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Long term effects if RNY
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Caren
Love my sleeve!!
all i know is, if i dont have the op i wont be around in my 70's x
Mrs Quiggle
New Member
Its been around for quite a number of years now and I reakon there have been quite a few people in the 60's who have had the op. They're probably doing fine. I suppose you just grow old together.
Kate x
Kate x
SARAH S
Here comes the new me
My surgeon was originally training in America for stomach cancer and the RNY was used to remove that form of cancer, it was found as a by product the reduction in the patients weight.
He felt that the life improvement for obese people was proven to be greater than that of the cancer patients having the same procedure and so he changed direction.
One of my priority questions to him was life expectancy and quality of life for older patients that had had the bypass.
There are cases of people in their eighties that have had the gastric bypass living healthy and happy lives.....GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!
He felt that the life improvement for obese people was proven to be greater than that of the cancer patients having the same procedure and so he changed direction.
One of my priority questions to him was life expectancy and quality of life for older patients that had had the bypass.
There are cases of people in their eighties that have had the gastric bypass living healthy and happy lives.....GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!
Big an Bouncy
New Member
I read this procedure has been done over 25 years ago!
Big an Bouncy
New Member
Just checked on line and wls has been done and perfected over the past 60 years!
lotsabeefy
New Member
I see it like this guys!! The last 20 months have been the best months of my adult life and so therefore i would rather have 20 years of quality than 40-50 years of hiding away and having limited life experiences!!!!
Fuffs
Shrinking Big Brummie
lotsabeefy said:
My worry was more my kids. Scared I am just telling myself I can't lose the weight alone and getting ill because of the bypass.
I am not sure its logical. But it has crossed my mind. I want to love as long as I can for my boys. I hope the bypass helps that (and not hinders lol)
JED
New Member
Tbh i couldnt give a monkees whether its 6yrs or 60yrs since it began you cant tell me any of you would give up your turn for surgery because you didnt think it had been around long enough theres no way id change a thing im 6 months post op and over 8st gone and feel totaly fantastic
penelope1008
Active Member
What are the choices, a slow painful death by over eating or may be a quick end from a heart attack etc.
Or a new lease of life & a longer one without a lot of the problems we currently have.
Ok perhaps there may be new different challenges to overcome, but I know which one I'd choose again & again no matter what.
Or a new lease of life & a longer one without a lot of the problems we currently have.
Ok perhaps there may be new different challenges to overcome, but I know which one I'd choose again & again no matter what.
yorkiegal
Baxter's mum
I agree with everyone else that life was so bad pre bypass that it's worth all the risks.
Having said that , there is a dearth of data on the net about the long term prognosis for bypass patients. I might bring this up in my next support group meeting. It never even occured to me to ask before my op, how this might effect me in my dotage.
Having said that , there is a dearth of data on the net about the long term prognosis for bypass patients. I might bring this up in my next support group meeting. It never even occured to me to ask before my op, how this might effect me in my dotage.
Fuffs
Shrinking Big Brummie
I dont believe I am saying I don't want my bypass. I understand all the reasons for it.
But I also have spoken to a woman who is 2 years post op and spent a lot of last year in hospital and has had every complication known to man. I have two kids and cannot afford to be in hospital all the time. So that is why it crosses my mind to ask myself if as I am -no blood pressure problems, no cholesterol, no diabetes, just someone who has tried for years to lose weight and ended up at a near crippling size- I may end up less of a mom to my kids than I am now.
I want my bypass loads. Many of you have followed my journey. But, I think it is natural to wonder about both sides of the coin.
I just pray that I am one of the people whom it goes smoothly for. I hope I get slim and my son no longer gets bullied about me, I hope I get fit and healthy, I hope I live and long and happy life. I know that without the bypass there is very little chance I would ever be slim and healthy.
So I simply need to work on some of the little fears I have and think positively that this will add to our quality of life, not take it away
But I also have spoken to a woman who is 2 years post op and spent a lot of last year in hospital and has had every complication known to man. I have two kids and cannot afford to be in hospital all the time. So that is why it crosses my mind to ask myself if as I am -no blood pressure problems, no cholesterol, no diabetes, just someone who has tried for years to lose weight and ended up at a near crippling size- I may end up less of a mom to my kids than I am now.
I want my bypass loads. Many of you have followed my journey. But, I think it is natural to wonder about both sides of the coin.
I just pray that I am one of the people whom it goes smoothly for. I hope I get slim and my son no longer gets bullied about me, I hope I get fit and healthy, I hope I live and long and happy life. I know that without the bypass there is very little chance I would ever be slim and healthy.
So I simply need to work on some of the little fears I have and think positively that this will add to our quality of life, not take it away
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