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Originally Posted by LQQkn
Ummm this is not true Mike! If you have an experienced doctor then you have nothing to worry about? Death is not the only complication from this surgery! I prayed that I would die after suffering for months and months! I had Dr. Callery the father of this forum, and yet I had hidious complications. So with current technology.. I'm here to say that it's like rolling the dice, and it's a crap shot! Janie
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Janie,
I don't want to start another two weeks of negativity on the forum and I certainly don't want to hijack this thread, but our experiences with gastric bypass are very different.
I wrote about both death and complications in my post, not death only and statistically, the complication rate is around 7%, death rates around 2%. For most people, there isn't anything to worry about, though I understand that your experience is different than most.
It is very useful for all of us to share our experiences, but I don't want mine diminished or called out as being untrue. Our truths boil down to what our personal experiences are.
I stand by everything I posted already. In fact, except for one person, out of probably 15 that I know personally that have had the surgery, there were no complications. The one person that I know that did have complications eventually got them worked out and is fine now.
I personally think the odds are much, much better than a crap shoot. (Especially considering that the larger "crapshoot" would be remaining morbidly obese...) If I thought that, I wouldn't have had the surgery in the first place. The fact is, and the science speaks louder than opinions, that this surgery is a good option for many people. There may be some that have a bad experience, and my heart goes out to them, and you, but serious complications are NOT the norm.
-Mike