Guest guest Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 ----- Original Message ----- From: ABrite@... > WOW Ann!! That's great!! (I see you also thought like me on > 's marital age).... keep up the good work with your own weight loss, > too Thanks . I hit 50 pounds this morning! Official weigh in isn't until Friday though. I did the gym Friday and the pool Saturday as planned. More painting and housecleaning today and maybe a movie this afternoon with the kids. Kinda sad that I've lost 50 pounds and I still have 100 more to lose by society's standards but I guess we just can't look at it that way. Too depressing! Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Kinda sad that I've lost 50 pounds and I still have 100 more to lose by society's standards but I guess we just can't look at it that way. Too depressing!Right! Just look at the numbers you have lost. 50 pounds is nothing to sneeze at! I am closing in on 20 and I tell you it feels like I have lost 50 myself! I may just take out a full page ad if I ever get to 50 pounds lost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 That's great that your sis and BIL had surgery with no problems... how long ago? Have they lost and kept weight off? My insurance doesn't cover diet pills or surgery either. I don't know that I would have it if it were offered to me. Sounds like Ann is doing great following her surgery.... don't understand why some folks have such difficulty afterward like 's sister - but I am sure like all things, some have problems, some don't.... praying for your sister to get better !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 My sister and BIL had WLS and are doing fantastic. I have considered it but my insurance does not cover it. If it did I would more than like have had it by know. Diane --- <6@...> wrote: > > My sister had WLS about two months ago and the > last two weeks she has been in the hospital. > She has had nothing but problems ever since she > had the surgery. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane S --- <6@...> wrote: > My sister had WLS about two months ago and the > last two weeks she has been in the hospital. > She has had nothing but problems ever since she > had the surgery. That's terrible. What's wrong? I'm sooo glad I didn't have any complications. Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 --- ABrite@... wrote: > That's great that your sis and BIL had surgery > with no problems... how long > ago? Have they lost and kept weight off? My DS is 2 years out and so far has kept the weight off. I think she may have gained a few pounds back but not many at all. My BIL just had his a few months ago so he is still in the honeymoon stage. He is still losing. I have not seen him since his surgery but my Mom says he looks really good. I am doing it the old fashioned hard way!! Diane __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Hi Ann, I am not sure what all is wrong with her, but ever since she has had that surgery she has had nothing but problems. She got out of the hospital on Sunday and now she is back in again. They had put a feeding tube in her and something has gone wrong with that too. She is not allowed to eat or drink anything at all. She is really really really messed up. I'm so glad you didn't go through what my sister is going through with your WLS. I wouldn't want this for anyone. She is in such a mess, and I am really worried about her. I am not sure all the things that went wrong with her. They don't tell me much. Just mostly that she is in the hospital and not doing well at all. Please keep her in your prayers. from MO. Re: WLS----- Original Message ----- From: Diane S --- <6@...> wrote:> My sister had WLS about two months ago and the> last two weeks she has been in the hospital.> She has had nothing but problems ever since she> had the surgery.That's terrible. What's wrong? I'm sooo glad I didn't have any complications. Ann 100-Plus Files page 100-plus/files100-Plus Links page 100-plus/links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 > What (or more importantly WHO) determines if it is working or not? Slow > loss is still losing, or would it be you gave it " honest effort " for 6 months > and did not lose a thing?? Do they (medical person, since this is supposed to > be doctor supervised) look through your food log/journal and say yeah, but > you could cut this, this and this out of your eating, etc? It all depends on how money-hungry your surgeon is and what you health insurance itself insists on. Some surgeons insist on losing 10% of your current weight and going through weeks of counseling with a psychologist and nutritionist who will all decide if you're a good candidate for WLS, because once you get it done you really can't eat more than liquids or very soft foods for a few weeks, and after that, for the rest of your life, you have to eat the same exact low cal, low-carb (high protein) food plan we're all supposed to be on now, around 1200 to 1400 calories. If either of them decide you're non-compliant and won't be able to follow that low-cal diet then either of them can say no to you having the operation. These docs (and insurance companies) usually also require that you have a medical condition that *might* be improved when you lose weight, like high blood pressure or diabetes, and that you weigh at least 100 pounds more than your ideal weight, meaning a woman 5'5 " who weighs 225 pounds is eligible if she has a blood sugar one point above the current normal fasting levels (which are now under 100, where it used to be 120). Other surgeons just ask if you can afford to pay cash ahead of time and tell you to get re-imbursed on your own from your insurance companies (if they cover WLS at all) and schedule the surgery after your initial consultation with no other prep. And remember that at best you'll only be losing about half the amount of excess weight you now have, and some surgeons say if you keep off an additional 10% of your weight (on top of what you had to lose before having surgery) by the 2 year mark the surgery was a success. Most people will lose a large percentage of their excess weight in the first year but then they're *expected* to regain about half of it back as their bodies get used to the lower amount of calories being taken in. And these are successful losers with no complications. Many people have lapbands and lose nothing or even gain because they're already eating that 1200 calorie or less diet. Or they do what everyone on a diet does and start cheating or eat bulkier foods or lots of liquids and stretch their stomachs out (remember, it's a muscular organ) to the same size as prior to surgery. And as Sapphyre noted, many people have complications, like the lapband becomes too tight and totally constricts their stomachs, or the bands grow into the stomach tissue itself, or they slip and close off the esophagus, or people get ulcerated areas on their stomachs from the pressure of the bands. And that's not even counting the illnesses associated with malabsorption or vitamin deficiencies from eating less food than their bodies require. People post-op WLS are always put on supplements which must be taken for the rest of their lives or they get diseases like anemia or even scurvy, a disease formerly seen only in sailors of yore who had been away for a long time at sea without access to citrus fruits, beri-beri, from lack of thiamin, and kwashiorkor, a protein deficiency disease usually only seen in the poorest of the poor areas of the world. Then there's also the bouts of hypoglycemia - low blood sugar - which occurs because of inadequate food intake or malabsorption caused by dumping syndrome. Anyone thinking of any kind of WLS is urged to read about the *other* side of the story by visiting places like the group about WLS gone bad: OSSG-gone_wrong/ or seeing web sites & blogs by people who have had it done before, some multiple times, like: http://www.wworw.com/WLS%20Dark%20Side.htm http://obesitysurgery-info.com/ and her blog http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/ http://www.lowcarbfreedom.com/surgery_gastric_bypass_lap_band/index.html (keep scrolling after the first post) http://livingafterwls.blogspot.com/ When you ladies do go for your consultations, ask your surgeons about the rates of complications, about what kind of food plan to follow post-op and beyond, about supplements, about expected final weight loss, about the percentage of his patients who reach - and stay at - their goal weights after 5 years or more. Ask about surgical complications - A lot of surgeons just pooh-pooh people when handing the consent form over without telling the patient the *real* complications. They'll say things like the lapband has less complications than other forms of WLS but refuse to say *what* complications might really happen. For the surgeons, they *expect* many of their patients to experience near constant nausea and vomiting for months after surgery after even just a few sips of water, so to them it's not a complication, but to the person experiencing it, it's one of the worst feelings in the world and certainly NOT what they expected. If people knew about all the complications before hand they would think not just twice but a third or fourth time before undergoing the knife. It's not like going in for a dental cleaning - it's invasive surgery, manipulation of your internal organs, playing God with your digestive system. And it doesn't even come with any kind of guarantee that you'll lose weight. Sue in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sue, I am just going for the informational session not a physician consult. I *honestly* don't think hubby will put out the money needed to comply with everything that the insurance company would want to have done. *BUT* It will give him an idea of what they want. Besides that If I have to do all the crap they want to comply I may not need the dang surgery! LOL... a __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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