Question:
My wife had RNY on 5-8 with complications, already discussing TT late next year?

My wife had RNY on 5-8, with some complications, (she is fine now), she has lost about 110 lbs since Jan. (she was on liquid diet prior to surgery to lose weight & reduce risks), she is already discussing in general terms having TT, and plastic surgery on arms and legs to remove excess skin, late next year. My ?? is i have seen on the board a few people having major complications and even dying from the bypass surgery are the same risks in place for the plastic surgery after the weight is lost, or is that a safer procedure. i have seen listed a 1% approx. death rate from RNY and other bypass surgery what is the rate if there is one for the post surgery excess skin removal?    — Rich C. (posted on July 26, 2002)

July 26, 2002
WITH ANY SURGERY WHERE THEY PUT YOU UNDER AND CUT YOU THERE IS A 1/2% CHANCE OF DEATH. MY FRIEND WENT IN TO HAVE MINOR SURGERY ON HIS SINUS AND ALMOST DIED. THEY HAD CALLED IN THE FAMILY. I WAS SO SURE HE WAS GOING TO DIE, WHEN I RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY (COWORKER) I CAME DRESSED FOR THE FUNERAL HOME. BUT...THESE THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN OFTEN. THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT JUST HAPPEN SOMETIMES, JUST LIKE SOMEONE GETTING HIT BY A CAR. IT HAPPENS, BUT NOT THAT MUCH. THEY WILL BE WORKING ON SKIN AND MUSCLE, NOT ANY MAJOR BODY ORGANS. SHE WILL BE FINE. (IN PAIN BUT FINE) GOOD LUCK TO YOU. WHAT A LUCKY WIFE YOU HAVE, TO HAVE SUCH A CARING HUSBAND.
   — Pam G.

July 26, 2002
BY THE WAY, MY COWORKER DID NOT DIE. HE WAS SERIOUSLY ILL FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN PULLED THROUGH. STILL HAS SINUS PROBLEMS THOUGH. LOL
   — Pam G.

July 26, 2002
Remember that after wls and we have lost our weight, we become much healthier and our bodies then heal much more differently and better than they did when we were MO. So your recovery (or your wife's recovery) from plastic surgery will be far different than her recovery from wls! Good luck to her and you!! And congratulations to her on her great weight loss!!! ~CAE~
   — Mustang