Carnie Wilson Gastric Bypass

Carnie Wilson is an american singer well known in the 90s as one of the singers in the group Wilson Philip with sister Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips who charted hits such as "Hold On" and "You're in love". But she has also gained notoriety throughout the world as one of the most well-known celebrities who underwent a gastric-bypass surgery, supposedly broadcast live on the internet in August 1999.

Carnie Wilson weighed 300lbs prior to her surgery and iff she hadn't had the surgery, she’d probably be dead. Her liver was enlarged; it was toxic. she had sleep apnea – She was waking up choking 10 times a night. Her cholesterol and blood pressure were high.

She was pre-diabetic and had circulation problems, slipped disks in her back, acne and chronic headaches. The surgery taught her to be accountable for what she put in her mouth. The truth is that the weight loss happened so fast that she couldn’t absorb it. Everyone was watching her and she was under a lot of pressure. Dieting was ineffective; she lost weight only to regain it later.

Carnie Wilson decided to lose weight by performing a gastric bypass. Carnie Wilson's gastric bypass was the first mediatic surgery I know besides Michael Jackson's plastic surgery. The clinic who was responsible for the gastric bypass of Carnie Wilson used Carnie Wilson's gastric bypass a launch pad for a million dollar ad campaign by providing a streaming link of the gastric bypass on the internet. Unfortunately for the fans who were trying to glimpse a close up of Carnie Wilson's insides on their dial up were disappointed. Only a few infomercials were actually shown.

So what happened to Carnie Wilson after the Gastric Surgery?

She was never her self again. She lost weight, gained weight and had to lost them again. She had to follow a strict diet for the rest of her life. Simple things like a candy bar which meant a lot to her before the surgery, were denied afterwards. She even broke into tears on Oprah when Oprah asked her how she was coping with her new lifestyle.

Gastric bypass surgery is hard. Gastric Bypass is a surgery which will have repercussions on your lifestyle. Doing the gastric bypass is easy. Changing and maintaining a different lifestyle after the surgery is very hard. I've seen patients who had had gastric bypasses but who regained their initial weight 2 years later, unable to adjust to their new lifestyle and reverting back to their old ones.

The Carnie Wilson Gastric Bypass is a good example for people who are undecided on whether or not they are going to do the gastric bypass and if so, will they be able to conform to a new life style without all the little pleasures they had in the last one?

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