Good study on leaks

[SoCalDixieGal 172]

I came across this study researching leaks. Heavy on medical jargon, but good info.

http://www.hindawi.com/crim/gm/2012/205979/

[iggychic 1,405]

Interesting study. For my leak a stent was discussed but the hospital is not big on them due to the number that migrate. They have been working on the claw system for late leaks and have had great success, though failures are, like with any treatment, possibly catastrophic.

Thanks for sharing that.

[SoCalDixieGal 172]

I'm a bit of a research nut. I've been reading tons of the studies so I can ask my surgeon lots of questions nd be armed with the symptoms of complications. I particularly like this study because of the descriptions of the stages or time periods associated with leaks.

[Sleevealicious 43]

Thanks for posting. I had the stent for about 5 weeks and it was pretty hellish. All of the side effects listed are true , but the part about them going away after a few days was not at all true for me. Constant nausea, vomiting, pain... but the worst issue was the non-stop saliva overproduction. I thought I was the only one that had the "drooling" issue mentioned in the report as a side effect since the doctors Seemed pretty baffled about it. That part really sucked because I couldn't go anywhere because my mouth was just constantly flooding with saliva. It was the weirdest thing and very miserable. I had to keep a plastic bag with me at all times to catch the drool. I would wake up choking on it at night if I laid on my back. the stent was probably one of if not the worst parts about the leak. I am so jealous that I was not offered the claw that Iggy talks about. sounds pretty awesome ( well, as awesome as leak treatment can be...) She has said in another post that the claw is pretty painless. I hope more surgeons learn about this new technology, stents are just terrible. You already feel like death when you have a leak , and to then shove a metal wire tube down your esophagus and leave it there for weeks is torture.

[iggychic 1,405]

Thanks for posting. I had the stent for about 5 weeks and it was pretty hellish. All of the side effects listed are true ' date=' but the part about them going away after a few days was not at all true for me. Constant nausea, vomiting, pain... but the worst issue was the non-stop saliva overproduction. I thought I was the only one that had the "drooling" issue mentioned in the report as a side effect since the doctors Seemed pretty baffled about it. That part really sucked because I couldn't go anywhere because my mouth was just constantly flooding with saliva. It was the weirdest thing and very miserable. I had to keep a plastic bag with me at all times to catch the drool. I would wake up choking on it at night if I laid on my back. the stent was probably one of if not the worst parts about the leak. I am so jealous that I was not offered the claw that Iggy talks about. sounds pretty awesome ( well, as awesome as leak treatment can be...) She has said in another post that the claw is pretty painless. I hope more surgeons learn about this new technology, stents are just terrible. You already feel like death when you have a leak , and to then shove a metal wire tube down your esophagus and leave it there for weeks is torture.[/quote']

There is actually zero pain with the claw. It's a tiny thing that clips the leak from the inside and eventually (they hope after at least six weeks) just breaks apart and falls out. (You poop it out and no you don't see it lol). Literally I went from hell to being well overnight. The downside is that the majority don't hold because they are used in cases where tissue damage is extreme (late leaks). And sadly they don't hold because people don't stick with the rules. I was counseled many times about following my diet and activity restrictions. They aren't kidding and I wasn't going to end up back in the hospital so I was religious and at my six week check it was there and I was pronounced healed .

My docs don't like the stent for all of the reasons you listed sleevealicious. They slip, are very painful and are very hard on he patients. They also won't send a stent patient home. I would have had to stay there six more weeks. I'm glad they do everything they can do not to use them!