Your local hospital systems will be able to advise in regard to local help and support groups. Also there groups such as obesityhelp.com\forums and thinnertimesforum.com can provide experiences of persons who have underwent such procedures.
http://www.thinnertimesforum.com/forum/3-gastric-bypass-forums/ This forum has lots of topics on subjects including pre-op, post-op, long term, and nutrition.
You can find out information about the gastric band versus the gastric bypass surgery on http://www.trueresults.com/gastric-bypass-surgery or http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/47541.php
http://www.renewedreflections.com/forums/news-please-read/937-before-and-after-pics.html has before and after pictures from gastric bypass surgery. www.laparoscopy.com/obesity/roux.html has actual pictures of the surgery.
Truthfully, the best place to find advice on gastric band bypass surgery is not online. It is best to consult your family physician about this and other types of weight loss surgery to determine what is the best fit for you.
If you are looking to get Gastric Bypass surgery, you will probably want to look at forums, before and after pictures, confessions, physician information etc. You can find all that on www.obeseinfo.com
For information on gastric banding surgery, it would be best to consult your physician. There are many different ways to go about the gastric band, speak toy our doctor about all of the options.
Forums can usually provide a pretty good outlook on the pro's and con's of gastric bypass surgery. This particular forum is from actual post-surgery patients. It is the Gastric Bypass Surgery Advice from Daily Strength. www.dailystrength.org/c/Gastric-Bypass-Surgery/advice
There is a website called Thinner Times. They have a discussion forum where you can connect with patients who have had gastric bypass surgery. This is one of many similar forums used to discuss experiences of this type of surgery.
Website http://www.ukgastricband.co.uk/ has an excellent forum in which you can discuss the gastric band. You can find people who have gone through the surgery and discuss different alternative options, as well as life after the surgery.
To find more information regarding gastric bypass surgery. I would recommend speaking with a doctor or dietician. You can also read some information online. Here is a site I found useful:http://www.webmd.com/diet/weight-loss-surgery/gastric-bypass
A person may inquire at a local medical provider that offers rouxeny gastric bypass or take a look at various online websites or forums that provide information on this type of gastric bypass surgery, such as the following: www.laparoscopy.com/obes, www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/gastric-bypass-about-roux-en-y-gastric-bypass.html, and www.umm.edu/weightloss/roueny.htm.
The surgical forums at Obesityhelp.com (found here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/revision/gastric-bypass-revision-surgery.html) outline the different options available to patients who have found their original surgery has failed to deliver the expected results.