I am really proud and happy for your daughter for taking control of her life I was 22 when I had surgery (I'll be 24 next month) and I remember everyone gasping and making comments about how young I am and why not try harder to do it alone. But I knew in my heart and soul it was the right thing for me to do. More power to her for not being afriad to take control!!!! The emotional issues dont go away just by having the surgery, I know I still struggle everyday with them. But this surgery changed my life for the better and the emotional issues are def. easier to deal with now than they were when I was 265!!! Only 15lbs till I am a century club member!! Tell her good luck for me wanda!! I knwo there are other young people on these boards and I am sure in her group but if she ever needs someone to talk to she can always email me or post something on here for me!! sarah

Thanks for the link Julie. Very interesting! We're in the stage of waiting for insurance approval for my daughter to have Lap RNY. Its funny how much more I worry about her having the surgery than myself! I also worry about things like this happening to her. I have every confidence in our surgeon and pray she does just as well as I have. I received excellent nutritional counseling and am attending her classes with her, with the same nutritionist. She is only 18 years old and the bariatric center is requiring that she see a counselor throughout this process. I think her seeing the counselor is a great idea. They said that at such a young age, they feel she needs the counselor for any needed emotional support. Who knows what goes on in a young ladies mind at that age! We've both been through raising teen aged girls, haven't we?! Anyway, didn't mean to ramble..... just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the link. Wanda

I had to pretend it was an emergency so they would take me up to surgery from the emergency room. I was scheduled to have it done outpt this week but I had been having a lot of problems so the dr's office told me to go to go to the emergency room if I was only "really really sick". I dont know why I should rush my healing to be honest. I guess I am feeling guilty b/c of taking pain medication and taking time off. I just had surgery in may that took me over 3 weeks to recover from. Thats all. Thanks for the advice!! sarah

Sarah, I had mine out years ago and it was done open. I just remember being told to avoid milk and high fats (NOTE: I was lactose intolerant before the surgery) and to wait about 2 months before adding them back in. Take it easy, it takes time to heal BUT you will feel so much better now that it is gone. Mary

I found it on the website below (add www. to the beginning) gastricbypassproblems.org/nutritionalissues after bariatric surgery.html the article is titled "A Controlled study of Peripheral Neuropathy after Bariatric Surgery" and was published in the October 2005 issue of Neurology magazine. It is interesting reading, but it is quite clear that they believe a major contributer in most cases (and I stress most...NOT all cases) is malnutrition following poor nutritional counseling. It is certainly something we all need to be aware of and I appreciate Noelle bringing it to our attention.