Well I finally had my surgery....do I regret it? Not yet. Although, I had my surgery on Wednesday, 7/10 and I don't remember much about my stay till 3 days post-op. Here is my story.

Wednesday morning: arrived for surgery very excited and anxious. After 3pm I was in my room and the surgery was completed. Around 9 the nurse said I needed to try to get up and use the restroom. While trying to get me up my husband told her I didn't look right. I was very weak and pale. Determined she ushered me to the bathroom stating some people just can't handle pain.

Thursday morning: the bariatric coordinator nurse comes in and said "you have to get up and walk this morning we are releasing you". My husband told her "something's not right, she doesn't need to get up she needs to be seen by the surgeon again. She verys pale and her breathing is not right". The nurse ignored my husband and got two other nurses to assist her with pulling me up on the bedside. (I was a bit lethargic and don't remember much). My husband said when they tried to make me stand I said "No, I'm about to pass out" the coordinator told me some people overreact and can be melodramatic if they have never had surgery...ugh(FYI I work in the medical field.) When the over zealous nurse raised me up I PASSED OUT COLD! Thank goodness I fell back on the bed. Well, after doing labs and checking my oxygen saturation, it was 75 and I had lost 7 units of blood! I spent the next week in the hospital undergoing blood transfusions and on 5 liters of oxygen just to breath. I will add I'm 29 and in perfect health the dr said he doesn't know what happened but he customarily does not do post surgery labs, which is crazy! So therefore he had no idea I had lost so much blood. Thank goodness I was not released home things could have been much worse.

so a lawyers opinion would be less biased? really?

i have seen people waste years of their lives on a case that everyone knew would lose or get settled for a piddly amount ( of which the lawyer would get the biggest cut).

It's about accountability and making sure it doesn't happen to anyone else.

Did you have blood work done before surgery? I know I was very anemic with a hgb of 9. Any chance you were low blood before and lost more during surgery?

I'm not a doctor or a lawyer, but I'm sick of medical malpractice lawsuits. The result is higher health care! You our doctors explain the risks, ask us to sign papers acknowledging the risks, then something goes wrong and we have to sue for millions. The doctor's goal was to help us.

You drive on the highway, get hit by a drunk driver and he has no insurance and you have serious injuries and you're lucky if he gets a slap on the wrist and your insurance pays your bills and that's the end of it. Been there done that!

I say if the physician did something criminal, he/she should be punished by the law. End of story, just like the drunk driver. Why should "deeper pockets" result in a better financial outcome to a serious injury? I've had situations where I could have sued a physician for a bad outcome. But my surgeon was not attempting to harm me, did not act in a reckless way. Still I probably could have gotten some big bucks for the bad result... but the drunk driver did act in a reckless way... had priors and didn't care about my injuries... but there was no money to be had. If there was justice he would have become my slave for 40 years to make up for it. LOL

Sorry, I got off topic from the original post... I do hope all is going well for you and that your final experience will all that you hope!

Request your records from the hospital. Specifically the surgery report. And yes speak to a lawyer' date=' preferably a reputable one and not a ambulance chaser. A good lawyer will review your case, and tell you if you have a case or not. Make a complaint to the hospital, if for no other reason to make them accountable for there lack of considerate care post op and to make sure they have guidelines in place to prevent this from happening again. You could have died. Would have if your husband had not stood up for you. If they had sent you home like they were planning you would have died. This is serious and they should be made accountable.[/quote']

I agree with your suggestion. There is an accounting that needs to take place if anything to help other being serviced at that hospital.

Thank God you are okay!! I cannot believe they did not get labs after surgery. My surgeon, who is phenomenal, had my lab work done often. She even called in every night around 1am to check on me. I just don't understand why the surgeon wouldn't have made sure all necessary tests were done.

Anyhow, the main thin is your okay. I just wish the nurses would have listened to your husband sooner.

I'm glad you're okay and that you're recovering. I disagree with the "file a lawsuit" mentality.

More would be served if you attempted to compel your surgeon and the team to take additional steps going forward to ensure this never happens again. Be an advocate for change and progress.

Be apart of the solution.

I'm glad you're okay and that you're recovering. I disagree with the "file a lawsuit" mentality.

More would be served if you attempted to compel your surgeon and the team to take additional steps going forward to ensure this never happens again. Be an advocate for change and progress.

Be apart of the solution.

Agreed!

Thank you all for your concern. I know that I could have died and that's very scary but thank the god lord he allowed me to have another day. I know I could probably sue but what would that really change, it was an accident. I don't think he intentionally meant to harm me. I am not a vengeful person and I requested the surgery with all the risk. I am going to see him this week to discuss what happened and where the blood went and came from, I was a bit to loopy in the hospital to have a direct conversation. I did have blood work completed prior to surgery. I will also discuss with him the nurses who appeared to be just worried about getting a discharge and ask him that he amend his practice of doing post-op labs. I did have my o2 sat, and Bp check periodically through the night but I only bottomed out saturation when I was sat and giving pain meds. I really appreciate everyone's concern and by no means am I trying to scare anyone into not having surgery. Like they say its 1 in 1000 odds and well someone has to be that 1 :-) just thank The Lord he was watching over me!

Wow I also had my sleeve surgery on July 10 2013 my surgery went smooth (thank god ) I am sooo sorry to hear of your complications that is terrible! I am also a nurse I can't believe thy didn't check vitals and o2 sats on you regular ! I had a o2 sat taped to my finger for 2 days with 24 monitoring of this seems strange they NEVER checked this? Also I hope your sipping goes better mine is doing much better seems like I can sip pretty big mouthfuls now compared to first post op. best of luck & much success for brighter days!

I agree w Amanda but I'm happy your doing better and okay .. I pray for a speedy recover