abcess and gastric fistula

[brebee 29]

I am still struglling from surgery in october. And i have surgery friday on abcess and fistula. Has anyone had trouble with either after surgery. Ive had many complications but this is the latest.

[SGERON 8]

I have not had that problem, but I have had lots of reactions to meds and foods since the surgery. I have been broken out in hives for nearly 4 months. I am having allergy testing on the 12th of July. Hope it will shine some light on this. Never have been allergy to anything in my life. But, I have changed my body so maybe now I will have to super careful about what I eat and meds that I take. Hope your surgery goes well.

[Kristy1307 5]

I am still struglling from surgery in october. And i have surgery friday on abcess and fistula. Has anyone had trouble with either after surgery. Ive had many complications but this is the latest.

I had my sleeve on June 10th and by the 15th I was in the ER vomiting blood and in the worst pain of my life. My sleeve leaked and caused a fistula of infected Fluid on the outside of my stomach. While I was in the ER I aspirated some of he Fluid from the fistula and ended up with pneumonia. I had to be air lifted from Albuquerque to El Paso where I had my surgery where I spent the next week in ICU and the next month and a half in the hospital. I just got home a few days ago and I still feel horrible. The procedures I had to go through to fix this problem was not worth it. I wish I never had the surgery in the first place.

[brebee 29]

I can honestly say I have been there. I hate knowing that you and others have gone thru this you can contact me if you want. I haven't found many on this board that have had issues

But hang in there I'm at almost eight no out still dealing with abscess but my outlook changed I realized the good things and that I'm alive what you went thru was horrible. It will get better there is light at the end of tunnel and you will be glad you had surgery although I find myself telling others think twice etc

Hang on count each day as a blessing

[Kristy1307 5]

I can honestly say I have been there. I hate knowing that you and others have gone thru this you can contact me if you want. I haven't found many on this board that have had issues

But hang in there I'm at almost eight no out still dealing with abscess but my outlook changed I realized the good things and that I'm alive what you went thru was horrible. It will get better there is light at the end of tunnel and you will be glad you had surgery although I find myself telling others think twice etc

Hang on count each day as a blessing

Thanks for your reply. I have felt very alone in this process. I think the chest tubes and the drains down my back were the worst of it. Just have to get my lungs to heal up and hopefully that will be that. Have you had any further issues??

[brebee 29]

Did you have feeding tube and or wound vac

[Kristy1307 5]

Did you have feeding tube and or wound vac

I had a drain inserted directly into the fistula from the front of my chest and another chest tube inserted from the side for my lungs. I felt like a science experiment!

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