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gastric bypass surgery
has anyone on here had gastric bypass surgery? or can anyone refer me to a
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In article , Ignoramus8053
wrote: In article , Jamie Johnson wrote: has anyone on here had gastric bypass surgery? or can anyone refer me to a site where I could get unbiased information on the surgery? I have not seen anyone on this newsgoup who had suc a surgery. We do however have a few individuals (Jennifer Austin and Smokey) who lost 150-225 lbs and returned to normal or close to normal weight. What is your weight and height? What makes you think that you need such a surgery? i 223/178/180 If she didn't think she needed it se probably wouldn't ask Iggy! |
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 07:33:44 -0500, "Jamie Johnson"
wrote: has anyone on here had gastric bypass surgery? or can anyone refer me to a site where I could get unbiased information on the surgery? Jamie, You'll find that GB surgeries are not well received here. The bottom line is, yes, you get the surgery, but you MUST alter your lifestyle and eating habits in order to lose weight. I recently read (but I can't recall where) that 2 our of 3 people who have some sort of GB surgery fails. This happens because they think the surgery is a cure all, but they don't learn that they must change their eating habits and lifestyle in order to lose weight. I think you'll be hard pressed to find a truely unbiased report on the subject. Doctors who perform the surgeries will have thier biased websites to promote it. |
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"Ignoramus8053" wrote in message ... In article , Jamie Johnson wrote: has anyone on here had gastric bypass surgery? or can anyone refer me to a site where I could get unbiased information on the surgery? I have not seen anyone on this newsgoup who had suc a surgery. We do however have a few individuals (Jennifer Austin and Smokey) who lost 150-225 lbs and returned to normal or close to normal weight. What is your weight and height? What makes you think that you need such a surgery? i 223/178/180 I'm a 57 yr old female, 5'11" and weigh 409 lbs. Saw an orthopedic surgeon friday and x-rays showed my knees are bone to bone. My blood pressure is 190/100..this particular physician felt I was a strong candidate for surgery. He had deep concerns about my quality of life and how much longer I could live with this weight. He also informed me I would be too heavy for any knee replacements because at this weight I'd grind out the plastic used in the replacement. I've tried to loose weight but have been unsuccessful.. I've had a chronic illness which led to my mobid obsesity beginning in 1991. Up till then my weight was consistently around 140 - 150. Also, my primary care physician is pushing the surgery due to the blood pressure which is not being controlled by medication. Any input would be greatly appreciated. |
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"Jamie Johnson" wrote in message ... "Ignoramus8053" wrote in message ... In article , Jamie Johnson wrote: has anyone on here had gastric bypass surgery? or can anyone refer me to a site where I could get unbiased information on the surgery? I have not seen anyone on this newsgoup who had suc a surgery. We do however have a few individuals (Jennifer Austin and Smokey) who lost 150-225 lbs and returned to normal or close to normal weight. What is your weight and height? What makes you think that you need such a surgery? i 223/178/180 I'm a 57 yr old female, 5'11" and weigh 409 lbs. Saw an orthopedic surgeon friday and x-rays showed my knees are bone to bone. My blood pressure is 190/100..this particular physician felt I was a strong candidate for surgery. He had deep concerns about my quality of life and how much longer I could live with this weight. He also informed me I would be too heavy for any knee replacements because at this weight I'd grind out the plastic used in the replacement. I've tried to loose weight but have been unsuccessful.. I've had a chronic illness which led to my mobid obsesity beginning in 1991. Up till then my weight was consistently around 140 - 150. Also, my primary care physician is pushing the surgery due to the blood pressure which is not being controlled by medication. Any input would be greatly appreciated. I've never checked into this type of surgery but it seems to be more common in the past few years and I would imagine the procedures have been greatly improved. Be sure you do as much research as possible and just remember that the surgery alone will not permanently solve your weight problem. I know a lady who had a similar type weight loss surgery a few years ago and unfortunately she's gained everything back. Her problem was she depended on the surgery to fix everything and didn't learn to change her eating habits afterward. She was stuffing herself with M&M's shortly after the surgery instead of eating a proper diet. Be sure you get into a program that will teach you proper eating habits afterward. Have you done a google on this subject? Maybe someone has posted some sites there. I hope you find the answers to your questions and I wish you the best of luck. This site doesn't seem to be associated with any doctor. http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutr...ricsurgery.htm Beverly |
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"Jamie Johnson" wrote in message
... I'm a 57 yr old female, 5'11" and weigh 409 lbs. Saw an orthopedic surgeon friday and x-rays showed my knees are bone to bone. My blood pressure is 190/100..this particular physician felt I was a strong candidate for surgery. He had deep concerns about my quality of life and how much longer I could live with this weight. He also informed me I would be too heavy for any knee replacements because at this weight I'd grind out the plastic used in the replacement. I've tried to loose weight but have been unsuccessful.. I've had a chronic illness which led to my mobid obsesity beginning in 1991. Up till then my weight was consistently around 140 - 150. Also, my primary care physician is pushing the surgery due to the blood pressure which is not being controlled by medication. Any input would be greatly appreciated. The thing to keep in mind is that getting the surgery means you have to learn to change how you eat. The difference between surgery and modifying your habits on your own is that with the surgery you undergo pain if you deviate. In spite of that, many who get surgery still end up gaining a lot of the weight back. I know you say you've tried to lose weight before, but exactly what is it that you've tried? There can be some substantial risks involved from major abdominal surgery and lasting health problems as a result of getting the surgery done. Before doing something so radical, there are options to lose weight quickly like medically supervised liquid diets like a couple people here have done that won't permanently impact your health like the surgery can do. This is the story of someone on the Weight Watchers group who had the surgery. While only a small fraction of people get problems like this, it's something to keep in mind: http://tinyurl.com/pwoe http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ps.asp.att.net |
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:54:58 -0700, "Chrys" wrote:
This is the story of someone on the Weight Watchers group who had the surgery. While only a small fraction of people get problems like this, it's something to keep in mind: http://tinyurl.com/pwoe Wow! What an horrific story! Chris |
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On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:07:03 -0500, "Jamie Johnson"
wrote: I'm a 57 yr old female, 5'11" and weigh 409 lbs. Saw an orthopedic surgeon friday and x-rays showed my knees are bone to bone. My blood pressure is 190/100..this particular physician felt I was a strong candidate for surgery. He had deep concerns about my quality of life and how much longer I could live with this weight. He also informed me I would be too heavy for any knee replacements because at this weight I'd grind out the plastic used in the replacement. I've tried to loose weight but have been unsuccessful.. I've had a chronic illness which led to my mobid obsesity beginning in 1991. Up till then my weight was consistently around 140 - 150. Also, my primary care physician is pushing the surgery due to the blood pressure which is not being controlled by medication. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Well, your physician is correct in that you do need to lose weight. Surgery may give you the start you need, however, I think it is important that you be aware that surgery is not a cure. I think you need to look into why all attempts at losing weight have been unsuccessful for you, because, although the surgery will make it more difficult for you to over-consume... people have managed to do so and regain the weight lost after this sort of surgery. Ultimately, you ARE going to have to watch what you eat. You should probably also look into and consider some of the very low calorie, doctor supervised liquid diets. Whatever you opt for, be sure to get some kind of support for learning how to eat properly and form new habits. As surgery won't take old habits away. Cynthia 262/238.5/200 first goal |
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Jayjay wrote:
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 07:33:44 -0500, "Jamie Johnson" wrote: has anyone on here had gastric bypass surgery? or can anyone refer me to a site where I could get unbiased information on the surgery? You'll find that GB surgeries are not well received here. The bottom line is, yes, you get the surgery, but you MUST alter your lifestyle and eating habits in order to lose weight. It's not that GB surgeries are bad, it's that GB surgeries are needless in the end. We know how to lose fat and can tell you. So, do you want to know how to lose fat? I'm going to presume yes and tell you. :-) The first thing to do is to figure out what specifically you are doing wrong. That means logging everything you eat - morsals and snacks - for a little while without changing your diet. A great tool for this is www.fitday.com. After logging for a while take a good look at your portion sizes. It will probably be obvious what you should cut out: bakery goods and soda should be LONG gone. But besides calorie levels, but pay special attention to the carb/protein/fat ratios. If you are anything above 60% carbs you need to really take a good close look at that. You need exercise. At 400 pounds you're going to have to plan exercise carefully. If I were you I'd go to www.collagevideo.com and look over some exercise videos for people who are mobility impaired. There's a whole series called "sit and be fit" that are only about 22 minutes long. You can also do water aerobics - those classes are filled with people with physical limitations. My YMCA has a "personal fitness" program for people who are not comfortable in gyms with a separate workout room with curtains on the windows and fit people aren't allowed inside. It's big with cardio rehab people - I see people in there with wheel chairs and oxygen tanks, too. You have one thing going for you: you've got a bunch of muscle! You've been hauling around 400 pounds - you've got quads to die for! So use that to your advantage. Join a weight-lifting class or start doing Nautilus or join Curves for Women or just get some dumbbells and the book "8 Minutes in the Morning" and start to pump iron. It's a great way to get a low-impact workout in - it's not as good for your heart as a cardio routine, but it's just as good for fat loss. (BTW, my YMCA also has a class for beginning weight-lifters that tends to be filled with senior citizens. When I took it I was one of only two people under 40 (I know this because the other "young" woman turned 40 while we were in the class.) Lifting weights isn't for sweaty young men anymo it's a HUGE benefit to you as an older woman. It's also a great way to start to counteract insulin resistance. It's entirely possible to reach the age of 57 without figuring out the basic maintenance required for a human body, but you CAN learn. You probably need to know more about healthy versus unhealthy fats and carbs. Are you eating four or five meals a day? You ought to be. Are you getting enough protein and nutrients? You ought to be. If I were you I'd do some reading. A good book that's out recently is Walter Willet's, "Eat, Drink & Be Healthy" that's a nice overview of the current thinking on nutritional wellness. It's a rapidly evolving arena and my advice for you is to get empowered to help yourself. My other piece of advice is to stay here and tell us more. We're a supportive bunch with a remarkable ability to lose fat and keep it off via lifestyle changes. There are probably 20 of us here who've lost over 50 pounds - and many more who got things under control before they had 50 pounds to lose. I find this place to be both empowering and supportive. Wendy |
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