June 23

[tammygRN 35]

Hope all you June 23 sleevers are doing well. My journey has been anything but typical. I have been in the hospital 3 times since surgery for dehydration ( on day 4 of this hospital stay) I developed a rare complication that a whole team of surgeons can't agree on how to fix it. Due to post operative inflammation and some narrowing of my sleeve a pouch developed at the top of my sleeve and all my nourishment goes into this pouch and then the pouch pushes it back up my esophagus and I vomit. We did a dialation of the sleeve in hopes the pouch would push the liquid down, but no luck. One dr wants to stent me from my esophagus to small intestine. But thats just a temporary fix where the benefits may not outweigh the risks. My surgeon is talking about converting my sleeve to the routen-y. Which is another surgery but it may be the only thing that will work. I'm so exhausted. I sure didn't plan for this complication and expect to still be laid up in a hospital bed at post op week 5 that's for sure.

[AggieGal08 9]

That's terrible! I hope you start feeling better soon!