Yikes- warning

Geraldine, Be very careful. I was 3 months post-op and developed a bowel obstruction. I began to vomit and the pain just got worse and I knew I had to go to the emergency room. Because of the intense heaving, I burst the staples in my old stomach which caused perotinitis. I almost died. My surgeon told me if I had waited four more hours, I would not be here. I was too sick to worry about another surgery. I just wanted the pain to stop. I spent 3 weeks in the hospital including intensive care for 4 days and I also developed pnemonia. I have an excellent surgeon and was in one of the best hospitals in the Houston Medical Center. I too did not realize that a complication like this could happen so far away from the surgery. How scary that even 5 years post-op this could happen. My surgeon told me if I develop pain to call him immediately and get to an emergency room. If I were you, I would have that obstruction taken care of before it could become life threatening. You do not want to go through what I did. I am now 3 months past the perotinitis and still have not regain all of my strength. I am very anemic. But even though I had this horrible complication, I would still have the gastric-bypass. I knew that I was dying a slow death with all of the extra weight I was carrying. We just need to be extra careful to be aware of what our new stomach is telling us.