Cancer and surgery????

Is kidney cancer or any cancer associated with the vsg ? I have a history of cancer on both sides of my family.... I was just wondering I know obesity is alone a risk , but I've seen themes where vsg is common with renal failure and kidney cancers.  

I've never heard of renal failure or cancer being a byproduct of getting sleeved. Do you have a source to cite? 

For myself, personally, I have increased my life span considerably by eating healthier and losing 85 lbs in 6 months. Another great byproduct of my new relationship with approaching food as fuel, instead of comfort or entertainment, is that I can now get private medical insurance. Prior to surgery, even with a 10k deductible, no insurance company would touch me. 

Others will join in and outline their remission of diabetic conditions, reduction of RX for a variety of obesity related health conditions.  

As far as I know, there are no surgeons/physicians on this forum, so what you will find is people sharing their experiences with getting sleeved, but as we are not doctors, your concerns may be better addressed by one who is. 

Colleen 

My husband just had sleeve surgery and his doctor immediately took him off all blood pressure meds, which I thought was strange so I questioned it.  

The doctor said that are finding that the ACE inhibitors present in some blood pressure meds can lead to renal failure in post-WLS surgery patients.  Something having to do with the small amount of food being taken in and how hard the kidneys have to work?  And he said he'd seen too many patients where this became a problem so he now takes all his patients off any b/p meds that has an ACE inhibitor in it as soon as they have the surgery.  

First time I'd ever heard of it.  But I have never heard of a connection or correlation between WLS and kidney cancer.  

I have not heard that statistic but actually my health has improved 100% and I am no longer on any medications and/or under a doctor's care.

The only thing about the kidneys that I could potentially see is that it is easy to dehydrate.  I had a kidney stone just prior to have surgery and I because I know that I do not drink enough, I would not be surprised if down the road I did not end up with another kidney stone.  Eating high protein can be associated with kidney issues so that is another reason it is important to stay hydrated.  I don't think your risk is any higher just because you have the VSG, it could happen with any of the surgeries.

I have cancer and also a very strong history of cancer in the family.  I asked this question to every doctor along the way, and each time the answer was the same- there was no association between the surgery and cancer.  

I suspect the number of post-WLS patients diagnosed with cancer isn't because more WLS patients develop cancer, but because post-WLS patients are taking better care of themselves, seeing their doctor more frequently, and let's face it---losing weight often makes cancer easier to detect.

I wouldn't let this influence my decision to have WLS.

the wls should lower the chance of cancer

but the high protein diet is hard on your kidneys