What medical issues have you overcome since WLS?

[Mj77803 82]

I have a rare auto immune disorder ( about 200,000 cases, extremely rare in white women, can effect any organ in the body, currently effects my heart, sleep, and lungs) I have 2 lung masses, I see cardiology, pulmonary, and oncology. I have svt on top of that and had an ablation in hopes that it will keep me from getting a pacemaker (so far, my episodes have decreased), even with all this, I still feel better then I have in the last 7 years. Acid reflux got really bad after the sleeve but I was bypassed 3 months ago and that resolved completely. It was easily the best choice I made

[bmaff56 5]

Thank you, it is so comforting to hear good stories.starting to look forward to starting my journey.

[NYJenn 1,463]

No
More sleep apnea

[Jenwill630 119]

I had herniated my L5/S1 disc in the fall of 2015 and finally had surgery to repair it in Spring 2016.
My recovery was absolute hell.
While I was able to walk, it certainly was not without pain. While the surgery helped the numbness in my leg, my back felt worse>

I had an endless cycle happening.......my weight was not helping with the back pain and the back pain was not helping in my effort to lose weight.

After the 1st month of having Gastric Bypass, I was able to get out of bed without having to roll out of bed, I was able to walk without pain and then I started to TRULY exercise again.

[Beachyfe 40]

I developed 2 kidney stones at 5 months post op...one was stuck in the ureter and was excruciatingly painful!! Had emergency surgery to remove it, but the other stone is still in the kidney. Got a stent placed for 11 days then that was removed in follow up surgery. It's been 5.5 months since surgery and no more problems so far. No one (surgeon, nutritionist, etc) told me that kidney stones were common after weight loss surgery...Mr. Google told me that, but too late.

Now I try to drink alot of fluids and avoid stone-making foods.

[bmaff56 5]

Thanks for this info.

[zombieskayer 84]

6 month post op and no more acid reflux! My siatic nerve pain has gotten a lot better too.