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I'm back and mad as hell!

First surgery for the sleeve was on Nov. 6 th. I got to be home 2 days before I went septic and ended back at the hospital.

They had to repair 2 abscesses and discovered I had a hole in my sleeve. The pain was so bad that they decided to put me in a coma for a few days....19 days later I came out of it to discover that they had done a trakia on me and I was near death.

After that they decided to put a stent in to help heal the hole......6 weeks later they put another one in, so I had 2...Neither worked so they had to be removed.

Next they decided to put clips in to close the hole. Meanwhile I have all kinds of tubes hanging all over my chest. The clip did not work and so I went back under and had a hybrid surgery where they connect part of your intestine to your stomach. This he assured me would work! It did!

So I never ate anything for 4 1/2 months. Had to learn how to walk again. 5 month stay in the hospital.

The worst part......I lost most of my hair. It is in a short bob now and it looks ugly.....What a way to lose 100 lb.

This is the short version of what happened!

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    • kyllfalcon
      kyllfalcon

      Geez. I always feel guilty when I read things like this. Not one thing went wrong. I'm sorry it went that way for you, and like the previous posters, hope you continue to make progress, accept it

    • RJ'S/beginning
      RJ'S/beginning

      thank you all for your kind words.......It is a slow come back as I have nurses coming in every day to handle the wounds. I cry a lot when I think of how easy it is for some. Then how it went for me.

    • newat52
      newat52

      Wow! First, welcome back to the land of the living. I'm so sorry your journey was a living hell. I'm so glad you are ok now and I would be mad a hell too! Wishing you nothing but the best from here

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    Hi RJ im new to the forum. Getting sleeved in Mexico on feb 4th. Im so sorry what happened to you. Who was your surgeon?

    My surgeon is a Dr. who had performed 500 WLS operations up to that point....I was the only patient he had that went this bad....He was horrified by what had happened and worked his tail off to try to help me live and be here today....I owe my life to him and his team I really do!!!!!!!!

    If they had not been so dedicated I might not have made it....That's how i see it now..and even then......

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