I am a 27 year old female who had the sleeve performed on Oct 14. My starting weight was 487 and on my 2 week post op, I lost exactly 30 pounds.

I have had nothing but issues. The bottom lobes of my lungs collapsed after surgery and I developed a blood clot in my right lung. I wasn't able to get up the day of or after my surgery, I was in excruciating pain. I ended up being in the hospital 4.5 days. They didn't catch the clot, and 3 days later I was readmitted for another 4 days. The very expensive ($120 WITH insurance, for 1 week) lovenox injections weren't really working. I had increasing chest pains and shortness of breath, so my doc suggested I go to the ER, sure they would give me a CT. Turns out, I was readmitted yet again for another 4 days.

I am now 4 weeks post op and on soft foods. My issue now is pretty severe stomach cramps and not to be crude, but diarrhea from hell. It's a very dark color, but appears to be dark, dark green. I'm also on Iron, but today, it had the coffee grounds appearance. Everything I eat, be it one soft scrambled egg, or Soup, juice, Jello, applesauce even Water makes me violently sick. It's all I can do to keep food and water down.

I am going to my surgeon tomorrow for my 4 week, but has anyone else had a hard time like this?

There is a complications forum where other folks who have had significant issues also post. Sorry to hear about your health problems. I hope they resolve soon.

Tracy, I'm so sorry you're having all this trouble. Don't worry about the weight loss now, your job is to get stabilized. Even though you are seeing the surgeon tomorrow, please have a very low threshold for calling him or her for some guidance. BTW, how long have you been on the iron....some people don't tolerate it.

Sorry to hear about your problems, but also remember that your body was having problems before the surgery. At your weight I am sure you had some co-mobitities. You are trying to recover with a body model that was going to be a Lemmon if you didn't take your life in hand. You may have got blood clots secondary to the surgery but I can almost bet you would have gotten them this year. I am an RN so I know what I am saying. So now the problems will be gotten rid of because your body is getting better. It's a little rougher road but you will see the sunlight at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there!

Coffee ground stools can be an indication of GI bleeding. Very possible complication with the recent lovenox use. Hope you get to feeling better soon!

Tracy, how did it go with your surgeon?