yesterday i updated with my surgeon......

**mcotton** · August 26, 2005, 05:24 AM

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Well...that is certainly great news. Congratulations on a good healthy check it. Keep up the good work!

**cleochatra** · August 26, 2005, 05:27 AM

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{{{Lisa}}} I am so glad you are doing well since your surgery! I'm so proud of you for making the right choices in exercise and eating right! There are so many people who think the surgery does all the work for them and that they don't have to really change their lives!

**fr1endly2** · August 26, 2005, 05:41 AM

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THANKS JAMIE....

it is really only a tool and i still have to follow a great
eating plan and i stick with the lo carbing and atkins.
THANKS for the kind words ...
and im so glad your back on track
and posting with us. YOU were so
missed on the board.

LISA

**Lady_Hawke** · August 26, 2005, 06:08 AM

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Now this is a wonderful post to sign on to and read first thing!

Lisa I am sooooooooo proud of you! Hearing how well everything is going for you has made my day!
Congratulations on one super, fantastic check up!!!

**roshan362** · August 26, 2005, 06:39 AM

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Gosh...have i been away that long,i didnt even know you were having surgery but it sounds like you made the right choice and things are going extremely well for you
congrats on a super checkup and i wish you an easy transition back into workout mode

**Mary-chan** · August 26, 2005, 06:40 AM

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I am really happy to hear that everything is turning out great!!! I am so happy for you, you sound so healthy and happy! Congratulations on making the right choice for yourself and your success!

**cruiser gal** · August 26, 2005, 09:22 AM

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Congrats on getting a great bill of health. Sounds like you're also maintaining a good WOL. I have heard about the surgery you had, but am a bit confused about it. Do they actually block off your tubes, so that you can't eat alot? How long can you continue like this? Is it undone after? Sorry to sound so ignorant, but I am inquisitive. 82 lbs in 3 months is awesome!!! Keep us informed.

**fr1endly2** · August 26, 2005, 10:51 AM

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TAMARAH thanks for the kind words.

ROSHAN: yes i took a big plunge and had to have weight loss surgery to help me loose wait. ONCE i fell off atkins and regained plus my weight every attempt to get back on i kept failing. SO with my new tool im doing awesome, now.

MARY CHAN: thanks for your kind supportive words as well, YES i am happy its amazing what looseing weight does to a person.

CRUISER GAL: please no question bothers me .....and if my situation helps another thats fine and thats why i am open that i took this path to assist
my weight loss. WEIGHT loss surgery gives you a tool to help you loose and keep off the weight. ITS not a simple way out by no means. My stomach has been made smaller this is a link about my type of surgery maybe you can understand it better from it

Laparoscopic/Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Your surgeon uses staples to separate a small pouch at the top
of the stomach from the rest of the organ. A hole is then cut in the pouch and the lower part of the small intestines is rerouted to it. The small pouch serves as your functioning stomach, limiting the amount of food you can consume. Food bypasses the lower stomach and upper part of the small intestines and is digested in the lower part of your small intestines. Gastric bypass surgery is a restrictive-malabsorptive procedure because it not only limits the volume of food you can eat, but also leads to decreased absorptions of fat and calories, thereby limiting your daily caloric intake.

THIS is permenent. FOR me i needed this. EVEN with atkins my satisfying portions were just to much to successfully loose weight. I never get full and felt i was a bottomless pit
when it came to eating. I would eat my servings and then pick more at what my kids didnt eat and eat way to much! NOW i eat about 4 ounces a meal and have 3 additional snacks in a day. ITS wonderful to get full have have to stop and not get hungry. IN time i will be able to eat more but for now this is my serving size. I have to commit to takeing a multi vitamin everyday for the rest of my life to make sure i staywith suffiecient nutrients being i dont aborb food the same way. THE rapid weight loss will continue for me from about 6 months to about a year. THEN your body gets stubborn and holds onto fat but i should be
nearer an IDEAL weight not morbidly obesite like i was.
HOPE this helps and feel free to ask me anything about my surgery.

HUGS all
lisa

**softnred** · August 26, 2005, 11:27 AM

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Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that you're healthy and doing so well!!!

~JoAnne

**Spikey1341** · August 26, 2005, 05:18 PM

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Great news Lisa. I have a friend who just had the lap band surgery. Her results are not a fast as yours, but she is finally losing. Her procedure is reversable. There are a few women at work who had your surgery and they look absolutely fantastic! One girl was very large and didn't take care of herself very well. Now that she has lost the weight, she is a fashion plate and cute as a button!

I think that it takes a lot of guts (no pun intended) to go through what you did. I am really glad you are doing so well!

**fr1endly2** · August 28, 2005, 05:53 AM

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YES JEANNE...the lap band is a slower loosing rate but once her fills are adjusted
just right she will be successful at a nice even steady pace.

I had researced the band...however, me and my surgeon felt with my weight BYPASS
was better option for me. THEY figured with the lap banding i would only get down
to about 200 lbs...and get stuck...with the bypass i should drop off more weight.

and yes this wasnt an easy decision to make. HOWEVER, i felt my health at 310 lbs was
not very good and i was at more danger risks walking around carrying all that extra weight.

LISA

**maribelle** · August 28, 2005, 07:51 AM

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WoW Lisa!!! What awesome news! You're in the 220's!!!!! I'm so happy for you, and can't wait for the day you pop in and say "I've made it to Onderland!"

**dreamof145** · September 1, 2005, 08:35 AM

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LISA...I don't know how I missed this post a few days ago...but seen it this morning. I've been thinking about you and I'm just THRILLED TO PIECES to hear that you are doing so well.

I watched a program on TV about GBS with Sharon Osbourne and some other celebrities who've had the surgery. I am so happy that it is working for you!!! 82 pounds is just awesome!! Although I appreciate all the pain and discomfort that this has caused you, I can hear in your post how happy you are and your self confidence is coming back. WHOOOPPPEEE for you!! You did what you had to do and you are on your way to being the person you were meant to be. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

**fr1endly2** · September 1, 2005, 10:22 AM

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THANKS becky i am happy that with the new tool i can loose easily. FOR me, i really needed help with my appetite. I am doing so much better with weight loss this way.
I am happy and thankful for no complications.

MY biggest goal right now is getting into the ONE HUNDREDS! something i guess i haventbeen in 16 years now.

LISA

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