I had a leak so I know what you're going through. Feel free to send me a personal message if you want to talk about it. If you're only a week out, sounds like they caught it pretty early and the fact they are giving you liquids and might send you to a regular room is a real good sign.

[ppatterson 24]

I'm so sorry. I hope you feel better soon!

[helleva 22]

im so sorry to hear this. I will pray for you. please keep us posted on how you are doing. ♡

[WLJourneyJ 89]

omg.. do they know what caused the leak? i'm only 8 days out and its making me freak out too... i'm so sorry you are dealing with this!

[stephwb 1]

I have not been able to update do to health and accessibility.

thank you for all the well wishes. It was confirmed today that I do indeed have a leak. it is small and the want it to heal on it's own so I will remain in the hospital 4-6 weeks and live on IV Fluid and nutrition. I will not be allowed to take anything by mouth in that time. I can live with out food if i could just have some sips of Water or even an ice chip. I was feeling guilty about having the surgery and putting my family through this, i felt selfish as it was for wanting to have the surgery but my beloved husband said " Why would you ever feel selfish for making yourself better. Even though it doesn't seem like you are making yourself better at the time, you have to realize that it takes 4-6 weeks to recover from most surgerys anyways and you would need us to do all that we are doing now. the only difference we get some extra help from the nurses instead of re couping at home but we can bring anything from home you want(minus my bed which is what i complain about the most) " Looking it at it from that view makes alot of sense , but I have such an amazing family that has already dived in got it all planned out . I am going to stop feeling guilty that I had an elective surgery and look at it as I had a life saving surgery and it will take me 4-6 weeks to heal :wub: