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On 16 May 2004 11:11:45 -0700, (wilson) wrote:

snip discussion of weight loss surgery)

Interestingly, it enforces a low-carb diet because the person 1) loses
their ability to tolerate sugars (it results in something called
"dumping");

Yeah. Eating a lot of fiber will do that, too.

Skippy

Laura Wills wrote in message ...
http://www.naafa.org/Newsletters/Spr...005_Laura2.jpg

WLS is mutilation of an otherwise beautiful and healthy body.

Shhhhhh

Happened to a councilwoman he

Weight-Loss Surgery Scrutinized After Death
Detroit Councilwoman Dies After Lap-Band Procedure
POSTED: 3:43 p.m. EDT September 9, 2002
DETROIT -- A newly available form of weight-reduction surgery is in an
unwelcome spotlight after the death of a woman who served on the Detroit
City Council.

BRENDA SCOTT (1954-2002)

Brenda Scott died last week from an infection caused by a stomach
perforation. The Wayne, Mich., County medical examiner classified the cause
of death as an accident caused by a condition called peritonitis.

Scott's death came three days after she underwent a procedure called
Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding. The procedure usually requires five or
six incisions to implant an adjustable ring around the stomach. Patients
usually go home the next day.

The device is designed to induce weight loss by restricting food
consumption. It is produced by INAMED Corp., based in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Scott's stomach lining became infected, according to the medical examiner's
autopsy. Doug Trigg, spokesman for INAMED, said that Scott's post-operative
death was the first since the procedure was approved by the Food and Drug
Administration in 2001.

Trigg said the death rate worldwide has been extremely low -- about 0.005
percent.
The procedure has been performed on nearly 90,000 people in other countries
over the past nine years. It's less invasive than other weight-reduction
surgical options -- including stomach stapling and gastric bypass.

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who once represented Dr. Jack Kevorkian, said that
he has been hired by Scott's family to "bring appropriate legal proceedings
against those responsible for her untimely death."

Fieger said two autopsies showed perforations in Scott's stomach. And
according to Feiger, there's no other way the holes could have occurred
except in surgery.

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polar bear stated
| Kenny wrote:
|| a friend of mine almost died from that foolishness....WLS.
|| I was against it from the very start....
|| I was pleading with her for months not to do it.....but she didnt
|| listen to me.........:-(
|| She almost paid with her life for her mistake.
|
| Could you provide some details ? as it is, you are only spreading
| misinformation about a perfectly valid solution to force fat people
| into slimming down.
|
| --
| polar bear

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On Sun, 16 May 2004 13:04:54 -0300, "Heather d'Entremont"
wrote:

hmm...are you JC in drag by any chance LV?

No, Just a person who is mad as hell at people who get their rocks
off by ridicule.

LV


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On Sun, 16 May 2004 06:55:17 -0700, Fran wrote:

On Sun, 16 May 2004 20:17:56 +0930, Aramanth Dawe
wrote:

On Sun, 16 May 2004 04:34:51 GMT, "Cubit" wrote:

What is "WLS?"

Weight Loss Surgery. It may be gastric banding, it may be stomach
stapling, or a roux-N-Y procedure or any other one of a number of
surgically-enforced anorexia situations.

Aramanth

Surgically-enforced anorexia situations?????
How about surgically-enoforced anti-glutton procedure?

Fran

Anorexia means to not eat. WLS prevents one from eating, not just
excessive amounts but NORMAL amounts of food.

Not all overweight (or even obese) people eat excessive amounts of
food. Some of us have been unlucky in the genetic stakes. Others
have had their system crashed by needed medications. In my case, I
took oral corticosteroids prescribed by a doctor for me as a
pre-adolescent as a last resort when all other treatment for a
condition preventing me from walking had failed. It worked, but I'm
still paying the price some 30 years later.

Aramanth

Happened to a councilwoman he

Weight-Loss Surgery Scrutinized After Death
Detroit Councilwoman Dies After Lap-Band Procedure
POSTED: 3:43 p.m. EDT September 9, 2002
DETROIT -- A newly available form of weight-reduction surgery is in an
unwelcome spotlight after the death of a woman who served on the Detroit
City Council.

I really don't see how WLS carries more chance of complications than any other
surgery. They cut open your body, go inside, and mess with stuff. That's asking
for at least a small percentage of **** to go wrong, in ALL procedures.

LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/202/140
& hubby- 6' 310/215/180

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On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:14:50 +0200, polar bear
wrote:

Kenny wrote:
a friend of mine almost died from that foolishness....WLS.
I was against it from the very start....
I was pleading with her for months not to do it.....but she didnt
listen to me.........:-(
She almost paid with her life for her mistake.

Could you provide some details ? as it is, you are only spreading
misinformation about a perfectly valid solution to force fat people
into slimming down.

To conform to what society. to HELL with society.

LV


Lady Veteran
- -----------------------------------
"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
when the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank..."
- -Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil
- ------------------------------------------------
People who hide behind anonymous remailers and
ridicule fat people are cowardly idiots with no
motive but malice.
- ---------------------------------------------
"To Do Is To Be" Socrates
"To Be Is To Do" Plato
"Do Be Do Be Do" Sinatra
- -------------------------------


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On 16 May 2004, Laura Wills wrote:
http://www.naafa.org/Newsletters/Spr...005_Laura2.jpg

WLS is mutilation of an otherwise beautiful and healthy body.

Wow, I didn't know Jabba the Hutt was a NAAFA member.

HTH

S*nort

What is WLS? Whale Lard Supplements?

Sounds like one of those Chinese medicines

"LCer09" wrote

I really don't see how WLS carries more chance of complications than any
other
surgery. They cut open your body, go inside, and mess with stuff. That's
asking
for at least a small percentage of **** to go wrong, in ALL procedures.

There is, but abdominal surgery carries a higher risk than some other types
due to the potential for intestinal perforation and infection from
intestinal contents. Even when discovered and corrected before closing up
(which apparently didn't happen here), it increases infection risk. But
you're right, almost all surgeries carry risk from anesthesia, infection,
error and other factors.

HG