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OPRAH - March 8

Boo

By Boo, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Boo    3

Boo
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On Oprah today, the topic will be about women who have had weight-loss surgery and then hit "rock bottom." What could that mean? And what kind of surgery is she featuring?

If you watch and have thoughts, PLEASE post!

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babygrl1234    6

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If it is the same one I saw before it was some ladies who had a bypass and then replaced their eating addictions with other addictions, I belive one was alcohol and another one was sex.

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JulieNYC    4

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Thanks for telling us, Boo. I set my DVR to record it and will check in with you tonight.

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Bikergirl    0

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That is correct it is a rerun - these women have had the GB surgery and they no longer can eat to comfort themselves so they have changed to drinking and sex. I think her name is Carney Phillips (from Wilson & Phillips). She will be on there also, she started drinking also.

They say that alchol hits you much faster once you've had WLS. I think (my opinion) it may hit GB people a lot quicker because they don't have the full stomach like we still have with the band.

I am still out from surgery on 3/1 - so I will be watching it again.

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Gaffer    1

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I think that this is really misleading. I dont think it was WLS that was the route of these peoples probelms, but rather a preexisting mental problem that they failed to get help with.

This just perpetuates the myth that WLS is bad. It is not a cure all, but you never see media saying "WLS Saved My Life" when that has been the case for many.

Thumbs down to Oprah.

Andrew

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musicalmomma    1

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I think that this is really misleading. I dont think it was WLS that was the route of these peoples probelms, but rather a preexisting mental problem that they failed to get help with.

This just perpetuates the myth that WLS is bad. It is not a cure all, but you never see media saying "WLS Saved My Life" when that has been the case for many.

Thumbs down to Oprah.

Andrew

I dunno...I haven't seen the show and perhaps she's just trying to make WLS candidates think about they're psychological and mental state before having the surgery. If she's just bashing WLS and trying to discredit it...shame on her! WLS has enriched SO many lives and there is just no denying the life saving benefits to many!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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