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Nervous and my Dad is NOT helping matters any
OutsideMatchInside replied to Anna Nim's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
@@Anna Nim I honestly wish I would had surgery when my child was younger. I would have been a much better parent, because I would have been a more active and happier parent. I say go for it. I will admit I chose the sleeve over RNY because I watched someone have complications (not WLS related) with their intestines and the way they suffered sealed it for me that I never wanted anyone to touch my intestines. The sleeve had the least risk in my opinion which is why I chose it. I was also a fairly health fat person, but when my health started to tank, it tanked fast and terrible. I'm not even sure about the long term damage. I feel like losing weight I have healed it but maybe not. I also had arthritis in one knee. Guess what since I lost weight, it never hurts anymore. I used to be so aware of that knee, all the time. It hurt all the time, it made noises, it ached. I forget it even exists now, no pain. I can kneel at church with ease. -
** 18 DAYS TO SURGERY & 50LBS GONE!!
New&Improved posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Getting so excited just got 150lbs lost and coming into the final days to surgery 18 data to go cannot wait it's been a long road.. Hope everyone who has had surgery so far is going well. I'll be going into hospital 10/28 at 11am I think surgery will be after lunch sometime Getting excited maybe a little anxious but hopefully no complications from the RNY. 50lbs gone 80-90 to my end goal -
Find out who knows how to deal with complications, difficult patients and ask to talk to people who have stayed with their after care for 3 years or longer. You want to know how they deal with problems. Any one can deal with things when they go well, its the capability to deal with issues that shows who is going to be in your corner, if things go wrong. I learned that lesson well from what happened to me and others.
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The band was my option of last resort, I WW, exercise and phentermine were no longer keeping the weight at bay. I was back up to 299, and I had sworn to myself I would never see my weight start with a "3" again. Why the band? I have a real bias against re-routing my plumbing. The complication rate was one tenth of the more drastic surgeries. And the most important part, I was chasing something that had happened to me when I first started taking phentermine. One meal, I pushed away a half eaten plate of food, because I simply wasn't hungry any more, the first time in my life that had ever happened. So far Mistress Band has been more than I could have dreamt, I am 4 weeks out and I may never need a fill, based on how I feel about food right now. I know that may change, but I want to go out on the front step of my house and scream at the top of my lungs "I AM NOT HUNGRY!" This is what I have been searching for all my life in my relationship to food. Based on what I have read I truly don't think that the Dr.s understand the mechanism, but I don't care. It works for me.
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No problems eating....
HalloweenBaby24 replied to Thenewnic's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I think for the most part a lot of us sit online Pre-Op reading all the information we can get our hands on and we see that there are people post-op who put up posts about not being able to tolorate certain foods and complications so we just assume at some point during our journy we'll have the same experience and when we don't it becomes worrisome. I myself am 3 months out -48lbs and I have had 0 foods that i've had issues with and I am also able to drink protein drinks and water just fine. -
Long Term With The Plication ?
Kindle replied to luv2plumb's topic in Gastric Plication Surgery Forum
From the complications I read, it's a blood supply/tissue necrosis issue that causes the leak. By the time they get in there, there's a chunk of dead stomach tissue with leakage into the abdominal cavity. Reasons I found for the interrupted blood supply have ranged from poor surgical technique (sutures too tight or poorly spaced), or popped stitches which results in an uneven plication line and an outpouching of part of the stomach that became necrotic, to no known reason. The scary part for me is the complications happened many months after a seemingly successful surgical recovery. I'd be stresses about it the whole time. Unfortunately all WLS has risks and individuals should research all the options and speak with their doctor to find out which procedure (if any) they feel comfortable with. -
Long Term With The Plication ?
Kindle replied to luv2plumb's topic in Gastric Plication Surgery Forum
FattoPhat is right, they use sutures, not staples with plication. As for long term, they haven't been doing the procedure long enough to know what happens years or decades down the line. I just had VSG a month ago but researched Lapband, plication and sleeve before deciding on the sleeve. One of my concerns with the plication was exactly that unknown factor. As you all probably know, there has been a lot of long term problems that have come up associated with the Lapband. One of these is erosion of the band into the stomach tissue. Well if a fairly wide, soft band can erode in, why wouldn't a thin, sharp suture do the same thing down the road? This and the possibility of disrupted blood supply, resulting in the necrosis of stomach tissue and eventually a leak, even months or years after surgery were the main reasons I went with the sleeve. Yes, the short term complication rate of the VSG is higher vs plication, but I just wasn't willing to risk the unknown long term complications. Good luck to everyone with your decisions and surgeries. I don't mean to scare anyone, but just thought I'd share my thoughts. I didn't have the plication, so I am by no means an expert and I'd advise everyone to take my post as strictly a single opinion. Only time and experience will tell if my fears were warranted. -
Anyone's first surgery?
Daveo replied to sarinemaniss's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Getting Sleeved was my first surgery as well, I thought going into it I would be more worried but it was actually fairly simple. I only spent one night in the hospital and home the next day. no complications at all. Looking back I thought being wheeled into the OR I was going to get really nervous but I wasn't. -
how long do you have to wait for your first fill
littlebigfarms replied to a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I am about 2 weeks post-op and I have to wait til I am 10 weeks post-op for my first fill. I haven't had any complications that is just my doctor's protocol. -
I don't have a recliner, and I was in a hotel for 2 nights after my surgery anyway. To lay down, I just sit down, lay on my side, then roll into whatever position I wanted. To get up, roll onto side, use arms to push into sitting position. Loving-it is right about the bathroom or any sitting position), push on your knees with your hands while you stand up to support the upper part of your body. It takes some of the work off of your abs. My fiance came with me for my surgery, and it was very nice to have him around, but I *could* have done everything on my own. Walking around is good for you so it's not like you are bed ridden. Don't pick up anything heavy and you should be ok. (assuming there are no surgical complications) I slept on both of my sides the first night after surgery. I just can't sleep on my back. I CAREFULLY and SLOWLY rolled to each side. It was a little painful to roll onto the left side (where my port is), but once I got settled, it didn't hurt anymore.
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Hey ladies! I met with my surgeon yesterday...plan is to get sleeved April 2015. So much went on yesterday that I forgot to ask a few questions. One of them being allowed methods of contraception. I saw in the pamphlet that it said to stop taking oral contraception a few days before surgery and choose a barrier method but I assume that's because they want your bowels empty...not cuz of the hormones? Anyways....I have an appointment with my midwife Oct 20th for my IUD...the IUD is good for 3 years and I don't wanna get this put in to find out I can't use it cuz it's hormonal and could cause blood clots and post-op complications. Thanks for your insight!
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feedig tube and pain rny complications
stefonics posted a topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I'm 7 months out rny I've lost about 125 lbs so far but can't eat ha a feeding tube placed in March to give my pouch time to heal but the ulcers are worse now have heartburn feelin last egd (had 10 already /with dilation everytime ) stricture won't stay open surgeon wants to try a stint but with the ulcers unable to but lately I've been havin pain under my rib cage all the way around feels like I've been kicked can't breath in deep without crying had a ct at the er and showed liver spleen and a lymph node were enlarged but my pcp ignored it I can't get out of be without crying any suggestions Tia I hate sounding like I'm complaining I still love my surgery just hate hate hate the pain -
Kissing the Band Bye-Bye! Yes!!!
Elisabethsew replied to Elisabethsew's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I can so relate to you. The first thing I would do is see a gastroenterologist (GI doctor) and have an EGD. You're just NPO (no food/drink) after midnight and then get intravenous (IV) sedation to put you to sleep. The MD will pass a flexible tube (scope) down your throat to look at the first part of the digestive tract (you need a barium swallow to see the mid-portion and a colonoscopy to see the last portion) and determine if you have damage to your esophagus. Depending on your insurance, you may not need a referral. Call your insurance company and find out the "next step" once you have the results of the EGD. A year will little to no weight loss with the band is considered weight loss surgery failure by many insurance companies and some pay for revisions. When you call the insurance company, ask for a case worker and get his/her name. If you can afford it, you could always do the self-pay and that puts you in control. The surgeon who banded me does not do the sleeve. I could no longer live the way I am and decided to look into Mexican surgeons. I want THIS surgery to be the LAST surgery so it was very important that I find the BEST surgeon. There are a few to choose from and I will be placing my trust in Dr. Aceves. I did not want to jump through insurance hoops and wait up to a year to build a "paper trail" for the insurance company. The acid regurgitation and daily vomiting is dangerous and damaging. Please take measures to prevent complications (I'm a nurse) and do whatever you need to. Keep us posted on your progress. -
Kissing the Band Bye-Bye! Yes!!!
Elisabethsew replied to Elisabethsew's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I got the band 3 years ago and researched it for 9 months before I actually went for the surgery. Back then, great things were promised with the band. Since that time, studies are showing that the least amount of weight is lost with the band and that people are increeasing reporting weight gain not to mention complications. I did not wake up one morning and decide to go for revision surgery. I had to look at all the weight loss surgeries available and then determine which one was right for me. After making the decision to have a sleeve, I then had to research surgeons to find the best one skilled in that procedure. I will not be flying into Mexico. I'm flying into CA and then being driven to the hospital which is not in the part of Mexico "in the news." I don't need more time to think about this because I took the time and am at peace with the revision surgery, the surgeon, and the hospital. I am very sorry that your surgeon would not do the surgery you wanted. I would not allow a surgeon to tell me what he would or would not do. I'm paying the surgeon. If I don't get what I am paying for, I look for someone else. Eleven pounds in 5 weeks is very good and I hope you continue to have success. -
You're welcome. I think we all go through a bit of panic or buyers remorse in the first days/weeks post-op and it sure doesn't help if you've had any complications. This one is pretty easily treated. Stay active, do your incentive spirometer and it will pass.
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Atelectasis, or a partial lung collapse is a known complication of general anesthesia. It could happen with ANY surgery and is not specific to bariatric surgery. That's one of the big reasons we have to do that incentive spirometer. Do your incentive spirometer as directed in your post-op instructions. Make sure you're communicating with your doctor with your symptoms.
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Thanks for empathizing everyone, and for the advice. Funny @Creekimp13, I was thinking today that I wish my dog were still alive, she'd be loving all the proteins she'd be getting, and I wouldn't feel near as guilty! @Orchids&Dragons I totally love buffets. I feel like people pay far less attention to what's on your plate, and I create very little waste. And I wish I wasn't single right now. Then I'd be able to cook and send almost all the leftovers home with him! As for the work travel thing, it's complicated. When I'm eating alone I customize the crap out of my meals. But when I'm dining with others I do so only minimally. First I don't want to attract any more attention than necessary to my eating habits. It's also not viewed favorably at all with in my company to be "picky and demanding". I have a peer who customizes everything, but not due to any dietary issues, just because he is a self absorbed PIA. He is definitely looked down up by our management, and it is viewed as unprofessional. Being able to be flexible and go with the flow is highly valued where I work. @Pearldrop I unfortunately don't go any single place more frequently than quarterly. Even in the same city I don't have a lot of frequent repeats, unless it's the hotel restaurant, lol. I think the hotel chain I stay at sent me a summary last year saying I stayed in 54 different cities. Since I am traveling to my customers or collegues area, it is customary for them to pick the restaurant. Wine and dining is a requirement, I'm afraid. But it is not only customers, but colleagues as well. Going to a nice dinner with drinks flowing is a way to relax and break down barriers, and form relationships with people you deal with frequently but see infrequently. My company is very frugal in a lot of ways, but I have no T&E budget, and have never been questioned on a dining expense, so that's how important it is to our corporate culture. (Also part of why I needed WLS!) I'll definitely have to look into the shelter or Ronald McDonald House idea. I like it a lot, it's killing two birds with one stone. I've just never heard of any place being willing to take home cooked food. I think in the US we might be too afraid of liability for a charity to accept such a thing. I'll look into it though!
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I had my Gastric Bypass in 2000,Weighed 310 and I was 5ft 2 lost down to 110 really fast but not without complications,3 mini strokes,Gallbladder surgery,pneumonia ,hernia,And then dropped down to 93 lbs.With feeding tube.Now I gained 60lb in a month and I am not hungry ,I eat maybe a half a sandwich a day.So why am I gaining so much weight and so fast and no one knows?I am a mystery,So yes I am glad I had the surgery,But sad I am going thru hell for it !!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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Not So Supportive Support Group
ocgirl15 replied to virgorooster's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
band superior to sleeve? In 2016 very few surgeons would agree. To many don't work as expected, cause complications, are removed, or revised to sleeve or bypass. Many surgeons won't even do them anymore. -
Band slippage, acid reflux complication
leatha_g replied to bullit143's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
You said - Are you going to perservere with the band or are you looking at alternatives? My situation is a bit more complicated. Because I have issues with a blood clotting problem, I have to take Coumadin/Warfarin which is a blood thinner. My original band doctor told me he WOULD NOT do GB on me due to the possibility of hemorrhage, were there to be a bleeding event during surgery or post op. :rofl: So, in my mind, I don't have the option of a more invasive surgery. I don't know if this is definitive answer, it's just my own fear based on what one doctor has said. On the other hand, I have now lost 75lbs, I am in much better health, physically and able to move much more than when I was at 250lbs and really physically ill, SO, I still think I probably COULD manage a bypass (I know I can't be the only person on blood thinners who would have ever asked for it.) Finding the doctor with the experience in handling that sort of situation would be the hard part, I presume. So, to answer. I guess I'm in lapband limbo purgatory at this moment. I have gone to get fills, immediately the nighttime reflux begins and I'm totally closed up even with the smallest amounts, so I wind up going back the next day and unfilling. This has been the case with my last 3-4 attempts. :faint: I have had the EGD, which showed no erosion and no severe esophagitis, that was in January. I know that because of the way my esophagus 'feels', it is bound to have gone lax/mushy on me and is not doing what it is meant to do in an optimal fashion. I have systemic lupus, this could be a contributing factor, but there was never any indication of this before banding and even then, not until my second banding. I am pretty sure my next step is esophageal manometry and I guess, honestly, I'm holding off on doing that out of fear that they will tell me I need to have yet another surgery to remove my band. :rofl: I have been through 3 surgeries since the day I was banded 3 years ago. Including gallbladder and rebanding/hernia repairs. Each time, I have to discontinue my blood thinning medications for several days, then take injections, then bring my blood thinners back to a therapeutic level post op. This is a pain in the butt, not to mention very hard on the body to go through so many surgeries in such a short amount of time. So, I wait and I watch the scales and I TRY to keep my head where it belongs, food-wise, but it's definitely not as easy as when you have that 'governor' working for you. Dr C, if you read this... what would you suggest my next step be? -
Went for Revision, but...
divanita2006 replied to divanita2006's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
I know Dr. Alvarez and his team quite well. I also researched his background, the number of VSG's he had performed, and his complication rate. His surgical record was impeccable, and his compassion and care is first rate. I'l see him again in July for the VSG surgery. His nurses, his coordinator, etc; they treated me as if I was royalty. Lovely facilities and upgraded suites with internet in the rooms. If you need more info on Dr, A; I would love to share it with you:kelleyanita@sbcglobal.net -
Band to sleeve, same op, August 12th !
ally vsg replied to johnsydney's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Would love to know how everyone's surgery went, any complications. I'm hoping for surgery on 25/26 aug band to sleeve. Frightened but excited. Having it done in Mexico. Will be very happy to see the last of this band. -
Band to sleeve, same op, August 12th !
stacielynntate replied to johnsydney's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I am now 8 weeks out and no complications. Mine was pretty easy biggest surprise was how long if took to get my energy fully back, about 2 weeks. This week I'm back to eating normal foods and boy so nice to keep it down and no acid reflux issues. I'm so glad I finally did it. My surgery was about an hour long, a little scar tissue but my dr was able to remove it all. My port was embedded so took a bit to get it out (I knew something was up as I always had pain in the port area shortly after getting my band but was told its normal). I stayed 2 nights in the hospital. -
Now I understand why we dont tell people we are getting the sleeve...
4MRB4PHOTO replied to Scottyd1264's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
For every one of the people they found about who died from this procedure: "My next door neighbor's, best friend's, twice removed Aunt whose best friend's favorite restaurant has a person who delivers their produce and their son has a kid in their gym class who has a paper route and they think that one of their customers died during this procedure or divorced their wife and moved away, but they aren't sure"; I bet they know many more first hand who died due to complications brought on by obesity. -
Nervous about Sleeve to RNY revision
Karen B45 replied to SleeveandRNYchica's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
I am a sleeve to bypass revision as well. My surgery was last Wednesday, Sept. 23 and my sleeve was in March 2012. I had no problems with the sleeve, and no complications. My sister did the same thing, sleeve and then revision to bypass. She warned me that the recovery for the bypass is harder, and to be honest, I have to say she was probably right. The bypass is more major surgery in that they take something and reroute it. I mean I know that's obvious but.....it does make a difference. Having said that, I havne't had any complications, and I am not at all regretting having it done. There are a lot of things that are the same, the tiredness, etc. I think you will do great, and the complications are just such a small percentage. My surgeon told me afterwards that he was expecting it to be much more difficult than it was, which was nice to hear. The surgery did take about three and a half hours. I also am off work for two weeks, including the surgery. I still feel like Ike I just had major surgery, but I am sure I will be ready to go back in a week. Although most people do say take another week off if you can. The other thing I have noticed....definitely still using my pain medication, but that is more for my incisions than anything. It just seems odd to me that I got on a flight home from Mexico two days after my last surgery, I totally cannot imagine doing that this time. It's just a different recovery. I don't know if that helps? But that has been my experience so far. I think you had messaged me previously, so if you would like to chat more, just let me know.
