Gastric Bypass Surgery …?
So I did lose weight (30lbs) but now I’ve gained it back and more. I pretty young and still want to lose the weight so I was thinking about gastric because even when I did lose the weight I still felt as if I could eat a lot more. However, the problem I seem to see with gastric is the extra skin.
My questions:
How much does it cost (range)?
With working out can I avoid extra skinny, totally?
The risks?
Does health insurance cover it or even part (Toronto, ON)?
Lastly, anything you want to add experience etc…
February 7th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I am 13 weeks post op and I am down 72 pounds.
My insurance paid for it, If you don’t have insurance, there are doctors out there who accept payment plans. Also if your insurance company says they wont pay for it, don’t go by what they say, go to a doctor who accepts your insurance, they are experienced in wording your paperwork exactly to force them to pay for it.
The thing with the skin is, your skin takes twice as long to heal from something like this. So give your body time before you run to the plastic surgeon. But honestly, I have not had too much trouble with my self, except my boobs but they were like that before hand.
If you ask me, it’s a bigger risk not to lose the weight. My doctor had zero deaths and he done over 1000 gastric bypasses.
Yes insurance will pay for it, even if they say they dont.
It was the best thing I’ve ever done. A lot of people like to make stuff up or twist things when it comes to talking people out of doing it, but they are wrong. Don’t listen to them, if this is something you want to do, do it!
Obesityhelp.com has millions of before and after stories on all different types of weight loss surgeries.
February 7th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Well there’s stomach bands too.
And hmm you know I recently read this article about how some clinic in Spain has a 5% higher success rates hypnotising people into thinking they have had a stomach band, than the actual stomach band placing surgery itself… I think it was a bbc or cnn article or something, you could try googling it.