Anyone have to have their sleeve converted to bypass?

[JennyBeth 127]

So I was sleeved on 3-20 and have had issues ever since I was 5 weeks out. Started with a stricture and Dr. tried a dialation but that failed after only 2 days. Then I had 2 one week stays in the hospital due to severe dehydration. I had a metal stent put in during one of the hospital stays then I had a PICC line put in during my second hospital stay so I can get PTN nutrition every night. No one can give me specific reasons as to why this is happening or how long it will take until I can eat/drink without vomiting. When I was talking to my surgeon's nurse the other day I asked if they ever had any patients that had similar issues and she said a few. Then she told me with one patient her sleeve had to be converted to the bypass which completely eliminated the issue. She said obviously that was a last resort, but now I'm worried. It's frustrating because you don't hear much about complications and it seems like everyone on here has positive experiences.

[mariamitani 405]

I'm sorry this is happening I don't konw anything about this but wish you the best of luck and recovery stay strong

[Flup 48]

I'm very sorry that you're dealing with this...I wish you the best.

[Takingcontrol 467]

There have been a few who have had some complications. I don't know if any went to bypass though! Wishing you good luck!

[JustSkinnyMeInside 89]

I have a friend on this board who originally had sleeve but later developed a leak. She had to convert to bypass amd shes doing great. Her conversion was in jan i think.

[JerseyGirl68 1,172]

I am so sorry you've had so many problems and I hope that they can be resolved without further surgery. There is a "complications" section on VST

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/forum/48-gastric-sleeve-surgery-vsg-complications-support-group/

Good luck with everything, be well.