tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post5016176688584313508..comments2024-03-22T17:05:55.267-04:00Comments on MD Whistleblower: Bariatric Surgery: Pulling the Gastric Bypass Trigger Too SoonMichael Kirsch, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-26420754450505114432015-02-25T18:15:27.656-05:002015-02-25T18:15:27.656-05:00I had RNY gastric bypass in 2001. I have put back ...I had RNY gastric bypass in 2001. I have put back on all 100 pounds I lost. Then I lost half of it again. Now I have gained most of that back. There are too many ways to "eat around" gastric bypass. I still cannot each very much food at one sitting - but I am a grazer, and I worked at home for many years, which made it worse. However, even though I hover around 300 pounds, I have no doubt I would be well over 400 pounds now if I hadn't had the gastric bypass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-41768597628352583662014-10-17T09:17:51.163-04:002014-10-17T09:17:51.163-04:00I have had more than six relatives and friends tha...I have had more than six relatives and friends that have had this surgery.<br /><br />At first, they look great.<br /><br />Then the skin really hangs and sags, especially around the arms, stomach, and legs. The sad thing is that they cannot afford the surgery to remove it as it is not covered by insurance. <br /><br />I know that this surgery is difficult, but it seems that a high number of people are getting it anyway, despite the risk and the cost.<br /><br />Most of my friends and relatives who have had this surgery put the weight back on within 6 years. I have figured it out. They just go back to their old ways of eating, and their stomach slowly expands to accommodate the added food.<br /><br />Another, younger relative told me she wanted the surgery. She is obese, doesn't exercise, and just eats what she wants. She is only 40, and is frustrated that her knees are buckling and hurt because of the added weight. She had just had knee replacement surgery on her right knee and was in a lot of pain.<br /><br />I told her that the best thing that she could do for her knees was loose some weight to relieve the weight pressure on the knees. Her answer to that was that she was planning to have the bariatric surgery, like her mother and aunt did.<br /><br />I told her that she wasn't fat enough to go through the risk of such. She looked like she was about 250 pounds. Since she is unemployed, I told her to go to the gym, or walk at the mall or in the neighborhood.<br /><br />She probably will end up just getting the surgery anyway, so why do I even speak up?<br /><br /><br />Suziq38noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-15420421810250227922014-09-08T01:56:09.824-04:002014-09-08T01:56:09.824-04:00Have you seen how much manual labourers used to ea...Have you seen how much manual labourers used to eat in the 20s. Or how much weight lifters eat these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com