Damn Tik-Tok

[Ashley_vsg_2021 18]

Yup. I scared myself! I was on tik-tok and boom! Came across a lady who had sleeve revised to bypass (like me) and had a horrible complication a few months out. Hernia Bowel I believe. Then she needed a vaccum on her stomach. It freaked me out and now I’m spiraling! I’m 5 days post op, thinking wth did I do! Someone give me some relief! That bypass will be ok! It only sounds scary. Ugh I hate when I do this!

I had sleeve 2 years ago - also had fears early on. But I was good! But then I had a baby, wls stopped (although no regrets! I lost 130 in 1 year! ) and acid reflux. 

Anyone else get revision? 

[The Greater Fool 1,998]

Pragmatically, I'd say you're about 5 days too late to change anything important. Since you've crossed the Rubicon you should just do your best to make it work. Positive attitude and all that.

Good luck,

Tek

[ChunkCat 725]

Odds are you will be fine!! There can be awful complications with any weight loss surgery (or any surgery at all for that matter) but those are in the minority of cases, and even then, most of them are caught in time and correctable.

Pretty much all of us have a "WTF did I just do to myself!?" moment. I had the DS and 3 days post op it hit me that I had irrevocably altered my stomach and intestines permanently, for life, no going back. I knew that pre-op and thought a lot about it before deciding to do it, but post op it hit me in a whole new way... And then I reminded myself that I altered my body because the way it was was in fact KILLING ME. Drastic times call for drastic measures and all that. Once I remembered that I calmed down... Remember your why. Orient yourself to your goal. And stay off of Tiktok for a while!! 😂

[Spinoza 1,286]

OK, breathe.

Lots of people have revision surgery for lots of reasons and the vast majority of them are *absolutely* fine.

I'm sorry you're having this worry - I know you don't need that when you've had to go for an additional procedure. I hope everything will be good for you long term.

😍

[catwoman7 11,151]

those kinds of. things can certainly happen, but they're very rare. I wouldn't lose sleep over it. As someone else said, lots of people have revisions, and most of them have no problems at all.

[NickelChip 1,113]

I think this is like being pregnant and then hearing about someone who had to deliver her own baby on the side of a road during a blizzard. Does that happen? Sure. Is it statistically likely to happen to you? Probably not. But when nearly every person on the planet has social media, you will definitely find a terrible story if you try. Or even if you don't try, because that stuff is clickbait gold and it will find you. Turn off the TikTok and breathe.

[RTL1234 99]

9 hours ago, NickelChip said:

I think this is like being pregnant and then hearing about someone who had to deliver her own baby on the side of a road during a blizzard. Does that happen? Sure. Is it statistically likely to happen to you? Probably not. But when nearly every person on the planet has social media, you will definitely find a terrible story if you try. Or even if you don't try, because that stuff is clickbait gold and it will find you. Turn off the TikTok and breathe.

Literally was going to say the exact same thing! I associate it just like with having a baby. When I was pregnant, I heard EVERY horror story about traumatic births and dying babies. Does it happen? Absolutely. Do people share the worst typically with the world? Absolutely. It is okay to worry, and wonder if you will have complications. I had several with pregnancy and birth, and then with my sleeve (waiting for my revision to RNY this month!!)....

Nerves are totally normal. Its okay to have a freak out moment but just remember that sometimes you come across the exception to the "normal experience" rule though that doesn't mean it is likely you will fall into that category as well. Also, you are doing EVERYTHING that you can do to make sure those complications don't happen.

YOU GOT THIS! I've never had a TikTok but I had to stop getting on IG, (its my only social) because it was making me feel bad in so many ways. Sometimes maybe you just need a little break OP!

[Meli3 0]

On 11/15/2023 at 6:01 PM, Ashley_vsg_2021 said:

Yup. I scared myself! I was on tik-tok and boom! Came across a lady who had sleeve revised to bypass (like me) and had a horrible complication a few months out. Hernia Bowel I believe. Then she needed a vaccum on her stomach. It freaked me out and now I’m spiraling! I’m 5 days post op, thinking wth did I do! Someone give me some relief! That bypass will be ok! It only sounds scary. Ugh I hate when I do this!

I had sleeve 2 years ago - also had fears early on. But I was good! But then I had a baby, wls stopped (although no regrets! I lost 130 in 1 year! ) and acid reflux.

Anyone else get revision?

I had a sleeve to bypass revision yesterday.