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Topic: RE: I LOL'ed at something I said today
Oh, yes, the sisters are hangin low! LOL
I do like shopping a lot more now that things fit.
I do like shopping a lot more now that things fit.
Topic: RE: I LOL'ed at something I said today
I need to go shopping. I've been getting by with the bare minimum until I get to goal. I did have to buy new bras recently. I'm down four band sizes and a cup size. My boobs are shrinking away as I type this. 
Topic: RE: PICS - Almost 7 months later and down 88 lbs
thank you Emilie :-)
Luanne
I started WL journey on Jan 14, 2009 starting weight @ 342
Surgery date was July 22, 2009 and started @ 310 and and my goal weight
is 150.00.
I started WL journey on Jan 14, 2009 starting weight @ 342
Surgery date was July 22, 2009 and started @ 310 and and my goal weight
is 150.00.
Topic: RE: PICS - Almost 7 months later and down 88 lbs
You look great :) You have such a fantastic smile!!
Emilie, mom, wife, Nurse........superhero
It's about the Wow's!
It's about the Wow's!
Topic: RE: DS question
Hi darlin, great job on the weight loss :)
I had to clear up a few misunderstandings with your post. The DS is not a "very dangerous" surgery. It comes with risk, and complications, no doubt about that, but so does RNY, sleeve, and the band. I wish I had a study that cited the actual mortality rate offhand, but I don't. (Can find one though if OP or you really want to see) I seem to recall mortality rate was almost identical to RNY?
The website you linked to does not have accurate information. It doesn't even state that the DS can be done laprascopically, which it can be.
Most doctors don't do it because you have to go through intense training for it, spend much more time learning how to do it, with the RNY, you only have to go through a short seminar in order to perform the surgery. Yet, they get paid about the same. And how would they perform it the same way RNY is performed when it is an entirely different procedure?
As far as "loud gas odors".....mmmmm....I know plenty o peeps, who don't even have surgery, who have loud gas, or gas with odors, whatever it was you meant to say.
And, yes, high fat can cause diarrhea, but there are some DS peeps who have to eat lots of fat because otherwise they get very constipated.
I would say our diet is the least strict of them all myself. Go easy on the simple carbs. There. That's it. That's our diet. Aside from high protien and all that, which I think you guys have to stick to as well?
I don't think it's fair to state things as fact based on one experience you had with your friend. I'm not starting drama, just clearing up some things. I really do think your weight loss is phenominal!!
I had to clear up a few misunderstandings with your post. The DS is not a "very dangerous" surgery. It comes with risk, and complications, no doubt about that, but so does RNY, sleeve, and the band. I wish I had a study that cited the actual mortality rate offhand, but I don't. (Can find one though if OP or you really want to see) I seem to recall mortality rate was almost identical to RNY?
The website you linked to does not have accurate information. It doesn't even state that the DS can be done laprascopically, which it can be.
Most doctors don't do it because you have to go through intense training for it, spend much more time learning how to do it, with the RNY, you only have to go through a short seminar in order to perform the surgery. Yet, they get paid about the same. And how would they perform it the same way RNY is performed when it is an entirely different procedure?
As far as "loud gas odors".....mmmmm....I know plenty o peeps, who don't even have surgery, who have loud gas, or gas with odors, whatever it was you meant to say.
And, yes, high fat can cause diarrhea, but there are some DS peeps who have to eat lots of fat because otherwise they get very constipated.
I would say our diet is the least strict of them all myself. Go easy on the simple carbs. There. That's it. That's our diet. Aside from high protien and all that, which I think you guys have to stick to as well?
I don't think it's fair to state things as fact based on one experience you had with your friend. I'm not starting drama, just clearing up some things. I really do think your weight loss is phenominal!!
Emilie, mom, wife, Nurse........superhero
It's about the Wow's!
It's about the Wow's!
Topic: RE: DS question
No, they don't remove your intestines, but a very large portion of your intestine is bypassed. If you really want accurate information, check out www.dsfacts.com, and/or www.duodenalswitch.com.
Emilie, mom, wife, Nurse........superhero
It's about the Wow's!
It's about the Wow's!
Topic: I LOL'ed at something I said today
A co-worker commented that she liked my blouse today and asked me if it was new. I replied yes and then without thinking said..."Everything is new!" Not one thing in my closet is older than a couple of months. Is that UNREAL or what? I got a chuckle out of it and knew that my surgery sisters would get it.
Topic: RE: it happened... onederland!!!
every 10 lbs at this point is a goal for me, id love to see 180!!!!! but i know just getting under 200 is huge for me! my dr's goal was 145, my original goal was 130. but i would like to see how i am at 150. i really want to get to a weight that i can get pregnant again and i figure if i get lower than a goal then when i gain weight with pregnancy i will have some leway
Topic: RE: it happened... onederland!!!
Congratulations! You must be glowing, 194 lbs. the next day. I love weight drops like that. What's your next goal going to be now? 
Congratulations! You must be glowing, 194 lbs. the next day. I love weight drops like that. What's your next goal going to be now? If life knocks you down 7 times, get up 8!
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