Dear Friends,,

In May I underwent the RNY procedure through a military instillation. After it happed I developed a night mare only producers come up with with a scarie movie. in 2011 I was having extreme belly pain no one figured it out. After a billion surgeries, feeding tube and PIC line I nearly died, I live in SC age four prescritions the rest is out of pocket . can never get my kepra filled thanks to insurance companies.Iver developed the seizurs agin and now I;ve devloped espohgaus spasims, This stomach thing is killing me.PP;L jinternet said valium works on itnot so sure This surgery I initiated was not smart, I don;t ahav energh one day that i don;t feel sick.

Im sick now because of it. So would I do it again,,NO. Do any of u have tricks for stopping this?/////

i never thought about the staples affecting it, but shoot its worth a shot. What i've really had problems with is things staying in place and hernias and now I'm getting these horrible spasm's. It has came up about reversing it, but to be honest that scares me to death. The complications stapling caused I fear what could go wrong if they reverse it. I'm in a frame of mind now like if it aint broke dont fix it or lets just patch it lol I won't get any plastic surgery because I'm afraid of complications.

The reactions I had with the dermabond was hives. Oh dear Lord the hives were horrible. My incisions swelled up huge and itched dear Lord I would go to sleep and wake myself up itching my stomach. I was so sensitive I had a reaction to the plastic in my water bottle and my lips swelled up like Angelina Jolee lol. Seriously murphy's law has a LOT of fun with me.

Just read ur post and was curious who did ur surgery? I live in upstate SC (Liberty) & went to Bariatric Solutions in Greenville, SC. I had RNY 10/10/11 & have had only a few complications. My sister went to a surgeon in Spartanburg & is disabled from seizures as well. She had a PICC line that got infected & they think that affected her brain. You are right, the psychiatric ramifications are a huge part of the surgery. They really don't focus on that as much as they should, which is a shame. Hope things get better for you. I will keep u in my prayers. -Mandy

I had severe esophogeal spasms in 2000. They actually gave me nitroglygerin and it stopped the spasms..it does drop your blood pressure and gives you headaches ...have they checked to make sure it's not your heart?

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm 7 years out with very few issues. I hope you'll find some answers.

I had my surgery at Dwight D Eisenhower medical on Ft Gordon military post. I was a army wife...

Your complications are vastly different from my fiance's. However, we can totally relate. This surgery destroyed our lives. I have family that has been successful with RNY, but not completely without their own complications. It's nice to know we aren't alone. I want our old life back.

Listen it all depends on the surgeon who does the surgery. You can't just go to any surgeon and have this done. The RNY is a great tool to help lose weight when done right.

It is a very good tool but society needs to know the dark side of it. No matter now competent the surgeon is things still can go wrong. What scares me is how mainstream this surgery has become. The bariatric community of phsyicians needs to educate their patients more on the serious side effects this surgery can cause.

Listen it all depends on the surgeon who does the surgery. You can't just go to any surgeon and have this done. The RNY is a great tool to help lose weight when done right.

Totally agree with you John. Any of the WLS need to be researched, doctors who do the surgeries

need to be researched, the hospital where the procedure is being done needs to be researched. Then I think it is up to the individual to ask that surgeona number of questions i.e.what type of problems he/she as encourtered during his practtice. I know if it were jmyself I would be asking lots of questions What it the percentage of patients that have had pretty serious problems, are they on the right track now or still having difficulty, What type of problem were they having. Any related deaths from this surgery. What is the percentage of deaths in your practrice Lastly hiw long has he been doing this type of surgery?

Totally agree with you John. Any of the WLS need to be researched' date=' doctors who do the surgeries

need to be researched, the hospital where the procedure is being done needs to be researched. Then I think it is up to the individual to ask that surgeona number of questions i.e.what type of problems he/she as encourtered during his practtice. I know if it were jmyself I would be asking lots of questions What it the percentage of patients that have had pretty serious problems, are they on the right track now or still having difficulty, What type of problem were they having. Any related deaths from this surgery. What is the percentage of deaths in your practrice Lastly hiw long has he been doing this type of surgery?[/quote']

I totally agree. At my first seminar I asked some of these questions and some people thanked me. They said they never would have thought to ask.

Again I'm happy that I'm not havering the surgery I will battle this on my own

Funny, the program I had my surgery from actually led with the surgery complications and mortality statistics both from their practice and nation wide. The hospital I had my surgery in started doing them in the 70's so they had years worth of data. The initial information session was extremely sobering, and I was grateful for the information.

Funny' date=' the program I had my surgery from actually led with the surgery complications and mortality statistics both from their practice and nation wide. The hospital I had my surgery in started doing them in the 70's so they had years worth of data. The initial information session was extremely sobering, and I was grateful for the information.[/quote']

My practice was like that as well. It was was a center of excellence and that meant alot to me after all my researching. Any surgery has risk including up to death. This is serious life changing we had done to our life. I kinda had myself prepared for at least one complication. I went out taking a yr doing my research. While there are alot of experiences out there not all are positive..but not are all negative. It depends on each individual and what risks they are willing to take because there are risks after all. If anyone would ask me I would tell them my story of course but encourage them to do their homework and also to seek a reputable surgeon and center of excellence. You have every right to ask questions. I am a Air Force wife and fortunately tricare didn't balk at my request to go to the dr I chose.

Your initial post came up when I entered "destroyed" as a search work... why? Because this surgery has destroyed my life as well. Without going into great details I can tell anyone out there reading this that this surgery DOES have complications. I have experienced almost every one of the things that could happen....other than death of course. But I came close to that one as well. My life is NOT improved, my weight may be down but I am NOT better off having had this surgery six years ago. I am on more medication now than before, see more specialists now than before and have paid out of pocket close to $20,000.00 after the initial surgery costs. Every day is a struggle. Arthritis that cannot be treated with anti- inflammatories because of having two stomach ulcers, one of which perforated my stomach wall allowing solid food to seep into my stomach cavity for six long weeks of miss diagnoses, severe anemia that has we going once a week for iv iron transfusions, panic attacks and anxiety so severe I would think I was having a heart attack and I still to this day get sick at least once a week .... just because!! Saying this surgery destroyed my life is an understatement, this surgery took my life away from me and now I fight everyday just to be me.

Your initial post came up when I entered "destroyed" as a search work... why? Because this surgery has destroyed my life as well. Without going into great details I can tell anyone out there reading this that this surgery DOES have complications. I have experienced almost every one of the things that could happen....other than death of course. But I came close to that one as well. My life is NOT improved' date=' my weight may be down but I am NOT better off having had this surgery six years ago. I am on more medication now than before, see more specialists now than before and have paid out of pocket close to 20,000.00 after the initial surgery costs. Every day is a struggle. Arthritis that cannot be treated with anti- inflammatories because of having two stomach ulcers, one of which perforated my stomach wall allowing solid food to seep into my stomach cavity for six long weeks of miss diagnoses, severe anemia that has we going once a week for iv Iron transfusions, panic attacks and anxiety so severe I would think I was having a heart attack and I still to this day get sick at least once a week .... just because!! Saying this surgery destroyed my life is an understatement, this surgery took my life away from me and now I fight everyday just to be me.[/quote']

I'm so sorry this happen to you