Cure Bulimia with Gastric Bypass?
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I just wanted to say that my father had gastric bypass last april and I will be having it soon too.  my dad has done great and has lost alot of weight but we just recently found out that now he is bulemic and we are working thru it.  its got alot to do with physcological reasons and everyone reacts different to the surgery.  In his case one eating disorder resolved has turned into another eating disorder.
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Bulimia nervosa...eating disorder.
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There are no quick fixes for food addiction. Also willpower is not enough for this type of problem, you need to find a good resource in the community to help you with this.\n\nPersonally for me I have found that Dr Phil is the only one who has gotten the formula on weight loss figured out. I endorse his methods because they are medically sound and are gathered from long term reliable true tested professional sources.\n\nSeriosuly if you need at least a boost I would like to invite you to my site htt://groups.msn.com/KsandFriends-inwlc. I have over two years established presence on the internet. I also am pursing a degree in physical education and doing a double concentration in exercise physiology and public health education.\n\nHope that you find the help you seek.
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I'm sorry, but there are no miracle cures. You are doing exactly what you should be doing - getting some help. If you find it hard to eat less and exercise more, then getting help is good.\n\nYour therapist should be trying to break the connection you make between eating and being happy. Once they can un-brainwash you from the years of conditioning society has given you to tell you that eating lots makes you happy, and that sugary and fatty food are treats, then you're well on the way to sorting it out.\n\nGood luck to you. Keep doing the right thing.. it may take a while but once it happens it will be permanent.
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Ok, here is my advice. I was bulimic for about 7 years also. I felt so fat if I didnt vomit after I ate. I wouldnt even keep a cracker down. I really got depressed because I couldnt stop. Then, one day I started to feel short of breath. I had lots of test run over the course of a year and they finally found out (once I told my doc I was bulimic) that I had damaged my hearts electrical system and I was having PAC's.. I was so scared of dying, it just wasnt worth the risk to me to be thin. Normally PAC are not a deal, but I started reading on the internet about bulimics whose heart just suddenly stopped, it scared the hell out of me. The heart has to have a supply of potassium for its healthy function, and each time you vomit, your losing more and more potassium. It could cause the heart to just stop on you. Please stop doing it, its not worth it. Learn to love yourself for who you are.
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I can't believe how people can be so rude.  If you are skinny you cannot possibly imagine what it's like to be heavy.  It just gets to the point where can't even move enough to even get exercise.\n\nWith gastric bypass surgery, most of the stomach is removed and can't be put back.\n\nBanding just puts an elastic band around part of your stomach so you will feel full sooner.  It can be reversed with minor surgery.\n\nLook on the back of your HMO card and call the number.  They can easily tell you if it would be covered.  You should know, though, that there is  a six-month process you have to go through in order to qualify.  You have to stick to a diet for a while and show that you can control your eating to some degree.  Also there is counseling to see if you are capable of dealing with the operation.\n\nMichael michaelsgreene@yahoo.com
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Gastric Bypass?\n\nDiet and exercise...nah! Too much work, definitely bypass.
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You'll have the best luck if you employ the assistance of a councellor experienced in eating disorders.\n\nI believe that Bulemic impulses are in large part influenced by psychological factors that include self-esteem and also a strong sense that too many things in life that are important to you are beyond your control.  What you allow your body to consume is often one of the few things that a person can truly control and can thus become a focus of that psychological need.\n\nPsychologists have been dealing with eating disorders for a long time now and that is one area that they no longer struggle to treat effectively.\n\nYou do need to find one you feel comfortable with though.\n\nPlan on visiting two or three regardless of how they strike you, just so you can feel like you chose one you have nice chemistry with.\n\nChances are also really good that this new relationship will end up benefiting you in other areas of your life over the years and be a really positive addition to your support network.\n\nGood luch!
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What weight do you want to go down to? You want to waste away until you are nothing and so unattractively emaciated so that no man wants you or thinks your beautiful? You have a serious problem dear and I suggest you seek help please. bulemia is serious and you can get very ill from making yourself throw up all of the time and I am pretty sure you know this already. Your teeth will start to rot from the acid (if it hasnt already). Your self image is distorted by your brain. This is not healthy. Beautiful women are not starved. Do for yourself and eat properly.\n\nALSO this is what you said on another post to a girl that wanted to lose weight:\n\nAm in the same "bad" situation as u and i knw that it's a kind of war with yourself!The trick is to challenge yourself every day and do really what u have in your mind. \nDn't feel depressed when ur laziness is taking over ur determination n do ur upmost best to catch up the next day!\nN REMEMBER-U R NT ALONE!!! \n\ntake your own advice. Challenge yourself. Stop giving in to those temptations to throw up. Eat healthy, be healthy.
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I had Gastric Banding - Something else you might want to look into....when I first started my journey my gyno said Bypass but after I talked to my general doctor he gave me information on the gastric banding.  It is not as drastic as the bypass but you still get and see the results - It is a personal decision that you need to make and discuss with your doctors.  Yes www.obesityhelp.com is a great site for research and peoples stories of success - don't get me wrong there are some people that this is not successful for them or to the worst extreme they do die.  But this is how I looked at it - I am slowly dieing being 400lbs right now - at least I am trying to make myself better.  Talk it over with your doctors, family and others who have had it done.  Most doctors now will have seminars.  Good Luck!  By the way - I am down 60 lbs and able to walk not just to my car anymore - but I can walk up to a couple of miles.
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YES!!!! i was anorexic and bulimic and I'm fine now. I did have to get help though, so don't think you can do it on your own!
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being bulimic is said to be a mental disease. you should really talk to someone about it, because tryin to fix it by yourself wont help. you need an outside help. its good that you want stop from a early stage. just get help and fight it, and be determined. it seems like youll be ok, but plese get help.
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Dear, I've been bulimic, and believe me, you don't want to go there.  What a horrible nightmare it is!!!  It's not just about the few minutes it takes to vomit after you eat or taking mega-doses of laxatives -- it takes over your entire life!  You don't think it will, but it will.  I thought the same thing at first.  I needed to lose weight and I LOVE food, so dieting was really hard.  I figured that the bulimic behaviors would make losing weight easy and I'd be happy.  Nothing could be further from the truth!  There's absolutely NO happiness once you start down that road -- no matter how much weight you lose.  After a while, your intestines lose their ability to work on their own so you then NEED to forcefully purge, not just for weight loss purposes but to rid your body of the food that it's no longer able to digest.  It then becomes really uncomfortable (painful, actually) to keep food in your system and before you know it, you can't go out with friends or take part in any activities because just in case there's not a bathroom close by, you'll be really suffering.  That's what I mean when I say it takes over your entire life (every minute of every day has to be planned around the disease).  That's not to mention the fact that the acids from vomit will eat up your esophagus so that it eventually becomes really hard to eat.  And those same acids will disintegrate your tooth enamel.  Even one more thing to mention -- when you don't allow your body to get the nutrition it needs, all of your organs are affected.  You could even have heart failure (I know a girl who died from this).  When I started down that road, I had planned to do it only until I got to my goal weight -- but by the time I reached the goal, the disease had me in its grips and wouldn't let go.  When I think about how much harm I did to myself and how much money that habit cost me (doctor bills, dental bills and psychologist bills), it makes me sick.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't do it!  It took me 10 years to stop the bulimic behaviors, but I'm still suffering some of the health effects long afterwards.  I can tell you now that I would much rather be overweight and sane than be bulimic.  I hope that I've given you some things to think about.
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if you're considering surgery, check out http://www.duodenalswitch.com it's highly recommended for the quality of life after and less complication and the weight never comes back. This is one that not very many people have heard of but is very successful. There is also a yahoo group or two on this if you want to talk to some people who have had it.
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For 100 lbs. I would look into the lap band. The GB is an EXTREME MEAUSURE. If you're okay with taking vitamins for the rest of your life, then go ahead and have surgery. There are so many risk, and complications it's crazy. You can't eat sweets, candy, junk food, or you'll have dumping syndrome. I have seen a friend of mine experience dumping syndrome and it resembles the shakes, sweating, moaning in pain, ect. If you slip up, and eat a peice of chocolate boom dumping syndrome hits. You may want to research this more! Go to this site www.obesityhelp.com\n\nRemember you will have to live with this decision for the rest of your life. There are other WLS like DS, Lap band, VSG, VBG, ect. look into it.\n\nPS. Most likely weight regain will be a problem. A lot of RNY's (Gastric Bypasser's) will get a lap band to help lose their weight regain. Sooner of later your pouch will stretch, and that means that it will be easy to over-eat again. REMEMBER the surgery is NOT a miracle. It's a tool it helps you drop weight, but it's up to you to keep it off.
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Check the obesity help web site. They list just about every bariatric surgeon out there and have tons more info on the surgery as well.\nSounds like you had a tough year. I broke my tailbone last fall and it took me months to recover.  Being injured just sucks.
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I have not had this surgery but as a nutritionist/dietician college student I have studied a lot about it and would not recommend it to many people; especially without going through all of the other options first.  That is diet and exercise.  This is the way that weight should be lost because it is natural.  Gastric bypass is something not natural so that is why it is so serious, and they still do not know the long term effects of it.  I have known two people to die of gastric bypass surgery because of the results of the surgery afterwards.  It is very serious and has many side effects.  Also, if the person who is having the surgery uses food as their comfort then they are likely to go into deep depression after surgery.  Sorry to give a lot of cons.   Only your doctor can tell you exactly what is right for you.  See a Registered Dietician AND an M.D. Be careful of the doctor that you choose; some are just out for money and will tell you to go for surgery so they can just have more money.