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The thing about the surgery is it forces a life long change in your eating habits. Right now I've been depression and stress eating a lot of crap, something I simply won't be able to do post-surgery. The procedure removes my ability to binge by virtue of being unable to do so without discomfort.
The aother benefit to the VSG is the removal of the portion of the stomach that releases the hunger hormone, Ghrelin. so cravings and appetite will be reduced.
The thing about the surgery is it forces a life long change in your eating habits. Right now I've been depression and stress eating a lot of crap, something I simply won't be able to do post-surgery. The procedure removes my ability to binge by virtue of being unable to do so without discomfort.
The aother benefit to the VSG is the removal of the portion of the stomach that releases the hunger hormone, Ghrelin. so cravings and appetite will be reduced.
I don't know how different VSG is over gastric bypass surgery, but I know 2 people that had Gastric Bypass and now are heavier than they were when they were first having the surgery.
I don't know how different VSG is over gastric bypass surgery, but I know 2 people that had Gastric Bypass and now are heavier than they were when they were first having the surgery.
Weight loss following surgery requires a life long commitment to losing weight. It is not, as some people say, the "easy way out." You can sabotage the surgery if you decide you want to, something I find very stupid given the pain and expense involved.
Functionally speaking, the two surgeries are vastly different. The VSG removes all but a tiny portion of the stomach. Post op I'll be left with something the size of a walnut that will eventually expand to hold about the equivalent of 3/4 to 1 cup of food. There's no alteration of the intestinal tract at all. The GI tract remains contiguous from mouth to rectum.
I don't know how different VSG is over gastric bypass surgery, but I know 2 people that had Gastric Bypass and now are heavier than they were when they were first having the surgery.
Ditto. Probably not the same two people either
I also would like to know the difference in the results years later. I've spoken to my dr about lap band and he just shakes his head and says 'Everyone I know gains all the weight back and more.' But that can't be EVERYONE right?
It is not, as some people say, the "easy way out."
It sure is the easy way. I don't know why everyone who is 50+ pounds overweight AND has been battling their weight for years doesn't get the VSG. It IS the easy way out. It works. Long term. It's a no brainer, slam dunk.
Very few if any people who have undergone the VSG regret it and almost all wished they would have been able to have done so a long time ago (but it's only been out a few years so they couldn't have.)
The thing about the surgery is it forces a life long change in your eating habits. Right now I've been depression and stress eating a lot of crap, something I simply won't be able to do post-surgery. The procedure removes my ability to binge by virtue of being unable to do so without discomfort.
The aother benefit to the VSG is the removal of the portion of the stomach that releases the hunger hormone, Ghrelin. so cravings and appetite will be reduced.
You can make a life long change in your eating habits without the surgery, programs, pills or other fad diet crap and it is a lot cheaper and much less painful.
I had the gastric sleeve nearly 4 months ago. Down 65 lbs and no complications at all. My insurance covered all but $1350. I stayed in the hospital two nights. I don't eat much but am never hungry. It is hard to fit in liquids and protein when everything has to be spread out. Best thing I have ever done.
You can make a life long change in your eating habits without the surgery, programs, pills or other fad diet crap and it is a lot cheaper and much less painful.
You forgot to mention that for 95% of people the success rate is 0.
I had the gastric sleeve nearly 4 months ago. Down 65 lbs and no complications at all. My insurance covered all but $1350. I stayed in the hospital two nights. I don't eat much but am never hungry. It is hard to fit in liquids and protein when everything has to be spread out. Best thing I have ever done.
This is consistent with everything I have read and with my two friends' experiences. It really is the closest thing to a silver bullet out there now. It's not perfect (it isn't cheap) but it does work for just about everybody.
Weight loss following surgery requires a life long commitment to losing weight. It is not, as some people say, the "easy way out." You can sabotage the surgery if you decide you want to, something I find very stupid given the pain and expense involved.
Functionally speaking, the two surgeries are vastly different. The VSG removes all but a tiny portion of the stomach. Post op I'll be left with something the size of a walnut that will eventually expand to hold about the equivalent of 3/4 to 1 cup of food. There's no alteration of the intestinal tract at all. The GI tract remains contiguous from mouth to rectum.
If someone is serious about making a lifelong commitment to losing weight, they wouldn't have gotten that obese in the first place.
Gastric bypass, and other surgical methods of restricting dietary intake, are a last-ditch effort for someone whose "lifelong commitment to losing weight" wasn't all that good to begin with. That is why some people who have it, end up in even worse shape than before they had the surgery, after a few years.
My mom has a friend who had it, and she ended up stretching her stomach back to its previous size, however because there was less of it, it was stretched thin. And as a result, some of it started to tear, and so now she has a haital hernia, and had to have some OTHER kind of surgery to repair the rip, but it didn't stop her from overindulging in breads and pastas and creamy sauces and sugary desserts, and so now she not only has a hole in her stomach that the mesh won't repair properly, she is also now diabetic, and the weight has put pressure on her knees so she is now in a wheelchair and probably will be for the rest of what's left of her significantly shortened life.
And she STILL won't stop eating.
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