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Originally Posted by graycyn
I've heard that the surgery does, sometimes, just do away with hunger altogether. Which would be nice! But it doesn't apparently always have that effect. I know at least two people who had the surgery, lost weight and then regained. One of them gained it all back, plus more, the other realized that she STILL had to watch what she ate and reined it back and started losing again.
I also have a friend for whom the surgery worked... only now that she has a serious cancer, she's having trouble getting her body enough of the nutrients she needs to fight it. I'm also dubious as to whether the surgery would help those who have emotional eating problems, because that's a mental kind of hunger.
At any rate, it surely works for some folks, but not all. I'll take the long road and leave my digestion system as nature intended it, rather than take the chance it would not work for me, aside from the issue of possible complications.
Last night it was tempting to go out after the movie hubby and I went to and get a treat, something we have often done in the past, but we both agreed that we had plenty of good stuff to eat at home and that's what we did. Hubby picked up a brand new, just out ebook this week as his reward!
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<smile> I never said it was for everyone; it simply has worked exceedingly well for me. Granted I am only about 5 1/2 years into it so I cannot promise nothing will happen to me as a result but I can be pretty damned certain of what would have happened without it. The hunger part was more a curiosity than anything else; I just think its weird but thats not why I did it (and paid full-ticket for it; insurance was no help). I worked at a medical research firm and had access to some interesting but very real reports that showed that in over 95% of the cases, diabetics walked out of the hospital diabetes free. This was not a fashion thing; I was dying of Type II diabetes and when I saw my neighbor with the same thing go blind *and* have a leg amputated, I said screw it, I gotta do something because my wife depends on me to be whole and functional. I went into it taking a boat-load of meds for diabetes and walked out 48 hours later with zero (none) diabetic symptoms and no need for meds. Haven't had any since and for the most part I eat pretty normal food and the weight dropped like a stone to a specific weight within a few months and has remained there +/- 5 lbs ever since. I have never felt better. Admittedly I had a really good surgeon plus had it done when they knew more about it plus I was seriously motivated to make it work.
No, not for everyone but for me its been a life-saver and this year my health insurance went doing by a great deal because of it. Win-win situation for us.