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My sister had GB in 04, My hubby had it in 05. Both hasn't had any problems at all. Except my sis has dumping syndrome, every great once in a while. My hubby hasn't had ANY at all. He's lost over 100 pnds. And is NO LONGER a diabetic, no high blood pressure and no high cholesterol.

He can eat anything (which drives me nuts) and doesn't gain any weight. It's by far the BEST thing that he's ever done for himself and our family.

My neice had the GB over 3 years ago with no problems either. Matter a fact, the docs told her before she had it done, that she would NEVER be able to get pregnant. I'm happy to say that she's due in 2 months with her second child. She has had normal pregnacies and delivery(so far)

A friend of a friend of mine also had the GB over 2 years ago with absolutely no problems. She went in the hospital this past June to have her excess skin removed. She was doing fine, until the day she was supposed to be released. She got a blod clot and passed away that very day.

You take chances with everything in life, shoot going for a normal dental proceedure could kill you. You have to decide the pro's and cons in all things, and then decide what is right for you. I am very thankful that my hubby had his done, otherwise he may have not been alive to watch our babies grow up..and GB doesn't guarantee that he'll be around that long, but it sure upped his odds