Has anyone had gastric bypass surgery? Do you feel it's safe? What are some pros and cons?

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Have not had it myself but... I type hospital reports for a living and here are the pros and cons: First off, if you have lap band, they put a thing around the tube going into your stomach. Every 2 months or so, you have to go into surgery to have water put in to cinch it again and again. I wonder what happens to your weight when they take it off and there's nothing to control how much you eat.So do you have to have this thing forever to stay thin?

I don't know because these procedures are relatively new, as in under 5 years old, so no long term information is available yet. Stomach stapling/gastric bypass - It works, but you run a high risk of infection, digestive complications due to the procedure, pancreas/liver problems afterwards. The quick weight loss messes with obese people that had diabetes because of their weight.

They are in the hospital frequently because of the complications - insulin adjustments, blood sugars high/low, etc. Also, for people that were really heavy, shed pounds like there's no tomorrow, they had heart problems. Some people can overcome these issues within the first year. Others have the bypass gastric surgery and have problems for the rest of their lives.

Depends on your doctor, how you heal, how much weight you have to lose, your health status before surgery, etc.If you already have heart problems, kidney problems and diabetes, chances are your surgery won't go well. The aftermath is brutal...but if you don't have the surgery it'll kill ya...have the surgery it'll kill ya...flip a quarter - heads or tails.

Here is my story: I had the surgery, about 12 years ago, after trying everything I could think of for maybe 20-25 years: sensible diets, counseling, fasts, hard-boiled eggs and grapefruit, Phen/Fen prescriptions, acupuncture, Over-eaters Anonymous, Weight Watchers, packaged diets, diet shakes, exercise, more counseling, weighing food, . . .

Everything worked: I’d lose weight. Nothing worked: I gained the weight back, and often a little extra. I know that it is/was a deeply psychological problem, not the fault of the diets at all, but I simply could not cross that magic line between long-term dieting and permanent life-style change.

After the surgery, I went from approximately 280 pounds to approximately 160. Then I started to regain some weight . .. But I have stabilized and stayed in the 170s ever since.

The surgery took away my sweet tooth--in fact, though I remember them fondly, sweets like ice cream and candy bars make me feel nauseated now. I also can’t eat meat very much. And, most importantly, I am now a ’grazer’--I nibble a lot, but it is physically impossible for me to eat a whole box of Cheez-Its anymore.

I sometimes feel guilty/selfish/weak-willed that my insurance company paid for the surgery--meaning that the bill was footed by everyone who owns a policy with the same company. But I am no longer ’sick’ in any sense of the word--no high blood pressure, no high sugars, no issues with having an active lifestyle. I no longer feel self-conscious in public, and I do not worry now that I make my daughters self-conscious, either.In retrospect, I consider the bypass surgery among the best things I have ever done in my life, outranked only by getting married and having my children.

Bypass surgery is a great option for people who are literally addicted to eating. I wouldn’t recommend it for most overweight people any more than I would recommend a stay in a psychiatric hospital for most depressed people. There are people, however, and I was one, for whom it is the only effective choice.

Only you, loveybear, can know--after a lot of soul-searching and years spent losing weight the ’right’ way--whether it is the choice for you. Yes, it has risks. But if the risks of not choosing surgery outweigh the risks of choosing it .. .

Listen to your doctor. Listen to your loved ones. Listen to your heart.

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As with any major life changing surgery there are many pros and cons and all should be thoroughly explored and discussed with your doctor and family before undergoing the procedure. None of these are an absolute. They may or may not happen -- both pro and con.

Be prepared for these possibilities. Cons: Urinary Tract Infection Bowel Obstruction Obstruction of the stomach outlet: the outlet post surgery is about the size of the tip of your pinky finger. You have to learn to chew everything you swallow to be less than that!

You will not have stomach acid in the pouch; consequently, if you swallow anything bigger it’s stuck. Chronic nutritional problems Protein deficiency Vitamin deficiency Mineral deficiency Nausea Food Intolerances such as: Sugar, Milk and Milk Sugar, and Red Meats. Changed Bowel Habits Transient Hair Loss: During the rapid weight loss following the surgery you will probably lose much of your hair.

It will grow back. My doctor told me to invest in some nice hats for the duration. Loss of muscle mass Pros: Loss of high blood pressure: 70% of patients are able to go off all blood pressure medications post-op.

Loss of high blood cholesterol: 80% of patients develop normal cholesterol levels within 2-3 months after surgery. Reduced risk of heart disease Increased probability of reducing all need for medication in a diagnosed Type II Diabetes patient. Reversal of borderline diabetes Reduced asthma attacks, and in some cases a total discontinuation.

Reduced Respiratory Insufficiency: Many patients find that within just months of the surgery they have almost no respiratory problems at all and can participate in normal activities they have missed out on for years. Relief of Sleep Apnea Syndrome Relief from Acid Reflux Disease Sources: http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/pros-and-cons-of-gastric-bypass-surgery-faq.htm .

1 Don't do it. First of all, it's surgery. And when you're overweight, you're at greater risk of dying.

Secondly, more than half the people start gaining weight after about a year or two, and some people go back to their previous weight. It's more a lifestyle choice. You quite simply have to cut down on eating junk food (it's mostly high-caloric junk food that does it - very few people get fat eating meat and veggies).

And you have to get out and walk about! Otherwise, in a year or two, in most cases, it will be as if you hadn't even had the surgery.

Don't do it. First of all, it's surgery. And when you're overweight, you're at greater risk of dying.

Secondly, more than half the people start gaining weight after about a year or two, and some people go back to their previous weight. It's more a lifestyle choice. You quite simply have to cut down on eating junk food (it's mostly high-caloric junk food that does it - very few people get fat eating meat and veggies).

And you have to get out and walk about! Otherwise, in a year or two, in most cases, it will be as if you hadn't even had the surgery.

Poppet! Said: 2 Well, a good friend of mine had the surgery about 2 years ago, and has lost a lot of weight by doing so. She is very happy she had it done.

But now she can't seem to stop losing the weight. A friend saw her the other day and commented--"her face is like 3" across! " She does look like a totally different person.

Talk to your doctor.

Well, a good friend of mine had the surgery about 2 years ago, and has lost a lot of weight by doing so. She is very happy she had it done. But now she can't seem to stop losing the weight.

A friend saw her the other day and commented--"her face is like 3" across! " She does look like a totally different person. Talk to your doctor.

How over weight does no have to be to qualify to get gastric surgery.

How old do you have to be to have the gastric bypass surgery.

I have had gastric bypass surgery and I have gained about 40 pounds back.

Is it true that approx. 1 out of every 200 people die that have Gastric Bypass surgery?

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