Question:
I am seven months post op, and went to have my tubes tied on Monday, but it couldn't

be done because I have scar tissue and adhesions from my bypass.l Any one else hear of this?    — Rockelle R. (posted on June 18, 2003)

June 18, 2003
Well... sad to say, you had either a really lousy person sew you up, or you scar easily. I scar easily and my surgeon had to remove a ton of scar tissue before he could even do my RNY! They CAN remove the scar tissue and adhesions and do the surgery. I wonder why they didn't do this??
   — Sharon M. B.

June 18, 2003
Adhesions are just part of the way bodies heal. Some have lots and it can become very painful - some have little to none. It really isn't because of the way your WLS surgery was done at all. The fact that your tubal couldn't be done is actually what would make me more confused - so there were lots of adhesions - so what - the way to tie your tubes would be to convert to an open procedure, cut or burn the adhesions in the way, then carry on with the tubal. Now if he thought you wouldn't have wanted an open procedure, he may have cancelled the process, but the only other reason I can think of would be that by releasing your adhesions he would be stimulating your tissues to develop more adhesions, which I'm not sure is how it works anyway.
   — bethybb

June 18, 2003
i'm confused.... your bypass was straightforward abdominal surgery. your tubal ligation would have been straightforward pelvic surgery. the two areas don't intersect. there would have been some other reason... perhaps you should request your gyn to explain more fully why he didn't complete the surgery.
   — tuxedoll