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Sandy G · #31 07-25-2009, 08:56 PM

Oh, it was covered on my wife's Federal BCBS. She's an RN w/30 yrs experience, one of my best friends is my GP, they BOTH told me if I DIDN'T have this surgery, I was headin' for The Last Roundup-and fast. I was 387, & goin' up, up, up...Now I'm 120 lbs lighter, this has been since Feb. I take 35 units of insulin now instead of 225, I can walk w/o huffin' & puffin'...In short, this most likely saved my life. Can't cheat on it, either-if you try to wolf stuff down too much or too fast, you get REAL sick REAL quick.

Charles · #32 07-25-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandy G

Oh, it was covered on my wife's Federal BCBS. She's an RN w/30 yrs experience, one of my best friends is my GP, they BOTH told me if I DIDN'T have this surgery, I was headin' for The Last Roundup-and fast. I was 387, & goin' up, up, up...Now I'm 120 lbs lighter, this has been since Feb. I take 35 units of insulin now instead of 225, I can walk w/o huffin' & puffin'...In short, this most likely saved my life. Can't cheat on it, either-if you try to wolf stuff down too much or too fast, you get REAL sick REAL quick.

Good for you, Sandy, hope you don't miss your little potlickkers too much.

I'm pretty much swolllen up like a toad, too. 190 lbs of a 5'8" frame. Used to hang around 135-145 before my back went bad. Every time I try to whup myself back into shape, I pretty much whup myself into a G-chair. Cain't cut the mustard anymore. BTW, I've a couple of years on ya.

Thank god I'm one of them corporate executives, CEO as a matter of fact, and I kin hide out under the air squezzer processing paperwork for my favorite uncle, Uncle Sammy...you know 'em.

Did get out for a couple of hours and help my "boys" tear off a roof last week. Never ceases to amaze me how I can drag my old, worn out fat ass onto the job for a couple of hours and triple production.

Damn, I'm good,

Chas

merrylander · #33 07-26-2009, 07:15 AM

Congrats to both of you, I used to be 5'8" but have shrunk an inch - they say you do that as you get older. Down to 170 from 185, would like to get to 155 but it is not coming off as fast as the last 15.

Sandy G · #34 07-26-2009, 08:02 AM

You fellers just need to back off from the table a little. Me, I was what they call "Super-morbidly Obese", & people like me have only a 2-5% chance of losing weight & keeping it off. We're no different than alcoholics or dope fiends in a way, but where as you DON'T have to have alcohol or dope to live, you DO have to eat...Before they'll let you have this surgery, you gotta be a supermorb, & have at least 2 "Co-morbidities", typically diabetes & hi-blood pressure, & have been an abyssimal failure in trying to keep the poundage off..Then they also test you psychologically to see if your overeating isn't covering up some deep-seated psych problem....This is Big-Time, heavy-duty, life-changing surgery, its NOT to be taken lightly...People who think that its nothing more than a glorified tummy tuck have got their head up their posterior. I used to be able to wolf down about anything I wanted..Now, make a fist. The area or volume occupied by yr 4 fingers is a little more than I can eat at a setting..About 2-3 really good bites. Yeah, I miss not being able to tear into a steak, one of those "jumbo-sized" helpings of seafood, or a washtub-sized salad...But I also kinda enjoy living, which was soon gonna be iffy had I not had this done.

Charles · #35 07-26-2009, 10:56 AM

Back off from the table? You mean the one with the teriyaki basted nicely marbled chuck eye, and the baked "potatoe" and the corn on the cob hiding somewhere under a pile of butter and sour cream, and the big slice of grilled Texas toast? With a couple of ice cold frosty tops to wash it all down with?

Boo, hiss!!!!!

But you're right, and I've done it before. Veggies and fruits are your friends, frosty tops aren't. The hard part is getting your mind right. It's not hard to drop a couple of pounds a week if you can maintain some self control.

Chas

Twodogs · #36 07-26-2009, 10:59 AM

Ice cream is my downfall. I just can't resist the stuff ever since I gave up the whisky.

noonereal · #37 07-26-2009, 11:34 AM

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Ice cream is my downfall. I just can't resist the stuff ever since I gave up the whisky.

Why would anyone willingly give up whiskey?

merrylander · #38 07-26-2009, 12:17 PM

I have sort of backed off; raisin bran for breakfast and coffee, bowl of fruit for lunch most days, then a regular dinner. Steak? We have found that neither one of us can manage a T-bone so we split one. Love pasta (good thing as the cook is part Italian), salads, sea food and I am the only one who can eat fish as the iodine content would react on her terribly.

Fresh veggies, the zuchinni are coming in like mad and the cukes are not far behind. Tomatoes and Bell poeppers a bit slower.

He didn't say he did it willingly but I have mostly given up on martinis, yet I do love a good dry martini, 'specially in our 10 ounce martini glasses. So it is scotch or sour mash.

Twodogs · #39 07-26-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by noonereal

Why would anyone willingly give up whiskey?

I was allergic to it. Every time I drank it I would break out..............................in jail cells, hospitals, and rehab clinics.

noonereal · #40 07-26-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Twodogs

I was allergic to it. Every time I drank it I would break out..............................in jail cells, hospitals, and rehab clinics.

LMAO

Oh, well then it's a good thing.