RE: LUPAS? IMMUNE DISORDERS?LOW LIFE EXSPECTANCY

August 28, 2002

SLE (Lupus) is not an acquired disease. You don't catch it like a viral cold.

You're born with either the predisposition to Connective Tissue illness, or your

born with the genes flat out. )

I have SLE, but have not had one problem in 21 months now. No prednisone to

control the illness, nothing. I also had mouth sores (yes, herpes simplex just

like 40% of the population..) but have had NO outbreaks in 21 months either.

Weird, huh?

Also, I was told by my Doc that the average age of those having WLS is 48. So if

you add 10-20 years to that average age, you get the average life expectancy of

ALL humans 68 years )

KMB

LUPAS? IMMUNE DISORDERS?LOW LIFE EXSPECTANCY?

I know that we are not suppose to post unless we are a

" graduate "

but I have beed reading some stuff that is realy starting to scare

me and I want to find out more befor I do this. And I could not

think of a better place to ask then here.

What I have been reading is that long term this surgery does more

harm then good that alot people get lupas and other dieses of the

immune system from it. That it weakens the immune system to the

point that patients catch everything that comes along. I Also read

that the life exspectance for some one that had this surgery had a

life exspectancy of 10-15 years. Can any one tell me if what i am

reading is accurate. Any one on the list that is 10 years out or

more? whould you do it again?

I hope that this is allowed to be posted. I want the changes that

this surgery can give my life but I want to the bad as well as the

good when i make my final desision and this stuff really worries me.

Thank you for letting me ask

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