Gastric Bypass & Obesity Ignorance

I monitor Twitter activity for tweets on ‘gastric bypass’, so I can connect with those who have had gastric bypass surgery, and answer questions for those seeking help.  The search will pull in any tweets that contain the phrase ‘gastric bypass’, so not everyone is seeking help – some are trashing the obese and gastric bypass surgery.  I’m surprised at the level of ignorance about obesity and gastric bypass. It’s easy, I guess, to sit in judgment of an obese person and assume that it should be easy to just stop eating, start exercising and ‘get over’ this whole fat thing. Ignorant statements; as like most things, obesity is a complex issue that for probably the majority of the obese, has actual physiological reasons for how they became obese. Read more

Gastric Bypass Cures Type 2 Diabetes?

Before I had my weight loss surgery, I had Type 2 diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, GERD, was developing sleep apnea and a plethora of aches and pains. Now: I have none of these things. Not one. I was able to stop my diabetes medications the day I left the hospital after my surgery.

Now there’s a suggested link to gastric bypass surgery and cancer prevention! The 20/20 show video provides more details.