I did not see the show, but I have lost that much weight, if you count the
total. And I wonder why, since the people cannot eat After the surgery, at
least not the way they used to, that they don't go ahead and eat less? I
know this is oversimplification, but dang.

"Amberle3" wrote in message
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Oprah today focused on lives of "different" people, mostly little
people. She did however do a segment on a woman that once weighed over
400 pounds. If I heard correctly, she had lost 50 pounds on her own and
then decided that she couldn't lose the rest of the weight without
medical intervention and decided to do the gastric bypass surgery.

I'm not wanting to ignite a huge debate on the merits of the surgery,
but I just couldn't help but thinking that while it certainly did the
trick for losing the weight, I can't imagine not having health
complications from it. This woman lost 200 pounds in 9 months. That's
3/4 pound per day. I just can't imagine that.

Her actual stomach organ is now sized between a golf ball and an egg.

So my questions on all of this are... what happens to her in 5 or 10
years? How on earth can a person take in enough nutrients to live with
a stomach that small?

I was very pleased for her having lost the weight. She's a much happier
person, and experienced some wonderful NSVs including an Oprah-arranged
shopping trip with a personal style coordinator and being able to ride a
rollercoaster for the first time in years. But I still worry about the
long-term effects of the surgery.

Did anyone else watch this? Does anyone know what long-term studies
have been done about the surgery?

Amberle3 (who can't stand needles or knives, definitely not included to
have any surgery)

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