It’s no secret the public at large perceives gastric bypass to be the lazy person’s cure for obesity. In fact some are so indignant about this medical procedure they passionately take a soapbox and criticize the surgery which will be performed on nearly 500,000 Americans this year.
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If you listen, even for a moment, to the talk in overweight communities you will almost always hear that gastric bypass weight loss surgery is the “easy way out” of Fat Land. People with weak spirits and good insurance get a lucky break, have their stomachs whacked and stapled and lose weight t…
September 13, 1999
Do you remember where you were six years ago today?
I do. It was the day I underwent gastric bypass surgery - a day that changed my life forever.
I don’t recall much about that day. I remember feeling embarrassed lying on the preparation table, my enormous be…