i am 320lbs and 5'7
2006-10-16 12:12:13 · 5 answers · asked by DAWN M 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
My daughter has lost 124lbs since Jan 7th 2006 on the Opti-Fast diet a medically supervised diet through the local hospital it is a liquid shake and diet bar diet. She did very well and is still losing now at 170lbs she is on all regular foods. This is less drastic than the surgery.
2006-10-16 12:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by bramblerock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight loss surgery-like gastric bypass /lap band surgery / stomach stapling and gastrectomy have become very common and very safe now. My cousin got her Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in India. She has lost more than 65 lbs in 5 months and is very happy with the results. The price for obesity surgery is very less in India. My cousin just paid 25% of the cost she was quoted in America. She got her surgery from a company called Forerunners Healthcare.
Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines. I have read a lot of their patient stories also. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as bariatric surgery and weight loss surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that your Obesity surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.
http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com
Hope this helps.
2006-10-17 01:19:54 · answer #2 · answered by joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you don't do that surgery, a person I knew since I was a kid had that surgery and then died from it fews years later. I knew another that had the surgery and he nearly died right there in the hospital, it is prone to infections and other complications. This is not worth dying over, please don't do this. Diet the old fashioned way, and give yourself time, at least then, you will live to see the results!
2006-10-16 21:21:42 · answer #3 · answered by Dolly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters stepmother and mother of a 7yr old son. Had the lap band procedure weds. At 11:00 am today she passed away from complications. I know what it is like to want to loose weight but you need to consider the risk. Good luck.
2006-10-16 19:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by GI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is hell no!!!! Surgery should be the last option...I lost 95 lbs in 8 moths using Shapeworks, there are plans out there that will help you. Here is where I got mine: www.loseweightnow.com/tfward
2006-10-17 19:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by tmwoard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋