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| Pregnancy after bariatric surgery | 11/15/2009 |
Q: My 21 year old daughter is planning on having the Roux-enn-Y gastric Bypass Surgery in December. I ...
A: Martha, Glad that the desire for grandchildren is not yours alone; sorry I brought it up but I see ...
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| Pregnancy after bariatric surgery | 11/15/2009 |
Q: My 21 year old daughter is planning on having the Roux-enn-Y gastric Bypass Surgery in December. I ...
A: It is wonderful that your daughter has such a loving, caring mother. I am not a doctor and I'm ...
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| Fibre flattens belly? | 10/1/2009 |
Q: Steven I am not a candidate for surgery but am hoping you may be familiar with gastro intestinal ...
A: My expertise is not in exercise or focused weight loss, it is in weight loss surgery. Your initial ...
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| weight not going down anymore | 8/19/2009 |
Q: I am almost 6 years out from open RNY. I started 308lb. Got down to 174lb but currently weigh 211. I ...
A: At six years after your RNY and cessation of smoking (congratulations on that, by the way!) you may ...
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| Not Losing | 8/11/2009 |
Q: I hope you can give me some advice. I had WLS in Nov. of 2006. I started out at 355 lbs. I now weigh ...
A: I'm anxious to hear what your doctor says during your visit with him in November. Until then, be ...
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| Not Losing | 8/11/2009 |
Q: I hope you can give me some advice. I had WLS in Nov. of 2006. I started out at 355 lbs. I now weigh ...
A: I am confused by your comments. Do you eat more or less than you should? And, who are you ...
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| Not Losing | 8/8/2009 |
Q: I hope you can give me some advice. I had WLS in Nov. of 2006. I started out at 355 lbs. I now weigh ...
A: I am sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with the weight that you have lost. It is important ...
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| weight loss after surgery | 7/16/2009 |
Q: i had my bypass 5 months ago and i have only lost 2 stone i exercise now and eat sensibly but i ...
A: First of all, congratulations on losing the 2 stone; you should acknowledge that you have made ...
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| Not losing! | 6/23/2009 |
Q: I am 5'4 and went in at 262 and am now 195. I do not seem to be losing much. Shouldn't I have lost ...
A: In order to answer your question, I need more information... What type of bariatric surgery did you ...
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| lapband on 15 year old female | 6/9/2009 |
Q: I'm a 15 year old female and I live in NY. I weigh around 265+ and i'm 5'5. I was wondering if I'm ...
A: Not being sure what your weight is (265+ what?), the only thing that I know is that your BMI or Body ...
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| GASTRIC-BYPASS AND BELCHING | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I had gastric-bypass surgery 6/04. Since then, my belching has increased to the point of where I ...
A: Trying to keep this answer representational of my own experience, I do belch after I eat but only ...
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| weight loss surgery | 5/28/2009 |
Q: 7 would i qualified for weight loss surgery and will my insurance pay for it? thanks;
A: Your question indicates that you are serious about changing the way your life is going and that is ...
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| LOOSE SKIN. | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I HAD MY SURGERY DONE IN FEB.2008. THEN I HAD TO GO BACK AND HAVE RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY DONE ON ...
A: I am not a doctor; I am a gastric bypass patient just like you. My recommendation to consult your ...
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| Regain question | 5/16/2009 |
Q: I had WLS 9 years ago, I initially lost 130 lbs, but over the past 5 years and 2 pregnancies I have ...
A: First of all, congratulations on, in chronological order, WLS and then two pregnancies. As you ...
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| LOOSE SKIN. | 5/15/2009 |
Q: I HAD MY SURGERY DONE IN FEB.2008. THEN I HAD TO GO BACK AND HAVE RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY DONE ON ...
A: Am a little confused. Not sure what aspect of what you discussed that you'd like me to shed light ...
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| burping after bariatric surgury | 5/4/2009 |
Q: I burp constant, and have since the beginning. I had surgury Dec 5, 2006. It has gotten so bad that ...
A: When you say it has started to "affect" your back, what do you mean? Have the tests you've had been ...
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| revision surgery for severe gerd? | 4/10/2009 |
Q: I had a gastric stapling (partition) in 1980 when i was 17. this was purely a restrictive ...
A: I would suggest that you approach a specialist in bariatric surgery. Without knowing what's going ...
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| weigh gain after gastric bypass | 4/8/2009 |
Q: I had my surgery 9 years ago; about 2 years ago i started to gain weight and now I am almost up to ...
A: You should pursue/investigate bariatric revision surgery. For those who have been post-surgical for ...
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| 14 and 14st | 3/28/2009 |
Q: I'm 14 years old, I turned 14 alsmost 2 weeks ago. I am only 5ft and weight 14'6st. I was wndering ...
A: You should know that there are 14 year olds everywhere in the world with problems just like yours. ...
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| learning | 3/14/2009 |
Q: will u ever be able to drink juice and soda after surgery and what about pizza and barbeque
A: Drinking soda is controversial in WLS circles. Some people claim soda stretches your stomach or ...
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| weight lost | 2/23/2009 |
Q: how to get back on track? I've lost only 60 pounds. I want to lose 60 more. But It is so hard. I ...
A: First of all, I want to confirm that you had Weight Loss Surgery. Is that the case? If so, how ...
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