Is gastric bypass surgery causing a wave of suicides?
Are you being bullied into a surgery that could cost you your life?
If some surgeon has ever tried to talk you or someone you love into getting gastric bypass weight-loss surgery, you’ve heard the threat — if you don’t get the operation, you’re going to die.
But it looks like there’s a whole lot more to the story than thousands of patients have ever heard.
A heartbreaking new study proves that gastric bypass can send your risk of harming yourself — or even committing suicide — through the roof, practically overnight.
It’s the latest horrific news about a surgery that was supposed to save lives — but is ending far too many of them instead.
You’ve heard how people who were promised a weight-loss miracle ended up with complications like liver disease, dangerously low blood sugar, cognitive decline, and vision loss instead.
But it looks like the risks of this surgery could be even more immediate than we ever thought — and it could be making some patients suicidal.
Patients like John, a 35-year-old from New Hampshire, who ended up depressed and hooked on painkillers and alcohol after his gastric bypass.
Just last year he killed himself — and his mother.
And these kinds of tragedies may be happening more often that the mainstream wants us to know.
A new study out of Canada tracked 9,000 patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery, and found that their suicide rate was a shocking four times higher than the national average.
That’s practically the same thing American researchers found in a similar study eight years back.
Worse still, the Canadian research team found that once you agree to gastric bypass, your risk of harming yourself (or trying to) skyrockets by more than 50 percent.
It’s hard to imagine. People who may have never suffered from serious depression are so desperate after the surgery that they’re ready to take their own lives.
But it’s happening all around the world. And it’s all because of three problems you’ll never read about in a gastric bypass brochure.
Problem #1: Patients are left disappointed with the results. Let’s face it — when a surgeon sells you gastric bypass, he’ll promise you the moon. But when the weight doesn’t fall off as quickly as you’d like — and you’re left suffering from acid reflux and vomiting your meals — you can begin to feel hopeless fast.
Problem #2: Gastric bypass can leave you malnourished. You won’t just be eating less — the surgery can actually make it harder for you to absorb the nutrients your body needs to make key neurotransmitters and stave off depression. One British mother even died after gastric bypass left her practically unable to absorb any food.
Problem #3: Many patients, like John, trade their addiction to food for addictions to drugs and alcohol. A study from the University of Pittsburgh three years ago found that gastric bypass can double your chances of developing a drinking problem. And that’s not surprising, because after the surgery it can take very little booze to get you drunk.
You’d think these risks would be enough to make a surgeon think twice before cutting open your belly. But the mainstream is making too much money off this cash cow — and they’re not about to put it out to pasture.
Instead, docs are saying they just need to do a better job following up with patients after their surgeries — you know, before they kill themselves.
Well, that’s a heck of an idea.
But here’s an even better one. Skip the gruesome surgery and lose weight without it. As I’ve pointed out before, that can be achieved just by following the diet they’d put you on after the surgery anyway.
That would enable patients to slim down and regain their health the old-fashioned way — with good nutrition.
And without butchering their digestive systems and risking their lives.
Sources:
“The dark side of weight loss surgery: People who have the operation are 4 times more likely to commit suicide and twice as likely to self-harm” Madlen Davies, October 7, 2015, The Daily Mail, dailymail.co.uk
“Weight-loss surgery linked to suicide risk” October 7, 2015, Newsmax, newsmax.com
