Successful bariatric surgery

Susan Serrill wrote:
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company
refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines (
100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the cut.
Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my
insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very nice
and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single day
at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties
sweating their asses off....

Susan

You sound like a lovely person. I particularly liked the part about
scamming unnecessary expensive medical procedures through insurance
fraud. I pay $13,000/year for family medical insurance. Easy to see why.

Dally, who went to the gym today and sweated her fat ass off

You aren't paying attention. There was a news
report last week saying that everybody who has
had bariatric surgery that has kept the weight off
has done it by exercising. The exception is Carnie
Wilson (maybe) who doesn't.

"Susan Serrill" wrote in message
...
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company
refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines
(
100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the
cut.
Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my
insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very
nice
and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single
day
at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties
sweating their asses off....

Susan

"Beverly"
I know two women who had WLS a few years ago. Both were able to lose the
weight in the beginning but neither started an exercise program. Both
have
gained back all their weight and suffer from health problems associated
with the surgery. For me personally, WLS would never be an option - I'm a
big chicken when it comes to any type of surgery.
I had surgery on a finger about 20 years ago and the doctor told me I
would
probably require additional surgery sometime in the future to remove scar
tissue if it developed. Well, I have this nice little bump of scar tissue
on the finger and I'm still debating about getting it removedg
Someday........maybe.

Beverly

How much weight will you lose if you remove the bump? Seriously, I am a
chicken about surgery too. However, I know I'll need some someday. I'm
psyching myself up for it.

"Susan Serrill" wrote in message
...
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company
refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines
(
100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the
cut.
Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my
insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very
nice
and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single
day
at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties
sweating their asses off....

Susan

How sweet of you to tell us about this. Now come back in a few years when
you've regained the weight or are experiencing other problems and we'll
give you the information you need to live a long and healthy life! It's
called proper diet and exercise.

How much muscle did you lose along with the pounds?

BTW.....I personally know two people who had the WLS and 10 years later
they're both experiencing health problems and have gained every lost ounce
back.

"Susan Serrill" wrote in message
...
Ignoramus4854 wrote:
In article , Susan Serrill
wrote:
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company
refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight guidelines
(
100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the
cut.
Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my
insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very
nice
and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a single
day
at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties
sweating their asses off....

It sounds to me that you are kidding (trolling). In case you are not...

If not, then the wisdom of gaining 40 lbs and getting a stomach
surgery, to lose only 60 lbs, and losing 100 lbs on a forced crash
diet, is rather questionable health wise.

Not only you somewhat scammed your health insurance company, but you
also scammed yourself, and the only benefactor that I see is your
weight loss surgeon.


Wrong, there were other benefits as well. I have caesarian scars which I
would have had forever....however now that I have had the bariatric
surgery, my insurance company will fully cover a tummy tuck. I am going
to
look like I did when I was in high school.

There is no scam about it. What I do with my body is my business. Why
should anyone else put me down for having this surgery, it has nothing to
do with them.


If it has nothing to do with us, wtf did you bother posting here? You
obviously didn't want our opinions.

"Susan Serrill" wrote in message
...
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company
refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight
guidelines (
100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the
cut.
Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my
insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very
nice
and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a
single day
at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties
sweating their asses off....

Susan

*ahem*
First of all, your attitude gives us Susan's a bad name..

Secondly I just sat here and had to laugh and shake my head at your
post. Troll or not, if you had the surgery like you said you did you
know first hand the horrors of what can and will happen when you have to
live on nothing but mashed potatoes and gravy because your pouch can't
tolerate anything else. While your "dumping" you can read below my
comments.

I considered the surgery for over a year, and watched my best friend go
through it on a daily basis from start to finish. I attended her support
group with her every Thursday night 6 months to her surgery till she was
3 months out. I held her hand for the first 3 weeks, I watched her go
from a "fattie" as you called it to a thin person. I also watched her
skin become almost grey from malnutrition. I watched her become gaunt
and exhausted *all* the time. I watched her lose her hair. I also
watched her family fall apart because they couldn't deal with her
emotional/mental state as she transpired into someone they didn't even
know anymore much less LIKE. I watched her husband leave her (he fell in
love with a woman who wasn't perfect and was pretty damned happy with
her the way she was) I watched her try to cover her thin body with
clothes because her skin was hanging down over her kneecaps and like
batwings on her arms because she refused to exercise. I watched her
breasts go from a 38d to an a-cup of skin and a nipple. I watched her
bank account go completely to hell because she was spending helter
skelter on clothes to do so and exercise equipment she will never use.
Because she had no plan. I watched her go from a beautiful "fattie" who
I loved very much to a thin bitch who thought she knew it all. I also
watched her try to get cosmetic surgery afterwards but is being refused.
Know why? because she was SO malnutrition that they felt she would die
on the operating table if they did.

So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my
NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my
lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my
sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my
shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting
wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my
health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty
of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time
while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what
type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe
4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I
won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some
of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier
happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now
that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds,
depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone.

Here, have a carrot stick.. No? can't digest it? too bad.



Susan
260/192/140

susanjoneslewis wrote:
[...]
So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my
NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my
lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my
sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my
shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting
wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my
health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty
of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time
while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what
type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe
4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I
won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some
of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier
happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now
that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds,
depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone.
[...]

Thanks for a great rebuttal, Susan!

(Btw, any post from Gilgamesh-Frog.org is from a ssfa and asd* troll, I'm
pretty sure.)

Rogue

Susan I really enjoyed your post. Makes me realize that surgery wasn't for
me. I'm glad I didn't get it. Thanks so much for your great post. )
Dianne
"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message
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"Susan Serrill" wrote in message
...
I had to go thru hell for this surgery. First, my insurance company
refused to cover it because I didn't meet the minimum weight
guidelines (
100 lbs over) I spent weeks trying to gain 40 lbs so I would make the
cut.
Then, I couldn't find a psych consult which would be covered by my
insurance. The doctor (Dr. Sweet of the SWLC in Reading, PA) was very
nice
and waived it. Ta-da! I'm now thin, and didn't have to spend a
single day
at the gym. Although I do drive by there to laugh at all the fatties
sweating their asses off....

Susan

*ahem*
First of all, your attitude gives us Susan's a bad name..

Secondly I just sat here and had to laugh and shake my head at your
post. Troll or not, if you had the surgery like you said you did you
know first hand the horrors of what can and will happen when you have to
live on nothing but mashed potatoes and gravy because your pouch can't
tolerate anything else. While your "dumping" you can read below my
comments.

I considered the surgery for over a year, and watched my best friend go
through it on a daily basis from start to finish. I attended her support
group with her every Thursday night 6 months to her surgery till she was
3 months out. I held her hand for the first 3 weeks, I watched her go
from a "fattie" as you called it to a thin person. I also watched her
skin become almost grey from malnutrition. I watched her become gaunt
and exhausted *all* the time. I watched her lose her hair. I also
watched her family fall apart because they couldn't deal with her
emotional/mental state as she transpired into someone they didn't even
know anymore much less LIKE. I watched her husband leave her (he fell in
love with a woman who wasn't perfect and was pretty damned happy with
her the way she was) I watched her try to cover her thin body with
clothes because her skin was hanging down over her kneecaps and like
batwings on her arms because she refused to exercise. I watched her
breasts go from a 38d to an a-cup of skin and a nipple. I watched her
bank account go completely to hell because she was spending helter
skelter on clothes to do so and exercise equipment she will never use.
Because she had no plan. I watched her go from a beautiful "fattie" who
I loved very much to a thin bitch who thought she knew it all. I also
watched her try to get cosmetic surgery afterwards but is being refused.
Know why? because she was SO malnutrition that they felt she would die
on the operating table if they did.

So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my
NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my
lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my
sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my
shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting
wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my
health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty
of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time
while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what
type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe
4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I
won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some
of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier
happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now
that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds,
depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone.

Here, have a carrot stick.. No? can't digest it? too bad.



Susan
260/192/140

"susanjoneslewis" wrote in message
. com...
*ahem*
First of all, your attitude gives us Susan's a bad name..

Secondly I just sat here and had to laugh and shake my head at your
post. Troll or not, if you had the surgery like you said you did you
know first hand the horrors of what can and will happen when you have to
live on nothing but mashed potatoes and gravy because your pouch can't
tolerate anything else. While your "dumping" you can read below my
comments.

I considered the surgery for over a year, and watched my best friend go
through it on a daily basis from start to finish. I attended her support
group with her every Thursday night 6 months to her surgery till she was
3 months out. I held her hand for the first 3 weeks, I watched her go
from a "fattie" as you called it to a thin person. I also watched her
skin become almost grey from malnutrition. I watched her become gaunt
and exhausted *all* the time. I watched her lose her hair. I also
watched her family fall apart because they couldn't deal with her
emotional/mental state as she transpired into someone they didn't even
know anymore much less LIKE. I watched her husband leave her (he fell in
love with a woman who wasn't perfect and was pretty damned happy with
her the way she was) I watched her try to cover her thin body with
clothes because her skin was hanging down over her kneecaps and like
batwings on her arms because she refused to exercise. I watched her
breasts go from a 38d to an a-cup of skin and a nipple. I watched her
bank account go completely to hell because she was spending helter
skelter on clothes to do so and exercise equipment she will never use.
Because she had no plan. I watched her go from a beautiful "fattie" who
I loved very much to a thin bitch who thought she knew it all. I also
watched her try to get cosmetic surgery afterwards but is being refused.
Know why? because she was SO malnutrition that they felt she would die
on the operating table if they did.

So drive by my gym if you'd like.. and watch me sweating my ass off.. my
NICE tanned, glowing ass. And while you're at it, take a look at my
lovely knees, the skin is where it should be! Also take a look at my
sparkly eyes, see how happy they are, and healthy? Please admire my
shiny healthy hair. Stop on in and chat with me, I'm a very uplifting
wonderful person to be around with a great outlook on life and my
health. Come to my dinner table with me.. My family and I eat a bounty
of healthy delicious meals everyday in our happy home. Take the time
while you're in my neighborhood to ask my friends and associates what
type of person I am. Come take a brisk evening walk with me say maybe
4-5 miles, neah.. lets do SIX.. Think you can keep up? Only thing I
won't invite you into is my bedroom at night where my SO and I have some
of the most amazing sex we've ever had since I've become a healthier
happier person. But you're welcome to check out my medicine cabinet now
that the Tums, sleeping pills, high bloodpressure meds, diabetes meds,
depression meds, diuretics, scammy weightloss meds are gone.

Here, have a carrot stick.. No? can't digest it? too bad.



Susan
260/192/140

*applause*

Well said except maybe next time you shouldn't hold back so much and tell us
how you really feel . There was an article in last week's People about
people who regained after the surgery with pics (after/after)?

I am happy to know that you are in better shape then my best friend who had
this done about 1.5 yrs ago. She has been in and out of the hospital a
dozen times with various health issues, including gastritis, hernias,
pancreatitis and anemia. She is currently going to a hemotologist 3x a week
for iron transfusions because her body can't absorb enough from food or
suppliments. Unfortunately, The 2 blood transfusions didn't give her enough
iron so she had to resort to this. She will most likely have to do this
regularly for the rest of her life. She also complains that she never feels
good and the extra iron makes her feel nauseated all of the time.

Her skin all over is saggy, from her face, neck, belly, thighs to boobs to
arms, etc. She also had 2 c-sections so her tummy is messed up as well from
scars. She lost about 115 - 120 lbs but appears to be gaining some of it
back now. She refuses to exercise with me. Her doctors keep telling her to
exercise because it helps improve the oxygen level in her blood. She plans
on having a tummy tuck too. However, she can't afford the thigh lift, boob
job, arm lift, neck lift, etc. Not only that, but all of that surgery is
painful and has a lot of down time. If she exercised and improved her tone
a bit, the skin would look much better. Funny, she never laughs at me for
exercising. I am a little heavier then her now but I look so much healthier
and "vital".

It is heart breaking seeing my friend go through so much and know that it
isn't over for her. One of my best friends that is a nurse tells me about
all of the people she knows that has had this done... health issues can
happen at any time. She has this one friend who can only drink ensure now
and can eat nothing else w/out throwing up. This person had the surgery
done about 3 yrs ago and was fine the first 2 years. She looks great, but
at what cost??


"Susan Serrill" wrote in message

Wrong, there were other benefits as well. I have caesarian scars which I
would have had forever....however now that I have had the bariatric
surgery, my insurance company will fully cover a tummy tuck. I am going
to
look like I did when I was in high school.

There is no scam about it. What I do with my body is my business. Why
should anyone else put me down for having this surgery, it has nothing to
do with them.