Question:
LIFE AFTER SURGERY, OF PERSON WHO HAS/HAD COMPLICATIONS.
I am soon to have the procedure done in a week and ahalf, and I got some blood work done, and my liver emynes were up, so I believe I have fatty liver, after some research, and in one article, they do not recommend rapid weight loss, so my concerns are, if anyone knew they had this, and still did the procedure, and how are they know doing. — mendozadelia (posted on April 29, 2005)
April 29, 2005
Delia,
I had pretty bad fatty liver (stage 3) at the time of my Open BPD/DS with
Dr. Aniceto Baltasar in Alcoy, Spain. (I was a self-pay patient, and was
blessed enough to have the fabulous and extremely skilled Dr. Baltasar for
my surgeon.)
My surgery was short - 80 minutes, it included the full BPD/DS, liver
biopsy, appendix and gallbladder removal. (Less time under anesthesia, the
better for the liver!) By about 3 hours after surgery, I had walked to the
toilet, and sat up in a char for about 30 minutes.
My recovery was amazingly smooth. I only needed one shot for pain after
surgery, and even though I was in a wheelchair for about 2 years prior to
my DS - I was able to walk more than I had in quite some time.
It's now 2 years 9 months later. I have no more fatty liver disease. My
liver labs are perfect. My diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, congestive
heart failure, GERD, stress incontinence, wheelchair and canes are gone.
(To name a few.)
I think it's really important to carefully consider which form of weight
loss surgery (of the 6 available) you want to pursue - make sure that it's
appropriate to your current health issues, and to choose a surgeon who
handles the types of issues that you have concerns over without getting
stressed out. For me - with degenerative joint disease and bilateral grade
4 degeneration of the knees, I knew that pain medication will always be a
part of my future, not to mention the fact that strenuous exercise never
will be. That's why I chose a surgeon who was willing to tailor my surgery
to me - and why I chose a surgery that lifelong use of pain medications
would not be a counterindication in.
If you have any questions, let me know, okay?
Blessings,
dina
— Dina McBride
April 29, 2005
I believe that there is medication they can give you as well for that
condition. My liver enzymes were a little high when I went into surgery. I
had lost alomst 20lbs before hand and went on medication afterwards and now
everything is fine.
— davesband1
April 29, 2005
I had an enlarged fatty liver prior to surgery. I was concerned but I was
told that almost every morbidly obese person has an enlarged fatty liver.
Watch your carbs as best you can until your surgery.
— patgels
April 30, 2005
My surgeon told me to lose weight to shrink my fatty liver before wls so I
did. 24 lbs to be exact. I was not put on meds and did fine. My liver was
so fat it was pressing my gallbladder up against my ribs and causing me
lots of pain. I had gone to the ER several times before wls and they told
me they found nothing wrong with me except my liver was so large and
covered with fat that it would be best if I just lost some weight to lessen
the pain. My gallbladder was fine.
— mspisces
April 30, 2005
After true disease being ruled out, I do not know of ONE person who did not
have fatty liver pre-op. Many docs require a short period of dieting or a
small amount of wt loss prior to surgery to help shrink the liver, but it
has not always been that way.
— vitalady
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