What medical complications were there after gastric bypass surgery?
I experienced a couple complications after Gastric Bypass Surgery, one was a small bowel obstruction. When you don't chew well, it can be dangerous, because the food you are consuming is no longer going into your football shape stomach, where the job is to attack it ,and basically act as a food-processor. Now I have a small little pouch and everything I eat sifts through it. So you have to be very cognisant of that, and really chew, and sometimes you forget that and that led me to the E.R where they pump fluids into you and really monitor it, because it can get very dangerous. Small bowel obstruction can be extremely dangerous and life-threatening. Another complication, it's not really a complication, but it's a change in your chemistry, is your blood sugar levels. You have to make sure you are on top of your blood sugar, because you are not absorbing the same elements, the same vitamins, the same minerals as you would be before surgery, so if you get dehydrated, or if you are not eating as much as you should be, because you are not hungry, or because you are physically restricted, you can actually get into a danger zone. I actually was in a situation where I hadn't eaten and I was actually in line at a restaurant with friends to eat dinner,and my blood sugar had dropped so much, I actually fainted. You know I hear from friends who had Gastric Bypass Surgery say "well this happens more often than we would like," and I think it only takes it one time happening, that you truly make it part of your creed to make sure you carry a protein bar at all times, you are drinking water and really make sure you are keeping your body healthy. '
