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Re: Considering gastric bypass - med questions » janed

Posted by Vincent_QC on November 5, 2012, at 18:53:08

In reply to Re: Considering gastric bypass - med questions » jono_in_adelaide, posted by janed on November 5, 2012, at 16:52:16


> It may be different where you are but in the US surgeons generally don't concern themselves with anything outside of the surgery itself. And they are selling this surgery - their bias is to downplay any problems with it. There are internists who specialize in people who have had the surgery. How you find them or how helpful they really are I don't know but it's almost got to be better than asking the surgeon.

Here in Quebec city they dont sell that surgery, its free but you need to have morbid obesity with a body mass index over 40 or having diseases from obesity like diabete, sleep apnea...

Also even if they dont sell it, the Surgeons dont know a lot of things about long term side effects or the risk of that surgery, they always say you have less than 2% of chances to have minor health problems following the surgery but by experience and for all the peoples I meet and who had the same surgery the % of peoples who have health problems after the surgery is more 40%...problems like severe anemia, mental illiness, malabsorbtion problems, hemorrhoids, intestinal obstructions, vitamins difficiency, name it...the list is long...

We dont have internists, its a team of nurses and Surgeons of the Gastric by-pass departement only and you see one and he say something different than another one...they dont even are able to fix my bad constipation problem. We have blood tests done 3 times a year, but most of the time even if you feel weak and tired all the time they cant find out why and only say its all in your head...

That kind of surgery is not a cure to obesity... healthy diet change and regular exercises or the key...

Peoples often see that surgery as a quick fix and they dont think in a long term view about side effects or meds absorbtion for example...

Its not a quick fix, its a major surgery and a dangerous one.

I understand that being overweight or having morbid obesity is not good for the health but you can fix it naturally by doing the good and healthy changesin your habits...

If meds cause weight gain then do more exercises, eat well, but dont blame the meds for the weight gain...meds can increase the appetite and make you craving for junk foods but usually the weight you gain is comming from you and your bad food habits and choices...

Real metabolic disorder who lead to morbid obesity is rare... normally when you do a strict protein only diet with only 500 calories a day and vitamins and intensive exercises program and cant lost weight then its a sign that you have a real metabolic disorder who lead to major weight gain not from eating too much or being not physically active...

Too bad, I had a real metabolic disorder, was fat even at 4 yo and wasnt eating more than others peoples in my family.

Anyway, meds absorbtion will vary with the type of surgery you will have. I think the best surgery is the lap-band...cause its reversible and not dangerous...you choose how fast you want to loose the weight, can inflate the lap-band when you start gaining weight again and deflate it when you lost all your weight. Its the safer surgery and dont affect the absorbtion of foods or meds, you just cant eat a lot when the lap-band is inflated in the weight loose phase... I know some peoples who had it done and they have no problem at all...

When I had my surgery, the lap-band wasnt offerd here...now its popular and effective.

Well, it was my advises...

Like I always say, before I was fat but strong mentally and physically, now im underweight, im tired all the time (not anxiety related), all my body hurt and I look like an old man of 90 yo and probably have the same amount of energy that someone of that age...


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