Been Approved for my Gastric Bypass
No psych evaluation? Hmmmm . . . not so sure that's a good thing. 
The mental part of this is key to success, at least in my opinion. Congrats and best of luck to ya - stay positive,read and research, and prepare now for life after the surgery.
The mental part of this is key to success, at least in my opinion. Congrats and best of luck to ya - stay positive,read and research, and prepare now for life after the surgery.
BamaBob54 
ROLL TIDE!!!
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Congratulations and good luck.
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First, congratulations on being lucky enough to have insurance pay for either procedure. . .secondly, the choice is strictly yours. The band or gastric bypass is a personal choice. . .however, i've seen a lot of folks have a lot of problems with the RNY. . .infections causing tons of hospitalization, increased depression (hope your insurance can pay this if it should happen) higher mobidity rates (one person I know died 2 weeks after having it from complications - sorry) But again, the choice is definately yours to make, your the one who has to live with it. . . Good luck and the best to you!
I didn't think the reply was nasty at all. While many people are very successful with the RNY, it has a lot of complications. I know of two women that died from complications associated with the gastric bypass. I also personally know several people that had it done several years ago, and wish that they had done the lapband instead, but it was not available at the time. Problems like severe vitamin deficiency, and chronic diarrhea, are the most common. According to information available, it is much safer now than it was even 10 years ago. Most people will lose all the weight that they are going to lose within the first 18 months with the RNY. That was my determining factor for the lapband was that whether it is 18 months or 18 years I can always go back and have it tightened to help with weight loss if I gain anything back. Good Luck Haku with your decision and your weight loss. No matter what you decide I hope that you are successful.
I guess they thing I am a dead man.
First, congratulations on being lucky enough to have insurance pay for either procedure. . .secondly, the choice is strictly yours. The band or gastric bypass is a personal choice. . .however, i've seen a lot of folks have a lot of problems with the RNY. . .infections causing tons of hospitalization, increased depression (hope your insurance can pay this if it should happen) higher mobidity rates (one person I know died 2 weeks after having it from complications - sorry) But again, the choice is definately yours to make, your the one who has to live with it. . . Good luck and the best to you!
I didn't think the reply was nasty at all. While many people are very successful with the RNY, it has a lot of complications. I know of two women that died from complications associated with the gastric bypass. I also personally know several people that had it done several years ago, and wish that they had done the lapband instead, but it was not available at the time. Problems like severe vitamin deficiency, and chronic diarrhea, are the most common. According to information available, it is much safer now than it was even 10 years ago. Most people will lose all the weight that they are going to lose within the first 18 months with the RNY. That was my determining factor for the lapband was that whether it is 18 months or 18 years I can always go back and have it tightened to help with weight loss if I gain anything back. Good Luck Haku with your decision and your weight loss. No matter what you decide I hope that you are successful.
I guess they thing I am a dead man.
Chad first congrats on the choosing to have surgery.. It will change your life.
Second choose your surg type based on what you feel is best for you cause everyone knows someone that had a procedure that didn't go well or they passed. 9x out of 10 they died from pre existing issues and not the surgery. If I considered what i was reading on the hater forums I would have never had my surg..
Good luck to you.
Second choose your surg type based on what you feel is best for you cause everyone knows someone that had a procedure that didn't go well or they passed. 9x out of 10 they died from pre existing issues and not the surgery. If I considered what i was reading on the hater forums I would have never had my surg..
Good luck to you.
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