Is there any one who has had the precedure or is thinking about it?

Thanks Again! :-)

Toni, before you opt for surgery, please read this: http://www.size-acceptance.org/without_measure/surgery.html

good luck

Toni-lee:

How much weight is it that you have to lose. If you have less than a 100 or so they can refuse to do any type of weight loss surgery. I know a lady that had well over a hundred to lose and she had the stomach stapling procedure. All that she lost was 30 lbs and she stayed at that. Now she is having a very hard time losing the rest because her metabolism is not the same as it could have been if she were to do it the healthy normal way. I think it has been about 4 years since her procedure was done. Please really think hard about any surgery and really look into the consequences .

joanne

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I am also looking into gastric bypass surgery from the bariatric treatment centers in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. I read the story of the woman that had surgery that Duffy had sent you. Her surgery was 24 years ago and alot has changed since then, although I am skeptical and am asking alot of questions from previous patients who have had this procedure done. What are you looking into? You can e-mail me at annie@wi.usxchange.net if you like.

Laura

"Smith (Karen Smith who had jejunoileal bybass surgery)gives people who call her -- some four hundred prospective patients a year -- statistics on weight-loss surgery that she has gleaned from medical journals. Ten percent of patients, she tells them, don't lose any weight at all. People who are morbidly obese -- 100 to 200 pounds overweight -- ave a 39 percent chance of getting down to 130 percent of their ideal body weight. Super-obese patients, those more than 200 pounds overwegiht, have only an 8 percent chance of getting down to that 'success' point. After about 5 years, 70 percent of patients regain all the weight. One in ten loses the weight and keeps it off. 'Everyone goes into it with the hope that they'll be one of the lucky ten percent,' says Smith. Despite her efforts, Smith says she rarely talks people out of having the surgery. ... 'they tell me, you're taking away my dream.'" - from "Losing It" by Laura Fraser.
On a more personal note, my friend's sister also had intestinal bypass surgery, approx. 20 years ago. She lost no more than about 80 lbs (although she 'needed' to lose about 180) and by the 5-6 year mark, had gained all 80 lbs back.