Gastrobypasses whoo hoo!

[tloonya]

Last few days I am seeing miracles.

My fat (formerly) customers are losing weight like crazy.

2 women age of 40 and 50 had lost 40 and 30 lb with magic bullet in 2 to 3 month.

2 other women lost 40lb each due to a surgeries. One just because she was 4 ft tall and 300lb and she wanted to have a surgery.

Another one like 5 ft tall and her doctors made her to lose weight due  her heart condition.

I am seeing them like OMG it is awesome but they are telling me that life had changed so much.

Going to a restaurant they have 2 sushies and they are full.

Drinking water, having doggie bags...husbands are mad for money wasted and jealous even more.

Crazy stuff, huh?

I have a few man customers with same surgeries and NOTHING happened, they are just as fat as they used to be.

Maybe 10lb weight loss...for 5 years I watch them and nothing had changed.

My good friend woman is drooling over these results and I want to stop her but...any ideas?

[Mardi Gras Audrey]

A friend of a friend had one of these... she ended up gaining most of it back. They have to be careful to change the diet and lifestyle, otherwise it doesn't work. They also have to be very careful with nutrient absorption (They won't absorb like the rest of us with intact GI tracts do). In FOF's case, she kept eating and didn't change her lifestyle (She has psych issues where she eats for comfort and because she feels bad about herself). IMHO, they should have never done the surgery unless she was willing to go to counseling first (She wasn't because she is in denial she has any issues with food)...

[Frappuccino]

That's wonderful! I hope the changes last and their health and happiness improves!!

[Happy prose]

If they couldn't put the fork down to begin with, what makes them think they can do it after surgery? The addiction is still there. They didn't eat that much because they were hungry.

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That's a really tough way to lose weight. Your stomach is so tiny, everything you eat must be nutrient-rich . Eat too much or too fast and you vomit. Some people are thrilled. For others, the surgery didn't solve the emotional reasons they overrate.

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I once had a friend who had it done. I think she was in her early 40's back then.
She looked great, changed her life, felt younger, got a tattoo and new clothes, had an affair, dumped her hubby...then about 6 years later I ran into her and she'd gained it all back and looked horrible. She could hardly walk. Her ankles had swollen to foot ball size and she had dark circles under her eyes. She said she had gained all the weight back and was now having all kinds of new health issues. I don't know whether it had anything to do with the bypass or not and I didn't ask.

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Jun 13, 2014 20:16:48 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

That's a really tough way to lose weight. Your stomach is so tiny, everything you eat must be nutrient-rich . Eat too much or too fast and you vomit. Some people are thrilled. For others, the surgery didn't solve the emotional reasons they overrate.

I understand that once you have it done, you can't ever drink anything carbonated again.

[tractor]

There must be different kind of surgeries. I have a good friend who had it done about five years ago. He has lost over 160 lbs and looks great. He has to watch his food intake, but he still drinks beer on a regular basis, so I doubt the carbonated beverage thing is true.

He made the choice to have it done knowing that he either had to change his lifestyle, or die. It was that simple and he choose to live. Now he's a 55 year old that is half the size he used to be with twice the mobility and life he used to have.

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My SIL had the surgery in 2005.  She lost maybe 150 pounds...maybe more.  She can still drink carbonated beverages, but the first couple years she was sick a lot from eating and could only eat tiny little portions.  Now, I think her stomach has stretched back to size because she can outeat me at a meal and has gained some of her weight back.  Definitely not all, but some.  The worst part for her was she has all this loose hanging skin everywhere that is really pretty gross.  Before she didn't wear a bathing suit because of her weight, now she still won't wear one because of all the skin.  She said she could have cosmetic surgery done to cut some of it off, but I don't think insurance covers it.

[Mardi Gras Audrey]

Jun 13, 2014 22:10:22 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

My SIL had the surgery in 2005.  She lost maybe 150 pounds...maybe more.  She can still drink carbonated beverages, but the first couple years she was sick a lot from eating and could only eat tiny little portions.  Now, I think her stomach has stretched back to size because she can outeat me at a meal and has gained some of her weight back.  Definitely not all, but some.  The worst part for her was she has all this loose hanging skin everywhere that is really pretty gross.  Before she didn't wear a bathing suit because of her weight, now she still won't wear one because of all the skin.  She said she could have cosmetic surgery done to cut some of it off, but I don't think insurance covers it.

FOF also has the skin issue.  I've been told that she gets lots of infection because the skin folds on itself and is a conducive environment for bacteria.  She complains about the doctors who did the surgery and how "her insurance" (Medicaid) wouldn't pay for the skin removal 
She is one of the stereotypical welfare recipients who needs to be booted off the dole.  She is 35 and has worked a grand total of 2 months in her life.  She went from too lazy to get out of bed for high school to being "disabled" on Medicaid, SSI, and food stamps.  Ummm, yeah... your disability is that you are lazy and won't stop eating.  Unfortunately, her parents encouraged this (They are a big part of the psych issues).  She is now married (Still 300-400 lbs) and is looking to "get pregnant". (Umm, if you've been too disabled to work for 17 year, how are you healthy enough to run after a kid every day? )