Question:
I want to know , what the symptoms would be indicating a leak,
I was only told I would become extremely ill not able to even speak and would only have 48hrs to get surgery or I would die. I need to know what the physical symptoms are? hoping to avoid dieing here. — niteshadow181 (posted on June 13, 2005)
June 12, 2005
Why are you worried about leaks? Your surgery was in 2002. Nearly all leaks
occur in NEW poatients, in the first day or two. Anyhow fever, feeling of
dread, althought is possible to have a leak and live with it. your body
creates a drain path and disposes of the contamination. But any of this
after all these years is extremely rare. whats going on?
— bob-haller
June 12, 2005
Baby, I wish you the nest, I advise you call your doctor...he knows best!
— trstears
June 12, 2005
High fever (mine was 102, and I NEVER run a fever) and a hard lump right
under my incision.
— Cindy S.
June 12, 2005
I'm with Bob on this one. What's up?
— RebeccaP
June 14, 2005
If you even suspect a leak go to the emergency room, now. There is no
embarassment in caution. Not sure what prompted the question but I hope
you are taking care of it.
— randytroyer
June 14, 2005
I am 3 yrs post op and the original poster, I've had sever upper abdominal
pain for over a yr, finally found a gastro dr that did a EGD and found that
3/4 of my restriction ring has eroded into my pouch,I had open ryn gastric
bypass,my original surgeon adds a restriction band for all his RNY patients
that want it, its just a little more insurance ( the pouch is restricted
from stretching over time by this ring) its not leaking now but was told if
it did I would become very ill and only have 48 hrs to get to surgery. At
the moment it isnt leaking, and I am critically low on iron at the moment
and since the erosion is stable .I need to get my blood built back up
before surgery, Surgeon didnt say what the symptoms were just that I would
become extremely ill. I want to know what to look for.( my original surgeon
has semi-retired)
— niteshadow181
June 15, 2005
i had my surgery on 4/29/05, everything was fine, i had no pain. the next
morning i woke up in extreme pain and very high fever. found out it was a
leak. believe me, when it is a leak, you wil know it because you will feel
in your body something is wrong.
— Angie H.
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