Hi I am new here and I am interested in having the gastric sleeve. I have done the research and watched my friend first hand have the sleeve this past December 2016. She is constantly sick! Throwing up,chest burning, dehydrated..etc. her doctor said she had a hiatal hernia right after the surgery...I was there the whole time. He also said she had scar tissue, she has been feeling so bad that they are worried about her also , she had a GI and they saw the fluid trickling down as she had been describing all along about how she feels it trickling. I thought they may have made her sleeve too tight or small. They stitched as well as stapled where most surgeons just staple. He said he does this to prevent leaks.
I wanted to watch someone first hand post op and now I am having second thoughts. My primary care doctor is against it, she states she continue to see her patients and they are having complications very often.
My friend regrets it. She is losing weight but she looks sick in her eyes. I try to comfort her but sometimes I think she is eating wrong stuff she should not be eating and she fibs a bit about what she eats so I can not tell. When she was in the hospital they were not going to release her until she kept down the 40grams of protein shakes and 40 ounces of water, she lied to me and said she was keeping it down just to go home with me. She knew had I known she would have stayed until she could. She came to my home and I took care of her for probably the first week. She gave me quite a few scares.
Now I am not so sure if I want to do it or not. I need an honest person to talk to me about this. When She comes to me and say she is not feeling well I will ask her what did she eat? And should she be eating that, she says it is ok for her but she can't keep anything down! Is this normal? And if so, how long ? Out of all the videos and researching I never hear people talking about these things. All I have heard is how wonderful it is which is why I considered it until I now, actually knowing someone in real life that I see everyday go though this.
Please advise. Has anyone has these experiences?
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