One of the biggest barriers to getting weight loss surgery is the fear of complications. From mild ones like nausea and constipation to more serious ones like obstructions and leaks, complications are common among bariatric surgery patients.

Did you have complications after Weight Loss Surgery?

• Nope, aside from a little soreness during the recovery, things went great!
• Yes, but nothing serious. I just had some stomach issues.
• 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.
• Yes, I ended up back in the hospital. See why in the conversation below.
• I haven’t had weight loss surgery yet, but I’m crossing my fingers that nothing serious happens to me.
• Other. Read my answer in the discussion below.

Mark your answer and give us the details in the conversation below. Sharing your experience can help other members who are making their own decisions about weight loss surgery.

I voted yes, back in hospital. To clarify-

2006 Lap-Band 2006, slip before I left hospital and had to have 2nd surgery to replace band. Never felt OK from that day on, lots of pain and nausea. Lap band did not work for me.

Jan 13 2015 Lap Band revision to sleeve. No problems so far. Some dehydration. Feel much better than lap band surgery. Recovery so far much easier.

My opinion- lap band works for many but not all. And from what I understand there is no way to determine that before hand who the lap band will work for. (may be the same for all WLS) I have always had a sensitive stomach and the lap and just never felt right. The lap-band is gone for me now and that tightness and nausea in by belly is gone.

Yes, had major complications consisting of severe long term nutritional deficiencies and multiple ulcer perfs, multiple times. Had a straight takedown at almost 9 years status post rny, as a result.....

No, I'm doing great at 4 weeks post op! Energy still isn't at 100% but it's daily improving. At 3 weeks post op I was able to stop both my high blood pressure pills. My bp today at the surgeons office was 118/78 :-) Excited to continue on my journey!

I voted "other" but at this point my complications seem too minor to mention. They discovered h pylori during the gastric sleeve surgery that did not show up during pre-op testing. My surgeon ordered me to take two different antibiotics to treat the h pylori and that resulted in a pretty bad case of nausea. I couldn't drink much for over a week (I was in the full liquid phase) and became very dehydrated. After I put my foot down and stopped taking the antibiotics, things got better. (I was able to restart the antibiotic treatment at four months post surgery with no problem.) The other problem is not really from the surgery but from the change in diet -- I am chronically constipated.

Yes, had major complications consisting of severe long term nutritional deficiencies and multiple ulcer perfs, multiple times. Had a straight takedown at almost 9 years status post rny, as a result.....

Sorry to hear all that. What is a straight takedown?

NOPE sailed through, so glad I did this!!!!

I had a lot of post op pain. The protein shakes that were so delicious before sugery made me gag when I smelled them post op. I developed food aversions so intense that I couldn't get nearly enough vitamins and minerals. It delayed healing and made the pain go on longer than otherwise would have occured. It took several months to get that resolved...and working on the emotional/psycological issues that exacerbated the problem.

I had internal bleeding due to an errant shot of Lovonox. It caused a hemorrhage on my right side. It put me in the hospital for 5 days. The sleeve though was perfect with no complications. I am down 60 lbs with 40 of that coming after surgery on Dec 30th. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

3 months post RNY: Nope, did great. My only complication was constipation and it was the worst part of my surgery. Wish I had gotten in front of that. I still take a Peri-Colace everyday and lots of other stuff to be sure. Drinking enough is always a struggle.

Would do it over again in a heartbeat.

Nope, aside from a little soreness during the recovery, things went great!

I had complications after band surgery in 2008 - had a slip less than a year out after losing about 70 pounds. Had surgery to revise the slip in 2009, and still suffered from continued serious (really awful) night reflux after the revision which was not relieved until my band was completely unfilled (gained all weight lost over the following 5 years plus a few). Had sleeve surgery in June and had no complications whatsoever. Down 98 pounds as of today. SO happy with my sleeve!!

6 months after my RNY I had a serious complication of a huge hernia and my intestines twisted up and choking off my lil pouch. I had it repaired.

However, from that point on I still have trouble reaching the calories I need. So this past mid December I was checked internally. Nothing found, but my surgeon put a gastric feeding tube in me to help me reach my daily calorie an Protein goals. Here I am in February and now 18 months out and it is slowly getting better but I still need this support until I can consistently eat on my own without trouble. By the way I have a lot of food sensitivities and I have fibromyalgia, which make it really challenging at times.

No problems at all!! So grateful for my sleeve.

I have had no problems after the gas came out I was great, I was tired but after 5 days I was feeling great and back to normal , and could have went back to work within one week of surgury .

I had my surgery February 4th 2015 so far my main issues have been pain due to gas! Which id finally getting under control. I have no regrets because my blood sugar has been running 101 and my blood pressure has been perfect 130/70 when just on Monday it was 174/128 and my surgeon said if it didn't come down i wouldn't be able to have the surgery.