Re: BAD NEWS in Boston.....//betty

[Guest guest]

from what i've gathered these past 2 years of researching, the

average death rate is .5% or 1 in 200 people. i imagine it's

different when it comes to different docs.

lori h.

> Hey there guys,

>

> I read

> the memorial page yesterdsay on obesistyhelp.com and i was bawling

> for awhile, and well i wasnt going to get it but a friend said its

> only 2 percent and some of these people didnt die from the surgery.

> She also said that you can either live with the weight or try to do

> something about it, which made sense. Because what kind of life am i

> living with this weight now, a very restrictive one...!

> Betty

[Guest guest]

That's what I was told also, but in one of the meetings I went to as a

pre-op, the Dr. said that it's important to analyze the data based on

your own demographic. For instance, the mortality rate increases if you

are older (50+ on average), have a higher BMI (60+) or if you have

additional medical conditions.

He explained it to me for example:

Me 35, healthy female, BMI = 41 statistically chance of death 1 in

about 5,000

Other, 56yo female with HBP, diabetes, BMI = 63 statistically chance

of death maybe 1 in about 80

and of course everywhere in between.

(these aren't actual statistics, just the examples he gave).

Marina (Los Angeles, CA)

post-op 3/12/03

wlslori@... wrote:

> from what i've gathered these past 2 years of researching, the

> average death rate is .5% or 1 in 200 people. i imagine it's

> different when it comes to different docs.

> lori h.

>

>

> > Hey there guys,

> >

> > I read

> > the memorial page yesterdsay on obesistyhelp.com and i was bawling

> > for awhile, and well i wasnt going to get it but a friend said its

> > only 2 percent and some of these people didnt die from the surgery.

> > She also said that you can either live with the weight or try to do

> > something about it, which made sense. Because what kind of life am i

> > living with this weight now, a very restrictive one...!

> > Betty

>

>

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