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I AM CONSIDERING GASTRIC BYPASS AND AM ATTENDING THE SEMINAR IN LITTLE ROCK ON FRIDAY. I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH MY WEIGHT FOR MANY MANY YEARS. I AM 31 YRS OLD AND WEIGH 258. I KNOW THAT I WANT TO HAVE THE SURGERY PREFORMED BUT AM APPREHENSIVE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE A 7 YR OLD BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER. I GUESS I HAVE THE NORMAL CONCERNS.... MY SURGEON I AM CONSIDERING DOES THE LAPROSCOPIC OVER THE OPEN RNY. ANYONE HAD LAPROSCOPIC....? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AND WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OVER OPEN BESIDE HEALING TIME, SCAR LESS RISK OF INFECTION? I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME GUIDANCE IF YOU WOULD HAVE THE SURGERY ALL OVER AGAIN? WERE THE POST OP PROBLEMS GREATER THAN YOU IMAGINED? HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE A HAMBURGER AND NOT WANT TO EAT THE ENTIRE THING. I KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY AND THEY SAY YOU JUST DONT WANT IT .... YOU DONT HAVE THE DESIRE LIKE BEFORE... THAT IS HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE I GUESS SINCE I HAVE NOT HAD THE PROCEDURE DONE. ANYONE KNOW A GENERAL MORTALITY RATE FOR LAPROSCOPIC PROCEDURES AND HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN DONE? IS IT SAFER DUE TO BEING AROUND LONGER TO HAVE IT DONE OPEN?

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