Vox article today summarizes latest studies on WLS

theAntiChick
on 12/7/17 8:22 am - Arlington, TX
VSG on 08/17/16

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/7/16587316/ba riatric-surgery-weight-loss-lap-band

Medicine's best obesity treatment is also its most misunderstood

Americans keep dieting to lose weight, but bariatric surgery is the most effective tool out there.

Thought this was a really good article.

* 8/16/2017 - ONEDERLAND!! *

HW 306 - SW 297 - GW 175 - Surg VSG with Melanie Hafford on 8/17/2016

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Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 12/7/17 8:48 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

Great article - thank you for posting it.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

pammieanne
on 12/7/17 11:54 am - OK
RNY on 05/16/16

Very Interesting!

I wish they would study the correlation between Type II diabetes remission and the RNY. It seems, from what I've seen around here, that this is a BIG health benefit, and I just haven't seen enough put out there for people to know about this.

Height 5'5" HW 260 SW 251 CW 141.6 (2/27/18)

RNY 5-16-16 Pre-Op 9lbs, M1-18.5lbs, M2-18.1lbs, M3-14.8lbs, M4-10.4lbs, M5-9.2lbs, M6-7lbs, M7-6.2lbs, M8-8.8lbs,M9-7.8lbs, M10-1 lb, M11-.6lbs, M12-4.4lbs

Sparklekitty, Science-Loving Derby Hag
on 12/7/17 12:07 pm
RNY on 08/05/19

This is a good study.

Researchers looked at 4434 type II diabetics who had RNY. 68.2% of them saw their diabetes go into remission within 5 years of WLS. Of those people, 35.1% redeveloped diabetes within 5 years; the people with relapse tended to have had diabetes for longer and their blood sugar was poorly controlled before surgery.

Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!

CC C.
on 12/7/17 12:07 pm

Great summary, AntiChick! Thanks for sharing. I passed it along to a friend on the fence about surgery.

MeerKat1994
on 12/7/17 7:34 pm
RNY on 05/09/17

I saw this in Facebook. Sadly, inspite of the evidence that shows the validity of wls, people were still commenting on how awful it was and that it was ineffective/dangerous. Siiigh.

Sparklekitty, Science-Loving Derby Hag
on 12/7/17 7:38 pm
RNY on 08/05/19

If people really understood and accepted scientific evidence, we would all be 100% vaccinated, nobody would bat an eye at genetically-modified produce, chiropractors would be laughed out of business, and people wouldn't launch homemade rockets to "prove" that the Earth is flat.

I've largely given up hope at this point.

Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!

Insert Fitness
on 12/8/17 3:04 am

This. Muchly this.

RNY Sept 8, 2016

M1:23, M2 :18, M3 :11, M4 :19, M5: 13, M6: 12, M7: 17, M8: 11, M9: 11.5, M10: 13, M11: 10, M12: 10 M13 : 7.6, M14: 6.9, M15: 6.7

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Grim_Traveller
on 12/11/17 3:09 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

Eppur si muove.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

CerealKiller Kat71
on 12/12/17 4:36 am
RNY on 12/31/13

We also wouldn't have people arguing climate change, nor a president that has the intelligence of a melted jell-o mold.

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