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Did You Have Complications After Weight Loss Surgery?



Complications After Weight Loss Surgery?  

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  1. 1. Did you have complications after Weight Loss Surgery?

    • Nope, aside from a little soreness during the recovery, things went great!
      125
    • Yes, but nothing serious. I just had some stomach issues.
      16
    • Yes, somehow I developed some nutrient deficiencies. See below for which ones I had and how I fixed them or whether I’m still dealing with them.
      6
    • Yes, I ended up back in the hospital. See why in the conversation below.
      24
    • I haven’t had weight loss surgery yet, but I’m crossing my fingers that nothing serious happens to me.
      27
    • Other. Read my answer in the discussion below.
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I had a pneumothorax during surgery and the surgeon was unable to do the RNY. I woke up to a chest tube and drain with no WLS. The important thing is I woke up ????

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Staph infection contracted from hospital.... Equaled 2 bad weeks of pain and a month dealing with an open wound. Nothing my surgeon did wrong just issues at the local hospital. I'm now 4 months out and would do it all over again. Yes the infection sucked BUT the results are worth it all.

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Not one thing. Could not have gone better. When I was still seeing my original surgeon I used to joke with him that I wished that I had at least become lactose intolerant or something, so I would have lost more!

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I had band to bypass so it goes without saying I had band complications and I would try to talk anyone considering that route out of it.

Now at just over 2 weeks post op with my bypass I have an infection in one of my incisions and the rest of them are looking pretty red and angry. Will see how easily this clears up. I'm hopeful it does.

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No complications- was at work six days post op; it was a tiring week but do-able.

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