Gastric bypass 20 years later!!

I have a friend that I just found out she had gastric bypass over 20 years ago! She said she always kept it a secret because of how people acted towards it back in the day. Well I asked her if she could go back 20 years would she do it again, and she said YES 1000 times! She can’t eat bread unless toasted, she can’t eat eggs, and there are other things she told me she can’t eat, but she said despite that she has absolutely no regrets. She does have some skin on her face and arms, and she had a tummy tuck. She said she still takes her vits and she showed me her scar and said that after 20 years it STILL itches! LOL! I just thought it was so great to have a conversation with a WLS vet who is still in love with her surgery!  I LOVE MY RNY!!!  

Thank you for the post. I often wonder how people are doing that had RNY years ago. Glad to hear she's doing so good.

Sharon Osborne had it back in the 80's....

I *think* she may have had gastric banding actually.

 Sharon Osborne had the lapband in 1999.  She had it removed in 2006, because she was so tired of throwing up all the time.

 Yep, you're right - I read that too in an article. 

Thank you for posting this, wonderful to hear!!!

 My sister is in charge of dietary for a nursing home.  She said that patients who had gastric bypass when they were younger are thinner and in much better health than those who stayed obese.  They often insist on having protein drinks.  They are stronger, more mobile, more sociable and also less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.  That is only one nursing home, but I believe that it is going to be the case for all of us.