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> ... it is believed that for every 200 patients, 1 to 4 will die ...
The only person I ever knew to have elected this,
died on the table. Just a single anecdotal data
point, to be sure, but hardly encouraging.
Dietary modification is vastly safer.
If it doesn't go in, it can't go on.
And in my experience, eating "balanced"
(40-30-30), also eliminates craving.
How does a 450-pound woman become preganant?
In June, 1992 I had a gastric bypass. I was 27 years old, married, had a 2-year old son and weighed over 300 pounds.
The following January, after loss over 100 pounds (I was still losing at the time) I got pregnant.
When I was about 3 months along I got a hernia, which next to childbirth was probably one of the most painful things I've ever experienced. My symptoms were very similar to this poor woman in this story -- I had an "incarcerate" intestine. I was on the table in the emergency room and about to undergo emergency surgery to fix it when the pain medication they gave me finally relaxed my muscles enough to allow it to be pushed back in. My wonderful bypass surgeon consulted with my OB/GYN, and they rigged a "truss" for me, which I had to wear until I was about 7 months pregnant. At that time my daughter was developed enough to close off the opening.
Shortly after she was born the hernia was back. I was 9 weeks post-partum when I had it repaired.
Not an easy thing at all, but 11 years later I still don't regret my bypass surgery. All it takes is the common sense to see a DOCTOR when something goes wrong, regardless of the cause.
8 months is a BABY murdered by a stupid greedy doctor and a selfish self-serving idiot "mother"
My first clue this might not be a panacea was that it required the words "stomach" and "stapled" in the same sentence. ;-)
Just one little annoyance: the article keeps referring to the "fetus." That, of course, is the language used to dehumanize babies in order to kill them with less guilt.
Otherwise, very sad situation. There are no easy fixes for a weight problem, but there are too many people who want to take a magic pill, or have a magic surgery to get rid of the weight effortlessly. Losing weight takes work. I know. I once weighed 70 pounds more than I do now.
Since the start of 2003, three other Massachusetts patients have died after gastric bypass, and the state is developing guidelines to increase safety.
Wouldn't it be easier for fat people to just exert a little self-discipline (or a lot) and prevent all that pie from entering the pie-hole in the first place?
Bump for later.