Emergency Surgery

Apr 13, 2011

Well....the worst way to reach your goal---your stomach turns in on itself and up thru the lapband then partially dies. YUP that was me in February 2011. I had been sick for about a week and not able to hold anything down including sips of water. Went to the ER and was admitted..had to have an emergency gastrectomy removing 75% of my stomach and have my band removed. i now have a gastric sleeve. Overall, spent 6 weeks in the hospital recovering and lost 30 lbs so I'm down below my goal of 200 and am currently at 175 today (april 13, 2011).

So long story short if i knew about this complication before the surgery, i don't think i would have had it done.

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