Question:
Does anyone else try to relate every health problem to
— Shelley. (posted on August 28, 2003)
August 28, 2003
There are some people who think that everything that goes wrong is caused
by the surgery. Of course that is not always the case. I went into the
hospital with nausea and dehydration and my sister was certain it was
caused by the surgery - as it turned out, I had a severe case of
diverticulosis - I would have been sick no matter what. I was treated by
my WLS surgeon because I thought at first it was a blockage - he checked
everything out and called in a gastrointerologist who found the problem.
They treated me together.
— Patty_Butler
August 28, 2003
Oh boy can I relate to this! I had to come home sick from work on Saturday.
I had a horrible sinus infection with horrible postnasal drip that caused
me to be extremely nauseated and to throw up several times that day at
work. I was able to gracefully leave the room and go to the bathroom for
that at least, thank God! Everyone kept telling me how bad I looked, and I
know they think it was related to the surgery. I even had someone who had
the nerve to ask me if I was throwing up because I had eaten something that
I shouldn't have! I had to laugh at her because the truth was that I could
not eat much due to the nausea. I had had a total of one saltine and 2
teaspoons of applesauce that whole day (this was at 3 p.m.). However, I did
make sure that I drank and did get my fluids in. The truth is I was just
plain sick and would have been surgery or not.
Everyone I work with knows about my surgery, and for the most part they
have been supportive. However, I feel a lot of pressure on me for nothing
to ever go wrong here and for me to do well with my weight loss because I
have so many people watching, including several who are thinking about
surgery. I know I am putting the pressure on myself, but I can't help
feeling that I need to be the perfect poster child for GBS.
— DebT
August 28, 2003
Of course they do. Why wouldn't they, we were all in sucyh perfect health
before surgery right. I don't think so. I too had symptoms that mimic
problems that are mostly WLS related. I've suffered with sinus problems
for over 20 years and for those that have had the post nasal drip, you know
the feeling ain't a pleasant experience, but yes, let's just blame
everything on the surgery. Boy how they all forget that some of us
suffered with many problems prior to surgery including getting the flu. I
feel sorry for everyone when flu season is in full force. I'm ready to
stop telling people I had the surgery, just to avoid such silliness.
— Rosa F.
August 29, 2003
I had some problems before WLS, some was related to other non weight
related surgeries. But I know for a fact that I do have alot of health
problems because of WLS. Some have resolved themselves with time and
healing. Others have not. I think we really need to be a year out before we
really know what problems are wls related as it takes time to heal.
— Danmark
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