I'll keep the about me part short. I'm starting this blog because there was no good information about life after tips surgery. Most of what I found online was dry academia about the procedure itself.
The personal stories I did find where older and outdated.
I had the surgery because I'm an alcoholic. One day I went in for a banding procedure for my variceal bleeding and 4 days later I woke up in Phoenix hospital. During the banding procedure I was found to have a hole in my esophagus, so they kept me under and helicoptered me to the hospital due to bleeding they could not stop.
After waking up, I found out that the hospital had performed TIPS surgery and thus the story begins.
Before surgery the effects of my disease included constant fatigue,confusion and slurring, constant draining of my stomach, (9-11 quarts) every month and a terrible quality of life.
It's been 2 months since my surgery and all of the symptoms described above have gone. Of course, I no longer drink and keeping my sodium count down isn't fun, but I'm alive. Since the surgery, I have started walking everyday and feel good.
Of course, being engaged in the life of living again, I was curious as to the recovery stories of others. Did the ascites return after a while? What have other TIPS patients experienced post surgery?
So feel free to share your story here. and I hope this blog is useful to you. Best Regards, TC
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