Originally Posted by KiwiSteve

Hi, I'm a new member of the forum and I'm not very computer friendly so I'm having quite a bit of hassle getting sorted. I'm male and 56 yrs old and have been given 6 weeks to think over whether or not I want to go ahead with a gastric bypass(non laprascopic, the full on staple job) I'm keen to hear from anyone who has had this done, benefits and problems warts and all. I'm not as overweight as most patients according to my surgeon (135kgs and 1.86m tall(or 6 feet) but I'm told it's medically the best thing for me. I've been doing the diet merry go round for 30 yrs unsuccessfully and want to do something before I end up too old for it or with heart problems, diabetes etc. Can anyone enlighten me (pardon the poor pun). Steve