Medifast vs gastric bypass
Posted By: Deb on 2006-08-20
In Reply to: To be honest, you need something a bit more drastic than WW - (sm)
I've done both. All the weight returned when I eventually went of Medifast. And because I was not able to change my eating habits after gastric bypass, I have regained almost all the weight I lost again (100 pounds). I can still only eat small amounts of food at one time, but I am an emotional eater and a grazer - being a grazer is deadly for someone who works from home.
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He isn't getting the gastric bypass...
He decided against it. I can't remember why. Now he's just following a better diet.
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has anyone had a gastric bypass...sm
My husband has just been approved by insurance to have a gastric bypass, but I am trying to find other people who have had it and if they are happy or wish they had never had it done. He is an extremely large man with many problems including a massive stroke several years ago that makes it very hard for him to exercise at all, especially as big as he has gotten. I know this surgery will be a total lifestyle change for us, as our main pass time is going out to eat. I just want to know of any success stories, horror stories, whatever before we make the final committment to surgery. Thanks. 
Gastric bypass
I had gastric bypass surgery three years ago. It has changed my life. I am very happy and content, something that I never thought that I would ever say about myself. I had a lot of life styles changes to make, (like giving up chocolate), the consequences were horrible if I ate too much! I am enjoying my children and my husband  more than ever. If he follows his doctors instructions and does what he is supposed to do it will be successful for him. It is not easy, but everyday gets better. Good luck to your husband and to you!
I had gastric bypass 2+ years ago...
My experience has been tremendous. I am able to do all kinds of things with my kids and my mental well being made it more than worth my while. It is a huge decision to make and you must follow postop orders, especially the vitamin supplements. Be sure your surgeon is experienced, i.e. more tha 100+ surgeries. Mine was the pioneer in the field, an excellent surgeon. I had absolutely no complications and continue to feel great. There will always be some foods that my body does not agree with, but that's okay, life is good. This is a big "family" decision too because support is key. Having been heavy all my life, at 43 I am now a healthy person, which was my goal, to be healthy and live a long time for me and my family. All the best! Email me if you'd like
Gastric bypass patient here
Hi There,
If you would like to coorespond with someone who has been there, done that...please feel free to email me. Send me an email by clicking on the reply by email link as I dont want to post my email address here. I will tell you this though....I had gastric bypass surgery almost 6 years ago and have gone from a size 28 to a size 10 and is it absolutely the most wonderful thing I've done for myself. I KNOW where you are coming from as far as sneaking food and being depressed!!!
Not only that, her husband is thinking of getting gastric bypass
and he's NOT that big, IMO.
Question for those who have had VBG and/or gastric bypass surgery...
I had VBG surgery some 4-1/2 years ago (which was a failure) and am suffering from continued regurgitation from getting clogged since the surgery. In the past couple of months I've developed regurg and some episodes of moderate to debilitating pain which may be esophageal spasms (per my PCP). He's sending me to a GI, but I haven't made the appointment yet. Anyway, my question is this...If you've had a bypass, do you have problems with getting "clogged"? How about regurg?
Is it typical to perform gastric bypass surgery if
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Hmmmmm. Medifast might be for me.
Sounds like it might be easy to stick to. Did losing that much weight that fast cause loose skin like you see on the plastic surgery show on the Discovery Health channel?
check out New Lifestyles instead of Medifast - sm
It's a lot cheaper and tastes way better. Same premise as Medifast and Optifast. You can go all liquid diet if you want or do 5 shakes a day, snack bar/salad lunch and a meat/veg. dinner (lean and green). The website is liquiddiet.com -- I have not been determined enough as yet to stick to it, but just had a colonoscopy and had to fast for 24 hours and really did not have any trouble with that, so I think I can now bite the bullet myself and shoot to lose the 70-80 pounds I need to shed!
MediFast is just like SlimFast - can't take either as they are loaded with Iodine and I am allerg
However, I have seen results from both. It is hard to keep the weight off or maintain it once you start eating food again.
I worked for a physician who specialized in the MediFast program. The initial results were good, but the patients had a very hard time maintaining it and gained some back.
Just had a doc say a guy with gastric cancer was...
admitted to the OB/GYN service. (I didn't miss something in my training, did I?)
You might need to bypass the USB hub and plug directly in. sm
I have had this problem with other USB devices. I just switch around until I find one that will work in hub. I don't use EMDAT so don't know if that's the problem. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.
weight loss and bypass
Hi! Several things here - 1)You are on COBRA now, is the insurance your husband has group or individual? If it group and you are on COBRA, then you are considered covered with no lapse in coverage and they HAVE to take you! I don't think they have to cover you if it is not a group policy.
2) Gastric bypass - my brother had one at 605 pounds. I need one, but my insurance wouldn't cover and I can't afford it, so I won't do that. But if you live in Arkansas, I have the name of a fantastic doctor - the one that did my brother's!
Don't you have to have insurance to have the bypass surgery or the lap band? sm
It may take her more than 4 months to even get a start on checking into surgery.
My understanding is that you have to have exhausted all other weight-loss options before you can even THINK about surgery. Then you have to have psych eval, CPE, lab work etc. The BMI also plays a part as well as various co-morbidities. If she has until 2/2009, it may very well take that long just to get into a doc, surgeon, psych etc. and then the insurance company has to authorize it to boot.
Good luck Siren, I hope all works out well for you.
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