Had gastric bypass done 1mo ago, is there a test like an US, to make sure indeed a bypass was done and not a sleeve.

Please help ?

My story is similar to Diana's, with the only difference being that it's about my husband. His mental health has definitely improved.

I will add that the operation was, for us, one of the best decisions in life. So if someone doubts - do not.

6 weeks ago, I could have written this. As another person wrote, I was lying on a gurney in preop and still not 100% sure I was going to go through with it (basically right up until the anesthesiologist offerred me something "to relax" and I promptly passed out and woke up in post op). I will say, I do think your stat is outdated - General anesthesia is much, much safer than it was even just a decade ago, and the sleeve has about half the rate of operating and post-op complocations of operating and the bypass. Complications can include a lot of things, most are not fatal, though there is always a potential - infections, clots, liver lacerations, and even post op dehydration (one of the most common post-op complications) are all factored into the stats. Somewhere online, there is a tool that calculates risk by age and I think the risk of complications might be 1 in 1000, but, I think I remember the risk of fatal complicatioms being considerably lower. My surgeon also reminded me that the risk pool also includes people with serious health issues that I don't have, and wanted to have surgery in part to avoid - without them, my risk was likely well below even the averager rate. Did that calm my existential anxiety? Not really, but, it helped me rationalize my way through it and recognize my odds of waking up and being healthier in the long run were better than not. I mean, your chance of dying of heart disease, cancer, etc. decreases far more in 3 years by having surgery then the risk of the surgery itself. Anyway - I shrank my liver, had my surgery, felt like crap for a day or two, and recovered remarlably quickly. Lost 45 lbs pre.surgery and 30 since so far, and am halfway to my goal weight. Too early to tell how the skin situation will pan out - it takes about 24 months for your skin to finish shrinking, and I had a pannus before I had the sleeve so not expecting I'll lose it. But to be honest, nothing is super floppy or weird, at least not yet. I habe had times when I lost some weight under my arm, or on my innner thigh, nd it felt floppy for a day or so - but what's the worst that could happen, I decide not to wear short sleeves? I wasn't wearing short sleeves anyway. I think if you do it, you just have to be prepared to accept whatever changes come.next with humor and grace.