The story of Jackie-625 pound woman

The story of Jackie-625 pound woman will air tonight on Discovery Health Channel at 10:00 pm et. The information stated she will have gastic bypass surgery. Tammie G.

OMG! Those kind of complications.. holy cow! I know I have heard rumors that a new surgery has been developed that uses a foreign device to constrict the stomach and intestines without any cutting into them. I heard it if for larger patients so that they can get to a healthy surgical weight for the full RNY. Anyone else heard of something like this? Brightest Blessings for a Wonderful Day~ Jamie M. aka Lady Autumn Weight- 257/160/146 BMI- 44.1/27.5/25 Height- 5'4" Total Weight Loss: -97 lbs. Surgery Date- 1/19/05 Visit my OH profile or stop by My Weight Loss Journey Website at: home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-LadyAutumnsWLSjourney Visit my Live Journal at: livejournal.com/users/magickalmom

Thanks for posting this. I recorded it on my dish DVR and watched it today.

This is the new " CURE" however it is still in development and I have heard from my MD that there is a problem with the leads they have been using,... errosion slippage abnd others .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stomach Pacemaker Suppresses Appetite A type of pacemaker for the stomach, an implanted electrical device that fools the body into feeling full, appears to be an effective alternative to radical digestive surgery for helping obese people shed large amounts of weight. If it proves out in larger studies, the experimental device could offer a new way to help very large people slim down when they cannot lose weight on diets or with appetite-suppressing drugs. Researchers presented preliminary data on the usefulness of the approach, which has already been tested on 450 people to show its safety. Surgical techniques that shrink the stomach and reroute the digestive tract are the only highly reliable way to make obese people lose weight. However, this is major surgery that carries significant risk, including a one- percent chance of death and researchers are searching for ways to do the job more safely. The new device is called an implantable gastric stimulator and is similar to a cardiac pacemaker. Instead of stimulating the heart, this pacemaker is attached to the wall of the stomach and is intended to reduce feelings of hunger. The researchers implanted the devices in 30 obese women and men whose average weight was 242 pounds. Their average body mass index (BMI) was 42. The healthy cutoff for the height-to-weight ration is 25; 30 is considered obese. After a year with the implant, two-thirds of the volunteers had lost weight. The average was an 18 percent drop in their excess weight. While the results of this study are very promising, there is still a long way to go; however, researchers feel this is a very exciting breakthrough in this field. Surgery to help people lose weight is now one of the fastest growing operations in the United States and will be done on an estimated 100,000 people this year. About ten percent of patients have serious complications, such as hemorrhage, pneumonia, infection and blood clots. http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/health/stomachpacemaker.html