Mike I'm going to address this... I don't see a disagreement about issues "two weeks of negativity" on the forum. If you do then so be it.. I am not going away from this forum any time soon so if you don't like my posts don't read them or respond to them. YOU and MY experience are very different yes.. but not so much from other people here suffering from nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, etc. You say you know 15 people.. do you know how many people are having gastric bypass surgery? I think the number I read out of one of the Times magazine was somewhere around 300,000 .. YEARLY...My complications (prior to reversal) are the norm... I just happen to have them more severe than others. It's a pretty serious surgery and the part I take offense to is how it's referred to as no biggie, nothing to worry about, etc etc. I also stand by my post Mike... plain and simple .... it is a crap shoot. There are only a handful of people on this forum that have had NO complications. I don't think THOSE odds are very good. Janie
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Originally Posted by fisher1000
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
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