Question:
Is there anyone out there that hasn't lost weight after surgery
My primary care doctor said she knew of two people that had gastric bypass, but not sure of the exact one, and they did not lose any weight at all. — smul3 (posted on May 22, 2000)
May 22, 2000
Hi,
I don't really think that is true. I haven't had my surgery yet,(its
tomorrow at 9am {5/23})If you read through the thousand of people on this
site, and on others, everybody has lost some wt. Of course there are people
that are not as successful, but they didn't follow the rules. They ate the
wrong things. Or maybe the stapling failed, or any number of things. Your
doctor needs more information. Two people out of thousands sounds like a
good risk for me. Don't let 2 people talk you out of doing something that
can save your life. I am so happy to be getting my new life started
tomorrow. I posted some web sites to print out and take to a doctor in
another question in the current list. the one that talks about gaining
wt. Go see it and get the web sites, print them out and take them to her.
Good luck
Valerie
Give light, and people will find the way =/\=
— Valerie B.
May 22, 2000
Hi,
I don't really think that is true. I haven't had my surgery yet,(its
tomorrow at 9am {5/23})If you read through the thousand of people on this
site, and on others, everybody has lost some wt. Of course there are people
that are not as successful, but they didn't follow the rules. They ate the
wrong things. Or maybe the stapling failed, or any number of things. Your
doctor needs more information. Two people out of thousands sounds like a
good risk for me. Don't let 2 people talk you out of doing something that
can save your life. I am so happy to be getting my new life started
tomorrow. I posted some web sites to print out and take to a doctor in
another question in the current list. the one that talks about gaining
wt. Go see it and get the web sites, print them out and take them to her.
Good luck
Valerie
Give light, and people will find the way =/\=
— Valerie B.
May 22, 2000
Make sure your doctor is talking apples and apples. A doctor made a
statement to me saying that he knew of people who had the surgery 7-10
years ago and it didn't work. Well like anything else in medicine, there
are always improvements, and the surgery done now is NOT the same type done
7-10 years ago. Also, this surgery is just a tool. You also have to be
committed to it. Even if it's true about that one patient, there are
obviously reasons for it. He/she may not have done their part - they might
have had complications - their surgeon may have been incompetent. Who
knows? Don't let anyone's sweeping statements deter you from this surgery.
They are uninformed and not open minded.
— Paula G.
May 22, 2000
Statistically there is a percentage of gastric bypass patients who do not
lose weight, according to my physician. However, in all cases he knew of,
they were cases were people postoperatively *actively* worked at defeating
the surgery. For example, some people don't dump on sugar (I don't.) That
means that, should I want to, I could drink high-fat milkshakes all day,
which would run through my pouch and not only would I not lose weight, I
could probably gain weight even after having the surgery. Or, you could
overeat intentionally and stretch your pouch too soon. You must be very
careful not to repeatedly overeat, which can result in fast stretching of
the pouch and defeat of the surgery. Or, you could eat high-calorie foods
constantly throughout the day. It is physically possible, even if you are
only able to eat a few ounces at a time, to get too many calories in if you
eat the wrong stuff. Since I don't dump on sugar, I could theoretically eat
candy nonstop all day and not lose weight.
— Elizabeth M.
May 23, 2000
As with anything else, gastric surgery is a tool and the last hope of many
morbidly obese people, myself included. You can sabotoge yourself by eating
as you did pro-op. Why go to the trouble of having the surgery. These
people that say they have no problem eating whatever they want after
surgery are only kidding themselves. They have to be committed to keeping
the weight off not going back to their old eating habits. If there is a
problem with a plateau or no loss, the all protein diet for a few days
seems to work!
— char T.
December 5, 2000
I have an aunt who had the surgery about 15 years ago. She lost a lot of
weight right after the surgery, but in the following years she has gained
it all back. My aunt eats badly and does not exercise. It seems clear to
me that the surgery will not work if you do not make some changes to your
lifestyle. I am going to have the surgery in about a week. I just hope
that having the surgery will make it easier for me to make these changes a
part of my life.
— T G.
July 30, 2005
Hi, I'm 2 years out and have only lost 50lbs... I have a great deal of
medical problems and my doc says that he's never had a pt with alot of the
meds that I'm on. It's discouraging, but I agree with what one of the
others said, you can sabotage yourself and even though I eat very healthy
and have become more or less a vegetarian I do at times find myself in
trouble. I'm grateful for what I have lost and would do the surgery again
in a minute. I can now do things I couldn't do for a long long time...Oh,
by the way, my start weight was 298lb..they called me a
lightweight...lol...good luck.
— Deborah
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