Re: scared -- a post script

[Guest guest]

Another thought passed through my mind (yeah, mind like a steel sieve,

that's me!) after I'd just hit the " send " button: one of the first

things my surgeon told me on my first consult was that 95 - 99% of

people who lose weight by dieting alone regain it all, plus about 10%.

However, only about 25% of those who lose weight through RNY surgery

regain it all. This puts my odds of regaining a lot lower than they

have ever been in my life -- but it is no guarantee of anything. It

just helps even the playing field a bit. These days, I have to watch my

food intake and exercise output, the same way a thin woman would...but

I have more of a chance of long-term success than I have ever had

before. Does this make sense?

I.

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RNY September 19, 2001

Dr. Freeman, Ottawa General Hospital

BMI then: 43.5

BMI now: 22

-152 lbs

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