Re: Questions about DS

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Hi Judie,

I have lurked on this list for a few months, but rarely ever post. I

must tell you how much I have enjoyed your great attitude and the

funny things you write sometimes. I am so glad I checked out what

you wrote today, because I discovered we are about the same age - I

just turned 58 a few weeks ago - and am so pleased your surgery went

so smoothly and you are doing so well now. I hope to be in your

shoes someday, but am having insurance woes since my company will pay

for WLS, but only $5000 worth for both surgery and complications.

Really generous, huh? I have checked with Walter and he says they

have the perfect right to do that under current state law

(California). Well, I haven't given up yet and am determined to do

something to change that law! Anyway, keep up the good work!

Blessings,

Sue Everett

> Hi !

>

> You can tell your mom that Judie here is 57 yrs old, had the

surgery on Nov

> 15 and is dang glad she had it done!

> I had perfect peace going into surgery......I had NO pain when I

came to in

> ICU and all the nurses were wonderful to me. Now that its been

almost a

> year on the 15th life is very different and wonderful. I can eat

any thing

> I want and know I wont regain. I can have sweets. I can have

fats......I

> eat very well and get in 80 grams of protein daily easily. I have

no

> problems whatsoever with digestion. In the beginning I did have

gas but

> that resolves itself with time. I did not regret the surgery at

all.....I

> KNEW going in that it was what I really wanted to do!! I feel so

healthy

> and loaded with energy I have not felt in many years. In fact, I

only

> require 6 hours of sleep at night now instead of the 8-9 I had pre

opt!

> Comparing post opt eating to pre opt......hmmmm well I much prefer

proteins

> now. I can not stand the thought of eating ice cream and that was

one love

> I had before surgery. I lean more towards foods that are good for

me. At

> times I find myself passing up candy that I would never have done

pre opt!

> I love grapes, watermellon and peaches.....fruits I liked before

but would

> have prefered something sweet over that but now I much prefer the

fruit to

> processed sweets! I love prime rib and chef salads!

> If you have done your research and are convinced that the DS is for

you then

> by all means get it done. You are doing this for , not for

s

> mom! (or anybody else!)

> I can honestly say that if I didnt have the surgery I might not

have been in

> good health within just a few years. Life would not have been

worth living

> if I hadnt of done it!

>

> Hugs, Judie