DestinyRules

I joined this forum long ago, looking for answers. I don't need answers anymore. My daughter had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in 2003. After one month, her problems began. Intractable vomiting, esophageal spasms, trips to the ER, hospitalizations, pouch strictures,pouch stretching until they finally ruptured her, causing a need for an emergency surgery, followed by years of illness after illness, surgeries, xrays, ct scans, a pacemaker, seizures and on and on and on. Until,,my precious baby girl finally died at the age of 38 after 8 months of hospitalizations. Her poor body went into cardiac arrest. She lost weight, alright. But also had 11 years of illness, intractable pain, misery. She was the bravest person I've ever known, my best friend, my baby. I don't want to hear any success stories, because Ami's story and nightmare ending negates anything that could ever be good related to the surgery. My daughter's death is not the only one that I have personally known so don't fool yourself into believing that her case was a rare or isolated case, I have personally known of 2 other deaths from this GB surgery. Three people unrelated to each other, who never knew each other. Their only common denominator is that they all had the Roux-en-y and I knew them all. This procedure took my life as I knew it away. It took and grandson's mother, my son-in-law's wife and my only daughter. So I respectfully ask to delete my name from this forum. I don't want any further emails from bariatric pal to remind me of all the pain, misery and loss of my precious daughter. Thank You, Cindie Coffman

My daughter had the Roux en y surgery years ago,, somewhere between 8-10 years ago. She lost around 150lbs. BUT she has had nothing but complications: 1.Stoma closing off 4-5 times, causing profound vomiting and pain and requiring them to go in and stretch it. 2.The last time they stretched her, they ruptured her stomach anf had to did surgical repair. 3. She has had hernia surgery several times. 4. She got a pacemaker at the age of 27. I feel it is solely related to vegas nerve damage from the roux en y. 5. She has seizures, that are not controlled, even with medication. and when she has a seizure, she is a danger to herself with impaired judgement for at least 48 hours while her brain recovers. She doesn't remember it, but the rest of us go through hell trying to keep her self She has stated over and over that if she had known this was going to happen, she would have never had this surgery. Has anyone here gone through this?

His name was Dr Spector in Norman, Oklahoma. He is deceased though.