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Amen! awesome! You're a blessing to us all, Monique! Thank you for your prayer.

Amen!

Have you ever just eaten something that hits the spot? You just get that completely satisfied, satiated, and nourished feeling. Is that warm and yummy feeling still possible after the sleeve?

The sleeve hasn't been around long but I look forward to reading comparative studies of the sleeve vs. the bypass. Cases of malnutrition are higher in bypasses already. I would like to know if people also have more mental problems that could be related to the malnutrition following a bypass. Aside from that though, Jr. is apparently being investigated for offering to buy Blagojevich's senate seat. It's entirely possible that Jr's nervous breakdown had nothing to do with his bariatric surgery and everything to do with his criminal activity: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314356/Jesse-Jackson-Jr-offered-6m-impeach-governor-Obamas-old-seat.html

If the lack of intestines is keeping people from absorbing enough nutrients out of the food that they are able to eat then that would seem to encourage cheating more. When I eat low carb or low calorie then my insulin resistance causes me to get really weak which, in turn, causes me to want carbs to gain energy. I wonder if the bypass causes people to overcompensate for the nutrients that aren't being absorbed. Losing and then gaining 100-200 pounds back would be really discouraging! Why would they do the sleeve first and then the bypass later?

makes sense to me. I understand that people lose more weight bypassing the intestines but the negative impact of doing that really seems to outweigh the positive. Robbing the body of precious nutrients when you're already consuming so little just doesn't seem like a healthy option to me.

bypassing any of the intestines just seems unnecessary to me for the simple reason that it causes malabsorption that leads to malnutrition. Now that the sleeve is available, why is rny even still approved? Is the rny really any more beneficial than the sleeve? I studied psychology in school during which I learned that a primary cause of schizophrenia can be malnutrition. In fact, some of the new treatments that are being developed rely a great deal on just ensuring that schizophrenics receive proper nutrition. Also, excessive consumption of caffeine can increase cortisol levels which can also cause mental problems. Jr seemed to be experiencing a lot of stress at the time...maybe he was consuming too much caffeine and not enough vegetables. looks like his sister has lost 200 lbs!

hmmm...you're right, it doesn't say that...I must have read it somewhere else although I can't find it now...can self pays just choose any operation that they want?

apparently, Jr was 100 pounds overweight before the surgery. I was given the option of what kind of surgery that I wanted. Do you have a duodenal switch? I also found this article that suggests that weight loss surgery increases the level of suicides and heart disease. I wonder if they are nutrition related: http://archsurg.jama...rticleid=400707 This is a q & a regarding depression following weight loss surgery: http://bariatrictime...and-prevention/

Having spent almost my entire life dieting, I learned that dairy products are not really good for losing weight. I noticed that a lot of people on this forum who have stalls or trouble losing weight seem to eat a lot of yogurt, pudding, cheese, and cottage cheese. Also, bread, crackers, rice and oatmeal keep me from losing weight although my system seems to be more sensitive than others. It seems to be ok to eat dairy but if you find that you aren't losing weight like you want to then you may want to consider cutting out the dairy altogether. You can buy high protein powders that can be turned into puddings with water though, for example Wonderslim puddings are pretty good.

I came across this article that suggests that Jesse Jackson Jr's gastrointestinal and depression problems may have been caused by a duodenal switch. The description of a duodenal switch makes it seems as though it is the same thing as a sleeve that also bypasses a lot of the intestines which results in malabsorption. The articles go on to say that Jr may have developed bipolar disorder as a result of malnutrition. http://chicagotonigh...witch-explained http://illinoisrevie...r-disorder.html If true then this is yet another reason why getting just a sleeve is better than getting the duodenal switch or bypass. The idea of bypassing the intestines is a scary thought to me. It just seems too drastic to not only remove 90% of the stomach but then to also bypass a lot of the intestines. I wonder if cases like this will eventually result in people with depression, etc. being disqualified from any kind of bypass operation.

The liquid diets work but they are, of course, difficult to maintain for extended amounts of time. I managed to lose 20+ lbs a month on liquid diets in the past. One time, I only drank wonderslim shakes and another time, I lived on juiced fruits and vegetables. The Atkins and Scarsdale diets are also effective.

My magnesium deficiency never showed up in any tests and doctors never told me about it. I discovered it on my own after several years.

I experienced heart palpitations and fatigue when I was younger. I discovered that my heart palpitations occured as a result of a magnesium deficiency. I no longer experience the palpitations as long as I take an extra magnesium supplement with my multivitamin. My doctor also told me that chocolate and caffeine can cause palpitations. Your shortness of breath could be caused by the anxiety that results from the palpitations, however, it would be a good idea to get it checked out by a doctor. I have also been diagnosed with insulin resistance and cyclical hypothyroidism which causes my fatigue. However, other people on this board are healed of their insulin resistance after the operation in which case I wonder if your fatigue could be caused by the low calorie diet. Have you tried increasing your calories?

I believe that the dry mouth may be caused by ketosis which occurs when the body is burning a lot of fat. Biotene Dry Mouth Mouthwash has helped me in the past with ketosis. Act also offers a dry mouth mouthwash but it doesn't seem to work as well as the Biotene in my opinion, although the Biotene is more expensive.