Question:
Anyone know the eventual Life Span after RNY?

I have been hearing conflicting stories about our life span after having the RNY some people have been saying that their doctors have said your life span will be very short after RNY but yet again the new form of RNY is fairly new and others say they really dont know what the life span is anyone got any info on this subject?    — blank first name B. (posted on November 13, 2001)

November 13, 2001
I think with the advances in the surgery there really should not be a difference in life spans. However, I did have a frightening experience when researching online. I saw how "WLS" patients lived approximately 25 years post surgery. Further research showed that this was based on the prior surgery...I think it was called the jejunum bypass. With the current surgery, as long as you concentrate on your nutrition, I don't think span should be any different.
   — [Anonymous]

November 13, 2001
Cindy, if the average life expectancey after WLS is 25 years, according to the previous post, I would be happy with that because it is about 15 years longer then I would have lived without this surgery and would make me a grand old woman of 76. Now, don't take me wrong, I want to live longer then that, God willing! And, if you are a significantly younger woman then I am, I can see where 25 years doesn't sound like much. But, I wouldn't worry about it. With all of the advances being made in medicine today and making healthy food choices and getting exercise, I would think that most of us should be able to look forward to a normal life span. If it is shorter then normal, the it was in God's plan anyway.
   — Susan M.

November 13, 2001
The main difference is that TODAY we can supplement around the expected nutritional shortages. Even 10 years ago, not as much was known, and many of us suffer from osteoporosis that might have been prevented with correct supplementation.
   — vitalady

November 13, 2001
My extensive research over the past 3 years has shown nothing that will increase risks of death, only the contrary. After surgery, with the massive weight loss and no longer being in the obese category, risks of dying are equal to that of a normal weight person. Risks of dying are dramatically lessened after the weight is gone. What reasons, I wonder, would the life span be shortened?? Are there clinical studies of this? I've never heard any valid study of shortened life span post RNY or other WLS.
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