Hi..my name is Glenda J Pierce and I just found this forum by searching things they dont tell you about gastric bypass. This is my story and I am wondering if anyone who had gastric bypass when it was in early stages of RNY in 2001has experienced any of the same issues and are afraid to talk about it because you are ashamed. I was for 15 years until it started making me sick..I came near death in april 2016. First let me preface this by fianlly getting sent to a Gastric Bypass Surgeon who literally said to me"this is why they dont do those kind of surgeries anymore".

Jayali, I can think of three reasons why you are feeling so depressed and tired: post partum depression, carrying for an infant while holding down a job, and lack of vitamins and minerals.

You need to get with the program. Take your supplements religiously and eat according to your food plan. I recommend that seek treatment for your addictions: medication and food. This may mean joining a 12-step program such as Overeaters Anonymous, AA, or NA.

Avoid all sugar, artificial sweeteners, and flour. These are the things that trigger most of us. Otherwise, you will defeat your surgery and regain all that you've lost.

If you've been prescribed a CPAP machine, find a mask that suits you, and use the CPAP every night. Getting enough sleep can make all the difference in the world. There are non-addictive sleeping pills that are very effective, such as Lunesta.

I recommend reading Weight Loss Surgery Does Not Cure Food Addiction by Connie Stapleton and How Weight Loss Surgery Really Works, by Matthew Weiner.

Please return to your obstetrician and bariatric surgeon and get help.

Wow @Sunnyway... I'm leaving this site. This is the last judgmental reply I can suffer to see. I get it, you think you are helping. Telling someone to "get with the program" some of us old school Gastric Bypass patients didn't even have a damned program!

I apologize. I didn't mean to sound so judgmental. I also had RNY before there were any programs, so I know what you mean. I meant well and hope you can overcome your challenges.

On 07/05/2021 at 15:40, DeanaNJ said:

Where did you have your surgery in 2001?

San Diego, CA