Gastric bypass surgery can add years to a life
Scranton Times-Tribune - PA, USA
His best option was bariatric surgery, otherwise known as gastric bypass. A 15-year study at Swedenâ??s Sahlgrenska University Hospital, released in the New …
After John Cherundoloâ??s gastric bypass surgery, his doctor told him it added 20 years to his life.
The Montrose girls basketball coach wasnâ??t impressed. â??I said, â??Iâ??m 53 now,â?? Cherundolo recalled. â??I was going to live that long anyhow.â?? His doctorâ??s words shocked him â??He said, â??No you werenâ??t,â??â? Cherundolo recalled
There were too many complications from his Type 2 diabetes, which had advanced from a daily pill to daily insulin injections. He also was suffering from high blood pressure and high cholesterol. His best option was bariatric surgery, otherwise known as gastric bypass.
A 15-year study at Swedenâ??s Sahlgrenska University Hospital, released in the New England Journal of Medicine last summer concluded that severely obese gastric bypass patients were 56 percent less likely to die from heart disease than the severely obese who did not have the surgery, and 92 percent less likely to die from diabetes-related causes.
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