Uh, I think my life expectancy is extended now???
Great question! And there are lots of small answers.
Me, I’m a statistically-minded,
can’t-argue-with-the-science kind of girl, so here’s
my answer. It all boils down to this:my surgeon told
me at my one-year check-up that to lose weight I have
to be UNDER 800 calories a day. Willpower or no, I
couldn’t have done this before WLS, and certainly not
for over a year! This simply gets you to the point
where the efforts you make in diet and exercise can
have the effect they’re supposed to.
Someone posted about the lifespan of 15-20 years. I
laughed out loud! My surgeon told me point-blank that
I’d added at least 12 years to my life by having the
surgery, and that was before we knew how my diabetes
would react. The fact of the matter is that the RNY
and BPD/DS haven’t been around for 15 or 20 years, so
they don’t know yet what the top limit might be.
Every scientific education is that the procedures
extend life expectancy.
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