What complications have you experienced from RNY? Or have you done well?

MammaKathy
on 4/21/16 3:34 pm

I would love to hear your stories...good and bad about the RNY. :)

marielewis
on 4/21/16 4:06 pm

Still new 8 days put but no problems!!! Drinking well and tolerating everything I have tried except fruit flavoured yogurt. I didn't realize how rich it was.

lking
on 4/21/16 7:43 pm - Indianapolis, IN

RNY on 12/04/15

5 months out...nada, none, no problems and no regrets.

67 yrs old, 4'10", BMI 31.8 (51.8 at start), HW 256.4 (8/4/15), SW 217.4, CW 152.8 (4/30/18), GW 125.0, RNY 12/4/15 Dr. RoseMarie Jones, Breast Cancer DX 2/16, Bi-lateral mastectomy 8/9/16.

Grim_Traveller
on 4/21/16 4:21 pm

RNY on 08/21/12

3-1/2 years. No complications, no problems, no regrets. I have nothing but great things to say.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

karenp8
on 4/21/16 4:45 pm - Brighton, IL

Also 31/2 years post op. Down 152 pounds and this same weight now for almost 31/2 pounds. I do dump if I eat items with added sugar but this is actually a blessing as it keeps me away from the sweets that helped keep me obese my whole life. I no longer have high blood sugars,high triglycerides, high cholesterol or high blood pressure. I went from 272 to 120 pounds and from a tight size 26 to a size 0. I love my new healthy life and feel better at 56 than I did at 26 as I was obese basically my whole life. Wish I had had my surgery sooner!

karenp8
on 4/21/16 4:57 pm - Brighton, IL

Typo above I've been this weight now for about 3 years.

Deana_
on 4/21/16 5:21 pm

I'm a little over one year. I developed ulcers, had an ulcer perforation and went septic after an endoscopy. Haitial hernia, gall bladder removal. Had to get a revision done from pain eating and drinking. Also had a stricture. I am on TPN and getting a feeding tube Tuesday. It sounds Grimm but if I could do it again I would. I'm almost at my goal weight! 239 and now I'm 142 :)

MammaKathy
on 4/21/16 6:44 pm

Wow Deana, you have been through a lot. Are you still able to work?

Meggles07
on 4/21/16 5:28 pm - Canada

My centre told us that if we had any abdominal pain to go back to the emergency room at the hospital where we had our surgery. I had worsening pain in my right lower abdomen, and after calling the clinic headed off to the hospital. I had a horrible feeling that it was my appendix -- I may have thought I was dying ;) After several hours of testing they diagnosed me with prominent nodes in my abdomen. Later, I reviewed the radiologists findings from my CT with my family doc and realized that I actually had an ovarian cyst that ruptured. Painful but not related to my weight loss surgery. My moral of this story is to always check out potential complications, but realize that it could be completely unrelated.