Why do we applaud people who had gastric bypass surgery?

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survivorjb2003		#21	[-]
Posts: 5803 (07/14/08 7:43 PM) Hellooooo Nurse Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	guppie, that's what I've heard too. After the staples are removed they go back. It takes a permanent lifestyle change to keep weight like that off. Your body will retain the fat cells, so it's easy for them to shove fat back in them once you resume eating normally.
finishthemoff		#22	[-]
Posts: 9133 (07/14/08 7:43 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It is better than liposuction.
superguppie		#23	[-]
Posts: 23495 (07/14/08 9:26 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	guppie, that's what I've heard too. After the staples are removed they go back. It takes a permanent lifestyle change to keep weight like that off. There is a doctor here who requires his patients to lose 15-20 lbs on through diet and exercise before having the surgery. The idea is that they have to prove themselves able to make the lifestyle change to keep the weight off after the surgery.
Mom HOLIO		#24	[-]
Posts: 370 (07/14/08 11:14 PM) Registered Adult Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	One of my coworkers just had this done about four weeks ago. She did the full bypass and not the lap band. Her doctor made her loose 25 pounds before the surgery. I hope it goes well for her. She is a real dynamo with all the weight. I can't weight to see how much she does when she is no longer encumbered with the weight.
Dr Weems		#25	[-]
Posts: 38930 (07/14/08 11:23 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Because BOOing makes Oprah ANGRY! You won't like ANGRY OPRAH!
Undertakeress		#26	[-]
Posts: 7152 (07/14/08 11:44 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I lost 100lbs all by my self, but I had to spend money on new clothes...Hell if I can do it anyone can.
Kitten Gloves		#27	[-]
Posts: 9431 (07/15/08 1:12 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Yay for Undies! That's fantastic.
Jitensha		#28	[-]
Posts: 13676 (07/15/08 1:24 AM) I Must Be Psychic Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I have a friend who had it. She had a metabolic and/or glandular disorder, and is one of the most active people I ever met - skiing, running, a regular gym schedule. She has always eaten so healthily and is constantly moving and exercising, and her body just kept on weight. It has done wonders for her, and I am very proud of her for doing it, since she already maintained a healthy lifestyle. But giant fat lazy people who do it to get skinny suck balls and should not be glorified.
Onno		#29	[-]
Posts: 2133 (07/15/08 1:26 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Jit that all sounds wonderful, but she did lose weight with the bypass... doesn't that just mean she could have just eaten less herself?
quietsurvivorfan		#30	[-]
Posts: 15617 (07/15/08 2:36 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The bypass surgery creates a very small stomach pouch and the rest of the stomach is then "bypassed". I have met several really LARGE women who had that surgery done, but managed to overeat again, and that little pouch expanded enough to seriously overeat again. A lot of fat folks have real food issues, mostly from being food deprived as a kid by well intentioned parents, so they have developed an unhealthy relationship with food. Also, society is so horrible toward fat youth, that their self esteem is so low. It is tragic all the way around. However WLS does NOT CURE diabetes. If one develops Type 2 diabetes, the weight lost through this surgery might negate the need for medication again, but they will ALWAYS be diabetic. It is genetic. More than likely their weight caused an early onset to the disease that probably would have shown up when they became elderly. The lap band surgery is not as dangerous, but the weight lost from this surgery is slower and not as dramatic.
postal315		#31	[-]
Posts: 540 (07/15/08 3:17 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	A friend of mine had it and lost over 100 pounds, I got all the clothes she shrank out of, yay me! But I did notice that all she talked about other people was their size. Who had the surgery, who was gonna have it, who gained their weight back. I had to tell her, BORING. edited to fix spelling
IndifferentCow		#32	[-]
Posts: 1723 (07/15/08 3:28 AM) Huge apathy Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Google the 1000 pound man or half ton man....that dude had it done and his wife continued to feed him crap and soda. Waste of time in his case, and he is scary looking too.

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