sitting after spending week after week with new complications. at the hospital. my body has an abscess drain from each area. now I have an inredible pain from the tube that has lipase in it. my panreas. they dont know what is happening. anti biotics arnt fixing it

How are you doing Ana?

i just found out yesterday my leak has healed. i am very happy and will be very careful transitioning from the j tube feeds to naturally eating (i haven't eaten since november!!!)

thanks for asking.

awesome! good luck!

That's great news! So glad to hear you're healed up and starting to eat again. Good luck!

So glad to hear. That is wonderful news. You r so incredibly strong. What an inspiration you are.

Woohoo we are all back to normal

i feel great. i feel strong. i feel 100lbs lighter. would do it again in a second, even with all the complictions. i'm healthier now than i was before surgery, even with the problems i had. not once was i worried about this leak not eventually healing.

thank you all for your kind words and support!

i feel great. i feel strong. i feel 100lbs lighter. would do it again in a second, even with all the complictions. i'm healthier now than i was before surgery, even with the problems i had. not once was i worried about this leak not eventually healing.

thank you all for your kind words and support!

Mess up again and see what happens to you missy...Follow your teams instructions and be so very good to the helper in there.....I'm still here and paying attention to your progress.

Oh and by the way little one you were petrified that the leak would not heal. That is only natural! Congrats on being able to go forward from now on.......

Hi I have been searching for support through my complications. It appears that RJ, Ana, and free spirit have gone through much more than I. You all have given me hope and I thank you for that.

I was sleeved 2/17. They found a huge leak 3/27, went back in and sutured 4/2. Abscess back 4/20 and 5/25. Now I have just a small leak that they are trying to fix by keeping me on a feeding tube.

I have another upper GI on Tuesday. Praying it is healed.

How are the 3 of you doing now?

Thank you for sharing your journey to encourage others through their struggles.

Get well soon Ana.....

I spent months researching the sleeve because I was obsessed with the things that could go wrong. After 10 months researching and panicking over my blood pressure I took the leap and had it done Feb 2013. I have been blessed that I had no complications, lost 130 lbs in 9 months and have been at my goal weight since. I feel so lucky I didn't have complications but when my friends joke how they want this surgery to loose 40 lbs I tell all of your stories and ask for 40 lbs were they willing to chance massive medical procedures and the pain that goes along with complications....not to mention financial reckoning for most self pay.

Very true pammycakes!!! I think 100lbs or more is a good amount to justify the surgery. 40lbs is annoying and hard to lose, but like you said, this surgery should be a last option. I'm so happy for your success!!

I have to dissapgree with you ladies on 40 pounds. I am a low bmi and have been struggling to loose weight. When I went to have my sleeve done I only had 40 pounds to loose and that was after I removed my band and was not able to loose it. It was worth it, leak and all. My abcsess has shrunk but still there, the leak is gone. My abscess is causeing my lack of energy and tiredness but it will eventually dry up amd my energy will return. I am doing great otherwise and looking great.

I'm happy for you free spirit! You have a great attitude. So the abscess drains your energy? No wonder I have no energy. They also put me on a huge dose of vitamin d for my deficiency. All I want to do is sleep. My leak is healed but I'm sure the abscess is still drying up.

How did you know you had a leak?

Where is your abcsess and yes healing takes a lot of energy out