sometimes it happens

While for many many people the rny wls works wonderfully, however according to some studies (and my personal experience) wls just doesn't agree with our bodies. There is nothing mechanically wrong and more often than not it is NOT the fault of the surgeon.
I apologize for my lengthy story but I repost it once a year in an effort to reach out to some people who may be silently suffering the way I did. Here it goes.
PM me if you have questions
Grace
I sprouted numerous neurological problems even tho I only lost 40lbs. I was unable to eat meat, veggies , fruit and basically anything UNprocessed. without the takedown my family and my long time physician beleive I would not be here today to type this . If I had been told or had found thru my 6 months of research BEFORE I had my rny that it would have a chance to lead to ANY of these nuero and other issues not just in the short term but in the long term as well, I would have to not have any type of wls. a quick snyopsis of my story

For 3.5 years and I had 1. An inability to eat ANY veggies and fruits (maybe applesauce) 2. An inability to eat any meat aside from sandwich meat 3. Vomiting daily at the least (yes despite chewing my food well and taking small bites) 4. Injecting myself twice a week with vitamin b12 and it having NO EFFECT on how I felt 5. 2 strictures, four endoscopies and no effect on my healthy (all the docs said everything looked good and I SHOULD be able to eat what I knew I could not) 6. Joint pain (nope, never really had joint pain pre rny) 7. The beginnings of what *I know* would eventually be reactive hypoglycemia 8. Inability to do either job because of memory problems. My mental processing speed tested in the 14th percentile. Both jobs required good memory and one required quick processing speed 9. The worst depression despite a slew of anti depressant drugs I tried 10. A loss of only 40 frickin pounds, thus now I was still morbidly obese AND sicker than I had ever been in my entire life 11. Dizziness for almost 4 years consistently. It finally started going away a few months after my takedown. 12. Rotting teeth that would take upwards of about $8000.00 to repair and that was quoted when I HAD dental insurance. I used to get compliments on my teeth all the time but the vomiting and dry mouth the 8 or so additional medications I was on left me with ugly, painful and rotting teeth. 13. Seizure activity that I NEVER had pre RNY 14. Unrelenting fatigue. To give you an idea, my daily choice of activity was EITHER taking a shower OR making a simple dinner for my family. If I made the mistake of doing both or anything extra, my body would make me pay dearly and for days upon days 15. Almost 80k of medical debt and no way to pay it 16. ICE cold feet and burning sensations in my palms aka peripheral neuropathy 17. Vision problems 18. Finally pain but mainly just in my upper right back which seems to be related to eating which I sometimes try to get under control by eating soft foods like eggs,yogurt and strong cheese for a few days of each month or so

Thank you for sharing your story.  I am sorry that your WLS wasn't successful. 
With that being said, I did do much research, as I'm sure many who chose WLS did.  I was/still am aware of possible...POSSIBLE...problems that could arise.  I also know of the problems that may have, or would have DEFINITELY, come about from my MO. Weighing the two (no pun intended), it was a no brainer for me.   
After reading your post, I get the feeling that you may be using "scare tactics" to try and educate?  My grandmother's, mother's, father's, siblings', and numerous other family members' strokes, heart attacks, heart surgeries, insulin usage, deaths, and other health issues were enough "scare tactics" to lead me toward the WLS. 
I pray that I don't have complications from my WLS.  If I do, I pray that I'm not given any more than I am capable of handling. 

 

Maybe you should post this on the comlication/failed WLS forum. Most everyone on here has done their work and has made peace that this is what they need to do so they can live a healthy life. Nothing is without risk but your post did seem as a scare tactic. Im sorry you had a bad experince. I for one Cannot live another day being afraid of what "may" happen.

I am in no way trying to scare anyone away from surgery. Like I said, for MOST people wls works and that's TRULY a wonderful thing. For every story like mine there are at least 10 wonderful experiences, at least according to the research data.
I just don't think anyone should be alone or feel alone when/if there are complications.
I feel like I DID the work. I researched for over 6 months but never came across a study on the possible nuero consequences of bariatric surgery until I was post OP.
The one thing I loved about the surgery was how little I could eat and given the sufficient amount of protein, stay satiated.
I even remained in therapy past the approval phase of my initial surgery Juuuuuust in case
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I am happy to say that it still takes very little to get and keep me full and I love that part of it. before the wls I didn't like to have to stop and eat because I worked hard and played even harder.

Grace.

thankyou for sharing this with us- complications happen, I was aware of that I just never anticipated them happening to me!

im so sorry you had to go through all of the above and I hope that you are now recovered/recovering somewhat.

i wish you the best of luck in the future.

I'm sorry you had so many problems - were they all attributable to your WLS - some of them sound more like auto immune diseases?

Thankfully, most of us have this surgery and have ZERO complications and certainly nothing as profound and life altering as yours ...  I'm glad you are functioning better now and hope you continue to improve.

No auto immune course disease. The fact that MOST of my issues were resolved after my takedown is telling, at least to me.
Grace

Sorry you went through all that. Sounds like some of your issues were vitamin deficiency related.

It's unfortunate that you were in the minority that dealt with post surgery complications. RNY has saved many of our lives from obesity related complications. It's a chance we each weighed out when we elected to try to live a healthier life. Wish you didn't have to experience those health issues.

Unfortunately there are no guarantees in life we all take changes and have to deal with what's handed to us.

I agree. You never know what life is going to hand us. I'm immensely grateful that I've had the unwavering support of my husband and children and of course God
Grace

Im very sorry but have u ask if can b reverse ? I no will cost u $ but may b if can get it reverse mite help u .
Just a thought
Good luck to u!