2 Month Post Op Update

[jasleeve 440]

yes!!! youre so right.. it wasso hard but im glad its over. i havent been able to eat as of yet & have been on a clear liquid diet per dr orders. im afraid to eat because of nausea but at thesametime, i want to eat everything!!! lol. thank u so much for ur constant love & support. it is so appreciated

Hey Jasleeve!

SO good to hear the wonderful news! Answered prayer is always wonderful news! Can't say how happy I am for you! Hopefully now you will be feeling better everyday, and can resume your life. I know you had some issues/problems unrelated to your leak. Am praying that these resolve for you also. At least now you should soon have the energy/physical strength to deal with them. Nothing is harder than having problems and not having the energy to deal with them in any constructive way! You continue to be in my daily prayers! Hope that the leak is gone for good, and all the nausea, pain, vomiting, etc is soon a DISTANT memory!

God bless and Keep you safe in His tender care and Mercy!

Love and Hugs and Prayers!!!

Kathy D (alias Helen the Cat)

[DisappearingDivis 36]

Jasleeve I'm so glad to hear your doing much better. I have no doubt that your journey will only get better! The fact that you've made it this far says a lot about your character! Not to mention that you were willing to share every step with all of us. God luck and God bless!

[jasleeve 440]

thank you so much... i feel lucky & blessed to have made it because everyday i swore i wouldnt. thank you everyone for your support. <3

Jasleeve I'm so glad to hear your doing much better. I have no doubt that your journey will only get better! The fact that you've made it this far says a lot about your character! Not to mention that you were willing to share every step with all of us. God luck and God bless!

[readyforachange 51]

I was so relieved to read your post. As you can read, you had all of us very concerned for you. I hope this is a permenent turn around for you and it'll be smooth sailing from here on. Please keep posting so we can keep us w your journey.

[minaleigh 95]

You and I had the same issues with stents! They had to put mine in because my stomach end up twisting. After they put it in, I did nothing but throw up for two weeks, even waking up from a dead sleep to do so. Like you, I was also given reglan and zofran and neither had helped in the slightest. Only option I had was to take the superduper pain medicine they gave me and hope it knocked me out so I could get SOME form of sleep. When they finally took the stent out, it was a complete 180 turnaround. I had finally been able to eat something in two weeks!

I understand your regret. When I was admitted into the hospital to get my stent taken out, a nurse asked me if I regretted the surgery. I told her that at that moment I did. Now I can honestly say I don't.

I hope you feel better emotionally about this surgery. It might not seem like it's worth it, but when you get higher up on the weight loss, I'm sure it will! Heck, you were sleeved a month after me and you've lost a lot more than I have! 55 pounds is amazing, so keep up the good work!

[jasleeve 440]

the experience was hell. youre the second person i heard of saying that their stomach twisted. what is up with that? i never knew that was even possible! thats crazy! how far out were you? does that only happen in the begining or can it happen whenever? what causes it?

honestly, the 56 (lost another lb) wasnt worth all that i went thru. it was pure hell & i wouldve prefered to have gained it than lost it but its over now & im moving fwd!

You and I had the same issues with stents! They had to put mine in because my stomach end up twisting. After they put it in, I did nothing but throw up for two weeks, even waking up from a dead sleep to do so. Like you, I was also given reglan and zofran and neither had helped in the slightest. Only option I had was to take the superduper pain medicine they gave me and hope it knocked me out so I could get SOME form of sleep. When they finally took the stent out, it was a complete 180 turnaround. I had finally been able to eat something in two weeks!

I understand your regret. When I was admitted into the hospital to get my stent taken out, a nurse asked me if I regretted the surgery. I told her that at that moment I did. Now I can honestly say I don't.

I hope you feel better emotionally about this surgery. It might not seem like it's worth it, but when you get higher up on the weight loss, I'm sure it will! Heck, you were sleeved a month after me and you've lost a lot more than I have! 55 pounds is amazing, so keep up the good work!

[jasleeve 440]

aww thank u! i have another post going on inn the complications section called "i regret surgery... so far" & i constantly update there if you want to keep watching.

I was so relieved to read your post. As you can read, you had all of us very concerned for you. I hope this is a permenent turn around for you and it'll be smooth sailing from here on. Please keep posting so we can keep us w your journey.

[minaleigh 95]

the experience was hell. youre the second person i heard of saying that their stomach twisted. what is up with that? i never knew that was even possible! thats crazy! how far out were you? does that only happen in the begining or can it happen whenever? what causes it?

honestly, the 56 (lost another lb) wasnt worth all that i went thru. it was pure hell & i wouldve prefered to have gained it than lost it but its over now & im moving fwd!

It was pretty much right after surgery when it happened. If I remember correctly (I was so drugged, I'm surprised I remember much, lol) it was my second day in the hospital that they found out my stomach twisted. I imagine because it's shaped like a banana that it's easier to twist? I dunno. They found out after I did nothing but throw up and couldn't even keep an ounce of Water down, so they did an endoscope and found the problem. If the stomach does twist, I think it can happen pretty much right after surgery. I'm not sure why, but it's probably because the stomach isn't healed enough to stay still? Not a medical professional, just my thoughts!

I'm sorry you still regret the surgery. Soon, the bad experience will just be a long forgotten memory and you can move on with your new life. It gets better, I promise! Just hang in there.

[jasleeve 440]

wow im sorry to hear! but im glad that i think im in the clear lol

It was pretty much right after surgery when it happened. If I remember correctly (I was so drugged, I'm surprised I remember much, lol) it was my second day in the hospital that they found out my stomach twisted. I imagine because it's shaped like a banana that it's easier to twist? I dunno. They found out after I did nothing but throw up and couldn't even keep an ounce of Water down, so they did an endoscope and found the problem. If the stomach does twist, I think it can happen pretty much right after surgery. I'm not sure why, but it's probably because the stomach isn't healed enough to stay still? Not a medical professional, just my thoughts!

I'm sorry you still regret the surgery. Soon, the bad experience will just be a long forgotten memory and you can move on with your new life. It gets better, I promise! Just hang in there.

[Sleeved&Hopeful 182]

So relieved for you! The pain you went through sounds awful. I am sure you feel like dancing right now lol. I am glad to hear the stent is gone.

[jasleeve 440]

So relieved for you! The pain you went through sounds awful. I am sure you feel like dancing right now lol. I am glad to hear the stent is gone.

thank god its over!!! lol

[amber1974 1]

Oh I'm sorry you went through that. I had my sleeve surgery 2/15/12 and affraid of 2 things-leakage and Hair loss. Do you know why you had a leak? Did they give you any info about that?

Hope things are good for you now

[amber1974 1]

Oh I'm sorry you went through that. I had my sleeve surgery 2/15/12 and affraid of 2 things-leakage and Hair loss. Do you know why you had a leak? Did they give you any info about that?

Hope things are good for you now

[jasleeve 440]

they dont know why i had a leak and said its impossible to tell. i mean, im sure they could come up with a billion and one reasons why but to pinpoint is impossible. :/

Oh I'm sorry you went through that. I had my sleeve surgery 2/15/12 and affraid of 2 things-leakage and hair loss. Do you know why you had a leak? Did they give you any info about that?

Hope things are good for you now