Question:
Has anyone heard of this happening after wls.

A friend of mine had Rny a couple years ago. She lost well over a 100 pounds. In the last year she has started having seizures. Doctor after doctor didn't know what was causing the problem. Now today she told me a doctor has diagnosed her with epoli, and told her that it was the result of her wls. Iv never heard of it and wonder if its being blamed on the wls for nothing else to blame. Im 7 weeks post-op and its kinda freaked me out. BTW 46 lbs gone forever.:-)    — Margaret S. (posted on August 17, 2000)

August 17, 2000
First off, I'm sorry about your friend. However, you should take comfort in the fact that you've never heard of this before. Frankly, niether have I. If this condition was, in fact, brought on by your friend's WLS it is quite rare. In all the research I've done, I've never seen siezures listed as a potential complication of WLS. I think you can safely put this out of your mind.
   — Charles W.

August 17, 2000
I have never heard of Epoli, as a complication to WLS. I wonder if you went to Web M.D. if they would have some answers there for you. Recently a freind of mine was diagnosed with Arthritis and her Doctor said it was due to WLS, and being low onB-12. Further research proved differently. Some Doctors while they mean well still arn't up on what WLS will and will not do. Do your research, and let us know what you find. Good luck. Carin
   — C S.

August 18, 2000
I have questions, not answers. Did the doctor indicate that this condition was a result of the mechanical changes? By connecting This to That, seizures result? Or did he think it was nutritional deficiencies? And if so, which ones? Or did he think she might have OD'd on supplementation, so toxic in some nutrient? We often hear of things being hung on the WLS hook, just as it once was on our obesity. I'd be shopping for another doctor very quickly, who is not biased against WLS. "Just because" is not good medicine. If he gave her a truly rational explanation, OK, I'll lay down the gauntlet.
   — vitalady

August 18, 2000
I work in the field of Neurology and have been for over 10 years. Most of my work is done with people who have seizures, I work in a major medical center in Detroit. In the over 10 years that I have been in this field I have never even heard WLS mentioned. It is very hard for me to believe that WLS is causing her seizures. One of the most difficult things to deal with when someone starts having seizures "out of the blue" is the fact that most of the time they never know why they start happening. Sounds like her doctor just wanted to give her some kind of an answer and her WLS was the "scapegoat".
   — Kelly M.