Weight Loss Surgery SECRETS

 

Are you shocked to learn that someone who lost a huge amount of weight through WLS is not prepared to recommend it to anyone?

Why no recommendation?

Let TS tell you in her own words:

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One thing I would tell the public about, and many folks do not know this, is the infections and consequences suffered by many. I think it’s a theme kept behind closed doors because otherwise
people would not have a surgery.

I suffered horrible infections and lost 52 pounds in 30 days - not a bad way to lose weight, but the ordeal I had to go through was unbelievable, including:

• walking around with drains coming out of my body,
• food tubes hanging from my stomach,
• being alone in the hospital because for so many days, my family was at work
• being poked for blood every single day at least 3 times per day
• being in intensive care, thinking all the time I was going to die.

I think if someone wrote about this part of the bariatric surgery experience, many might seek other means to losing weight.

I don’t condemn it, but after what I have been through, I would not recommend it to anyone.

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Tell me, how many of you have read this sort of feedback on any of the “information” sites readily accessible on the internet…..

Anyone….?

You Need the Whole Story - Not a Sales Pitch

Don’t get me wrong - I am not saying for a second that you should or should not have WLS. I am a believer in the power for positive change that can come with successful WLS.

All I want you to do is understand the whole story. If you then decide to have WLS you will have a better chance of success.

Why? Because research has proven that those patients who are well informed, have a significantly better chance of being a success story. That’s why one recent study recommended that all patients undergo a study course and a knowledge test before their WLS was approved.

You read that right - only graduates of WLS school would be allowed to have the surgery.

Weight Loss Surgery SECRETS doesn’t hold anything back

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Now, where were we….

Complication…what complications?

The fact is, there are at least 11 peri-operative complications (occurring during surgery or up to a week after). Here are a few of those:

• bowel obstruction
• respiratory failure
• deep vein thrombosis
• gastric leaks
• ulcerations.

While death is relatively rare in patients under 65 (3-4 per 1000 patients), it increases to 3-4 per 100 patients over the age of 65. The most common causes of death are:

• heart attacks
• strokes
• pulmonary emboli (clots in the lungs), and
• infection.

Then there are complications that can arise in first 6 months after surgery. For example, up to one third of WLS patients can develop gall stones in the first 6 months and this may lead to their gall bladder being removed. Another is stomal stenosis, and another arises when the lap band is too tight and starts to erode the stomach.

Then there are longer term complications, such as ventral hernia.

What is the risk I will suffer a complication?

About 22%…. that’s right - you will have a 1 in 5 chance of having a complication while in hospital. Think I am exaggerating?

Well, I’m not - that figure comes from a US Government report published in the August 2006 issue of Medical Care. And here’s the punch line…

….that figure rose to 40% over the 6 months following surgery.

That’s almost a 1 in 2 chance of suffering from a complication - is it just me, or do these seem like crazy odds!

Does this impact on the cost of surgery?

You bet it does!

The same study concluded that costs increased by about $10,000 (on average) for a person who suffered a complication. However, if a complication required re-hospitalization, the cost rose to an average of $65,031.

What is the impact on me?

By now, you are probably wondering “what does all this mean for me”.

On the one hand, what is means is you have a 78% chance of having the perfect procedure and hospital stay and then a 60% chance of having no complication within the first 6 months.

But for the rest of you, it means complication can arise…..

…..and the impact of those complications?

In a nutshell, TS summed up her experience pretty well - thanks TS for sharing it with us.

Of course, there are other stories. If you have had WLS and were unlucky enough to suffer complications, it would be great if you would share your story with us here.

Thanks
JK

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