Found out more info about my fistula!

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I just got back from my surgeon and he said he is going to try and

fill my fistula with some filler material they are starting to use.

He told me I was a canidate since mine is the size of a pin head. I

still can't understand how you can develop one when your stomach is

divided and transected. He said if you have had an ulcer before then

you are at a higher risk. I still wonder if its not because of the

seam guard material he used to close the pouch up came loose. Only

4 of his patients have developed them and they haven't really gained

weight back just had alot of pain kinda like me. I will see him

back in two weeks and then we will schedule the procedure. If this

doesn't work and I let it go and still have problems then he will

have to do major surgery to correct it.

Just wondering if anyone else has had their's filled or repaired? I

feel honored to be the first one that he will do but he knows of

other surgeons that have had success with it. I am also a little

scared because I will be the first. This just proves that I am his

study case like I always thought because of the strange

complications that I developed.

I'll keep you all posted and let you know what he says again on Aug

22 when I see him again.

Kristy