Question:
2months post-op, blood clots

It has been said that someone,Pink, died of blood clots at 2 months post-op. How is it that her wls was to blame? This is so confusing.    — TheresaC (posted on January 14, 2003)

January 14, 2003
The wls was to blame because that was the last surgery she had. You stand this risk with any surgery, not just wls. A friend of mine's father recently underwent a triple bypass, and guess what, that night they had him out of bed walking so that he didn't develop a blood clot. You are never out of the woods, so to speak, at how long after surgery it can occur either. My surgeon says people walk around all the time unaware they have a clot, it just isn't fatal or even known they have it. So, wls in itself is not directly to blame for a blood clot, just the surgery part of it. Same things to worry about anytime you are anesthetized.
   — Dee ,.

January 14, 2003
I thought that a death could only be blamed on the surgery if it was within 30 days of the surgery...does anyone else know differently? And who is this Pink person? Was he/she a member here? So sad.
   — Tamara K.