MTF Bariatric Surgery

[NancyDrew1930]

I'll be talking to my doctor about this, but I was wondering if anyone has had Bariatric surgery to help with their transition.  Did you have any complications because of HRT? 

[Lori Dee]

Not in relation to transition, but my wife had the surgery. Not the loop band procedure but the full transection whatever it is called. After her surgery, she had to be very careful about what and how much she ate. Her stomach could only hold about a cup. That meant smaller meals more often throughout the day. Anything with high-fat content made her sick. She stuck with the doctor's instructions and had a great result. I wish you the best.

[NancyDrew1930]

I just got the paperwork for starting back on the Bariatric surgery route.  One of the things that I am looking forward to with this is having my body shrink down to where I can get a more feminine physique and being able to have a wider selection of clothes to pick from. 

In the paperwork I told the doctor's that when I have the surgery, I want to have a bloodless Rou-N-Y surgery where I don't get any blood transfusions.

[Sarah B]

Hi Nancy

When you mentioned:

I want to have a bloodless Rou-N-Y surgery where I don't get any blood transfusions.

I was confronted with the contaminated blood issue. This stemmed from me having two colonoscopies and the question on the forms was: "Do I want a blood transfusion in case of blood loss?

I said absolutely not. I went ahead with the surgeries as the risk of bleeding was extremely low.

Your mentioning "bloodless Roux-en-Y surgery" provides a way out for any future surgeries that might occur for me.

Thank you so much for the insight.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
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@NancyDrew1930

[NancyDrew1930]

Hi Nancy

When you mentioned:

I was confronted with the contaminated blood issue. This stemmed from me having two colonoscopies and the question on the forms was: "Do I want a blood transfusion in case of blood loss?

I said absolutely not. I went ahead with the surgeries as the risk of bleeding was extremely low.

Your mentioning "bloodless Roux-en-Y surgery" provides a way out for any future surgeries that might occur for me.

Thank you so much for the insight.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
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@NancyDrew1930

Sarah, bloodless surgery can be done for any surgery from what I understand.  It was originally developed for the Jehovah's Witnesses who, because of their beliefs around blood.  Here's a link to the NIH on Bloodless Bariatric Surgery which includes Rou-n-y surgery. 

But in my case as well with my MTF hormones, another reason I am asking my NP to switch from pills to injections is because of bariatric surgery.  If you look at Rou-n-y, it alters how your body absorbs nutrients and other stuff, and after surgery you have to take numerous vitamins because your body will no longer absorb from your food all the essential vitamins.  So in that case, while I do take my pills sublingually, it still raises the question of how well my body will absorb the estrogen from the pills after the weight loss surgery?


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22608056/

[Devlyn]

  There's been a cleanup. The topic at hand is bariatric surgery. Let's keep it to that.