Re: Feeding Tubes after Surgery

[Guest guest]

Don't anybody get confused by the subject line and think

that you get a feeding tube after surgery -- you don't.

This person is asking about whether you can have a feeding

tube later if you were in an accident and needed a

feeding tube.

There is no reason that you could not have a feeding tube

after this surgery if you were in some sort of accident

that required one.

In fact, one MGB patient who developed a leak and had

to have surgery for it was sent home with a naso-gastric

tube for a month, so I know for a fact at least one

person has had a feeding tube after this surgery.

With the RNY, which is NOT like this surgery, the

stomach pouch is made much smaller and it is much

farther up the esophagus, which is probably why

someone who had the RNY wouldn't be able to have

a feeding tube at some point later.

With the MGB, you have about 6-8 oz. of your

original stomach as your new stomach, so it is

still pretty roomy and it is located at the

end of the esophagus where it is supposed to be.

Kind regards,

> I am new to this group and am in the starting process of

everything.

>

> Was anyone told that once you have this type of surgery that if you

were to

> be in an accident, etc. and were in of a feeding tube that the

doctors would

> not be able to insert one?

>

> A girlfriend of mine had the gastric bypass surgery performed out

here in

> California in May 2000 (she is doing great.......80 lbs thinner).

She was

> just advised of the above yesterday by a doctor. Is this true???

Does

> anyone have any information on this? You would think she would

have

been

> given this information prior to her surgery.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Christy