tasherie

Fever is indicative of your body fighting off infection. See a doctor ASAP

I am not saying your lying, but you said you paid for it, but its your right to have a copy of your records. Also, you kept saying you didn't know what happened but you have the records?? How you are putting things is really confusing..thats all I am sayin.

Lol if your being a total baby then I am too. I have been put under before (wisdom teeth), but have never had any other surgery. I am just scared of the anesthesia.

I think this is why I am still SOOOO super confused.

You shouldn't have had to pay ANYTHING

What were your complications??! You never said what they were. You only said you almost bled to death.

Confused.. This surgery is not a quick fix. If there is one thing I have learned is that you have to work at it. I really hope you get ALL the help you need. Praying for you!!

But you said that you almost died from internal bleeding caused by the surgery and no one would help you, not that you moving for the phone caused the bleeding. Your post title is "I almost died from VSG surgery". How did you almost die? What happened that made you think you were dying? That is a very extreme title if its not really true that you almost died.

I am suspiscious by nature. I am not gonna go so far as to say that this is trolling BUT I do think that a lot of what your saying doesn't add up. If there really was a serious complication such as bleeding they should have gone back in to fix the problem. I DO think you had a really hard time in the hospital with the nurse. This could have happened with ANY surgery. I hope you get the nurse reprimanded for not making sure she was easily called and available, because that is her job. Good luck to you.

Wouldn't you still be bleeding if they did not go back in and fix what the problem was? I would go see a different bariatric doctor to check and see what the problem is, or was. Just being given a blood transfusion wouldn't have solved the underlying problem.

Where was the bleeding coming from? Did they tell you what caused it? Did they have to go back in?

I agree. With any kind of surgery there are risks of complications such as this. The lack of attention you received is horrifying! Please let us know where this was so that we can avoid this hospital.

Did they say what happened?

LOL i love this!! I dont whine very often but here goes. Poop on you pre-op liquid diet! lol

Can't really have any now, and all I want is a big fat juicy steak, seared on both sides but pink in the middle. Like I said, I have never really been a big carb eater. When I dream of food i dream of meat LOL I can say that things have gotten a little easier. Getting sick of the protien shakes, but I just really need to mix the tastes up.

Sure I don't mind. If you have any questions just IM me.

The decision was overturned on the 16th, the same day they received it. Thx everyone. @notsoonenough69 bypass and the band is available to me but they just arent for me. @Holly i have always been and english nerd LOL and yes I am a fighter because it seems that is all this world will allow. @afro_cyster my highest weight was 257 but I was arguing the specific points in the denial letter. They did not go by my starting weight but my ending weight, which I thought was stupid but I figured they would say anything and use anything against me to deny me and I was right.

He did but they still denied it until I put all my research and arguments in front of them.

Initially, I was going to have the bypass..BUT after research I decided on the sleeve. Im young, single w/no children and I was very afraid of the malabsorption issues w/the bypass. If my insurance would not have approved me after I fought for this and said all I could have was the bypass, or band I wouldnt have surgery at all.

I was denied for the same reason, but I wrote an appeal. (You can see this on my blog), and got approved the same day they received it.

:ph34r: *slowly backing out of this thread

LOL no hate coming from this way..I think maybe this whole not eating thing has me a little crabby plus PMS (not a good combo, let me tell ya). I feel like a b**ch on wheels. So I apologize in advance if I come off grumpy sounding LOL Maybe it was a carb addiction..idk..lol but I just feel like 'meh' I also have severe migraines to the point of medication not helping. Stress is my main trigger, but aspartame and preservatives make them worse.

That is exactly what I keep envisioning. Surgery and weightloss. That is the only thing getting me through this. LOL

I have never had a carb addiction. Not really a sweet eater. I just had a LARGE capacity for food and never really felt full and when I did it wasnt for long.