Complication fears

[laGata15 41]

My surgery is April 17th. I ventured into the complications section of this website and it scared the hell out of me lol.

Those leaks and lil pouches forming on top of the stomach seem to be a frequent complication. Now I am scared and having cold feet. Like maybe I shouldn't mess up my body and leave it just as God made it. This surgery got me feeling all types of ways lol.

[orionburn 1,024]

Complications are a reality, but if you look at the statistics they are still on the low end. On day three my spleen decided to bleed for the fun of it and it was rough, but it was a fluke thing that happened. This site draws in a lot of people and many are only going to post when something is wrong so it can skew things.

Despite having complications myself I really wouldn't worry about it. Just follow your doctor's guidelines to the letter and you should do just fine.

[tataworld605 30]

My surgery is April 17th. I ventured into the complications section of this website and it scared the hell out of me lol.

Those leaks and lil pouches forming on top of the stomach seem to be a frequent complication. Now I am scared and having cold feet. Like maybe I shouldn't mess up my body and leave it just as God made it. This surgery got me feeling all types of ways lol.

Congrats on your surgery that's my date also, I try to stay away from the negatives and only focus on the positives. You will be fine

[Crystalita83 2]

10 hours ago, laGata15 said:

My surgery is April 17th. I ventured into the complications section of this website and it scared the hell out of me lol.

Those leaks and lil pouches forming on top of the stomach seem to be a frequent complication. Now I am scared and having cold feet. Like maybe I shouldn't mess up my body and leave it just as God made it. This surgery got me feeling all types of ways lol.

I am scared too! I mean I sometimes don't know what to do. I know I need to lose weight and worried if I don't that I will gain more and more as I get older and then have too many health problems to do the surgery.

[orionburn 1,024]

4 minutes ago, Crystalita83 said:

I am scared too! I mean I sometimes don't know what to do. I know I need to lose weight and worried if I don't that I will gain more and more as I get older and then have too many health problems to do the surgery.

That's how I had to look at it. Yes, there's a chance A, B, or C might happen if I have surgery. Or I can stay overweight and pretty much be guaranteed that health problems X, Y, and Z are going to happen to me.

[bones_girl206 11]

I have avoided the complications portion at all costs, because knowing about them isn't going to make the situation better. I signed my forms last week basically telling me what the worse case scenario was and I have been an anxiety ball ever since. There's enough people available to tell me about the bad stuff, but with PCOS, adrenal issues, and thyroid problems I was already heading for a future I don't like. So, this is the thing I can control and follow through with. We're all going to be okay.

[Andrew0929 1,101]

I'm among the few that did have complications. At 4 days out, which was my second day at home, I had some internal bleeding. My blood pressure dropped to a dangerously low level and I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance (in a big snow storm).

I had a second surgery the next morning, which ended up only being exploratory as the bleeding stopped on its own.

While this was unpleasant and dangerous, I'd repeat the surgery again even if I knew about the second surgery ahead of time.

At 3.5 years out I'm still down 150 pounds and only 5 pounds above my goal and all time low.

It's worth the risk. Go for it and don't look back.

[1poundatatime 174]

I worried about that too. In the end it was a matter of facing the facts.

If I went on living life at 258 lbs or - let's be honest - gain more weight, I am 100% likely to run into "complications" anyways. Heart disease, hypertension, pain, mobility issues, diabetes, etc. Obesity is a risk factor for so many types of cancer as well.

So, yes, it's a risk. Losing weight without surgery is better, but I had to be honest with myself and admit that wasn't happening and decided whether I would waste more time "trying" or just take the plunge and be proactive.

I'm post-op day 7 and couldn't be happier.