Question:
I was reading the memorial pages yesterday and read where someone passed away several

months post-op who had appeared to be doing well. Cause of death was a ruptured bowel. Does anyone know what would cause this and is this very common?????    — susan M. (posted on July 24, 2002)

July 24, 2002
Sounds like a freak occurrence to me. Most of the long term complications are anemia or vitamin deficiencies--which are preventable with a healthy diet and supplementation. It's so sad when those things happen but they are very rare. Usually when people have complications they show up pretty quickly or are things that develop slowly (like gallstones).
   — ctyst