Step away from the doughnuts and you'll do better (and it's cheaper than a round trip ticket to India).
Posted on 10/23/2006 7:43:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Christine is a Canadian, Amir a Bangladesh-born American and Hardeep a Sikh from the US. What binds them is their desperation to get freedom from those extra pounds through much cheaper surgery in Indian metros.
They do not want to be anorexic but are desperate nevertheless to rid themselves of their obesity and lead a better life.
Obese people across the world are flooding the email box of noted laparoscopic surgeons such as B. Ramana in Kolkata for dates to undergo operations. Kolkata is considered one of the emerging medical tourism destinations in India.
"I am looking for a hospital that does good quality, affordable laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. Please tell me if this is possible in your hospital," asks Christine.
Amir says: "I have minor diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol and I weigh 360 lbs. I have to urinate three to five times at night. I wake up in the middle of the night due to breathlessness. My family has a history of obesity."
Said Ramana: "There is a previously unrecognised need for morbidly obese patients to undergo surgery to reduce weight. We call it bariatric surgery and it is the only proven way to achieve major weigh loss and sustain it.
"Because there is a long queue for such operations abroad and because it is far economical here, we are flooded with queries from abroad for operation dates in India."
He says the international demand for such surgery was very high, adding that he received email and telephonic enquiries every other day. "Many of these patients expect a package deal with a vacation and pick up.
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I went to Hermosillo, Mexico for Obesity Surgery (duodenal switch). The surgeon was wonderful, the hospital was first class and the care was prompt and first class. In under 11 months, I've lost over 120 lbs. and I would do it again in a heartbeat. The cost was $11,000 as compared to between $35,000 and $55,000 here in the states.
Called the calcutta diet
India is becoming quite popular with westerners for all manner of medical procedures. Foreigners with cash get first rate medical care and "the royal treatment" during their stay (private rooms, private nurse, lots of personal attention) for far less than what they'd pay in their home countires.
It's important to note, though, that this is NOT the same medical system that the average Indian has access to. The state run health care system there is a nightmare:
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Try Atkins. I lost 65 lbs. in 3 1/2 months.
It's saved me.
Tell me again at the 5 year mark how happy you are with it.
80% of all those who undergo this type of surgery gain it back in 5 years.
God is a genius, he made it very hard to starve yourself to death. Cut your intake of calories and your metabolism slows, and the body starts hoarding fat cells.
Heck, when I was dieting, all I had to do was look at a candy and I gained 5 pounds.
Diets don't work, exercise does.
I thought they just went to, say, Calcutta then ate as well as the locals. That would suffice.
You're right. Fat is stored in fat cells. The body has a genetically-determined distribution of these storage cells. And they are limited in number. Only the amount of fat stored in each of these cells can change. So, when a surgeon removes these storage cells from say, the abdomen of a patient, and if the patient continues the lifestyle he had prior to surgery, the fat will almost definitely come back, and will usually end up in other regions of the body, where the fat cells have been left intact.
In other words a person who had his fat tissues removed from the abdomen might gain back the same amount or more, in time, but the fat will end up in his buttocks instead of the abdomen.
About 30 minutes on the treadmill at about 7 mph (gradually increased upto this from a more comfortable speed initially) , some 15 minutes of cycling, some weights...all in all about 1:30 hrs a day, every day of the week, with big cut-downs on carbs, will loosen you by atleast 20 pounds in 3 months. You'll see changes at the end of the first three weeks itself.
I did.
And although 20 pounds in 3 months may seem less, remember, one would have lost a lot more than 20 pounds of fat, but also gained a fair amount of muscle-mass, which is far denser than fat.
ewwwww
You need to look up the statistics on the Duodenal Switch surgery. It is NOT the standard RNY Gastric Bypass and has excellent statistics regarding percentage of excess weight lost and kept off.
My daughter had the RNY Bypass about 6 years ago and has had a bit of regain (20 lbs.) but is doing ok with it.
Not all surgeries are created equal - I did my homework.
A relative of mine had the gastric bypass two years ago. He is depressed because he is gaining the weight back again, even tho he can't eat normally. I feel so bad for him :(
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Yes, and because of that, it is inches not pounds that matter. I only lost 100#, but I lost 13 inches off my belly.
Me too.
Step away from the doughnuts and you'll do better (and it's cheaper than a round trip ticket to India).
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