Hello new to this section on 3 fat chicks. Did have a post on the Support forum. (OY!) Not to encouraging I must say...But to the reason I'm posting. I have decided that wls is something I am deciding to do. This is what I have been considering
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB). This operation is the most common and successful combined procedure in the United States. First, the surgeon creates a small stomach pouch to restrict food intake.
Next, a Y-shaped section of the small intestine is attached to the pouch to allow food to bypass the lower stomach, the duodenum (the first segment of the small intestine), and the first portion of the jejunum (the second segment of the small intestine).
This reduces the amount of calories and nutrients the body absorbs. Rarely, a cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal) is performed to avoid the gallstones that may result from rapid weight loss.
More commonly, patients take medication after the operation to dissolve gallstones.
(See WIN’s fact sheet Dieting and Gallstones for more information.)
I gathered this from win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/gastric.htm
It is informative and I know there are other websites I'm sure I can go to to give me lots more info but I would like to here from someone with a first hand perspective who has had the surgery. I would like to know just about anything you can tell me. From what I need to do before and after surgery. What it was like, how you feel, what was the hardest part, how long it took you to recover, what I need to eat before and after the surgery, and anything else you can tell me would be extremely helpfull!
Melissa