Gastric Bypass Testimonials, Success Stories with Before and After Pictures

The progression of obesity continues at a pace of 5% per year. If nothing is done, the level of obesity in the United States will reach more than 27% obese. Obesity generates other serious diseases like heart failure. Gastric bypass surgey is one means used currently to combat obesity. Before you read any further, please note that I'm a surgeon specialised in Gastric Bypass Surgery and this article may be biased.

Before you decide that gastric bypass surgery is for you, you need to take a look around, find the testimonials of people who have done this surgery, their success stories, before and after pictures and most important of all their failures!

Gastric Bypass Testimonials

Kathy A.

As far as I can remember, I've always been a chubby child. From my 14 years I started taking a lot of weight. I dared not go out without a big sweater and jogging to hide my forms. So I started a plan to end the extra pounds and it was from there that I fell into a downward spiral. I tried everything: diet pills, protein meals, special dishes, Weight Watchers herbal cures, nutritionists, etc ... And nothing worked.

I was so accustomed to being overweight, until 2003 when it turned into morbid obesity when my weight shot up to reach the 112 kg (for 1.62 m) in 2006. Following several health problems and no longer beaing able to bear my reflection in the mirror, a final solution presented itself to me: gastric bypass surgey.

I knew nothing about the different means used for this type of surgury except the gastric band. The doctor made me aware of all the possibilities and advised me to do a bypass, which was, in his experience, most suited to my case. Having considered all the risks, benefits and drawbacks of this operation and after careful consideration, I asked him to perform the procedure as soon as possible.

I had some trepidations but in fact, the operation went very well and the pain was very tolerable. The work was excellent. After a month the results are already noticed and the change was obvious and impressive.

From there my life has tilted in a fairy tale. Today (two years after surgery), I weigh 63 kg. So I came to a normal weight and I eat everything that makes me want (limited and balanced of course). There is still a daily vitamin intake added to the diet.

The gastric bypass surgry is truly revolutionary and I am now a radiant young woman, full of life and especially good in her skin. And I advise everyone to be suffering from obesity and could no longer cope, to opt for this method of weight loss. I never regretted my decision.

Jenny D.

I started gaining weight at the age of 6 years when my mother returned to work she had stopped for almost 7 years. This weight gain, probably due to a sore point, has increased over the years despite the regimes at home, with family, stay in clinic for obese children, visits to a psychologist and to top it all 2 attempted suicides by drugs.

After many attempts, I had a psychoanalysis and was diagnosed with severe depression that lasted 12 years.

6 years ago, I heard about the gastric bypass sugery. I thought this might concern me most and I decided to do this surgury. I first consulted a doctor who explained to me how it was done. 6 months later I did the gastric bypass surgry. I weighed 130 pounds before the gastric bypass surgery and I lost 60 pounds since. Do a quick maths: I now weigh 70 pounds!

I am convinced that many obese people feel very bad about themselves. This would be a shame not to take this operation; to feel accepted in the society but also desired. I am a very happy and satisfied woman and I'm also very proud of myself, for having the courage to do this surgery.

Please note that the two patients above are from my french colleague Dr. Tahrat.

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