joannar111

I had my surgery 8/5/13. I'm glad to find all these Aug. surgery dates!

I found this site yesterday and was thanfkful. I was so pumped about having gastric bypass and did all my research. I knew complications were a possibility but were rare. Everyone I know personally that had it had zero problems. Well wouldn't you know I would be the one to have complications. I had my sx on Mon. 8/5..all was well. I was supposed to go home on 8/7 but had been passing blood from my bowels and my blood counts were dropping. My surgeon told me it was most likely left over blood in my gi tract from sx and would resolve itself. My blood counts leveled out and I came home on 8/9. I could only keep down small amts of water. I could not tolerate protein. I was constantly nauseous and miserable. Around 10:30 pm on 8/10..one day being home...I had a severe grabbing /clinching feeling in the middle if my chest aand I knew something was terribly wrong. About 5 min later I began vomiting bright red blood. My husband immediately took me to the ER. My surgeon was called in and did a NG tube...tthe worst thing ever. He re-admitted me and hoped the tube would drain the blood. It didn't get it all and I was still so sick. Sunday night I was taken back to the OR and he did and endoscopy..found a blood clot in my new pouch that had blocked it. He removed this and found some leakage along my staple line which he clipped. I was in the hosp until 8/14. The nausea has been terrible and sleeping almost impossible. I still can't tolerate protein. I can sip my water and eat baby food applesauce. I am walking about 3-5 kin at a time about 7-10 times a day which helps with the soreness. What an ordeal this has been. I'm so ready to be back to some kind of normal. Has anyone else had any of these issues? How long before the nausea goes away? Thanks for any feedback.