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The reality of obesity, weight loss surgery and other things

Monday, September 15, 2014

Gastric bypass on TLC TV show

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My dearest friend in life, Trish, who died way too early, from complications of a WLS she had had several years previous.  I still miss...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Permanent Weight loss only Possible with Surgery?

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    So say the providers in the latest article circulating the net...  that the ONLY way to keep off weight is to have one's sto...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Questionable studies on obesity and weight loss surgery abound

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Yet another eye catching headline hit recently.  " Obesity primes the colon for cancer !", it triumphantly announced. And what...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Demise of a Great Blog

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One of the most honest blogs on WLS (this patient sustained a seizure disorder after her gastric bypass and found 150 other patients who ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Another one lost

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One of the most difficult things with being involved with weight loss surgery patients is when one observes people passing on, way too ea...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Weight Loss surgery stories or -- ads?

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The latest news on Weight Loss surgery reminds us that the media openly admits they don't feel obligated to tell the truth. And often wh...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Guest blog - Daily Life with a gastric bypass

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In this guest blog by Lisa Sargese, a college professor, who had a gastric bypass several years ago, she details how it feels to fight o...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Gastric bypass - the holy grail of weight loss surgery?

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The holy grail of weight loss, is hoping that somehow food will not appeal to us so we will lose weight.  A new study states that weight...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

We get angry letters sometimes....

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We get angry letters sometimes ... Wayne B, a gastric sleeve patient (and I would bet a "new op") writes the following: Reg...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Weight Loss surgery does not reduce health care costs in the long term.

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A long term study on weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery or WLS)  found no reduction in health care costs on the long term.   The s...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Life saving weight loss surgery claims another

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Since it's January, there is a big push by those selling weight loss and also for weight loss su rgery.  TV is showing a lot of progra...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

gastrointestinal liner - or endo barrier

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Another weight loss surgery? Oh, excuse me this is "not surgery" say those advocating it. (Hubby says it looks like a condom...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Bariatric surgery safe and effective?

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We've been there before.  Every so often they have a new study "proving" gastric bypass (particularly) is "safe and eff...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Dr Phil's sneaky ad for weight loss surgery

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Dr Phil, on a re-run show, aired again this past week, recently featured a lady who had just been named "the World's Heaviest Wo...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Plastic Surgery after weight loss surgery

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RNY-loose skin- The following is from my notes watching a program called "The Real Skinny" on TLC.  (The Real Skinny, program ...
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