Jwil

Hey all. Excited to finally have it done but post op has been tougher than expected. Ended up hacking and throwing up little blood clots most of the night. Foam was tough to deal with. Tried to drink water to deal but hard to keep it down. Tried to get up to do first walk and got really dizzy and kind of passed out for a bit. Feeling a tiny bit better now - anyone else have these issues?

Day 5 in the hospital. Feeling much better - hoping I get go ahead to go home tomorrow. Still not sure why there was the blood loss. Surgeon said it was one of those extremely rare circumstances that I unfortunate experienced.

So things were getting better than took a bad turn again. Blood levels kept dropping even though I was starting to feel better. Surgeon started getting worried so they had to take me back in and open me up again at 3am on night 2. Found 2 liters of pooled blood but no obvious source. Ended up having to do a blood transfusion, closed up some minor leaks and now hoping it turns around again.

Thanks. Talked to doctor this afternoon. Went through GI Ray to check for leaks. Looks like it was all clear. Said the blood was likely from the tube down my throat which may have scratched it up. Pumped me with extra fluids and am starting feel better now. Hoping this is just a short term bulb in road to recovery.

Have my date in mid-April and am excited / nervous at the same time? anyone ever back out / get cold feet? Two last concerns at this point - what if there's meaningful progress in a different tech over the next year - am i jumping the gun. thought i knew everything and tonight ran across endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty - anyone heard of or considered? Last one is choice of surgeon. Really like my doctor, but when i tried to search for any references on here - haven't seen anything. is he just too new? I'll be at USC keck. Anyone have particularly good or bad experiences there?

thank you all - very helpful!