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Gastric bypass

Filmed on 06/01/2016 RH, a 33 years old female, suffering from obesity. Her medical background covers pre-diabetic condition, epilepsy and osteoarthritis. She did not maintain weight loss achieved with diets and tablets. She was offered laparoscopic (keyhole surgery) gastric bypass. Before the procedure underwent a mandatory psychiatric assessment. Also, before the procedure was found to have MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) in her nose and had to have an eradication therapy with nasal ointment. She recovered well from the surgery. Started losing weight in a steady fashion and her mobility improved much since the procedure.

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Tell us about your experience of this procedure. So far I've been very tired and in a lot of pain. That's my experience so far. I've not had anything else. It's just been pain and tiredness, pain and tiredness. That's it. Is there anything that you would want to tell a prospective patient who's about to undergo the procedure? Be prepared for the pain. I was told by quite a lot of people that it's not as bad as you think, but it's a lot worse. Was there anything that you experienced that was unexpected? No. No. Yeah. Excellent, thanks very much.

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