Man, am I bummed!

ShavieLou · January 21, 2006

lljpaisley, be encouraged! 46 pounds is a HUGE weghtloss! It is coming off slowly and beautifully. :clap2: Go 'head on, girl. Work your mojo!

I work with a young woman who had a bypass a year and a half ago. People do have the bypass with little ill-effects but she hasn't been so lucky. She has had so many complications that she has spent more time at home ill and in the hospital than she has at work. Kidney stones every few months, major adhesion problems, 7 more surgeries, she has to take a medicine EVERY time she eats so that it won't hurt! She can't even enjoy her food now. Oh, she's thin, alright...frighteningly so...she's malnourished. Unfortunately, food has now become her enemy. She's such a sweet girl and I feel awful for her.

If you ask her if she would do it all again...she would say "yes: because it saved her life. She didn't chose the LapBand option because she felt the weightloss was too slow. Now, I suspect she wishes she had taken that option. She's only 26 and I don't know WHAT she's going to do when she decides to get pregnant.

You made a wonderful choice that, in the long run, will be much better for you and for your health.

PhotoNut · January 21, 2006

I felt this way before, but now that Ive read this post I want to post ads all over the country begging people not to have the bypass surgery. As I have posted before, the US is the last country in the world that still does the bypass because it is just too dangerous and the statistics are showing that bypass patients gain the weight back after a couple of years. Banders dont. What's really, really sad is that the bypassers have bypassed the opportunity and cant change their minds and get the band. They will live with what they have. God I feel so bad for them. *sighs*

NeenBand · January 21, 2006

Don't be bummed, you will be healthier in the long run. We must not only think about how fast the weight is lost, but of nutrition and going easy on our bodies (it's been through enough!) Just remember the malnourishment issues they have.

Alos, my doctor said a lot of bypass people gain their weight back!