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Zenomia · 04-07-2008, 05:58 PM

To the best of my knowledge no one has died since I have joined the board. There have been a few that have been very, very sick...and you can find those posts by doing a search. The longer I am here, the more I realize that I don't think death is the thing people should really worry about when it comes to this surgery. The worse thing is a long and debilitating illness due to your body's inability to cope with the changes the surgery brings. This HAS happened since I have been here, and I think the financial burden, emotional stress, and overall pain and suffering is 100x worse than death! If you die, that's it, it is over the end. Your NOT going to care at that point. If however you survive and things go all hooey...and your body is fighting this battle against instead of with you....well then...I think that is even worse.

Goodness, I don't mean to scare you, but I think we put too much emphasis on death, when in reality, that is not the complication people should be focusing on....IMHO!