What is Gastric Bypass Surgery?

This is my experience, and only take what resonates with you, consult your doctor.

When I was 24, I went with a gastroenterologist due to a pain I had in the left side of my stomach-abs.

The pain was being chronic.

The gastroenterologist ordered me to do a endoscopy, and he found a hiatal hernia.

Little did I know in that time, that I should have focus on my diet, and eliminate my triggering foods, rather than just listening to what the gastroenterologist asked for, a bariatric surgery, which is also known as a gastric bypass surgery, similar to the one that people also aim to do for weight-loss.

Plus, an old man gave me an advice that “once a person has a first surgery, following new symptoms will come up”. And it was true, but I didn’t listen at that time.

Nevertheless, I went with another doctor for a second opinion, but it was still a conventional doctor and not a functional doctor, and his opinion was the same, “to do the surgery”.

So, mistakenly I listened to their opinions and had the bariatric surgery for the hiatal hernia, which was made laparoscopically.

The recovery was fast, since the 4 cuts were of around 2 cm each, and it took me around 4 weeks to eat a complete meal, but the issues came later.

Since at that time I didn’t changed my diet accordinlgy to what my body did not triggered, such as gluten and eggs, my body eventually will bring up the autoimmune symptoms.

Couple years after, a doctor found a thyroid nodule, which eventually lead me years after to learn how to heal Hashimoto.

Even one day, I had some nausea after having a chicken salad that I have eaten from Carl’s Jr, and I had the urge to puke, but due to the surgery, I could’t.

So, if I had only knew earlier in my life, that for each and every body there might be triggering foods that can cause inflammation (gluten in my case), eariler I could have followed my healthy journey.

But, those deep changes were not made, and I had a diet that still included processed foods, gluten, eggs, orange and some more triggering foods that can be found in my Hashimoto Diet. 

I didn’t take care of my root causes of my imbalance and autoimmune disorder.

Even though, my diet at that time could be considered not that bad, by I used to include foods with a package that was stated as “healthy”, such as whole wheat bread. 

Certainly, it was not healthy choice, once one learns to read the ingredients label and sees that it has several ingredients that sound not easy to understand.

In short, why I don’t recommend such gastric bypass surgery? Because there are triggering foods that need to be discovered that are bringing up inflammation to the body.

Or for the people with weight loss goal, there might be other foods that are being converted into sugar, like rice, corn or potatoes and are not allowing the person to lose weight.

Foods not neccesarily must be under the line of considered unhealthy foods to be removed, such in my case that I also have to leave out of my diet pineapples, lentils and almonds.

When I talked with my current functional medicine doctor, he agreed that I should have not done the surgery.

Nevertheless, it was a situation that was already done and I have to accept it even if I regret it, but now it is also a part of my healing story and it lead me to know what eventually nurtures me and heals me.