Comments on: Nervousness takes over

By: katie800

katie800 — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:19:02 +0000

I’m still in the pre op stage soon to have surgery in July but in my opinion
there are enough supplements out today whether by mouth or shot, that mal
nutrition would come from lack of taking them. The odds of s shorter life
span due to obesity far more outweigh the ones of the possibility of
malnutrition. Good luck and I hope your confidence on your decision to have
this surgery will become stronger.

By: dale_1400

dale_1400 — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:03:45 +0000

Peggy,

I am only 6 weeks post op, but I have 1 friend who is 5 years post op and has
maintained her weight loss and is FINE!!! I have 1 other friend that is
about 7 or 8 years and she lost 160 pounds within 18 months and maintained
that for about 5 years…then she gained 20 pounds over the next few years
and LOOKS and FEELS better, she is fine also.

Hope this helps.
Sharon

By: debbra_1400

debbra_1400 — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:45:04 +0000

Peggy,
I have a dear friend who had WLS in 1984, which is 15 years ago, and she’s doing
fine. She’s not online, and I don’t know exactly what she had, other than
"stomach stapling". She does still have to do B-12 shots, but I think everyone
on the list knows we’ll have to supplement for the rest of our lives.

Given your current weight and health, what would you be like at 30 years from
now with *no* surgery? That’s the way I would look at it.

Pam