Filter Surgery Tomorrow

Hey everyone I am having my filter placed tomorrow. Please pray for me and my surgeon!!!! Also, pray that this upper respitoray (sp?) crud that I have doesn't keep me from the procedure tomorrow. Have a great day!!! --Kelly

Good luck tomorrow. I have always wondered, what is the filter for and why do they put one in? Sandra

Hey Sandra, thanks for the well wishes. A filter's purpose is to break up blood clots before they can cause major damage to you. My surgeon puts them in people that are over a certian weight (300 lbs.) or has a laundry list of co-morbites. I fall in the over 300 catagory. Hope that info helps... --Kelly

Hi Kelly! I'm having a filter put in tomorrow too, right before my surgery! I will keep you in my prayers, but it is supposed to be a very quick, simple procedure, and you aren't supposed to feel it. A friend of mine had it done and she said it was nothing! Hope that eases your mind a bit! Lisa

Thanks Lisa. I will pray for you too. --Kelly

Hi Kelly, Best wishes and I will keep you in my prayers. Thanks for explaining what the filter is because I was also curious. Thanks, Dawn

I'm having my filter put in on Jan 16th the day before my RNY. The greenfield filter is an umbrella so to speak which catches major clots before they travel to your brain, heart or lungs. I have had a history of pulmonary embolisms (clots in the lungs) and that is why I am getting the filter put in. It will not catch small clots but ones that could be fatal. I feel comfortable about having mine done as one of the major complications of RNY is pulmonary embolisms. My prayers will be with both of you having them done. I'm looking forward to coming off the blood thinners in a year!

Good luck, Kelly! I had one put in as a precaution as I have a genetic clotting factor. Mine was put in on Dec 14th. Chele