anyone had gastric bypass surgery?
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I don't know how far out from surgery you are, but you shouldn't be drinking.  Our stomachs aren't made the same anymore, obviously.  The bypass passes the lower half of the stomach, including the pyloric valve.  A normal-bodied person can drink for a while, with the pyloric valve opening occassionaly to allow the stomach contents into the small intestine for digestion and absorption.  A bypass patient doesn't have that pyloric valve, so the alcohol passes fairly quickly, all at once, into the small intestine.  It's like a drain in a sink.\n\nSurely you know all of this.  \n\nDepression is pretty normal.  If it's very bad, you can talk to your doctor about getting put on some type of antidepressant.  As for the self-image, it's normal too.  This surgery doesn't do a thing to help our issues with food itself, and as a result, it doesn't help with our issues with our self-image.  The only thing I can say that helps is time, but not being very far from surgery myself, I'm not at that point yet.\n\nI wish you the best of luck.
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Gastric Bypass Surgery /gastrectomy/stomach stapling /lapband (all types of weight loss surgery) is very safe nowadays.It is very cheap in India.There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges obesity surgery for foreigners in India.They are called the Forerunners Healthcare.I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories.\n\nI have also read that they arrange financing for american and canadian patients as obesity surgery is not covered by insurance.They also have photos pasted of their International patients.You can checkout their website.The cost savings are incredible.As a doctor i personally believe that your lobesity surgery can be easily handled in India as the quality of healthcare available here is simply best in the world.The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.\n\nMy cousin got her obesity surgery after delivery in India through the forerunners healthcare .She is more than very happy with the results.She has lost 65lbs in 5 months.She just paid 25% of the amount she was quoted in USA and is all praise for this forerunners healthcare company.hope this helps \n\nhttp://www.forerunnershealthcare.com
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Your surgeon should have gone over how you eat before the surgery. If he didn't, call his office and get that information immediately. You never should have consented to the surgery without full understanding of what life afterward would entail.\nMy friend had it and she said she would do it again; she lost over 100 lbs.
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Understanding Bariatric Surgery Diet\n\nSurgery will help you lose weight, of course. You'll lose plenty of excess weight during the first year after your operation. But you'll have to change your eating and exercise patterns to ensure that weight stays off. And you'll need to alter your eating anyway to prevent pain and vomiting, protect your surgical procedure (e.g., staple line), and prevent food from blocking the opening from the stomach to the gastrointestinal tract.\n\nHere are the guidelines for your new way of eating.  Eat slowly and chew foods until they are mushy.\n\n    * Allow 30 - 60 minutes for each meal\n    * Aim for 30 chews for each bite, chewing thoroughly to mush\n    * Explain to people why you must eat slowly\n    * Take small bites. Try a baby spoon. Cut food in the size of a "pea" to make it easier to chew\n    * Savor each bite, noting its taste, flavor, and texture\n    * Sit down and be focused on eating, not other activities where you can become distracted\n\nStop eating as soon as you feel full.\n\nIf you eat too much you'll get sick. Because the amount of space in your stomach is so small, do not eat and drink at the same time.\n\nAt first, you'll only be able to eat 1/4 cup of solid food (2 to 3 tablespoons of each item on your plate). Over time, the amount of food your stomach can hold will increase from 1/2 to 1 cup per meal. Your new, tiny stomach will not hold more than 1 cup of food at a time.\n\nHow to tell when you've had enough?\n\n    * Pressure or fullness in the center below your rib cage\n    * Nausea\n    * Pain in your shoulder or upper chest\n\nWhen you get the feeling of fullness, stop eating, even if you have not finished your meal.  Set aside three meals a day when you only eat solid foods.\n\nThis will help you eat nutritious meals rather than endless snacking. Snacking could prevent you from losing weight. It could even cause you to gain weight.  Sip slowly in between meals all day.\n\n    * We all need liquids to stay hydrated. We suggest you drink water, skim, low fat or soy milk (up to 24 ounces per day), low calorie beverages, or tea.\n\n    * Don't drink anything for 30 minutes before or after each meal. Your stomach isn't big enough for both food and liquids!\n\n    * Sip beverages slowly. Carry a bottle of water at all times.\n\n    * Avoid high calorie drinks like milkshakes, soda, fruit juices/fruit drinks, beer, alcohol, meal substitutes. They can sabotage your weight loss efforts by adding calories without making you feel full.\n\n    * Avoid carbonated beverages. They can cause bloating.\n    \n    *  Eat a balanced diet\n\nYou're not going to be eating much, so what you eat needs to be high quality and packed with nutrients—the biggest nutritional bang for the calories. You'll also need to take a multivitamin every day to make up for the nutrients no longer being absorbed in the bypassed areas of your stomach and intestines. Your long-term diet will be low in fat and sugar and high in protein.\n\nWhat happens if I don't follow the diet?\n\nWeight loss surgery is successful 80% of the time. The number one reason it fails the other 20% of the time: not following the post-surgery diet. You must be disciplined and committed to sticking to the program. That includes changing eating behaviors and exercise habits.\n\nIf this feels overwhelming to you, turn to a support group for strength.
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Weight loss does occur in some people after any surgery, but this is incidental (except after gastric bypass and the like).  Removal of the gall bladder in and of itself has no such intended effect.  One of the common sympotms of a diseased or obstructed gall bladder is a flare up of discomfort after eating fatty foods.  One may argue, that the removal of the GB may actualy allow a person to eat MORE fat!
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I think you have your thesis: The subject has two sides. Maybe try something like: Gastric bypass surgery is a controversial technique with both benefits and risks.
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stapling your stomach (or medically speaking - bariatric surgery), is one of the last resorts to weightloss.  as a fitness instructor, i have seen so many people struggling to lose even more than a hundred pounds, and our team has somehow helped them.  we had one friend who came to us weighing 349 pounds, and over the last two years, she has lost 118 pounds.  i know she still weighs a lot, but for a person who has struggled a lifetime, this is quite an achievement.\n\nmy first advice is for you to TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE UNDERGOING ANYTHING.  \n\nweightloss is hard, but it can be done.\n\ni would like to help you.  email me if you want me to.
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You'll want to wait until the baby is older.  You'll be in the hospital for a few days and very sore from surgery afterward.\n\nKeep in mind that bariatric surgery isn't a cure all.  At the Kimkins Diet site we have members who had surgery and still remained overweight because they didn't change their food choices.\n\nIn addition, you'll find it difficult to eat many foods.  They don't fit through the new small stomach opening.  \n\nWhat you WILL be able to eat is plenty of high calorie food that turns liquid and passes right through like mashed potatoes, gravy, sugar cereal, milk, soda, cheesecake, pastries, rice, beer, milkshakes, candy, rum, wine and vodka.
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It was really cool. Out of all the surgeries I had, not much pain at all. The doctor did the "key-hole" technique where they cut down and around the nipple, remove the excess tissue, then lift everything up and close. It was an almost 6 hr surgery and he removed 9 lbs. I woke up with an IV, a PCA (pain control pump) and a catheter. I had 2 drains, which he took out before I was discharged. It sounds very technical, but it was not bad. I had to stay wrapped with the ace wrap for over 6 weeks. I went back to work on the 3rd week. I felt great. And, after suffering with large, saggy breasts my whole life ( the final size was a 54i before surgery) i was very pleased to be a perky 48B. If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Best of luck to you.
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I was thinking about going thru it. Did it work 4 you? Did you loose weight or was it a scam.
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Have gastro bypass surgery
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I HAD A STOMACH SURGERY!!
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No, liposuction is an elective surgery. Some insurances do cover gastric bypass, though, if you're morbidly obese.
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For 100 lbs. I would look into the lap band. The GB is an EXTREME MEAUSURE. If you're okay with taking vitamins for the rest of your life, then go ahead and have surgery. There are so many risk, and complications it's crazy. You can't eat sweets, candy, junk food, or you'll have dumping syndrome. I have seen a friend of mine experience dumping syndrome and it resembles the shakes, sweating, moaning in pain, ect. If you slip up, and eat a peice of chocolate boom dumping syndrome hits. You may want to research this more! Go to this site www.obesityhelp.com\n\nRemember you will have to live with this decision for the rest of your life. There are other WLS like DS, Lap band, VSG, VBG, ect. look into it.\n\nPS. Most likely weight regain will be a problem. A lot of RNY's (Gastric Bypasser's) will get a lap band to help lose their weight regain. Sooner of later your pouch will stretch, and that means that it will be easy to over-eat again. REMEMBER the surgery is NOT a miracle. It's a tool it helps you drop weight, but it's up to you to keep it off.
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Hope this helps, Mr. Bob.\n\nhttp://groups.msn.com/GastricBypassSurgerySupportGroup
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Gastric Bypass Surgery/gastrectomy/lapband (all types of weight loss surgery) is very cheap in India.There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges obesity surgery for foreigners in India.They are called the Forerunners Healthcare.I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories.\n\nI have also read that they arrange financing for american and canadian patients as obesity surgery is not covered by insurance.They also have photos pasted of their International patients.You can checkout their website.The cost savings are incredible.As a doctor i personally believe that your lobesity surgery can be easily handled in India as the quality of healthcare available here is simply best in the world.The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.\n\nMy cousin got her obesity surgery in India throught the forerunners healthcare .SHe is more than very happy with the results.She has lost 65lbs in 5 months.She just paid 25% of the amount she was quoted in USA and is all praise for this forerunners healthcare company.hope this helps \n\nSource(s):\nhttp://www.forerunnershealthcare.com
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Gastric bypass surgery without changes in lifestyle will expose you to unnessary risks associated with the procedure and will ultimately NOT be successful in helping you to get healthy and fit.\n\nConsult your doctor before you start any diet and exercise regimens. \n\nWhat I do:\nI incorporate more fruit into my diet. Simply, I eat an apple before my lunch and before my dinner. That way I'm less likely to eat more fattening substances and I'm also less likely to snack between meals. The fiber in apples is also great for helping your body to flush fat and toxins out of your body. \n\nI also eat a salad with lunch and with dinner. The salad does many of the same things that the apple does. However, I DON'T use fatty dressings like bleu cheese. I DO use in moderation Italian dressings and vinegrettes as they contain monosaturate oils which are the good fats your body needs...and they taste infinitely better than the highly processed so-called low fat dressings. \n\nI eat vegetables. Find some green veges that you like  and make those a part of your meals. \n\nLean meats are excellent for protein while being low in fat.\n\nI tend not to snack as I'm full from my meals. If I do snack, I try to make it something healthy like maybe carrots and low fat dip, or fruit. \n\nConsult your doctor before beginning to exercise. Any weight loss program that does NOT include exercise is DOOMED TO FAIL.\nYou have to get your body moving. Find things you can do that you enjoy doing, and that you can do even on those days when you just have to grit your teeth and do it.\n\nAlso, don't pay so much attention to your scale. If you are exercising, you may build some muscle...which actually will make you weigh heavier on the scale(Muscle weighs more than fat.). Forget the scale. Focus instead on things like: how do I feel? how do I look? Can I get into clothes that I couldn't before? That kind of thing.\n\nFinally, be patient and forgiving. You didn't get overweight overnight, it took time. And, it will take time to get to the size you want to be. And, be forgiving: you will "fall off the wagon." Forgive yourself and get back on the wagon as quickly as you can. It's not a failure to slip up; it's only a failure if you give up. \n\nGood luck. You can be the person you want to be in the body you want to have. I would suggest you try non-surgical methods of change before you attempt surgical means. However, I reiterate: if you do choose surgery, your success will depend greatly upon your willingness to change your lifestyle for the better.