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ramblingal    1

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My mother had the surgery last October and seemed to be doing fine. In the past three months, she's been in and out of six hospitals, with Fluid around heart and lungs, rapid/irregular heart rate, enlarged lymph nodes. No one knows what the problem is. Anyone else heard of these kinds of problems after LB surgery?:thumbup:

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Long2BFree    12

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I'm sorry that your mom is dealing with these kinds of problems. I've been reading posts on the message boards for three months and have never heard of anything like this. Hopefully some of the 'old timer's will post and let you know if they've heard of anything like this.

Please keep us posted on what the doctors find out.

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ramblingal    1

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Thank you for your reply. I have doubted that her lap band is the cause of her problems but doctors can't figure it out, so anything is possible, right? She has been seen by cardiologists and they found no heart disease. She is being released from the hospital and results from lung samples are pending. (She was a smoker for 30 years but Doc said everything he saw looked benign.)

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ramblingal    1

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This continues to be a mystery. Mom's results from tests of lung Fluid and tissue samples show no disease, no cancer. With all of these hospital stays, she has reached her goal weight. She has consistently become weaker with each hospital stay so she is going to have her band loosened and hope that more food will give her back her energy...and maybe her life back. Until she is fully recovered or something else is diagnosed (no tests are pending though), I will wonder if her lap band is (was) causing these problems and will continue to research. MORAL OF MY STORY: STAY AWARE OF YOUR BODY AND CALL THE DOCTOR IF YOU START FEELING ILL. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.

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Long2BFree    12

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I'm sorry to hear that the doctors still don't have any answers and that your mom isn't doing any better. Has her lapband surgeon been notified of her problems to give his input?

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Froggi    4

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I hope you all find out what is wrong and that she has a speedy recovery.

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