Chellesy

Hello, everyone. I'm new here and just starting the WLS journey. I am curious if anyone here has had the gastric bypass surgery for anything other than weight loss? I have a chronic condition called Gastroparesis (paralysis of the stomach) and it has turned my life upside down. I won't go into the details or symptoms (cause there's a lot), but suffice it to say it is pretty awful, greatly affected motility and slowly killing me. I am also overweight, just shy of the 40 BMI mark. Weight loss would be an added bonus, but not my sole reason for looking into this. My PCP wanted me to speak to a bariatric surgeon to see if a bypass would help since it bypasses the paralyzed, useless part of my stomach. I have a consultation tomorrow. I'm also wondering if this (medical, not weight management) might make the process go any quicker? I know you basically have several tests, speak to a psychologist, and diet, etc. Just wondering if anyone has gone through this for a different medical reason. Hope that makes some sense.

RickM, thank you so much for such a in depth response. I really appreciate it. I had no idea there was even a choice of length for the limb. I will certainly discuss all of this with my surgeon tomorrow. And really, I already have issues with bile reflux thanks to the GP, so I'm used to it.

Oh wow, that sucks, toodlerue! I'm so glad you were able to have the surgery. As GreenTealael said, I have more than one problem.. hadn't really gave that much thought but she is so right... so I'm hopeful he'll get to me quickly and fix me. I realize there's going to be a lot of discipline, etc... but I'm up for it. I already have to have a lot of it just for the Gastroparesis.

Thank you, GreenTealael. This gives me hope!

I have gastroparesis. My PCP suggested I look into bariatric surgery and I'm going to the consult tomorrow. From what I've seen via research, it can help. I am so very hopeful, as you guys know, GP is so awful!! If all goes as planned, I'm hoping to do the bypass surgery.