I'm new, curious, and concerned

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone.

My name is Lee, I guess you can say I am beginning the first steps of my

journey. I have been studying a lot about weight loss surgery for the past

few months, I have met with many real life people that have had Gastric

Bypass and they are doing great. I currently live in South Florida, the Fort

Lauderdale area and now that I have decided that this surgery is what I want

to do, I have started to look at who does them. I heard about Dr. Rutledge

in North Carolina and the Mini-Gastric Bypass surgery on the Internet. It

seems he has many satisfied patients and has a good system for the whole

process.

I attended a seminar on Bariatric surgery recently, and learned a great deal

about the different options available. Dr Rutledge was mentioned for his

Mini-Gastric Bypass technique, however they went on to say that the National

Bariatric Association is trying to get Dr Rutledge to change away from that

technique. They mentioned that there is a risk to patients of MGB to develop

stomach cancer after a number of years.

As I said I am new to all of this, and am only concerned. I am 26 years old

and looking at having this done, I am only trying to cover all the bases. I

would hope to have a long healthy road ahead of me.

If anyone can comment on this please do so.

Thank You

Lee

[Guest guest]

Hi Lee,

Welcome to the group even if you're only visiting.

Trudy

I'm new, curious, and concerned

Hello Everyone.

My name is Lee, I guess you can say I am beginning the first steps of my

journey. I have been studying a lot about weight loss surgery for the past

few months, I have met with many real life people that have had Gastric

Bypass and they are doing great. I currently live in South Florida, the Fort

Lauderdale area and now that I have decided that this surgery is what I want

to do, I have started to look at who does them. I heard about Dr. Rutledge

in North Carolina and the Mini-Gastric Bypass surgery on the Internet. It

seems he has many satisfied patients and has a good system for the whole

process.

I attended a seminar on Bariatric surgery recently, and learned a great deal

about the different options available. Dr Rutledge was mentioned for his

Mini-Gastric Bypass technique, however they went on to say that the National

Bariatric Association is trying to get Dr Rutledge to change away from that

technique. They mentioned that there is a risk to patients of MGB to develop

stomach cancer after a number of years.

As I said I am new to all of this, and am only concerned. I am 26 years old

and looking at having this done, I am only trying to cover all the bases. I

would hope to have a long healthy road ahead of me.

If anyone can comment on this please do so.

Thank You

Lee

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lee,

Welcome to the gang.

If you go to Dr. R's clos.net site he gives a detailed refutation to the cancer

criticism. So I hope you get the rest of the story there.

Sperb

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Hello Everyone.

My name is Lee, I guess you can say I am beginning the first steps of my

journey. I have been studying a lot about weight loss surgery for the past

few months, I have met with many real life people that have had Gastric

Bypass and they are doing great. I currently live in South Florida, the Fort

Lauderdale area and now that I have decided that this surgery is what I want

to do, I have started to look at who does them. I heard about Dr. Rutledge

in North Carolina and the Mini-Gastric Bypass surgery on the Internet. It

seems he has many satisfied patients and has a good system for the whole

process.

I attended a seminar on Bariatric surgery recently, and learned a great deal

about the different options available. Dr Rutledge was mentioned for his

Mini-Gastric Bypass technique, however they went on to say that the National

Bariatric Association is trying to get Dr Rutledge to change away from that

technique. They mentioned that there is a risk to patients of MGB to develop

stomach cancer after a number of years.

As I said I am new to all of this, and am only concerned. I am 26 years old

and looking at having this done, I am only trying to cover all the bases. I

would hope to have a long healthy road ahead of me.

If anyone can comment on this please do so.

Thank You

Lee