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I have lost 35 lbs since the surgery. I had Kaiser, they had me on a preop classes and diet that I lost 9 lbs on and a liquid diet too, loss is 50 lbs, I M 5 10 and weigh 235 now. I could never get into a size 10 in my life, even when I weighed 145 when I was young. I too am menopausal. I didn't realize I should not eat carbs, I just thought the small stomach would make me feel full. but it doesn't . and it doesn't work on the "head" part of it. . I wish they would have given me Belviq like I wanted in the first place.

itfor me and ive lost 35 pounds. since the surgery. I thought having 1/3 of a stomach would keep me from gaining weight and tht I would lose it a easy.. which is not the case. I didn't realize that I have to live on Protein shakes and Water the rest of my life for any sort of weight loss!.. I STILL want to eat... I

I had my surgey oct 12 2014. I have lost 35 stinking lbs in a year. !! I feel so frustrated and a failure

my final straw was having this surgery e a dismal failure. almost a year is gone and I have lost less than 40 lbs since this surgery, I can still eat a big bowl of salad, junk food very easy to eat,, I avoid if I can. I cant eat many sources of Protein, now I eat a lot of eggs. I hate shakes and I still hate them. I have one every day for the protein and choke it down. my advice. don't do this surgery

Kaiser So Cal is now approving this surgery but you have to do a song and dance for it. Check it out.. my husband who is an uncontrolled diabetic, hypertension, sleep apnea with cpap intolerance and a knee replacement in HIS ONE LEG could barely get approval- for the bariatric surgery.. I am now hoping for him to get the lap band instead, nevertheless me, also 100 lbs overweight but healthy-fergetaboutit. I was on a 12 step and lost 100 lbs, I kept most of them off, but I am still 100 lbs overweight and was starving the whole time I was on that plan. If I had a band I could stick with it. The sad sad part... I work for kaiser. truly disgusting. I now am going to the appeal thanks for the info, I should have remembered it from all the fun I had getting him the knee replacement - when reported, Kaiser suddenly stopped dragging their feet