tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32482128.post4051667176743270244..comments2023-10-28T04:29:15.608-07:00Comments on suethsayings: The new non surgical WLS which isn't - non surgical!Sue Joanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733810024107526074noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32482128.post-83310338023877119632008-10-21T19:38:00.000-07:002008-10-21T19:38:00.000-07:00I saw this procedure mentioned in the news a coupl...I saw this procedure mentioned in the news a couple of months ago, and thought then that it probably wasn't any better than a VBG, and may be even worse, since it's done on the inside of the stomach instead of the outside. <BR/>I had a VBG 11 years ago, lost 70 lbs in 3 months, kept it off for a year, then gained it all back and then some. Thanks to that, my arthritis is worse, and I now have IBS and fibromyalgia. <BR/>I don't know why they think this kind of crap will work. All it is, is starvation, just like all those diets that don't work. The main problem with it, you can't go off this enforced starvation unless you want to eat tiny amounts of food all day long (and that's not taking into consideration all of the complications you can end up with). VBG may have been the safest WLS, but it's still not an effective or safe way to get permanently thin (I don't think one of those exists). But it's a money-maker for them, so they're going to keep on finding more ways of doing more and more of these surgeries, whether they work or not, and whether or not it improves the patient's life. Greedy bastards, all of them.vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.com