I need help deciding if Gastric Bypass is worth going into more debt?!


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I need help deciding if Gastric Bypass is worth going into more debt?

I am a graduate student and only have this student loan to pay back when I am finished ($36,000). I was on a full track scholarship for my undergraduate degree. I was injured during my track days and really have a desire to compete again. However, while recovering from my injuries I gained 80lbs pushing my BMI to 55. I have no other dissorders besides being overweight. I have been trying to work out but lord, I am feeling the weight. I hate that my body won't do what my mind thinks it can and used to be able to do. I fear that I will not stop putting on the weight and hope to have children and a family one day. On a sidenote, my mother and sister have both had the surgery and my sister gained all of her weight back and then some. I am beginning to feel like I will never be normal. I do not health insurance (on state healthcare that will not cover the cost) so I would have to finance the surgery through the docter and make payments. I am willing to do this if I feel there is hope. Help!


Answers:

If your weight is continuing to increase, yes, it is worth it. If it has plateaued, you may want to see if you can wait until you get a job that has insurance.

People that regain all of their weight usually have other problems, such as addictive personalities or they were sexually abused. I've spoken to several doctors about this, and they have said that this a problem almost exclusively with women. Since your weight seems to be related to an injury, you will most likely not have this problem.

Also, they now create the "pouch" from a different part of the stomach that doesn't stretch as much as the part they used several years go does. Therefor, today, a lot fewer people have the regain problem.

As for all the dire warnings you will hear, just remember this little factoid: Getting knee replacement surgery has a four times HIGHER mortality rate than gastric bypass surgery, and knee replacement won't fix the underlying problem.

Look for someone who does the surgery laproscopically.




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