Hello fellow sleevers.

It's been two months since my last entry and this is because I am one of the unlucky few that got a leak post surgery.

I was still in hospital when it happened and was rushed into emergency surgery two days after my original operation. I had a brief stint in ICU and then a two month stay on the surgery ward at my local hospital.

I can't describe how awful this time has been. There were several complications in addition to the leak (although I had no indicators of being high risk prior to surgery) so it wasn't just the leak but without the leak they wouldn't have happened.

For anyone considering this surgery, I don't want to put you off or to scare you. But even though I was aware that this could happen to me I had no idea what it would mean.

So I just wanted to break it down a little - for me it was:

Intense pain following the surgery;

Heart rate over 150 beats per minute

Two central lines inserted in my neck

Inability to breathe properly

6 hour emergency surgery

Two stomach drains

Drips

Being fed through drips for 7 weeks

Pneumonia

Collapsed lung

two drains inserted through my back to move the fluid from my lung so it would reinflate

Inability to sleep lying down for two months due to drains and drips etc

No privacy

Inability to see to my basic needs without help

Depression

Anxiety

countless tests

Know what you are getting into. Even though I am now home, I am not sure that I would have gone through with the surgery had I known. I hope that over time I will feel better about that .

Anyway, I hope that anyone going into the surgery has a better idea of the risks and that you make an informed decision.

I have to note that my surgeon and her team were amazing!! They kept me alive and got me home and for that I will be forever grateful!