Posted by Vincent_QC on November 7, 2012, at 9:34:09
In reply to Re: Considering gastric bypass - med questions » Vincent_QC, posted by softheprairie on November 6, 2012, at 23:19:43
> Vincent, thank you for clarifying what you have. I am sorry you have had so many complications and health problems.
No problem -;)
I just wanted to be sure that peoples understand the kind of surgery I had...
Im in the small minority of peoples who have severe complications and health problems after the surgery.
I've seen a lot of peoples when I was admited to the hospital for a whole month for the 2 intestinal obstructions and see a lot of them with the same problems than me and some with worse problems...
Its very common to see someone who had my surgery with a TNJ tube pluged in the nose to receive enteral feeding and the jejunostomy tube is also common...the malabsorbtion rate is higher with the kind of surgery I had I guess and lead to malnutrition state and severe vitamins diffiencies...
Where I live, the choice of gastric surgeries are limited cause you dont pay to have them... we have 3 choices, the one where they remove the stomach and only leave a small pounch but dont toutch the intestine, the one I had and the lap-band...
Peoples wait often 6 to 8 years before having the surgery and some of them die from obesity... the joice of a public health system...
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