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Originally Posted by Rathji
Yes, but you need to consider that pre-op they would have been just as likely, if not more likely, to have commited suicide. I don't have time to dig up number right now but over 1/3 of pre-op GRS patients had actually attempted suicide. Almost 70% had seriously considered it.
I don't know the actual percentage for successful suicides, but I know it is about twice the national average.
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Oh I am not doubting that most all are tremendously unhappy, which is what the operations are supposed to 'cure', the point is for at least a quarter of them the procedure appears to have not helped them which leads me to question whether it was the right idea in the first place.