I found it to be very informative. They had a panel of 8 ppl who had all had GB surgery. One was a dr. who has lost over 100 lbs in three months. He said that he no longer views the surgery as a "last option" for his overweight patients.
They spoke with a surgeon (I can't remember his name or where he practices) but he said that the death rate is only one in a thousand and that is less than many surgeries including gallbladder surgery.
All the members of the panal had been on medication for diabetes before their surgeries and now all of them are off of their diabetic meds. I think that they said that 80% of diabetics go into a remission. One surgeon has done tests on mice and this has shown that when the top of the small intestine is cut off the bottom of the stomach, the diabetes goes into instant remission. He has gone so far as reattaching the intestine and the diabetes comes back (in mice).
It was said that only 1% of people who are eligible to have WLS have it done. The National guidelines for WLS were written 17 yrs ago but are now being reviewed in light of the findings about diabetes and how the surgery can also cut cancer rates.
I hope my doctor was watching this!
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