Weight Loss/Maintenance

auntAgonist

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6. So true. Damned if we do and damned if we don't logic.

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 11:20 AM

Aug 2014

Surgery is no panacea for sure.

I have health issues now that might have to do with surgery or maybe not.

I'm iron deficient anemic. I always was low on iron all my life. Could surgery have worsened it? Maybe.

I have malabsorption issues but I knew that going in. That's what the surgery does. It makes you malabsorb so that you do have to take in more supplements to make up for what you're not able to get from your food.

My stomach is smaller now too. It's not a pouch. It's a stomach albeit 1/3 of the size it was in 2005.

Would I do it all over again?

YES.

I might not be here otherwise.

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So, you say I took the easy way out. A surgeon's perspective on Bariatric Surgery. [View all] auntAgonist Mar 2014 OP

I think perhaps this topic is of no interest to anyone. auntAgonist Apr 2014 #1

It is of interest spinbaby Apr 2014 #2

I'm brand new to this group, so didn't see your post until just now. Coventina May 2014 #3

Who cares what other people think. If someone isn't supportive of me I just purge them... Walk away Aug 2014 #4

This subject just came up on the health message board I live at now. And it was exactly GreenPartyVoter Aug 2014 #5

So true. Damned if we do and damned if we don't logic. auntAgonist Aug 2014 #6

Exactly! *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Aug 2014 #7

After surgery jambo101 Aug 2014 #8

Hi Jambo, I can only speak for myself regarding this but the real difference in diet for me auntAgonist Aug 2014 #9

My GP suggested that it was time to consider bariatric surgery, and hedgehog Feb 2015 #10