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Originally Posted by sugarwood
Can you elaborate on why the stomach band is so dangerous for people?
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I don't have any expertise, my only knowledge of this comes from the experience of my wifes friend. So I may well be speaking tripe.
This was 'stomach sleeving', removing a large portion of the stomach permanently, rather than gastric band surgery, which as I understand it, restricts the size of the stomach and is at some point later removed.
One of the ongoing complications as I understand it is called "dumping" where undigested sugars are passed too quickly through the stomach and into the intestinal tract, with unpleasant and dangerous results. Post operation, after discharge, she was re-admitted to hospital for five days with serious dehydration. Couldn't get water down.
But my comment about "dangerous" was really inasmuch as all major surgery is dangerous, and according to an Anaesthetist friend of mine, the risks are magnified when the individual is obese. This individual has already has gall bladder surgery (removed if IIRC correctly) after issues caused by her diet and her weight.
My problem with this is that what we have here is a psychological issue. There were no fat guys on the Burma Railway. Cutting out your stomach as elective surgery, to stop you eating, seems insane to me. Wife says I don't understand, and as usual shes right.