No post-op swallow test?

(deactivated member)
on 5/12/15 9:43 am

RNY on 05/04/15

I've been reading updates from others who are newly post-op and see everyone talking about their swallow tests. Both of my friends who had VSG recently with my same surgeon had to do swallow tests as well, but I didn't. Why would that be? They had me sipping water and protein shakes as soon as I was awake, and I didn't do any additional tests in the hospital. Just spent the night and was discharged the next morning.

Grim_Traveller
on 5/12/15 9:53 am

RNY on 08/21/12

I never had a swallow test either. They did a leak test while I was still under.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

(deactivated member)
on 5/12/15 9:57 am

RNY on 05/04/15

Ah, thanks Grim! I looked up my operative report (one of the benefits of working for the hospital where I had my surgery), and sure enough, that's exactly what they did! Apparently there was some "oozing at the staple line" so the oversewed it...hmm, I wonder if that'll mean anything long-term.

ladygodiva1228
on 5/12/15 10:05 am - Putnam, CT

Revision on 02/04/15

Shouldn't be any type of long-term issues. It means your surgeon did his/her job correctly and has made sure their patient was well stapled.

Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl

ladygodiva1228
on 5/12/15 9:54 am - Putnam, CT

Revision on 02/04/15

When I had my revision in February I had asked my surgeon the next day if he was doing a leak test or as some say a swallow test. He does two checks while his patients are still under just incase something needs to be fixed so there was no need for a third one.

It may be possible that is what your surgeon did so you didn't have to have one done.

Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl

(deactivated member)
on 5/12/15 9:57 am

RNY on 05/04/15

Ah thanks, I just looked up my op report, and sure enough, that's what they did!

JAMStribe
on 5/12/15 2:08 pm

All I can add to this is be thankful. It was GOD AWFUL disgusting stuff that made me nuaseated for hours. :(

(deactivated member)
on 5/12/15 2:38 pm

RNY on 05/04/15

Ugh I'm sorry. I'll count my lucky stars!

CerealKiller Kat71
on 5/12/15 4:36 pm

RNY on 12/31/13

I had both tests -- but I have to agree -- that stuff made me feel sick for hours afterwards.

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 5/12/15 10:02 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

FWIW, none of the surgeons in my city or the doctors that I work for in a nearby city do post-op leak tests. They all do the test as the last step of the surgery before closing you up.

It makes sense. Why risk having to open someone BACK UP a day later if there is a leak when you can find it and fix it during the original surgery?!? I personally wouldn't use a surgeon that did a post-op leak test.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.