2nd Surgery

[kim36517 3]

Hi Everyone. I was wondering if anyone had to have another surgery the same year as their WLS? I was sleeved on 3/10/16 and have a torn meniscus in my left knee that will require surgery? Just wondering how long I will have to wait? Thank you.

[sbg224 318]

I was sleeved 8/3/15, and had a total knee replacement on 12/22. If I knew then what I know now, I would have waited longer, maybe 9 months to a year. It is complicated but because the left knee comes under work comp I rushed it, even though I wound up doing the right knee. The pain was like nothing I ever imagined it could be, but remember that's a total knee, much different then your surgery. My BMI was below 35 at the time and that is all the doc cared about, but being on narcotics for the pin, kind of slowed everything down. If you can stand waiting at least 6 months, wait, good luck.

[kim36517 3]

Thank you for the information. I never thought about the narcotics slowing things down. I think I will wait.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I had RNY sept. 2014. In June of 15 I had a 3 level cervical fusion (huge surgery), nov. 15 I had another spine surgery, in February I had shoulder surgery.

To say I am sick of recovering is an understatement but I fared well with all of them. Unfortunately I still have a lot of pain.

[Christinamo7 4,042]

I think they usually want to wait a few months - but it probably depends on what is being done. I had a hysterectomy last August, and VSG in February.

Another doctor had wanted to do a lymph node biopsy in September but we waited because it was too soon after the first surgery, and then later we didn't need to yet, so that was a good thing in the end, stressful at the time.