Alex502rose 0 Posted February 6, 2018 Hey! My name is alex! I’m post op VSG as of Jan 22nd. I’ve lost 20 pounds already! I’m a pretty unique case. Before the surgery I was given a shot of blood thinner. In this procedure they also take a liver biopsy. The surgery went perfect, there were no complications; until I got into recovery. The mix of the blood thinner and the pain medication they administered had caused internal bleeding to start. Being admitted into the ICU, I was given 3 blood transfusions, my hemoglobin kept dropping, but they didn’t have an exact answer for me and my family. The doctors believed I was bleeding from my staple line on my stomach, which was true as well, but not to the amount tests results were showing. I was having an overwhelming amount of pain in my right side but it wasn’t until the day before I was released they did a CT scan to find a 10 inch hematoma on my liver. What was supposed to be a 3 day stay turned into a week with much stress. I have been told I am a very rare case, my surgeon even told me he had never seen this in his years of work. But I’m doing good, the pain can get pretty bad sometimes but it’s all working out. Hope to meet some cool friends in here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigman12345 58 Posted February 6, 2018 Wow, that’s crazy, I hope everything works out for you, at least they found something that had to be taken care and of. I had the rny on the 22nd , 32 pounds down Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FluffyChix 17,415 Posted February 6, 2018 Welcome and wow, what an entrance! ((hugs)) So glad they found the hematoma, and so sorry you had to deal with that! Congrats on the surgery and weight loss! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kakatlady612 1,053 Posted February 6, 2018 Welcome and wow, what an entrance! ((hugs)) So glad they found the hematoma, and so sorry you had to deal with that! Congrats on the surgery and weight loss!Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kakatlady612 1,053 Posted February 6, 2018 Wow, welcome to our happy groups Theres a lot of talk on these threads about fatty liver but you're the 1st I've heard of with a busted one. Did it rupture spontaneously or was it a result of your surgery? At any rate are you feeling better now? Don't be a stranger, we want to,show you better.Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angyplus5 470 Posted February 6, 2018 Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! So sorry to hear of your complications but very happy to see that you are doing better!!! I wish you a speedy recovery!!!Sent from my SM-G930VL using BariatricPal mobile app Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex502rose 0 Posted February 7, 2018 8 hours ago, kakatlady612 said: Wow, welcome to our happy groups Theres a lot of talk on these threads about fatty liver but you're the 1st I've heard of with a busted one. Did it rupture spontaneously or was it a result of your surgery? At any rate are you feeling better now? Don't be a stranger, we want to,show you better. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app It was a result of my surgery! And yes, but thank god for pain medication haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
