Probably a dumb question but do i need to tell my surgeon this?
My mother also post-rny informed me that my grandmother who passed when i was little had phlebitis (blood clots in legs) i never told my surgeons office this when asked of history.. i totally forgot plus i had 2 c-sections and no problems with blood clots. Is this something they need to know regardless?
HW: 401 SW: 297 CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013
Yes! But the good news is that the doctor will order lab tests and can tell if you have any tendency to form clots. It is a common test and one he will likely do anyway. It is not going to stop your surgery (something that happened to a grandmother is pretty far removed). I'm of old school; tell the doctor of any family history of medical issues. You need them informed.
Once I informed a doctor who was to do sinus surgery that a tonsillectomy doctor 20 years earlier told me that I bled too easily. The sinus doctor ordered routine tests and didn't see a problem but he told me just before surgery that he made a note of it and will have equipment and supplies ready if needed. I woke up after surgery with him still in his gown looking down at me saying, "Thank you for telling me about this problem. We were completely prepared for it and everything is just fine." Later he told me that my telling him helped the surgery proceed on time and without complications. I always remembered that.
This is DEFINITELY a case of "better safe than sorry", since a clot that becomes a pulmonary embolism (or travels to your heart or brain) CAN be fatal, it is very important for your surgeon to know.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Yeah, tell your surgeon. Any time you wonder if you should tell your surgeon something, err on the side of caution and tell him. Better safe than sorry.
Kelly
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My mother also post-rny informed me that my grandmother who passed when i was little had phlebitis (blood clots in legs) i never told my surgeons office this when asked of history.. i totally forgot plus i had 2 c-sections and no problems with blood clots. Is this something they need to know regardless?
YES - you have a family history and it is very important that you tell this this.
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