OT - Terrible Story I heard at HRRH

P_Floyd
on 12/29/12 1:31 pm - Canada

I can't say one way or the other but I remain skeptical of stories such as this. The pouch is made from one of the strongest parts of the stomach that doesn't stretch much at all. I have to say the exploding idea sounds a little too dramatic and logically, the pouch would give way at a weak point and leak rather than explode. Someone eating a burger and pop 14 days out I can see. Some people just won't be helped no matter what the cost.

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Amanda F.
on 12/29/12 1:45 pm, edited 12/29/12 1:45 pm - Toronto, Canada

VSG on 01/10/13

Can a patient find out if any other patients of a particular surgeon died as a result of surgery or complications from surgery? I looked on the CPSO website, but didn't see anywhere to see patient losses. I only saw a place for recent disciplinary action.

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MissGlitter
on 12/29/12 2:52 pm - Bergen Op Zoom, Netherlands

RNY on 09/07/12

I asked Dr. Sohi straight out what his personal mortality rate was. He was happy to answer me with 0. Just ask your surgeon, they'll tell you.

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2mar
on 12/29/12 9:28 pm

RNY on 09/20/12

My surgeon told me the mortality rate for HRRH was "0" - "and he wanted to keep it like that:,

(deactivated member)
on 12/30/12 8:02 am - Peterborough, Canada

RNY on 10/19/12

Me too MissGlitter, I asked Dr. Sohi the same thing.

Monica M.
on 12/29/12 8:09 pm - Penetanguishene, Canada

RNY on 03/02/11

i don't believe it. I'd like to see some kind of evidence before i'd believe a story like that. rumours abound.

sam1am
on 12/29/12 9:49 pm

VSG on 09/08/09

I'm pretty skeptical as well. I've heard a similar story about someone stopping for KFC on the way home. I think someone would vomit before your pouch were to explode. Possibly a scare tactic?

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(deactivated member)
on 12/29/12 9:57 pm, edited 12/29/12 10:19 pm - Straford, Canada

A man in my group nutrition class asked if he could puree pizza for the puree stage. The dietician and most folks there thought he was trying to be humorous. I'm not so sure.

I do not believe the exploding pouch story (any of the times I have heard it) but there are stranger things among heaven and earth.

All surgeries that involve general anesthesia can have deaths from respiratory failure, thrombosis, embolism through to infection, etc. They just do. Thankfully the risk is a low percentage.

NorthernStar
on 12/30/12 2:38 am - London, Canada

RNY on 06/25/12

At my one-month diet class, I overheard a woman chatting with someone else and she said she pureed a piece of pizza and ate it at 2 weeks out. The other woman she was chatting with high-fived her. I was shocked. What a junkie thing to do. It reminded me of alcoholics drinking hand sanitizer or mouthwash.

*Lindsey*

Keeping off 133 lbs since 2012!

Referral to Bariatric Registry: May 2011 / Surgery (HRRH): June 25, 2012

(deactivated member)
on 12/30/12 3:51 am - Straford, Canada

or vanilla extract and lysol! So sad, such a wasted gift! imo.

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