Re: Re: stomach cancer and partial gastrectomy

[Guest guest]

WHAT'S ALL THIS TALK ABOUT CANCER! I'M GETTING TIRED OF IT. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE RISKS TO EVERYTHING. THE RISKS THAT YOU WILL GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM HOME ARE GREATER THAN THE RISK OF GETTING STOMACH CANCER. WHAT ABOUT FLYING IN AN AIRPLANE? I AGREE WITH BLAIN, IN SAYING THAT I WOULD RATHER RISK EVERYTHING THAN TO STAY THE WAY I AM, THINKING THAT ONE DAY SOON MY CHILDREN WILL BE PUTTING ME IN THE GROUND, BECAUSE I HAD DIED OF COMPLICATIONS DUE TO MORBID OBESITY! LET'S GET ON WITH THE POSITIVE ASPECTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF WLS!

Kathy Bazzi

[Guest guest]

I'm with you Blain!

Vera

On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 21:37:27 -0000 " Blain "

writes:

> " The incidence is 2 out of 10,000 people. "

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> I assume that this refers to the incidence of stomach cancer.

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> Has anybody checked what the incidence of increased cancer risk is,

> due to Morbid Obesity or Super Morbid Obesity? I think the risk for

>

> cancer is greater from fat than the surgery causes.

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> Also, Isn't the mortality rate of DS something like 2 out of 1,000?

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> This is ten times greater than the risk of stomach cancer.

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> I choose to take that risk to better my life and to lengthen it.

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> This seems a bit morbid but without the DS I probably won't live

> long

> enough to see anbody who is switched get stomach cancer.

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> The information is good to know, but as with all things there are

> trade offs. There are no guarantees(sp?)

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> I will choose the DS and give myself the opportunity to pass on from

>

> something other than co-mobidities.

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> Blain

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