Crazy question re: staples
Hey folks - I'm just over a month out from RNY surgery and had my one month post op appt with the surgeon today. I was going to ask him this question but totally forgot:
the staples we have inside (our staple line) - do those staples stay there forever? Like they aren't dissolvable right? Do they set off metal detectors at airports or anything? I warned you - silly question but this is how my over analyzing mind works lol.
Anyway the appt went well and I'm down 41lbs since starting opti (may 11) and 28 since surgery (may 25). So happy the nausea is gone and I can drink water with lemon now! (Couldn't tolerate water post op). Life's good!
Thanks all
Nikki
Referral sent: 1/26/15 / Sleep study: 2/23/15 / Orientation: 4/20/15 HRRH / Meet Dr. Hagen: 11/17/15 (no show) / Meet Dr. Klein: 12/10/15 / Trio appointments: 2/11/16 / Follow up appointment SW and RD: 3/16/16 / Dr. Glazer: 3/30/16 / Dr. Klein: 5/9/16 / Surgery date 5/25/16 / LBL with Dr. Nandagopal 3/9/18 - PS SW 155
HW - 280. Opti start - 280. Surgery day - 266. CW - 142.
Thanks for the quick response!
Referral sent: 1/26/15 / Sleep study: 2/23/15 / Orientation: 4/20/15 HRRH / Meet Dr. Hagen: 11/17/15 (no show) / Meet Dr. Klein: 12/10/15 / Trio appointments: 2/11/16 / Follow up appointment SW and RD: 3/16/16 / Dr. Glazer: 3/30/16 / Dr. Klein: 5/9/16 / Surgery date 5/25/16 / LBL with Dr. Nandagopal 3/9/18 - PS SW 155
HW - 280. Opti start - 280. Surgery day - 266. CW - 142.
Nikki,
No, the staples don't dissolve -- they're made out of titanium or something, like knee and hip replacements.
As for setting off metal detectors, maybe not in airports, but don't be surprised if you set off the anti-theft things in the doors of department stores. For about six months after I had my surgery (16 years ago), I set off the anti-theft detectors at Zeller's. Every time. I also heard about others who did (including one woman who had to warn her local mall whenever she was coming because she lit the whole place up like Jackpot night in Reno). It could be that the composition of staples have changed in the interim and they don't do that anymore.
In any case, eventually it goes away -- probably after you develop enough scar tissue over them.
Interesting. I never thought of that. I just googled this and read that generally metal implanted after 1996 is MRI safe.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
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