On 01/06/16, Daryl Stout said the following...   
       
    DS>   I am still waiting on the blood work for checking if I am type 2   
    DS> diabetic, and have gout...and then to see if my PCP feels that gastric   
    DS> bypass surgery would be an option for me. I wonder if anyone in this   
    DS> echo has had, or knows someone who has undergone it, and what their   
    DS> experiences were. So, I'm not going to rush into this, but would   
    DS> appreciate any feedback.   
      
   Daryl,   
      
   Granted I am type 1 I have been through similar things.  I had a "scrotal"   
   cyst that turned out to be a tumor ont the epididymus (the tubes between the   
   prostate and the testes)  They removed it and I've been well afterward.   
      
   What they found drove my weight probem was after the surgery in my "scrotal"   
   area was complete they found that the cancer possibly spread to the testicle   
   on the left side and they took it too.  Being that I already have other   
   problems my body slowed down making testosterone.   
      
   I've been on testosterone shots now for the past 11 years and it's made all   
   the difference in my life... I've had more energy.  I've been able to lose   
   weight... and it has in some ways helped my diabetic control   
      
   I also am a big advocate of the weight watcher's program.  It's not so weigh   
   in and scale orenited with the new program.  I've had to lose do to a hip   
   injury a lot of weight to have my hip surgery.  When my hip joint was damaged   
   I let my weight get up to 327 pounds.  I started Weight Watchers in November   
   just before Turkey day and I'm down now to 251 and still dropping.  I am   
   unable to do a lot of exercise, but the support and rethinking my food (and   
   I've been eating a lot more of it since too) has been all the difference in   
   the world.   
      
   The gastric bypass is a drastic last-ditch surgery.  I go to the Joslyn   
   center for diabetes and my diabetic doctor said that SHE only reccomends it   
   to patients who are lazy and lack any form of discipline.   
      
   While working at the jail we had a nurse that was morbidly obese she got the   
   gastric bypass surgery and lost an impressive amount of weight, over 220   
   pounds.  We even did a collection and fund raisers to get her an additional   
   surgery not covered by the health insurance to remove excess folds of skin.    
   They literally removed nearly 30 pounds of skin.  Two years after that she   
   started losing teeth and became malnourished even though she ate healthy and   
   took vitamins... we lost her and it about killed us.   
      
   We found out that this is not an uncommon thing with the gastric bypass   
   patients that they do get vitamin deprived and some actually starve no matter   
   what they take or eat.  I couldn't do it... I know of two people who have   
   died from this surgery.   
      
   I also know one young lady who choked to death because of her lat-band   
   forcing food into her lungs.  I would exhaust every "natural" way of losing   
   weight first.   
      
   I would also have your tesosterone levels checked... you might be low on that   
   and it's something your body naturally makes.  Boosting it up can have   
   amazing results.   
      
   Allen   
      
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