I was sleeved on Nov. 16th 2011, and it seems I havead nothing but problems. Actually everything was fine untill Dec.1st. On the 1st I began having severe nausea. I went to my surgeon and they admitted me to the hospital. Shortly after this I began having severe pain in my abdomen. This went on for 5 days ( I don't remember this from the meds I was on) on the 5th day the surgeon decided to go in and look around to see if he could determine the cause. He found that I had a blood clot on the middle of my small intestines and it had kill that part of them and they had become gangrene. This put my body into shock and caused me to develop ARDS (Acute Repsperatory Distress Syndrom). This was all made worse by the fact that when putting in a centeral line they punctured my lungs. I was put on a vent and at one point the doctors called my family and told them they need to come and say their goodbyes. I have heard that from where I was at the survival rate is only 3-30% (depending on where you look). At one point my heart began to stop and I was given chest compressions. After that, they said I made a 180 and my condition began to improve. I got out of ICU in early January and was released from the hospital Jan. 19th.
This brings us to now. I am still working on recovering my strength from all the time in the hospital, but my problem now is I am almost completely unable to eat or drink. I have 4 different anti nausea meds yet I still get nausea when I drink or eat. I seems to get better in the evening, but is really bad during the day. I have an appointment with a GI doctor on Monday, and with my surgeon on the 10th. Right now almost all my nutrition is what I have been injecting through my J-tube (I was given this in the hospital to feed me through when I couldn't eat, it goes straight to the top of my large intestines). I am looking for any idea that can help with the nausea and help me get enough liquids and food down so I can get the J-tube taken out. The only plus so far has been that I have lost around 90lbs so far.
