Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 You are considering surgery and you weigh less than 200??? You are at goal for a lot of people!! I can understand with your history of obesity that you would be scared you will get a lot bigger but being that thin...yes I said thin...I can't imagine any doctor would do it! (unless you are 4 foot 5 in. tall...lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 I have decided to respond to this one since raventmb is my sister - the one that weights under 200. ( I also am on the path to the WLS at 218 ) Yes it is true that alot of people would kill to be at this weight, I truly agree with that. It does not matter if you weight 70-300 pounds over weight, you are still overweight. You still have the ridicule, looks, comments, weight related illnesses and the feeling inside oneself. Raventmb and myself lost our father a few years back due to a pulmonary embolism (sp?) after an open RNY. unfortunately my father had reached close to 450 pounds, had sleep apnea, high blood pressure, severe back problems, corporeal tunnel, and lived with oxygen 24 hours a day! after 7 years of being starved by doctors, put on redux, phen-phen, pondamin and speed, and being told his ONLY problem was his weight, he had lost his company, his house, and his ability to enjoy life. he was approved for WLS after a hard battle with the insurance company. He passed away about 2 weeks later from a blood clot lodging in his heart. AND CARDIOMYOPATHY !!!! He had the biggest enlarged heart the medical examiner had ever seen! My fathers mother had also passed away from this only a few years previous without knowing. Cardiomyopathy is hereditary, and a very scary reality for my sister and I. Obesity, Cardiomyopathy, and diabetes is almost a given in our future if the weight is not addressed NOW! So it's not all fun and games, and " diet, you only have 70-100 pounds to lose. " It is a battle for our lives as it is with every individual with a weight problem. Except ours is not a possibility it is a fact. OK I'll get off the soap box now! cassandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 happygirl0925@... wrote: > > You are considering surgery and you weigh less than 200??? You are at > goal > for a lot of people!! Why would 200 be goal for anyone shorter than 6 feet tall? That makes no sense at all. -- Kind regards, EMAIL: lindat@... Webpage: http://www.fourlane.com/lindat *** Call L. A. Ventures for online solutions! http://www.fourlane.com/laventures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 happygirl0925@... wrote: > > You are considering surgery and you weigh less than 200??? You are at > goal > for a lot of people!! Why would 200 be goal for anyone shorter than 6 feet tall? That makes no sense at all. -- Kind regards, EMAIL: lindat@... Webpage: http://www.fourlane.com/lindat *** Call L. A. Ventures for online solutions! http://www.fourlane.com/laventures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 McJaneygrl@... wrote: > > In a message dated 4/25/00 6:56:22 PM Central Daylight Time, > lindat@... writes: > > << Why would 200 be goal for anyone shorter than 6 feet tall? That > makes > no sense at all. >> > Because we obviously have different goals in mind then you.... > healthy ones What a catty reply. Sheesh. 200 lbs. is grossly overweight for someone 5'4 " tall. That's not healthy. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at > Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm -- Kind regards, EMAIL: lindat@... Webpage: http://www.fourlane.com/lindat *** Call L. A. Ventures for online solutions! http://www.fourlane.com/laventures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 I hear you on that! Which is why I don't want to weigh 165-200 when I quit losing weight after this surgery. My " insurance industry " weight at 5'4 " is 114-132 pounds. Not 165, not 200. To be *healthy* I need to weigh between 114-132. At 165, I'm still fat, I still had diabetes at that weight, I still got the same " fat " treatment as I do now, the only difference is my knees didn't hurt like they do now, but I hated being fat and got even fatter being depressed about it. interiormagic@... wrote: > > I have decided to respond to this one since raventmb is my sister - > the one > that weights under 200. ( I also am on the path to the WLS at 218 ) > Yes it is > true that alot of people would kill to be at this weight, I truly > agree with > that. It does not matter if you weight 70-300 pounds over weight, you > are > still overweight. You still have the ridicule, looks, comments, weight > > related illnesses and the feeling inside oneself. > Raventmb and myself lost our father a few years back due to a > pulmonary > embolism (sp?) after an open RNY. unfortunately my father had reached > close > to 450 pounds, had sleep apnea, high blood pressure, severe back > problems, > corporeal tunnel, and lived with oxygen 24 hours a day! after 7 years > of > being starved by doctors, put on redux, phen-phen, pondamin and speed, > and > being told his ONLY problem was his weight, he had lost his company, > his > house, and his ability to enjoy life. > he was approved for WLS after a hard battle with the insurance > company. He > passed away about 2 weeks later from a blood clot lodging in his > heart. AND > CARDIOMYOPATHY !!!! He had the biggest enlarged heart the medical > examiner > had ever seen! My fathers mother had also passed away from this only a > few > years previous without knowing. Cardiomyopathy is hereditary, and a > very > scary reality for my sister and I. Obesity, Cardiomyopathy, and > diabetes is > almost a given in our future if the weight is not addressed NOW! So > it's not > all fun and games, and " diet, you only have 70-100 pounds to lose. " It > is a > battle for our lives as it is with every individual with a weight > problem. > Except ours is not a possibility it is a fact. > OK I'll get off the soap box now! > cassandra > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at > Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm -- Kind regards, EMAIL: lindat@... Webpage: http://www.fourlane.com/lindat *** Call L. A. Ventures for online solutions! http://www.fourlane.com/laventures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 I just don't think 200 is big. When I am at 180 I look GREAT and wear a size 14. (last time I was there I was 18..now I am 31 and a size 28) I personally just wouldn't consider surgery at that weight..(I am 5'6 by the way). Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 You can probably carry a little more weight at your height and maybe you are big boned. But I'm small-boned and short and at 200, I look like a dumptruck. Kind regards, EMAIL: lindat@... Webpage: http://www.fourlane.com/lindat *** Call L. A. Ventures for online solutions! http://www.fourlane.com/laventures happygirl0925@... wrote: > > I just don't think 200 is big. When I am at 180 I look GREAT and wear > a size > 14. (last time I was there I was 18..now I am 31 and a size 28) I > personally > just wouldn't consider surgery at that weight..(I am 5'6 by the way). > Just > my opinion. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at > Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 I am 5 3 " and 200 is big for me. That's a size 20 now IM 220 and that's a 22-24. If your shorter it looks fatter trust I live in these shoes. Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 I am 5 3 " and 200 is big for me. That's a size 20 now IM 220 and that's a 22-24. If your shorter it looks fatter trust I live in these shoes. Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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