It's been 7 months since I had a gastric bypass; what will happen if I smoke small amount of weed here and there?

I would strongly recommend that you quit the habit before and after your surgery. we don't know for sure what ingredients are used in these vaping liquids. Smoking in any form (whether cigarettes or e-cigarettes, or vapers) has been linked to an awkward and infectious post-surgical recovery....

Hello, I hope you are well. I am sorry to hear you are strugging with your weight again. Even though your hernia is of considerable size, it is possible to get it repaired at the same time as your conversion procedure. Some doctors prefer do hernia repairs as open procedures, however since you...

IHH (or pseudotumor cerebri) is a condition known to improve with weight loss as might occur with gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy.  I have commonly performed these operations on patients who have already had a shunt placed, which is too bad, because the weight loss operation would likely ...

You only give us the first page of your operative report, so I can't be sure what was done.  It describes re-sizing your gastric pouch, but doesn't say how much smaller it was made.  If the original pouch was of "reasonable" size, then the operation you had usually doesn't work....

Hello. When you lose weight at your age is better cause probably you still not have diseases or related conditions of obesity. Besides, your skin is more elastic and have more colagen, if you combine this with excersice, the results will be much better.Hope this answers helps.Good luceDr. Pablo...

Dilation of the stoma happens to almost every one that has a gastric bypass.  The hiatal hernia did not cause the dilation of the stoma.  Stoma dilation happens almost always.  The hiatal hernia however caused the pouch to herniate.  The notion that dilation of the stoma causes weight regain is ...