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So I make my final choice between sleeve and rny on Monday. I have been following the forum and have some questions. I have (as far as I know) never had ulcers. Will the surgery cause me to get ulcers this causing a complication?

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There's not really a way to predict who will or won't get ulcers. NSAIDS and tobacco increase your risk (as they do in people with normal stomachs) but I'm sure you've seen people on here who do neither and got ulcers. The VAST majority of us will not get an ulcer, but just as there is with people who have not had bariatric surgery, there's always a chance!

Best of luck with your decision!!!

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.6

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Besides ulcers are the least of your worries. They are easily treated with a little purple pill.

Preop weight 389 current weight 327 that's 62 lbs lost since RNY 6/11/13

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Trust me, I am aware there ar snigger complication. I just saw many that were resulting from ulcers. I did not know if the surgery caused

Them or if they were mainly in patients who had a history of them.

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Ulcers are a possible complication directly related to the surgery. I developed one at the anastomosis about six months post-op. No prior history of ulcers. No pain or symptoms of any kind other than I was a little anemic. Testing picked up a little blood in the stool and an endoscopy confirmed the ulcer. Treatment: my surgeon increased my prevacid from one capsule a day to two. That was it - take two pills instead of one. Four months later, second endoscopy confirmed the ulcer was completely healed.

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I'm not going to lie it seems a lot of people have or are having complications. I'm 6 weeks out and I'm terrified I'm going to have a complication. After I had my surgery I had to have emergency back surgery 2 weeks later. I spent a lot of time in the hospital and the thought of having to spend anymore time in there freaks me out. Plus I have no way of getting off work again until January which means if something does happen I lose my job. Ugh. Praying.

Highest Weight: 511lbs Pre Surgery: 435lbs Current Weight: 397

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Ulcers are a possible complication directly related to the surgery. I developed one at the anastomosis about six months post-op. No prior history of ulcers. No pain or symptoms of any kind other than I was a little anemic. Testing picked up a little blood in the stool and an endoscopy confirmed the ulcer. Treatment: my surgeon increased my prevacid from one capsule a day to two. That was it - take two pills instead of one. Four months later' date=' second endoscopy confirmed the ulcer was completely healed.[/quote']

I was supposed to take Prevacid for one month following surgery. The bottle lasted six weeks so I took it till it was gone. Then I bought another bottle and continued to take it. The second bottle is almost gone now, too. I'm wondering if I should continue to take it? Constant Prevacid use doesn't cause any harm does it? I take one daily...

I was supposed to go for my three month post op Friday and would've asked about it then but they rescheduled to the end of Sept. I can call them tomorrow...

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Meant to also say I have had zero complications. I'm doing great, quick recovery, quick return to work, no lack of energy or anything. Just an occasional issue with food sticking, most times my own fault. And so far not a peep from the gallstones I know I have...

Next year I'm planning to have my gallbladder removed - I feel as if it's a ticking time bomb just waiting to go off.

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I was supposed to take Prevacid for one month following surgery. The bottle lasted six weeks so I took it till it was gone. Then I bought another bottle and continued to take it. The second bottle is almost gone now, too. I'm wondering if I should continue to take it? Constant Prevacid use doesn't cause any harm does it? I take one daily...

I was supposed to go for my three month post op Friday and would've asked about it then but they rescheduled to the end of Sept. I can call them tomorrow...

In a follow-up with my surgeon (after the ulcer was healed) she said to continue the two a day Prevacid. It was presumably instrumental in healing the ulcer so I got no problem with taking it! I can't comment on possible Prevacid side effects. It would be easy enough to Google it but I've never noticed anything (at all) that would lead me to believe I was experiencing some kind of side effect so I never checked. Mine is Rx - 30mg. If yours is Rx as well, then your doctor must have written the script with "x" number of refills. If it's not Rx, then there is obviously a lower dosage available over the counter.

I have tremendous confidence in my surgeon - if she says "do it", I do it. Heck, I trusted her enough to rearrange my plumbing so I gotta trust her enough to keep it in good working order. Lol!

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I'm not going to lie it seems a lot of people have or are having complications. I'm 6 weeks out and I'm terrified I'm going to have a complication. After I had my surgery I had to have emergency back surgery 2 weeks later. I spent a lot of time in the hospital and the thought of having to spend anymore time in there freaks me out. Plus I have no way of getting off work again until January which means if something does happen I lose my job. Ugh. Praying.

Highest Weight: 511lbs Pre Surgery: 435lbs Current Weight: 397

The vast majority of folks never experience complications following bypass surgery. Estimates vary depending on which study you read but roughly 10% of bypass patients experience "minor" complications. Things like nausea, vomiting, dumping, marginal ulcers, wound infections and minor bleeding. Minor complications are not likely to land you back in the hospital. The incidence of "major" complications is somewhere between 1% and 5%. That would include things like blood clots, heart attack, serious infections or bleeding. There are always exceptions but the incidence of major complications drops dramatically after 30 days post-op.

There are always risks with any surgery but the odds are very much in your favor and you're gonna love the new you!!

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...you're gonna love the new you!!

I need a catch phrase like yours. Lol

But in the absence of a catch phrase I think I'll use a smiley face. It's sort of my signature trademark... I always put a smiley face near my name. :-)

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I need a catch phrase like yours. Lol

But in the absence of a catch phrase I think I'll use a smiley face. It's sort of my signature trademark... I always put a smiley face near my name. :-)

Lol. I wish I could say that there's some interesting story behind it but the truth is it just feels right to me. I really am lovin the new me and there are an awful lot of folks on the forum that are feeling the same way about their success! Just seems to say it all. You're gonna love the new you!!

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Lol. I wish I could say that there's some interesting story behind it but the truth is it just feels right to me. I really am lovin the new me and there are an awful lot of folks on the forum that are feeling the same way about their success! Just seems to say it all. You're gonna love the new you!!

I have said it many times that I love my new life and the new me. Seems to sum up everything.

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