Was banded yesterday July 30, when are you truely "out of the woods" as far as the real possibility of death (I hear like 1:5000). I saw articles of the Dr and the woman in Chicago Dying like 3 weeks after the surgery. I know that there is still a chance (band erosion, band slip), but when can you say you are relatively sure no infections, DVTs, etc. Thanks everyone and I am excited about this and the start of the new me. :crying:

Congrats on your band! I figured if I didn't die on the table I was ok. Seriously though, my biggest worry was anesthesia but since then it was blod clots and infection. I do have blod clots (5 of them) but they were from a damaged vein that the nurse used for my IV. The things my surgeon looked for afterward on my follow up were redness at the injection site and swelling where I shouldn't have it. My follow up was about 3 weeks after surgery. Not saying there aren't complications associated with the band. But I was wondering were the deaths due to Gastric By Pass or the Band? Also, there may have been a lot of other medical conditions and complications that the patients had that caused their passing. It is unfortunate when you read about problems with WLS but try not to dwell on them and concentrate on getting well and beginning your new life. Good Luck!

Hate to tell you this but you are always in the woods where death is concerned!

(as a friend told me, the death rate is holding steady at 100%) LOL

The surgery itself is the biggest danger for this type of surgery.

So you're probably gonna make it.

Walking around and squeezing your calf muscles will decrease your chance of a DVT. Infection is a possibility that goes with being alive, hahaha. Just keep your incision sites clean, i.e. dont pick or touch them very much. Watch for redness, warmth, and thick, perfuse drainage.