Just gonna throw my 2 cents in...I had my lap RNY on August 6th and am still dealing with the repercussions. I wound up with a hematoma on my diaphragm that is still causing me pain and havoc. I am unable to exercise or to even perform the activities of my daily life. I get breathless at the slightest effort and find it extremely difficult to sleep at night because of the pain.
All of this is due to the laparoscopic approach. The trocars they placed to do my surgery caused damage to the tissue in my abdomen, which formed the hematoma. I did have contraindications to laparoscopy; I am obese, (obviously), and I'd had previous WLS.
Had I known of the possible complications of laparoscopic surgery, I may have made the decision to have open instead. At least the incisional pain is straight forward and predictable. As it stands, I could have this pain for weeks to come.
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Debbie
Lap RNY 8/6/07
Highest/Day of surgery/current/goal
251/237/126/131
Goal! I did it!
111 pounds gone since my RNY
125 total pounds gone forever!
Maintaining within a few pounds up and down. 130 is my goal and I've been hovering a pound or two over it for months now.
BMI 22.3
I am not a tame lion......
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