jasleeve

thank u!!

youre not in the clear unless your stomach is 100% healed & you take another swallow test. they dont ask u to do so but its the only time youre in the clear 100%.

yes. i had the leak test done the following day and there was no leak shown but also, theres a lot of swelling so who knows. my leak didnt show until week 5.

when ppl tell you that there is a 1-2% chance that u will get a leak, you tend to think theres NO CHANCE!!!!! lol. i know thats what i thought. when he told me that i had a leak... i think it was like telling someone that they won the lotto! like NO F!&@ING WAY!!!!!!!!! cant be! but its true. too bad it wasnt the lotto lol thank u for the post! <3 hugs xo

i agree, most do love their sleeve. i think ppl only begin loving their sleeve when life jumps back on track & their sleeve isnt a fulltime job! when the only time ur reminded that u even have asleeve is when u eat, drink, look at clothes or see someone else over weight & want to tell them about it or when you see someone thin & say i wanna look like that. i started to feel thisway til my leak wasdiscovered. ive never embraced this because ive only really felt like crap except those 2 small weeks. in fact, with this leak & everything else, i may not embrace it for a long time. it has thrown my life off track! its asecret to my family so i keep having to lie about what is really going on. its bad! but its my experience. ppl may "know" the risk because a dr tells us but drs make it seem like awalk in the park!!! this is a walk in hell. i like to talk in detail to put ppl in my shoes so they can understand it. i cant wait to atleast embrace my sleeve. :/

dont get me wrong, i feel my surgeon is a good dr. i know about 20ppl who have had surgery done by him & ive heard ppl call him a "GOD". i also love the hospital & staff. my surgeons name is Dr. Aaron Roth & i had surgery at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, NY. i

lol very needed or my head will start spinning

yeah i guess ur right. :/

it makes tons a difference! seems like once the horror is over, the complications become adistant memory to people. well going through it is hell!!!!! i even lost my job for taking off work because of this leak! my boss text me acting concerned & then fired me while laying in a hospital bed pressing the button for more pain meds! WHAT A F!%KING B!+CH! & i worked off the books so nothing i could do. only support i had was my mom. its a very emotional experience thatll drain u physically, mentally &emotionally! i actually began seeking a therapist!!! its THAT serious!!! my on again off again boyfriend fought with me on the phone while in the hospital & had me crying hysterically the night i had the stent placed! which may i add... IS SUPER PAINFUL! he said some things that shocked me & had me gasping air in disbelief. things that even if him and i worked it out, id NEVER forgive him for. never! the night nurse came in & gave me pain killers & benadryl to knock me out!! she felt so bad. i felt so stupid! anyway point is... its not easy! yes, thats my experience& may not be urs but u never know what will happen & unless u r willing to take a huge gamble, dont do it.

wouldnt the hernia be prior to WLS? my friend that i spoke about before had a hernia & wasfixed during her sleeve. now she has another small one.

this is verrrrry true! the only reason i got this surgery is because i did tons and tons and tons of research! 85% of the ppl say they would do it again! i watched over a billion youtube videos & read blogs & lived on here day & night. 1,000s of hours of research. no one couldve changed my mind!!! but something i didnt have was the opportunity to talk to someone going through complications. i talked to ppl who survived complications but never anyone going through it! maybe in a year, ill be happy i did this! when the feeling of hate & betrayal (not exactly who or what betrayed me but it describes the feeling) subsides, maybe ill recommend it & say its just hard and strap urself in because its a long ride! but right now, im telling EVERYONE to run. my friend is having surgery in a few weeks & i had to tell her that i feel bad as a friend telling her not to have but id be worse of a friend if i told her i agreed with her having it! i feel so bad for her. i pray she comes out better than i. it also depends on surgeons & their methods. i have afriend who is a billion times worse than me. shes about 12 weeks out & has been in the hospital for about a month now & has many complications from a leak to infections & so on! its horrible! now she.... has it bad! so like the name of this post says, "i definitely regret surgery.... SO FAR" so far is the 2key words. i dont know what my future holds but right now, its not looking how i want it to look or need it to look.

i hate to discourage people but im glad u second guessed it. make sure u exhaust all options a billion times over before having WLS!!! it should be truly a last resort. i wish i could press an off button to undo what i have done.

i actually made it through the night without throwing up!!! i woke up and my tv was still on and some preacher happened to be on & all i heard him say was "if u want to be healed, put your hand out & say..." & i did!!! lol. i did have extra saliva in my mouth & when i swallowed it & kept swallowing, i did gag. thats it. i ended up falling back asleep til now. im up & not feeling nauseous but do feel the acid when i burp. i think when i get up to brush my teeth, i may throw up. :/ & i never took reglan last night as they say u should before bed. i wanted to see if i would make it without it.

i dont feel its doing much for my nausea.... hmm ;/

the bleeding only happened that one time but if it happens again, i def will be calling my dr! i was thinking... i was srinking red gatorade earlier so i was throwing up red but when i throw up, i get alot of snot. TMI i know. i thought maybe some of the throwup comes out of my nose. i dont know :/

they said i dont need to be & wouldnt even considerit. idk wat being tubed is like. i think most likely, id say no. i was able to eat some dinner & keep it down. i also ate a large fast food cup full of ice. i wonder if the antibiotics is making me sick. antibiotics usually does make me sick but im on liquid form & the nausea isnt automatically after taking it. i have to take a teaspoon every 12hrs for 10 days. today has gotten better after evening hit. lets see how tonight goes!!

its kinda pathetic when you want to cry your eyes out but think of wasting all that time to try & stay hydrated to waste it on tears. (sighs)

i just finished throwing up... again! & had blood on my tissue after blowing my nose. smh.

wow!!!! talk about a nightmare! i thought my symptoms were bad! im prayin for u! they found a leak in my sleeve week 5 & placed astent in. now im always nauseous. never want to eat or drink!! ahhhh

my surgeon only used staples... that i know of.

they place a stent (tube) in ur esophagus that leads down into ur stomach to cover up the leak while it heals itself.

i truly feel so bad for people who are jumping on this train! if only they knew what they could possibly be getting themselves into! i want to tell them to run & go sign up for a gym & just do the hard work because this right here is not the way!!!!! i wouldnt wish this on anyone. i feel so sick. & i know my friends are tired of hearing me complain about it so i try & stay to myself but damn!!!! i dont know how much more i can take. they say ill get better but im getting worse!!!! & they said the stent has to stay for 4-6weeks. i thought i was already 2 weeks in! im not. im only 1week & 2days in! this is TORTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it has even crossed my mind to switch to bypass to just get past this part! i cant deal with this feeling! my goodness

i woke up in the middle of the night (2am) to throw up again. its crazy!!! the nausea actually wakes me up out of my sleep & i try to go back to sleep but cant until after i throw up. then i woke up at 6 wanting to throw up again but i fought it since it wasnt that strong of a sensation. & whenever i throw up, its bile. something tells me, im going to be throwing up daily for a long time! i actually want to throw up now & i have diarrhea.

aww thanks lissa (((hugs))) the relgan seems to some what keep the nausea gone but the acid reflux is the new issue!!!! the acid reflux didnt bother too much til now. my stomach seems unsettled & like ughhh! i take omeprazole 2x per day & still lord help me