I would love to gain some confidence in this process by hearing some stories from you post-ops about medical issues you have overcome since surgery.

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

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More sleep apnea

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.

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.

Thanks for this info.

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