Is gastric bypass for me

hi everyone!!! 

I have three months left for my six month diet. I have been wanting gastric bypass for years now and done all my homework. However, I feel worried about the negative side effects like dying , malnutrition, or being sick all the time. Did anyone else feel like this? Is it normal? 

There is a YouTube video, Fat Doctor Daniel Simmons, about a younger fellow who had the "negative side effect" you speak of.  Had I seen this video pre-op, it would have made me more sure than ever WLS was my shot at a better life like Daniel wanted and I owe it to people like him to get this second chance right.  

First off the onknown is scary. I certainly was afraid of dying. If I stayed super morbidly obese I was sure to die early. Eat right and take your vitamins ...your chance of malnutrition is small. You are not ' sick all the time' yes in  the beginning some things probably won't agree with you, but you will figure it out. 

I worried about the same things  I worried that I might die on the table and leave my 2 kids without a mom, but I KNEW that if I continued down the path I was on my kids would definitely be motherless.  I had 3 referrals from different doctors before I decided to do it.  Only you can decide if this is for you, but for me it's the best decision I ever made!

I worried about being sick all the time. I was relatively 'healthy', and was worried bypass would cause me to trade one evil (obesity) for another (nausea, diarrhea etc). Happily for me that was not the case at all. I never worried about dying-- I had too much confidence in the surgeon/group to even let that cross my mind.

If you didn't consider those things I'd be more worried, cause it would mean you aren't seeing the full picture of what's possible. Eyes wide open, and move forward.  

I have a system that I use for worrying.  I write down anything that I am worried about.  I give myself about 15 minutes to really worry about those things.

Then I put the paper in a sealed envelope and mark a date two weeks out.

In two weeks I open the envelope, cross out the worries that I no longer have and add any new concerns.  I worry for 15 minutes than seal up my worries for another two weeks.

I have learned that most of what I worried about never happened.

I did not get sick, malnourished or die from surgery.  I just lost all the excess weight quite quickly and have a tool to keep it off.

I was a LOT more worried about what obesity WAS doing to me, than the small chance that surgery MIGHT do.

Best thing I ever did.

according to my surgeon, the mortality rate of RNY is 0.3% - VSG is even less.  That means you have a 99.7% chance of not dying on the operating table.   Sounds like pretty good odds to me!   You'd have a greater chance of dying during a hip or knee replacement surgery.  So I would not worry about that at all - even though I know it's hard not to.

I had the bypass last August and don't get sick all the time.  Overall, I feel awesome, but I choose to follow my food plan. Even when I stray a little, and I admit that happens from time to time, the most discomfort I feel is my disappointment with myself.  

Before surgery I was super morbidly obese, had type 2 diabetes and couldn't walk through the grocery store with getting tired out. I've lost over 100lbs with the RNY and would have the surgery again tomorrow if I needed to.  

Don't let the horror stories scare you away,  there are way more of us who have no problems than those who do.  

Glitter,

I am 13 months out and love my RNY. Yes, I have been sick and few times but it was because I ate too fast. I have lost over 100 pounds and am in maintenance now. I am a really happy girl. Make the right choice for you and good luck. Also, I have not weighed 150 for 25 years.

Robin