For anyone considering gastric bypass surgery, it is a decision that cannot be made on a whim, must be researched, and the pros and cons weighed.  There are consequences to every action, gastric surgery not excluded.

While there are many successful stories of those who have the surgery and they lose weight, there is also the other side to that coin - sometimes people die.  One such story is that of a woman who desperately needed and wanted help and turned to gastric bypass surgery as a solution.  She died from complications of her surgery (an infection).  Read her story here:  Woman Died Following Weight Loss Surgery 

Other dangers of this surgery is:  abdominal hernias, gallstones, infection, leaks from staple breakdown, deep venous thrombosis, and many other complications.

If you’re considering gastric bypass surgery to lose weight, please consider all options, research the surgery, the pros and cons, and make a well through out decision.

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