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I am going to types as well as I can! I am doped up pretty good. Well I went in on Monday afternoon, and it too me 2 housrs on discovery. I was preetty messsed up and but the dictor said anything. they dope me up and laid there for a good three days. By thursday I had to have my upper gi and my surgery for leak! NOW I was completely opened wound After coming out of this surgery I have an NG Tube pumpmpig the pile out of out my stomach, I have to JPdrips on eachd side to to my stompach, I have a antiobiotics all the the time, I am on TPN. When they giive me my medicdine, It makas my nauseated, then I take another for anxiuety, I have to take blood thinners evertday, I get 6 viles of blood taken out every mornorning I am sure I a forgetting things, oh like be able to take care of my self. We are are waiting to see if an infectitiON. tHEY HAVE NO time frame until can find this Which would requiree another surgey, which There is way, so hopefully antiboicates.

I WANT TO HEAR A STORY WORSE THAN THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I does not regret this!

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I had a really similar situation after my leak repair, I spent 3 days on a ventilator in ICU. Once I was released after 9 days in the hospital I was on TPN for 13 days, and had JP drains for a at least a month. I know how miserable you are feeling, but please know it does get better. I'm praying and thinking of you. And my husband was (is still deployed) during my revision from band to sleeve, and his unit would not allow him to come home to be with me.

Even after everything I went through, I have absolutely ZERO regrets.

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Janette,

I will keep you in my thoughts that you recover soon. I presume they took the band out...did they do a VSG too?

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Janette, here's to the new you! I am excited for you too! Blessings.

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