I am concerned about body odors

There was a lady on Oprah today. She was talking about Gastric By-Pass surgery. She said she was approved for it 3 years ago. She went to one of the required meetings and decided not to have the surgery when she heard about some of the side affects. I know there are A LOT out there. But the one that made her decide not to have it was body oder. I know that your body goes through a lot the first year after WLS. But she made it sound like the BO is absolutely unbareable. And she also made it sound like you have this the rest of your life. She commented on the gas we will experience due to GBS. I know there is a lot of gas. But everyone has gas. Well she let these reasons stop her from having WLS. My question is, Is the body oder and gas really that bad??? Should I be reconsidering my surgery? I kind of agree with her theory. I would rather be overweight then to smell horrible 24/7, for the rest of my life. I would like to hear from those who saw this show. What do you think about what she said? Those of you that did not see the show, what have your post-op eperiences been like? Is this a major side affect? Should I even be waisting my time worrying about this? Feel free to email me if you would like, [email protected] I go for my revisit at BTC on 4/24. This will be my last visit before I go back for my pre-op testing. Thanks for any advice you can give me.

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