kristalmartin

yes she had a cat scan and two swallow tests. The last swallow test was about two weeks ago and there are no leaks. Im wondering if it could be a stricture. I did go to the complication forum as you suggested. I appreciate your reply.

I will be sure to tell my daughter. She is 2 months post op and she is having problems getting her foot move right and she trips. She is having a hard time keeping anything down and I'm sure she is deficient in everything. Thank you for your post. I hope you get better soon.

My daughter is post op 8 weeks and is have a very hard time. She can barely keep liquids down. She has been to the ER 4 or 5 times and has had a cat scan, two swallow tests to test for leaks. Her blood work revels that her potassium and glucose is low. She has a lot of pain in her abdominal area and she is nauseated all the time and throws everything up which is not much. She is only getting about 200 calories a day. She lives 50 miles from her surgeon's office (because it was performed at Travis AFB) and 100 miles from me. When we go to the hospital ER (non socialized medicine care facility) she gets better care. Her surgeon and the nurse is dismissive of what is going on and tells her she just has a low tolerance level. But we are being persistent. The heaviness in the chest your partner is experiencing sounds like the need to go to the ER or at the least follow up with her surgeon. My daughter has not been able to progress to anything but Clear Liquids so I'm not sure if she is experiencing her heaviness in chest area due to progression of diet. Im sorry to hear about your partner I hope she starts feeling better.

Hello everyone, Im not sure how to do this. My daughter is now 21 years old. She had the Gastric Sleeve on March 5. She is throwing up all of the time. She has not progressed from clear to full because she can barely keep down the clear liquids. when I talk to her she is very lethargic and answers my questions very slowly and sometimes I have to repeat myself. Her surgeon and nurse are being dismissive. My mother is a nurse and knows nothing about this surgery but she told me that health providers will sometimes have the mentality that a person is a hypochondriac if they contact them to often but my daughter just had major surgery. I don't understand. My daughter lives 100 miles away. I'm frightened. I am afraid I am going to lose her. I know this forum is for Gastric Sleeve patients but I really would like all of your help please.

I am so thankful for your responses. She and I just had a conversation and we are going to make sure she is a "squeaky wheel". I just called her nurse and left a message that Mikaela is still throwing up. Her last ER visit was a few days ago at John Muir Trauma Center and by their mannerism you could tell they were not real impressed with her surgeon. In answer to the drugs. When we reported to her surgeon that she had gone to the ER and had to have potassium pushed, he decided to order her hydro condone for pain. She took it and threw it up. I know it would be naive to think that our 21 year olds are always angles but she never saw the point in alcohol or drugs but even if she did she would just throw them up. She has not kept much down since her surgery. Last time she had her glucose levels they were low at 60. At first the doctor went over her diet and told her to be sure to stay away from sugar and then when he got the labs back he changed his mind. He told her to drink anything she could keep down. They have done the swallow test twice and the liquids are moving through. Mikaela watched the test and she told me that her stomach looks really small like it would only hold two ounces. She said the Fluid goes through but very slowly. Last ER visit as well, they pressed on her stomach and it was painful. They checked her bilirubin, and anything that would have to do with the liver. I know I'm all over the place with this information but we have done so much. It is like her surgeon is giving up because he does not know what to do. When I asked if she is such an inconvenience could be get a referral out he said no because she signed a contract with him. Her surgery was done at Travis AFB in Fairfield CA. We bring her home every weekend except this past weekend to keep an eye on her.

My daughter is post op 2 months and cannot stop throwing up. She has been to the ER 4 times. Her potassium levels are always low. She is trying very hard to keep fluids down, and she has had a UTI for about a month. I am very worried that I am going to lose her. Her Surgeon and Nurse keeps telling her she just has a low tolerance to pain and suggested she stop going to the ER. The last trip to the ER. The Doctor and nurses there looked horrified that they would tell her that. She lives 50 miles from where she had her surgery. I don't know what to do. She does not know what to do. She is getting less than 200 calories a day and she can still only tolerate Clear liquids and really not that either.