having surgery

Andrea_0125
on 9/14/15 7:24 pm - huntington station , NY

I'M HAVING SURGERY ON WEDNESDAY AND I DIDN'T LOOSE THE WEIGHT THE DOCTOR WANTED ME TO AND HE SAID IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DO AND IF HE GOES IN AND CANT DO IT THEN HE WONT AND MY BLOOD LEVAL OF SMOKING IS 1.8 WHEN I HAD MEDICAL CLEARANCE FROM MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR HE SAID I WAS FINE WITHIN RANGE OF 0-1.5 KINDA NERVOUS I DID LOOSE WEIGHT I WENT FROM 271 TO 259 TODAY WHEN I WAS WEIGHED AT MY DOCTORS FOR CLEARANCE AND MY LIVER IS ONLY 16 INCHES WHICH IS GOOD AND I DID HAVE THE LAP-BAND IN 2006 AND WAS TAKEN OUT ON 03/24/15 AND WHEN HE DID MY ENDOSCOPY FOR SURGERY HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE THERE WAS NO SCAR TISSUE SHOULD I HAVE ANYTHING WORRY ABOUT??????

Sparklekitty, Science-Loving Derby Hag
on 9/15/15 8:20 am
RNY on 08/05/19

If your WLS surgeon has told you flat-out that he may not do your surgery, then yes, you probably have something to worry about.

Did you follow your plan for pre-surgery weight loss? Is the reason you didn't lose enough because you "cheated" or otherwise follow instructions? That's a bad sign for post-op compliance and something else to absolutely worry about.

Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!

hollykim
on 9/15/15 2:40 pm - Nashville, TN
Revision on 03/18/15
On September 14, 2015 at 7:24 PM Pacific Time, Andrea_0125 wrote:

I'M HAVING SURGERY ON WEDNESDAY AND I DIDN'T LOOSE THE WEIGHT THE DOCTOR WANTED ME TO AND HE SAID IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DO AND IF HE GOES IN AND CANT DO IT THEN HE WONT AND MY BLOOD LEVAL OF SMOKING IS 1.8 WHEN I HAD MEDICAL CLEARANCE FROM MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR HE SAID I WAS FINE WITHIN RANGE OF 0-1.5 KINDA NERVOUS I DID LOOSE WEIGHT I WENT FROM 271 TO 259 TODAY WHEN I WAS WEIGHED AT MY DOCTORS FOR CLEARANCE AND MY LIVER IS ONLY 16 INCHES WHICH IS GOOD AND I DID HAVE THE LAP-BAND IN 2006 AND WAS TAKEN OUT ON 03/24/15 AND WHEN HE DID MY ENDOSCOPY FOR SURGERY HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE THERE WAS NO SCAR TISSUE SHOULD I HAVE ANYTHING WORRY ABOUT??????

yes, you should be concerned especially since he has already said he is prepared to stop the surgery if necessary.

 


          

 

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