Its been a while 1.5 yrs post op

well , im maintaing great and capacity got larger , but very managable , excersizing is great now.

quick question, anyone out there knows the sleeve surgery scars can cause adhesions that can block fallopian tubes or cause infertility???? i just had a conversation with the pharmacist and she was like "oh uv been trying for so long maybe its bec the surgery caused adhesions that damaged ur tubes" so i kind of freaked , i already had a c- section and i know it can cause that but vsg surgery too???

My opinion, from my understanding of the surgery and of human anatomy: if your surgeon got anywhere near your fallopian tubes during stomach surgery he/she needs to be sued for malpractice and probably reported to the licensing boards. It seems to me like you might end up with that sort of adhesions and scarring if someone opened up your entire front, crotch to breastbone, with a chainsaw, not from a few small laparoscopic incisions and relatively small surgical instruments. I mean, I am not a doctor, but I have dissected a human corpse and seen where everything is and that just doesn't seem like it would happen during the course of a normal laparoscopic surgery on someone's stomach. Maybe others with more knowledge can chime in.

Any surgery can cause adhesions, but only in the area they worked on.  I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure the incisions from VSG are higher than your ovaries and fallopian tubes.  The c-section would be right in that area, though.

yea.. thats what i said ;)

thanx for posting back

I've been throughout the entire infertility process with my wife; all the way through to IVF. We now have two kids, but anyone who goes through the process learns a lot about the process out of necessity.

Based on that experience, I doubt the VSG had anything to do with any current infertility. If you're experiencing issues it's either unrelated or a consequence of the diet at most (but I doubt the second, at most the impact should be small and only if you are really really constraining things or doing thing you shouldn't).

In fact, from what I learned here on OH, women become more fertile post surgery because the weight loss releases more hormones into the system.

If you haven't already, tell your husband to make an appointment with urologist for testing. It's what any fertility specialist is going to tell you anyway, it's always the first step because it's the cheapest and easiest starting point.

If hubby's tests come back okay, the attention turns to you. The first thing they will likely do is a dye test of your tubes. It's quick and easy, but it is a procedure. It will tell you if there is any blockage in your tubes, per the above, but if there is any it was like there before. Next steps will depend on the progress (baby wise) at that point. The whole point will be to get you pregnant with the least intrusive method (I.e. "Cost")

Good luck.

I agree that the surgery is in the wrong location to obviously cause adhesions and besides there are plenty of other reasons that conception could be a problem. certainly worth the two of you consulting a GYN that specializes in infertility. 

a little about adhesions: they are the result of inflammation, whether from surgery, infection, irritation, etc. Sometimes the inflammation spreads to adjancent areas that were not part of the surgery or illness (such as diverticulitis, ibs, painful menstrual cramps, the list is endless). I wish you luck, my wife and I endured the infertility thing 23 years ago and it is difficult.