Every time I go to a class with the Surgeons

[MacMadame 81]

1) GBS can be reversed, they just sew back together what they cut apart.

It's not that easy. Scar tissue will have formed. It's a big hairy operation and it's rarely done.

5) Death rate for both surgeries is about the same, which is actually the rate for most surgeries. 1%.

Absolutely not true. The mortality rate for GB is about 0.5% (1 in 200). The mortality rate for lap band is around 1 in 2000 or 0.05% -- ten times less likely to die.

[aubrie 6]

I don't know how they do bypass where you live, but what they do here part of the stomach is actually removed and DISCARDED. How the hell can you reverse that??????

I also fully agree with MacMadame on the mortality rate. Even my surgeon told me that.

[kiz 1]

I don't know how they do bypass where you live, but what they do here part of the stomach is actually removed and DISCARDED. How the hell can you reverse that??????

The doctor here said that they don't remove it. It's left in place, and with its blood supply, it will not cause any problems.

[Ribbons Undone 0]

I don't know how they do bypass where you live, but what they do here part of the stomach is actually removed and DISCARDED. How the hell can you reverse that??????

I believe that's the duodenal switch. RNY leaves the unused portion of the stomach there so the surgery can be reversed or revised if there are later complications.

[sil 0]

when I First Made My Appointment With The Clinic, She Gave Me My Appiontment An Said You Qualify For The Bypass, An Boy Did My Mouth Drop That Was A Blow Because I Was Going For The Lapband. Until I Call My Insurance They Do Both That Was A Relief, She Already Assume An Made Up Her Mine. I Said Noway,then When I Told Her What The Insurance Covered She Said Oh My Mistake,

[kdlee 0]

1) GBS can be reversed, they just sew back together what they cut apart.

Actually, this is not always true. There is ALOT of scar tissue caused by GBS on both your stomach and intestines. It can not always be reversed.

4) Even if you lose weight slow, there's no certainty that your skin will be normal. Depends on age, how long you were obese, how much you exercise, Water intake, Vitamins, lotions, and luck!

Of course it is based on each person. I never said your skin would return to normal all over your entire body. What I said was that it gives your skin time to catch up. Have you seen some of the turkey necks on GBS patients because they lost so quickly?

5) Death rate for both surgeries is about the same, which is actually the rate for most surgeries. 1%. Also varies GREATLY with surgeon experience.

Not true at all. Check out this website. Compare Gastric Bypass and Lap Band Weight Loss Surgeries

It is a good comparison of the two surgeries.