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Hey! My name is alex! I’m post op VSG as of Jan 22nd. I’ve lost 20 pounds already! I’m a pretty unique case. Before the surgery I was given a shot of blood thinner. In this procedure they also take a liver biopsy. The surgery went perfect, there were no complications; until I got into recovery. The mix of the blood thinner and the pain medication they administered had caused internal bleeding to start. Being admitted into the ICU, I was given 3 blood transfusions, my hemoglobin kept dropping, but they didn’t have an exact answer for me and my family. The doctors believed I was bleeding from my staple line on my stomach, which was true as well, but not to the amount tests results were showing. I was having an overwhelming amount of pain in my right side but it wasn’t until the day before I was released they did a CT scan to find a 10 inch hematoma on my liver. What was supposed to be a 3 day stay turned into a week with much stress. I have been told I am a very rare case, my surgeon even told me he had never seen this in his years of work. But I’m doing good, the pain can get pretty bad sometimes but it’s all working out. Hope to meet some cool friends in here!