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I had a GASTRIC BYPASS in 1980, absolutely the worst mistake of my life, at first all was well, I lost a LOT of weight, I was skinny, fit and healthy. However, by 1987, I had put back on all the weight and about half again and I tried eating the same amounts of food as I had, but it was not fullfiling. My body had adapted to the small pouch and the reconnected intestine had swollen and was acting as a stomach - only bigger!!
I had a revision in March 1987 that had major complications, I ended up in hospital for just under six months - a month of that was on the critical list in intensive care, three times my mother was told that it was unlikely that I would live through the night. I have survived, but now I am in big problems, I have numerous adhesions throughout my stomach, and apparently only scar tissue plugs the stomach - this could become dislodged at any time. I suffer intractable pain that requires huge daily doses of morphine to allow me to lead any semblance of a normal life. In total I have 16 seperate medical conditions, I take 26-28 tablets each morning, one at lunch time and about 10 of a night (some of these tablets are supplements that my body needs).
I was told last year that I was the now the worst suffering survivor of Gastric bypass in South Australia, maybe even Australia! My case and the complications made a Medical Journal somewhere.
Surviving the operation was easy, surviving past the 5-7 year mark, well, that is something else. of the 10 people I have met with Gastric Bypasses 8 are now dead - all from causes directly accredited to their Gastric Bypass. So think TWICE about having this procedure, I advocate the Gastric Banding - it's reversible, it can be undone, Gastric Bypass can't. I have never heard of a doctor telling people about the long range survivorbility, 3/10 (and all of us have complications - mainly scar tissue problems) are not good odds.
I am currently 160kg (352 pounds) and trying to lose weight is extremely difficult with 5 hernias. I am on a Catch-22, I need to lose weight. Having the hernias makes exercising extremely painful, to reduce the hernias and help lose weight, I have to lose weight - and I am just not winning.
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If post-bariatric surgery patients do decide to seek plastic surgery, they will join growing numbers of people who take that route. I've met a few of them, and they are slim, happy folks!