Ok, Dr. appt this afternoon. Any suggestion as to what questions I should ask? I've got a list but maybe I missed something. I can bring the answers back and share them with the group.

Ok' date=' Dr. appt this afternoon. Any suggestion as to what questions I should ask? I've got a list but maybe I missed something. I can bring the answers back and share them with the group.[/quote']

Ask whatever u like

I asked my surgeon if he routinely cuts the vegus nerve. No one really knows what it does, but I asked him not to cut mine.

What is that?

Its a large nerve that runs from your brain into your chest and down into your abdomen. (If anyone has more info on it please feel free to correct me.) I was told by my surgeon that most surgeons do staple across it when doing a rny.

Its a large nerve that runs from your brain into your chest and down into your abdomen. (If anyone has more info on it please feel free to correct me.) I was told by my surgeon that most surgeons do staple across it when doing a rny.

It does a zillion things, slows down your heart rate if its over stimulated (people that pass out when the have blood taken are referred to as vaso-vegalling-out...the vegal nerve hyper stimulates and slows their heart rate way down and boom. It also innervates the viscera surrounding your abdominal organs. If its way off Kelter it will slow your gut down big time too. My vegal nerve had an issue with my lap band. And caused constant chest and shoulder pain...,a constant heaviness that as miserable and never went away until the band came out.....once it was out I was in heaven.

Luckily with laparoscopic surgeries you can visualize the nerve better so rarely do they mess with it any more.

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 241.6

It does a zillion things' date=' slows down your heart rate if its over stimulated (people that pass out when the have blood taken are referred to as vaso-vegalling-out...the vegal nerve hyper stimulates and slows their heart rate way down and boom. It also innervates the viscera surrounding your abdominal organs. If its way off Kelter it will slow your gut down big time too. My vegal nerve had an issue with my lap band. And caused constant chest and shoulder pain...,a constant heaviness that as miserable and never went away until the band came out.....once it was out I was in heaven.

Luckily with laparoscopic surgeries you can visualize the nerve better so rarely do they mess with it any more.

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 241.6[/quote']

I knew it was important but wow! Thanks!