I had surgery over a month ago, I'm now at home on TPN IV nutrition and an IV anabiotic once a day. My daughter is taking care of me, I can't hardly do anything for myself. I'm in constant pain from my stomach. I was enrolled in college full-time but I had to withdraw for this semester and I may have lost my job over all this too. I just want people to know, if you have complications they may not be minor. I had a blood clot in the portal vein to my liver from flying so soon after having surgery and I also developed a leak along the staple line of my sleeve. I spent 17 days out of 31 in the hospital in the month of January. I'm on the TPN nutrition, one IV anabiotic, a blood thinner, an acid reducer, an antinausia pill, and hydrocodone for pain. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from surgery, I just want you to know that if things don't go well, the complications can be pretty bad. I currently have two stents in my stomach that will hopefully allow the leak to heal. I will have surgery on 14 February to have them removed, they will have been in place for 25 days. The stents are what make my stomach hurt so bad. If the stents don't work and allow my stomach to heal, I may have to have a full gastric bypass in order to fix it. I followed all pre-and post op instructions, I did nothing to cause my complications. I have had a few surgeries in the last three years due to being a recent breast cancer survivor. I normally bounce right back, I'm definitely not a wuss. I guess I just want everyone to know, this surgery may not be as minimally invasive as you think. Having possible complications is very real, and it sucks really bad. Please be aware, and please be careful... I hope and pray no one else has to go through what I have gone through and am still going through.
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