A SURGEON TELLS OF HIS OWN GASTRIC BYPASS BAND SUCCESS STORY AND WE WRITE ABOUT THE RISKS REWARDS OF GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY

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Often a topic for comedians, weight is not so funny when you are fighting a long battle, dieting with little to show to control excess weight that colors every part of your existence from your health to your social life. Many people have chosen gastric bypass surgery. A surgeon who had gastric banding has written a blog about his experiences with gastric banding and weight loss. Note he has no affiliation with my blog. I just found his story very inspiring and thought it would be useful to people considering gastric band surgery.

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For him the results have been worth it. He even entered a triathalon. A New England Journal of Medicine research article found that gastric bypass surgery is beneficial. "In fact, the benefit is quite dramatic. The authors studied 9,949 patients who had undergone weight loss surgery, and compared them to a control group of 9,628 severely obese individuals who did not have the surgery".

Look at this incredible before and after of a woman who had gastric bypass







He writes in his blog "One year today, life has completely changed, not only my weight but my attitude to life. Best bit has been return to sports; cycling, gym, spinning, learning to scuba dive, competing in a triathlon. It's actually been one of the best years of my life. Thanks to all that have supported me physically and mentally".

















When it comes to doing surgery experience counts. You want a doctor who does many bariatric weight loss procedures. "Technological innovations, especially the use of laparoscopic procedures (using a tube that is inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall so it's less invasive) have made for considerable gains in safety and efficacy. While the operation is still dangerous in some circumstances — one study found that for a surgeon’s first 19 bariatric operations, patients were nearly five times as likely to die than patients that the surgeon later operated on — the overall mortality rate is now in the neighborhood of 1 percent.

The editorial in the New England Journal also points out that the lowest surgical mortality is seen among surgeons who have performed more than 50 operations and preferably more than 100 operations.

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After gastric bypass surgery there was a significant reduction particularly from diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. However, the rate from causes other than disease was higher in the surgery group than in the control group".

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"Not only do most patients keep off a significant amount of weight but the other medical problems that accompany obesity are also often assuaged. One recent analysis found that 77 percent of bariatric-surgery patients with Type 2 diabetes experienced “complete resolution” of their diabetes after the procedure; the surgery also helps eliminate hypertension and sleep apnea. From an economic standpoint, research suggests that the operation can pay for itself within a few years because a postbariatric patient now requires less medical care and fewer prescriptions. That’s why some insurance companies cover bariatric surgery — as more do, it will likely lead to a further spike in the volume of operations".

Long-Term Mortality after Gastric Bypass Surgery (this is a pdf)

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