Am I just not seeing it, or are there really that few VSGers that have complications?

Thanks Jason and Ocham!! Great points!!

I didn't get morphine after leaving the recovery room outside of the OR.....though the pain was minimal and completely controlled with loritab liquid....

They did give me an ambien to sleep through the night....I slept 30 minutes....I think the nurses were getting tired of me.....I was far too active for just having surgery....but then again, I hate hospitals so I was doing all I could to stay out of my room....

That's why I chose the surgery. It seemed that it was just a successful, but with much fewer complications.

Good luck and God bless you . Best decision I've ever made for myself !!

Good luck tomorrow.  Let us know how you're doing when you feel up to it.

I've been reading on this site for about 18 months, and have seen very few real complications of the surgery. Some of the complications are from surgery in general, not necessarily from the VSG.  

As long as you selected a surgeon with plenty of experience and low a complication rate, you should be in good hands.  The surgeons skill is part of the situation, how you treat your body after is surgery is the other part.  Be very careful about what you put into your new stomach after surgery.  Liquids in small sips initially.  

I had complications... my board certified surgeon of excellence, extremely qualified, head of his department, very well respected essentially put me back together with too much of a curve in the remaining stomach and it "kinked"... I was dreadfully sick within a few hours of surgery... non stop dry heaves, and the swallow test showed the obstruction the next morning... they had me back in surgery in less than 24 hours... within 3 hours of discovering the problem... and I was a sick puppy for a few days (double anesthesia and all) and was in the hospital for 5 nights.

As far as complications go, I'll take it!  I still could have gone back to work at 2 weeks out if I had to (I am a teacher and I did it in July, so I had plenty of time)... almost no pain, and great results.  I feel amazing...

I would do it again in a heart beat.  And my complication is so rare it doesn't even make the list of complications... :)

Other complications (of a post surgical nature) for me have been a WILD horrible crazy period within days of surgery (combo of my PCOS and the 5 days of blood thinners in the hospital they think...) so bad it made me anemic in 5 days... (THAT was the worst part of my recovery... it was to the point where there had to be medical intervention to make it stop) and I have had a LOT of hair loss (see my profile pics...)

Still wouldn't change a thing :-)

I'm sure you'll have great results as well!!!  Try to sleep tonight my dear!

Thanks for the encouraging words you guys!!! Love all the support I can get at this site.  I've encouraged my family to read it so they can see that I did in fact do my research!!!

There's a few of us that have had leaks...Some worse than other, but, all have survived that I know of!!!...Hey, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, is the old saying!

Best wishes through it all!!

Hugs

Donna

 Here's the simple version:

1) Most complications occur while still under observation in the hospital

2) Since you're having most of your stomach removed, a complication never means being doomed to regain, like with the band.

3) Most complications are eventually resolved within a month or two

It's not to say they don't happen, but the VSG is dead simple. There's no moving parts or rerouting of organs. It's a stomach reduction plain and simple.

I know that a few people do have leaks I never did. The VSG is the safes WLS there is. And its funny I get asked this alot because I went to mexico to have surgery. But the only complication i had if you can call it a complication is I had the worst gas right after surgery and my hair fell out but its all back now . it took about 6weeks to get all the gas out. But VSG works .

Good Luck
Vinny Mac