Anyone had complications after surgery?

[sandra_dee 57]

So I had my surgery on 12/22 and had a horrible night that night with sweats- it's ok because I was probably wheeling off the anesthesia.

Next day, I go down to have my upper GI and feel real faint. I passed the upper GI but when I'm waiting in imaging to go back- I tell my husband to call the nurse because I was having lots of cold sweats and wasn't feeling good. Turns out they called a code rescue ( great team at south Miami hospital) and they rush me to CT to see if I might have a clot. Turns out no clot, thank God, but I did have a hematoma from my suture and it was bleeding. Turns out that my hemoglobin went all the way down to 7.3. I'm up to 7.9. Of course, I also get my monthly visitor making the situation a little more grave because I have more blood loss.

Well, I was sent home yesterday 12/26 still very pale but trying my hardest to get better.

Was wondering if anyone had the same or similar complications?

Thank you all for contributions in advance.

Sandy

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[Malin 470]

Oh my goodness! So glad you are home now!

[sandra_dee 57]

Thank you @@Malin! Yes. A lot better.

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[MowryRocks 679]

Sounds frightening! Glad you are better.

[Mei 32]

Glad you're home and okay - keep us posted

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[Sheran4eva 18]

I actually was sleeved on 12/20. I was in the recovery room when I realized that my left side was hard and swelled up like a grape fruit. Turns out that I developed a hematoma. They reopened me right there and cleaned it all out and packed me. They kept me in recovery all night for observation and then sent me to a room where I stayed an extra night. I now have this wide deep open wound in my abdomen that needs to be packed daily. And will likely take over a month or more to heel. Really sucks.

But as far as the sleeve, I'm tolerating liquids fine.

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[Mei 32]

Oh wow! Sorry to hear. Wishing you a speedy recovery

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[Nicetomeetyou 82 41]

I have been dizzy i have been drinking chicken bullion to get salt in for the dizziness.

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[BigKnifeLittleFork 15]

I had one very minor complication. 1-day post-op they took me off the morphine drip and switched me to Norco Syrup. Thir policy is to not discharge until they know you can tolerate oral pain medicine. A minute after I took it, I vomited bloody foam. This freaked out the nurse, but my surgeon didn't seem phased by it. Because of the blood, they took me off blood thinner injections for the day, discontinued my liquid diet to ice chips only, and switched me to a Tylenol syrup and watched me for another day. Then the next day they put me back on liquids and blood thinners and had to wait for those numbers to come back to normal. So, my one-night hospital stay turned into a 3-night/4-day hospital stay.

The irony is I never once needed the Tylenol syrup once I was home.

[Mei 32]

I had one very minor complication. 1-day post-op they took me off the morphine drip and switched me to Norco Syrup. Thir policy is to not discharge until they know you can tolerate oral pain medicine. A minute after I took it, I vomited bloody foam. This freaked out the nurse, but my surgeon didn't seem phased by it. Because of the blood, they took me off blood thinner injections for the day, discontinued my liquid diet to ice chips only, and switched me to a Tylenol syrup and watched me for another day. Then the next day they put me back on liquids and blood thinners and had to wait for those numbers to come back to normal. So, my one-night hospital stay turned into a 3-night/4-day hospital stay.

The irony is I never once needed the Tylenol syrup once I was home.

How are you doing?

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