Re: Risks -- pre-ops, please read

[Guest guest]

Ms Newby, your experience sounds horrible. I can understand not thinking it

could happen to you. I am sure Superman never thought he would be a

quadraplegic. When I get into a car, I think the next deadly accident could

never be mine. I am glad I don't have a crystal ball telling me when it will

be my turn. Fay Bayuk 300/182 10/23/01

[Guest guest]

Ms Newby, your experience sounds horrible. I can understand not thinking it

could happen to you. I am sure Superman never thought he would be a

quadraplegic. When I get into a car, I think the next deadly accident could

never be mine. I am glad I don't have a crystal ball telling me when it will

be my turn. Fay Bayuk 300/182 10/23/01

[Guest guest]

I am afraid that Al is not completely informed about obesity. Also he still

in the honeymoon stage. He will be in major trouble if he doesn't educate

himself better. I am sure further down the road, someone will enlighten him.

Fay Bayuk

[Guest guest]

I am afraid that Al is not completely informed about obesity. Also he still

in the honeymoon stage. He will be in major trouble if he doesn't educate

himself better. I am sure further down the road, someone will enlighten him.

Fay Bayuk

[Guest guest]

I am afraid that Al is not completely informed about obesity. Also he still

in the honeymoon stage. He will be in major trouble if he doesn't educate

himself better. I am sure further down the road, someone will enlighten him.

Fay Bayuk

[Guest guest]

>

> I was listening to Matt Lauer comment on Al Rokers surgery, and

Matt said that one in 200 surgeries end in death. Is this true? I

was not aware of that. Al also said that he felt like a failure,

because he had to have surgery. I am just sorry that such high

profile people like him and Ophra, say things like that. I for one

do not think by any means that this is the easy way out.

>

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Yes, that's the statistic I've heard, but I believe that's the same

in all surgeries, not just WLS. As for Al's comments about feeling

like a failure, hadn't we all felt that way prior to WLS? Anyone who

had been through numerous diets with numerous doctors, losing,

gaining, ashamed to go back to the same doctor, or having a doctor

go " tsk, tsk " just put that fork down. It wasn't until I started

researching WLS that I realized that IT WASN'T MY FAULT!!! I was a

fat child, born with that gene or having a chemical imbalance which

never allowed me to feel full and sated with food, not having

that " switch " that tells me I'm full, I don't want any more food. Al

realized he needed help, Oprah thinks Dr. Phil is all she needs!

Ha! She will yo-yo until her body starts giving out, she's young

yet, it will happen.

Just a reminder...Al Roker is on Dateline tonight.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

>

> I was listening to Matt Lauer comment on Al Rokers surgery, and

Matt said that one in 200 surgeries end in death. Is this true? I

was not aware of that. Al also said that he felt like a failure,

because he had to have surgery. I am just sorry that such high

profile people like him and Ophra, say things like that. I for one

do not think by any means that this is the easy way out.

>

**************************************

Yes, that's the statistic I've heard, but I believe that's the same

in all surgeries, not just WLS. As for Al's comments about feeling

like a failure, hadn't we all felt that way prior to WLS? Anyone who

had been through numerous diets with numerous doctors, losing,

gaining, ashamed to go back to the same doctor, or having a doctor

go " tsk, tsk " just put that fork down. It wasn't until I started

researching WLS that I realized that IT WASN'T MY FAULT!!! I was a

fat child, born with that gene or having a chemical imbalance which

never allowed me to feel full and sated with food, not having

that " switch " that tells me I'm full, I don't want any more food. Al

realized he needed help, Oprah thinks Dr. Phil is all she needs!

Ha! She will yo-yo until her body starts giving out, she's young

yet, it will happen.

Just a reminder...Al Roker is on Dateline tonight.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/12/02 6:49:27 AM Central Standard Time,

kabachelor@... writes:

<< they'd do just about ANYTHING to change that state of existence.

>>

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which is exactly why it's a good thing to call their attention now and again

to the importance of making an INFORMED decision.

Carol A

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/12/02 9:48:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> While I heartily sympathize with your story, the truth is WLS has saved

>

> many more lives than it has taken. It has given me back my life, and I

>

> feel younger, stronger, better than I did 15 years ago.

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While I fully agree that one does need to take into consideration the risks

vs the benefits of this surgery, I would like to submit my story that I put

on AMOS telling you how I was feeling at the time I chose this surgery. You

can find this at:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=947483760http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=947483760

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