SLD

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No, no one is at fault.

The way the stapler salesman explained it to me, if I got it right is like

so:

the pylorus valve opens & lets the digested food out of the stomach, then

closes so it can't get back in. That's when it works right, of course.

We don't digest, the food doesn't go there. The valve still opens & closes,

but not every time we eat a lil bit because there is not a full

load--nothing to press the " open " button, so to speak. So, back pressure

builds slowly. Sure, next time we eat a bigger meal, the valve works and

open/shut. But in the meantime, backpressure can build and since a

non-transected SL never seals completely, it disrupts from the bottom side

up.

Did I explain that right without waving my hands?

I KNEW I'd never met anyone who actually outate the staples. Some who tried

didn't. And most who do are pretty innocent of pushing the limits. The only

commonality I see is that the majority seem to go before the 2 yr mark. Mine

was late at 5 yrs, but my nearest surgery sister made it 7. Don is 8 now,

and really, did not use good judgment in the beginning, had a near fatal

leak immediately post-op, yet is still intact.

Everything we " think " by nature doesn't seem to be right. Many of us were

multi-row, and oversewn, as well. Some of my peers were SLD within a few

months.

There is no out-smarting a body trying to normalize itself.

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Re: Digest Number 2621

> Hi All,

> Yesterday I saw the plastic surgeon who will do my TT along with my second

> surgeon who will repair another hernia that came back after my revision

last

> May. I knew that the chances of the hernia coming back were 50/50 so

that's OK.

> My question to everyone is, when the 1st RNY failed due to SLD (12 rows

> failed),could this be the fault of the original surgeon who did not do

this

> correctly? or the staple gun itself that failed to secure the stomach?

Has anyone

> ever explored any responsibility for this happening? I know that SLD is

common

> and revisions are done, but should someone be held accountable?

> Also, I am having severe back problems which I see a neurologist for.

Could

> the size of the hernia (which is HUGE) have any effect on the pain in my

back?

> Shots aren't helping. Pain meds work minimally unless I want to take

enough

> to get higher than a kite. I am totally unable to sit for any length of

time.

> Disability is denying me and I am at wits ends here. Any help would be

> totally appreciated.

> Thank you,

> Cheri

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