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I had the gastric Bypass August 1, 2013.. Best think I ever did.. Down 103#'s..

I had the gastric bypass August 1, 2013.. It was a great choice for me.. I haven't regretted it one day.
I have lost 103 pounds. Starting weight was 230 I now weigh 127. My concern now is keeping it off. What do ya'll do to maintain your weight.

I had the gastric bypass August 1, 2013.. It was a great choice for me.. I haven't regretted it one day.
I have lost 103 pounds. Starting weight was 230 I now weigh 127. My concern now is keeping it off. What do ya'll do to maintain your weight.

I had the gastric bypass August 1, 2013.. It was a great choice for me.. I haven't regretted it one day.
I have lost 103 pounds. Starting weight was 230 I now weigh 127. My concern now is keeping it off. What do ya'll do to maintain your weight.

I had the gastric bypass August 1, 2013.. It was a great choice for me.. I haven't regretted it one day.
I have lost 103 pounds. Starting weight was 230 I now weigh 127. My concern now is keeping it off. What do ya'll do to maintain your weight.

I actually had my mind made up that I was going to have the sleeve and my doctor was strongly trying to persuade me toward the RNY because of the long term research and proven results. He said you will lose weight much faster and in a greater amount after it is all said in done. My PCP also recommended RNY over the sleeve. She said if you are going to do it, then DO IT. Go for the gold standard if you have the option.

Unless your hair is very thin now you will not need a wig. I loss hair and at the time it seemed like a lot, but it actually was not noticeable to anyone but me. Don't worry it didn't last long. One thing I did was try to go as long as possible without washing my hair. I usually washed it every day and during the time it was falling out I washed it every other day.

I am sorry to hear that your surgery went bad. From discussions in my support group meetings, I have been told that the gastric bypass surgery today is very different from the surgery performed two years ago. Today most of the surgery is done laparoscopically (also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS)), where before it was done as major surgery. As a result many of the problems that occurred years ago do not occur today. I had my surgery a year ago and saw none of the problems that you report. The surgery was even less involved than the laparoscopic hernia operation I had a decade ago. I did not take any pain medicine after the operation and none since.