Question:
Has anyone who had open rny and around the 470 lb mark at surgery had any problems

I am 470 lbs and I am going to have open rny. Has anyone else who was around this weight at surgery have any problems with surgery or post op.    — Randy W. (posted on January 11, 2004)

January 12, 2004
Hello! First of all, congrats on making it this far! I started out at 454 and had open rny on April 3, 2003. I am a little over 9 months post op and have lost 153 pounds! Feel free to read over my profile, for I have documented everything from the beginning. I didn't have problems with the surgery and post op my incision opened but only because I had fluid trapped in there that didn't come out because my drain malfunctioned early on. But I have healed up so nicely and life is great! I would do it all over if I had to! open rny 4/3/03 454/301/wherever God lets me stop
   — tpalmer

January 12, 2004
I started out at 472 pounds. I had to have an endosopy a couple of weeks out but have been complication free. I am 2 years post-op and have lost 230 pounds
   — bbjnay

January 12, 2004
I started at 465, had surgery 4/29/02 I am now at 200. The only problem I had was at about 18 months I had an adhesion and had to go back in for that. I developed and infection from that and had to be opened again. But I would do it all over again.
   — Gary H.

January 13, 2004
I was 442 two weeks before surgery and 421 the day of surgery. I'm a little over 11 months PO and down 214 lbs and 28 from goal. I had minimal PO problems in my opinion. I had no problems eating till about 6 weeks PO and then had some vomiting problems. I believe now it was because I was eating too fast and that's when I started on heavier/denser proteins. I also had some incision healing problems. I ended up with 3 small holes in my incision. Two healed up quickly and were no problem. The 3rd one did not want to heal from the inside out at all so at 10 weeks PO I had an outpatient surgery to fix the problem. I had stitches in the fascia that would not dissolve and therefore kept irritating the area preventing it from healing. Once the stitches were out it healed up fine. I saw these issues as minor inconveniences that can go along with any surgery. It's been an awesome ride and one I hope for you. Go for it!!!
   — zoedogcbr

January 13, 2004
At the time of surgery, I weighed in at 475. I'm about 18 months out and down 230 lbs. The only problems I encountered were a small seroma (fluid collection) just under the incision that was easily reopened and drained in the surgeon's office and a persistent incisional hernia that has defied my HMO appointed general surgeon's (not the bariatric surgeon)two attempts to repair it this past summer (2 surgeries in 5 months). He is still puzzled as to why the repair doesn't want to hold (poor musculature, placing strain on the incision too soon, etc.)and I'm willing to give it a third try (the thing is huge) but his plan at this point is to work on losing more weight from my "equator" (belly, hip, butt region) and when ready for a pannulectomy try the hernia repair yet again. But in the face of my weight loss, I would gladly suffer with this little alien baby on my abdomen (a corselet provides support and does a pretty good job of reducing it)than being as morbidly obese as I was.
   — Anna S.