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@cybele65, I nearly died from bursting varices that I had tied off. These were repaired. A day after I was released from the hospital they burst again. I was again helicoptered up to the regional hospital, intubated, and went through hours of surgery to try to stopped the upper GI bleed caused by cascading bursting varices. I was brought back to ICU and awakened long enough to be told I would bleed to death if I didn’t have the TIPS procedure.
The procedure saved my life. It does much more than divert fluid. It stops varices from forming in one’s esophagus that may burst and cause internal bleeding.
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I am so happy that you survived that horrible ordeal. I do not mean to sound ungrateful in these posts, I am just very frustrated. I am aware that one of the main reason for a TIPS procedure is to combat varices and bleeding. That was not why I had mine, I have low blood pressure and had no sign of varices. The reason I had mine was because of large volume ascites. I was getting drained once a week of about 8 liters per week. (sometimes up to 10 liters) The transplant team decided that TIPS was my best option as it could stop the ascites completely. My frustration is that now I still have ascites plus edema that I did not have before.