morgana47

Hello everyone I was wondering if anyone has ever had bariatric surgery with a leg cast? I had ankle surgery due to a torn tendon and I'm currently in a cast. Unfortunately this has put a huge dent in my plans for my sleeve surgery. I am waffling back and forth on if I should hold off on my bariatric surgery which should be taking place mid December. I was really hoping to have it in December in order to avoid restarting my insurance deductibles all over again which have already been paid for the year but I'm really worried about my limited movement after the surgery due to the cast on my leg. Has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions?

Thank you everyone so much for all of your advice it has really helped. I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who just had the sleeve done a week ago and she told me that with all I'm going through now with crawling upstairs lifting myself in the sitting positions with just my arms ect, she told me to for sure wait also so I think I'm going to probably go to my doctor and see what my options are as far as holding off until I'm up on two legs, again thank you all for your advice and suggestions

How did you figure out you had DVT?.. Was it underneath the boot? And do you mean I should ask my bariatric surgeon for something for a blood clot if I do decide to get bariatric surgery or do you mean I should just talk to my foot Dr now in regards to the anti blood clot medication? By the way thanks for this information I would never have even thought of something like this

Thank you everyone for answering back I had actually already talked to my bariatric surgeon and he didn't think there would be an issue with doing the surgery... I'm not completely immobile I can't put any weight on that one leg but I'm getting around on a knee scooter at the current time and that's going to be for a total of 2 months, by the time I have the bariatric surgery I will still have 2 to 3 weeks remaining with my cast on. Even though the doctor said it shouldn't be an issue I've been reading a lot of post of things that could go wrong (nausea, weakness, leaks, gallbladder issues), by the way can someone explain slimies to me, everyone keeps mentioning them but not what they are and I have these absolutely horrific ideas at this point, but anyway I think my main concern is that something really goes wrong with the bariatric surgery and not being able to be fully mobile if it does.

Hi Natalie I'm in the same boat as you were, I am currently in a leg cast on my right foot due to ankle surgery and I'm seriously thinking of doing the sleeve surgery mid December. I was wondering if you in fact went through with your surgery and if you did can you tell me how it went and give me any tips?