Ok, I know this is not the question you might wanna see here... my surgery is this coming Tuesday and my worst fear is not waking up aka dying over there. Are there any stats on how many ppl ever died during this procedure? Or after?

I asked my surgeon that same question. Have anybody died that you know of? He told me that they had operated on a very heavy woman some years ago and she had gone directly from the hospital to McDonalds to celebrate the gastric bypass that she had done. She managed to stuff her face with 18 hamburgers before she died!? Some people aren´t mentally equipped for a different lifestyle.

That is a crazy story. I agree she was definitely not ready for the change.

stats on how many ppl ever died during this procedure? Or after?

ProudMama

i see you are about 2 weeks "old"

you are still a virgin/newbie to the VSG board

i'll give you an official greeting/hello/welcome

i' hope you've realized by now that this board is great with support,help and answers from all of us wonderful people

you have had good answers to your questions with stats et al

its true complications/problems (maybe deaths too ) can happen

BUT problems can happen with any surgery!!

don't know what the stats are for obese people dying from their weight, and all their health issues that go along with obesity???

but I'm "pretty" sure that obesity deaths/stats are very high, much higher than those that have had WLS

i'm sure that # is out there, and hopefully someone will tell "it"

its understandable you are a little nervous, anxious, even "maybe" second guessing your pending surgery

i will speak for myself and for 99.99% of others here

by having surgery - taking care of YOU - your health, is the best thing in the world you can do for you and yours

good luck on Tuesday

speedy recovery

I looked at mortality rates for the surgeon as well as the amount of successful sleeves performed. Overall, the US wls mortality rate is .05 according to the national association of wls (nawls).

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There are lies and then there are statistics - courtesy of my cynical accountant husband

I agree with Rox's husband. When I was looking into doctors, I had one coordinator tell me they had never had any complications at all. That's just a lie. There's no way you could do thousands of surgeries on any group of people and have no complications. Do your research and don't believe everything you hear.