Scared..

[leana123@live.com 12]

I met a lady this weekend that had gastric bypass a year ago. It was like a nightmare you see on tv. The surgeon didn't connect the stomach and intestine correctly. Most of her intestines died. She's had numerous surgeries. She was septic and in a coma for awhile. Now she only has 12 inches of intestine left. Her only options for living is iv nutrition everyday or an intestines transplant. I'm freaked out now. Has anyone else heard of surgeries gone wrong??

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

Yes, weight loss surgery has some risks. Some of those risk are QUITE serious, including death.

However, MOST people don't have those things happen.

The "risk math" in my head when I decided to be sleeved was 1-5% chance of serious complication (I was a revision, so higher risk of leaks and bleeding) and very very low risk of death. I was 100% chance of early disability (it was happening already) and I would say very high chance of early death (morbidly obese father dropped dead at age 64 due to massive heart attack). For me, it was pretty obvious that the WLS risks were worth it because I had tried, tried and tried again and again to lose and maintain a weight loss without the sleeve and was not succesful.