I am new here. I had Gastric Sleeve surgery Tuesday morning June 27, 2017. My GI doctor told the surgeon that I had a hiatal hernia that needed to be fixed; my surgeon reassured me she would fix it. My 1 1/2 to 2 hour surgery turned into 4 hours. My surgeon said I had one of the biggest hernia's she has ever seen. She told me that a large portion of my stomach was inside of the hernia and it was tricky to fix, but she did fix it. I woke up not being able to talk, dry heaving over and over again. I also had a major asthma attack in recovery and needed breathing treatments. They kept me two days because of the severe tightening in my lungs and chest and the voice. The asthma got better on day 2, the voice did not; they sent me home with an appt for one week followup to take out the abdominal draining tube and pouch. It is day 3 and I still cannot talk. I have been reassured that my voice will come back in a week or so if I give it rest. Has anyone else out there ever experienced this before? I am worried that they damaged my vocal cord nerves and reading up on that...it is very difficult to fix.

My voice is starting to come back. My ear infection is healing and so are the surgical wounds. I know it is because of the new strong antibiotic they gave me on Thursday. I did not have to take any pain medication on Friday. Crossing fingers I am on my way to real recovery. Sipping some homemade bonebroth right now, ready to get on with this journey.

Oh I'm so happy to hear your voice is coming back and the new antibiotics are kicking the infections butt!! YAY!!!