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Wonderland and Not Happy. Complications

I hit wonderland too but so unhappy about just spending seven days in the hospital due to my sleeve narrowing where my band was that created scar tissue. I had to have another surgery last Wednesday to balloon it and get it open. I'm so depressed I don't even care about the weight. I had sleeve surgery five weeks ago and had such a hard time recovering and now this. By week five I was supposed to be on soft meats and advanced and I'm still on full liquids with all kinds of surgery pain again where they opened me up. I'm sorry I did this surgery and I'm in a very bad place mentally. I know one day I will be happy to be in wonderland. I'm just so sick and weak I can't be happy and wear jeans and be happy. So for the venting but I had to get it out.

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Awww so sorry you are going through this. Go ahead and vent....you have every right and maybe it will make you feel better. Sending you hugs and healing thoughts your way. Hope it won't be too long till you are feeling better and able to eat something.

Lapnicky, what does it feel like when the sleeve narrows? Was it just pain? I'm 2 wks/1 week out and initially I didn't have problems but the last 3 weeks, everything hurts, including liquids. Everything feels like it's trying to get past a knot in my stomach first which is very uncomfortable and this is with small bites, sips and chewing thoroughly.

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Lapnicky, what does it feel like when the sleeve narrows? Was it just pain? I'm 2 wks/1 week out and initially I didn't have problems but the last 3 weeks, everything hurts, including liquids. Everything feels like it's trying to get past a knot in my stomach first which is very uncomfortable and this is with small bites, sips and chewing thoroughly.

Yes that is what it felt like. They call it a stricture or kink. Call your doc! I got dehydrated and depleted. I'm very grateful it wasn't a leak and could have been worse. I'm just feeling down because I took two steps backwards with diet, energy, swollen tummy and pain all over again from the procedure.

Did you have your band to sleeve revision done all at one time or two separate surgerys?

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Did you have your band to sleeve revision done all at one time or two separate surgerys?

I had it done one procedure.

I had mine done 8 weeks apart. I hope you are doing better. I am still worried about that and will pay close attention to signs.

I"m so sorry to hear what you've been going through - that's awful, and definately takes the joyful thrill out of hitting the 100s! Rats!! A guy at our weight loss surgery support group last night (now several years out) talked about that last night since he had the same thing. For what it's worth he said it worked and all was well after that. We're all different though, and your case is YOU - so you absolutely deserve to vent! Go for it!!

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I"m so sorry to hear what you've been going through - that's awful, and definately takes the joyful thrill out of hitting the 100s! Rats!! A guy at our weight loss surgery support group last night (now several years out) talked about that last night since he had the same thing. For what it's worth he said it worked and all was well after that. We're all different though, and your case is YOU - so you absolutely deserve to vent! Go for it!!

Thanks for the post and reminder that other people have gone through it and there is light at the end of the tunnel!

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