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Post by formerlyfluffy on Apr 30, 2012 4:14:21 GMT -5
Someone just sent me this tonight. She was a band cheerleader that was about 6 years out. She very strongly emphasized that she was a "veteran" and she thought she knew it ALL about the band!
Posted 3 days ago
Ok, seriously scared right now. One of our own, Shirley, passed away over the weekend and supposedly it was because her band slipped, began to strangle her stomach and caused seizures. One of her last posts claimed that her doctors told her that they were finding this problem, and others, in people banded over 5 years and that her particular complication carried a 50% chance of it happening to any one banded 5 years or more.
I understand that this was probably just a rare and very sad incident but I would like to hear from people who've had their bands 5 years or longer or who had to have them removed for what ever reason. When I was banded I was under the impression that it would be safe for the rest of my life. Did I not know every thing there was to know? Discussing it wold definitely put my mind at ease. So what are your thoughts Lap Band family?
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Post by sosoclark on Apr 30, 2012 14:55:20 GMT -5
This is so sad!!!
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Post by angelcake on Apr 30, 2012 15:28:13 GMT -5
OMG - quite a few people experience slips from what I read - what a shock!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 16:20:44 GMT -5
Yikes, very scary. As much as I abhor that device and want it to be made illegal, it would be better to wait for autopsy results, IF they are published, and get out real information.
Or perhaps the medical peeps could chime in an explain how strangled stomach leads to seizures and death? Tissue death and subsequent infection/sepsis maybe?
I'm very interested in more details if they are published. I hope the family has lawyered up, though, and that it would then be in their best interests to not publish such information till sometime down the road.
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Post by dbdolittler on Apr 30, 2012 22:14:58 GMT -5
I'm so sorry to hear this.
I agree with EN. More needs to be known before being able to
come to a conclusion.
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Post by chicarita on May 1, 2012 4:48:08 GMT -5
Sepsis often leads to high plasma glucose which causes seizures. Not saying this what happened, just saying generally.
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Post by larra on May 2, 2012 11:38:50 GMT -5
It would be helpful to know more, but even with limited info this is a sad reminder that ALL bariatric surgery is major surgery, that ALL bariatric surgery can have serious short or longterm complications, and that we must take these operations seriously and remain vigilant regarding potential complications.
Larra
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 13:44:51 GMT -5
There was an obituary in The Tennessean (Nashville's paper) Monday of a woman who died from complications from a gastric by-pass. We all need to be aware that surgery, any surgery, comes with risk. I recall the death of a healthy young man who threw a pulmonary embolism after a simple and uncomplicated removal of his appendix. No one can know everything there is to know. Sometimes shit happens.
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Post by starfighter on May 8, 2012 10:17:51 GMT -5
Soo... any more info like from the autopsy ?
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Post by auburnmist on Jun 3, 2012 17:20:28 GMT -5
My lap band almost killed me last year at 4.5 years from placement. The cathater (tubing) of the band came apart and strangled part of my small intestine blocking the blood supply allowing that small part die. It took them several months to diagnose and the actual diagnosis did not come until they did "exploratory" surgery. My bowel was starting to perforate (why ended up open emergency surgery) but thankfully I did not become septic. Because we did not know this was band related I had a general surgeon. He "saved" my band. But now I'm looking into revision as I have regained all my weight during this illness and frankly, I just want it out now. The bariatric surgeon I'm consulting with now has never heard of this happening. The hospital has the pics to prove it. Even now I've found nothing in the research that alludes to this type of injury.
Well, that's my story and I am thankful to be alive.
Auburn
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Post by Walter A on Jun 3, 2012 18:43:15 GMT -5
should forward that to the FDA, maybe they will at least investigate the band.
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Post by debathajane on May 14, 2013 0:05:12 GMT -5
I had my band for 8 hellish years. In December I went to see my surgeon and had to emergency surgery to remove my band. My stomach had worked it's way up through the top of the band and then flipped over backwards. I had nothing but complications from the time I got my band to when I finally, and thankfully had it removed.
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Post by getupandgo on May 14, 2013 9:19:37 GMT -5
So sorry for this woman, her family, and friends.
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Post by PrettyGirlBounce on May 14, 2013 21:07:39 GMT -5
This is so, so very sad. My relationship with my band was all rainbows and sunshine for quite some time...UNTIL IT WASN'T. That disgusting piece of shit band tried to kill me over the span of a couple years (as most of you know) - but thankfully I won that battle. My intermittent success with the band was a total fraud.
I am definitely curious as to the autopsy report. Last summer, an acquaintance from high school died from complications of a routine virgin band placement. It was devastating news as an active member of the WLS community.
My thoughts are with the family.
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