Stacie NY

Gastic Bypass is a Personal Choice. It's Scary, It's Not for Everyone - Albany, NY

Since obesity is rampant in all the generations of women in my family, it does not surprise me that my daughter is now obese and to make matters worse she is bipolar! Here in the Capitol District, you. Ust lose 10% of you weight, attend classes and see a nutritionist regularly. When the nutritionist "feels" you are ready, you go see the surgeon and have the procedure. She was two pounds shy of losing the weight, saw the surgeon and everything took so long (she's been waiting 3 years now) to get moving she has reverted back to her depressed state and has gained some weight back! Does anyone know of a doctor other than Albany Medical Center in Albany that performs the surgery? She is desperate to,have it done! I know she will be fine afterwards because she has a therapist now. But she feels like she's wasting her time with Albany Med and she's losing any the ability to find anything about herself that she likes! Literally she wears sunglasses so much because she just can't look at herself any more. I am worried about her mental health because three years is too long to try and keep your hopes up that someday you will have the surgery. I don't want her to give up but I fear she is going to. Please let me know if you had your surgery done by a surgeon in the Capital District. PS she's going to be 30 in March.

Hello Kirsty,
Although I do have excess skin on my arms and thighs I have not had it removed. Not due to the gastric bypass, but due to hernias, obesity, childbearing, etc, my abdominal muscles are way too far apart and this is causing me to have hernias pop through! Ugh... I've had three surgeries already and will probably have the fourth (hopefully last) about November. It will require an enormous tummy tuck to pull those muscles back together.! So I guess I won't have to worry about the "mommy" pouch after that. Although I have heard from many that the excess skin removal is far more painful? Did you have any removed? I am very interested in knowing what the scars look like, no pictures just wondering if they look horrible like on the arms or thighs?