WLS surgery complications

[firecat]

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery created a PDF poster describing emergency room treatment procedures for complications from weight loss surgery.

I'm glad that the poster exists, but it's scary to see all the things that can go wrong. Also I know it doesn't cover everything (such as nutritional deficiencies).

I wonder how many people considering WLS are given this information.

http://www.asmbs.org/download/er_poster/ASMBS_ER_Poster9-20-10.pdf

Local copy

Comments

[amethystfirefly]

Honestly, I'm not sure how often it happens. I could be the random freak or something. -laughs- I did figure that things would get worse for a while, but I was counting on Medicaid/Medicare covering the skin tuck surgery. If I had known that they changed their rules, I would've held off on the surgery. :/