Bariatric Surgery- The "Easy" way out?
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
By the time you actually are approved for surgery, you will find the words. Shari's choice, while certainly charming, may be a little stark. I'd tell them that my research has shown otherwise. Major surgery involving the re-route of a major organ, last time I checked, is not for sissies. I am not sure I could ever do it, in fact. I got rejected. AND...it all comes back to...eat right and exercise in the end. Still not so easy.
keep researching! the words will come. Plus, consider not telling everyone. This is a fairly persoanl choice.
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
I think when people state that it is the "easy way out", there are few that would disagree, even those who had WLS. Now of course it's all relative. Easy in this case meaning that your choices are made for you, overeating is just physically not an option and you don't have to work as hard at stopping the consumption of enormous amounts of food all on your own. Easy is clearly not the horrid dumping, the medical issues that can come up as a result of GBS, and of course the entire process which for some can be amazingly easy, for others like a trip through hell. However, as Neecee has noted, in the end it all comes down to you. Does the "easy" part allow you to ingrain those good habits regarding portion control into your head? One can only hope. The behavior modification needed for the "easy" way out is pretty much physically guaranteed.
In the end this is not a magic bullet, just a leg up on the process.
"Accountability first to yourself, then nobody else matters"
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
I sort of thought that way, but it was really my own fear of surgery speaking. My primary care physican is against it. But recently I had to see a cardiologist that was very pro wls and he said to me I would be more afraid of being obese than of wls. To have a cardiologist refer me and speak so highly spoke and abundance to me. 