Both I and my DH have had gastric bypass surgery for weight loss. However, this surgery is not always done for weight loss. It helps those who suffer from chronic acid reflux and can save their lives. Weight loss will most likely be a side effect of his surgery, but sometimes a modified surgery is done for acid reflux patients so they do not lose a great deal of weight. I'm almost positive that his doctor recommended the surgery not for weight loss but for the chronic acid reflux.

Caregiver to husband David, non smoker. Dx 1/06 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV, neck nodes involved. Surgery/Chemo/Rad. Treatment finished 5/06. Waiting. Recurrence in lung, Aug07. 6 months Cisplatin/Erbitux. Spots shrinking after 3 Cisplatin tx.