[geeks] Gastric bypass surgery

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:18:26PM -0700, Dan Duncan wrote:
> On 3/5/07, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > As I understand it, if you can't adhere to the strict diet limits imposed
> > after your surgery, the health issues are huge.
> 
> The ability to adhere to strict diet limits would seem to make the
> surgery unnecessary in the first place.

That's part of the problem. The first 12 weeks are the easiest because
you can't very much and it starts out as liquids. After that, if
you eat your fill (which would be small at first) of very high calorie food
with lots of animal or trans fats, you could gain it back.

My sister had it five years ago, lost over 200 pounds and has kept
it off. She was in a group for counseling, etc and she was the only
one who kept it off. 

Geoff.

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