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  Surgery, the ultimate fix? If we watch TV, surgery is the ultimate fix for all ills, including obesity.  The panacea of getting good health.      It's obvious that things like weight...

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On TV, this AM, on a unrelated to WLS show, I encountered the case of a weight loss surgery patient, who, like many people fighting weight issues, had yo yo dieted from the age of 7 when he s...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2018/10/another-gastric-bypass-disaster.html

Every so often, a new study comes out, presumably "proving" how effective the gastric bypass is.  That's because this surgery is a huge cash cow for the medical field and less and less folk...

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Did you have a gastric balloon weight loss procedure??? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety alert concerning gastric balloon systems after there were five "unanticipated ...

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The idea of inserting a balloon in the stomach, and somehow inflating it to supposedly kill the appetite, is not new. It was first introduced as the state of the art, non invasive obesity tr...

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This week's, "My 600 lb Life - Where are they Now" featured a lady who lost most of her weight and ended up in the 180's after skin removal surgeries. Interesting to note was the massive l...

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There are apparently several famous people who got gastric sleeve or sleeve gastrectomy. It looks good. It's not a gastric bypass, so other than undermining protein and fat digestion in the ...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-dark-side-of-gastric-sleeve.html

In the gastric bypass, the stomach is very compromised and the duodenum, a vital part of digestion, is bypassed.  This is why it causes nutritional deficiencies in most patients. Yesterday...

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Did anyone see "Doug's Story" on My 600 lb Iife TV show?  His wife who was very overweight, had had WLS, probably 8 years previously, was 60 to 70 lbs overweight. She said she'd been over ...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2017/02/medical-profession-or-business.html

New research found that the lap band, previously considered the safest weight loss surgery procedure, "must be removed within 5 years to avoid complications". (Obese Surg. Published online ...

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It's pretty common knowledge for those who access the Internet, that weight loss surgery is not only ineffective but risky. But recently, Dr "Now" of "My 600 lb life" admitted on TV that w...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2016/12/weight-loss-surgery-not-really.html

"The Obesity Code", a new book out, while saying it's the final solution to weight problems, is nothing new. And, people, tired of dieting, are buying it rapidly off the shelves, over the in...

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A sad thing for me is when weight loss surgery post ops come back and say "Oh Sue, I wish I'd listened to your warnings". The warnings I've posted can actually be found on most weight loss...

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Recently, I watched the Dominique Lanoise story...this was a lady, bed fast from her weight (over 600 lbs). The doctors kept saying about how she "needed" a gastric bypass. How modern physic...

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Coleus is a lovely plant. I used to have Coleus plants years ago.  But there is one thing to remember about Coleus. It's highly poisonous.  Best to keep it away from kids (I had a toddler ...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2016/07/eating-coleus-for-weight-loss-not-good.html

Obesity signifies a lessor brain, states the latest - shall I say - questionable study .  The cohort was 32 people both men and women and claimed to not included people with known brain dam...

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Most people only read the first paragraph of a news article and the media takes advantage of that fact, assuming most folks will not read the rest of the article and only a very small percen...

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So there is this lady I know on the internet. She lost over 200 lbs and attributed it to Weight Watchers and dancing.  I followed her as she posted a video of her getting her lifetime membe...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2016/05/losing-and-regaining-weight.html

There is a series on "A & E" TV called "Fit to Fat to Fit".  The show has two protagonists.  One of them is an overweight person (usually quite overweight like over 300 or 400 lbs) and a perso...

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pillz, pillz, pillz don't work for losing weight! A blog reader (who probably didn't bother reading either my blog or the blog she was advertising) left a message in the comments here, adver...

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Filmed in High Def and artistic cinematography and certainly scripted (as all "reality TV" is), the show, "My 600 lb life" is certainly watched by many and the producer who is the son of a H...

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As I watch the TV show, "My 600 lb life", I see many issues .... Elephants in the room, things left unsaid like, the fact that at least 2 of the patients featured on this show, ended up with...

http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2016/01/thoughts-about-tv-show-my-600-lb-life.html

I have heard many folks sign up for weight loss surgery because they feel they will "never have to diet again".  The next step is they go to a "seminar" held by the surgeon they are thinking...

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The news today, announced a "new" device, for losing weight. Basically, the patient swallows a pill which is attached to a long tiny tube catheter device.  When it gets down to the stomach,...

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The good news is most surgeons have stopped doing the gastric bypass by now and have switched to the gastric sleeve which is a much safer procedure and just as effective as the bypass with weig...

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