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Rep. Nadler to undergo second surgery for weight loss
Associated Press | July 16, 2003

Posted on 07/16/2003 11:53:23 AM PDT by HAL9000

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler will have a second round of stomach-reduction surgery to speed up his weight loss.

Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat, underwent the first procedure almost a year ago, and he has since shed about 75 pounds.

"I certainly am doing a lot more walking and so forth,'' said Nadler, who at 5'4'' once weighed 338 pounds. "I didn't take the subway before because I didn't want to walk the stairs -- now I take the subway all the time.''

Nadler's surgery, to be performed in New York, will complete the second part of a two-phase procedure. The first operation removed part of his stomach, a procedure aimed at making a patient feel full after eating a small amount.

The second surgery involves bypassing a section of the small intestine, making it harder for the body to absorb nutrients and calories from food.

Though the stomach reduction and the intestinal bypass can be done in the same operation, Nadler said he chose to have the procedures done separately in order to reduce the risk of complications.

"You don't do this unless you've tried every other way,'' he said.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blimp; jabba; lessfilling; nadler; nadlerthehutt
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To: NYC GOP Chick
Nadler ping
21 posted on 07/16/2003 12:13:02 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: mombonn
His therapist told him he swallowed alot of aggression... along with a lot of pizzas.
22 posted on 07/16/2003 12:15:06 PM PDT by dead
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To: HAL9000
The surgery he is doing is very risky and only a few people can do it. There is a big risk of infection.

If it doesn't work, than he can go for lipo suction.

Being in the position he is in; he can easily get the insurance companies to pay.

He is probably doing this because he can hardly stand up and vote for the fraudulent fat bill looking the way he does.
23 posted on 07/16/2003 12:17:04 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: HAL9000
Nadler is a unrepentant socialist whose every political idea is wrong, who is intellectually corrupt and dishonest. But, I hope this goes well, and he can lose the weight. I have a cousin who got a second chance at life thru this surgery. She went from a being 5'7 weighing 340 lbs to 135 lbs. Night and freaking day, not only in body, but most importantly mind.
24 posted on 07/16/2003 12:19:19 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: dead
Sgt. Hulka would whip Nadler into shape!!!
25 posted on 07/16/2003 12:19:31 PM PDT by Feiny (I'm too sexy for my tagline....)
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To: HAL9000
Jabba the Hutt?
Is he taking JabbaII (Reiner) with him?
26 posted on 07/16/2003 12:20:05 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
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To: dead
And that's a fact, Jack.
27 posted on 07/16/2003 12:20:19 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: Clara Lou
5'4"??? I had no idea. Wow, 378 lb. distributed over 5'4"! That's mind-boggling.

Funny thing is that he used to be 6'2", but gravity was his culprit.

28 posted on 07/16/2003 12:22:53 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (This morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.)
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To: HAL9000
He is truly pathetic if he has only lost 75 pounds in one year with the stomach surgery. Most obese people lose that in half the time. I have a friend who was about the same weight, but 5-6 inches taller....he is doing cardio twice a day, eating right & working out....he has lost 40 pounds in 2 months.
29 posted on 07/16/2003 12:22:53 PM PDT by Feiny (I'm too sexy for my tagline....)
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To: freekitty
Being in the position he is in; he can easily get the insurance companies to pay.

Would you want to be the doctor who performed the surgery?

30 posted on 07/16/2003 12:27:56 PM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (Once a soldier, always a soldier. They enemies of freedom never rest.)
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To: HAL9000
Couldn't he just stop eating?
31 posted on 07/16/2003 12:29:55 PM PDT by Frohickey
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To: CholeraJoe
"I certainly am doing a lot more walking and so forth,'' said Nadler, who at 5'4'' once weighed 338 pounds. "I didn't take the subway before because I didn't want to walk the stairs -- now I take the subway all the time.''

Great. Just what we need -- Jerry the MOAB taking up half the seats in any given subway car. This could be worse than the men who feel the need to sit across 3+ seats, spreading their legs so wide they look like they're Mary Lou Retton doing a big split. I suppose we're supposed to be impressed by what they seem to imply that they have, but we ladies are not.

Yeah, I'm cranky today.

32 posted on 07/16/2003 12:30:20 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (LNJWGRANP)
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To: HAL9000
" Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat, underwent the first procedure almost a year ago, and he has since shed about 75 pounds. "

One chin down, three to go!

33 posted on 07/16/2003 12:30:30 PM PDT by lawdude (Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
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To: feinswinesuksass
Actually, I think he had the surgery last November, so it's not quite a year...
34 posted on 07/16/2003 12:30:46 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (LNJWGRANP)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Some more pounds off and the guy will actually have something in common with RUSH LIMBAUGH.
35 posted on 07/16/2003 12:31:11 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow
"Does this mean if Nancy Pelosi wants a boob job we have to foot the bill for that as well?"

A congress critter from Californicate IS a BOOB job!

36 posted on 07/16/2003 12:32:29 PM PDT by lawdude (Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
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To: HAL9000
He tried no way at all but chose this method because it's taxpayer funded.
37 posted on 07/16/2003 12:33:00 PM PDT by OldFriend ((Warpaint at the Ready!))
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To: HAL9000
Does an enema count as surgery?

-Eric

38 posted on 07/16/2003 12:33:44 PM PDT by E Rocc (Reality is to liberals what garlic is to vampires.)
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To: mombonn
Your #18.........LOLOLROTF........
39 posted on 07/16/2003 12:34:16 PM PDT by OldFriend ((Warpaint at the Ready!))
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To: HAL9000
I don't wish him ill ... but all the same, I chafe at reading this because I assume he is getting $$,$$$ in surgery at taxpayer expense, courtesy of a posh congressional health plan.
40 posted on 07/16/2003 12:34:29 PM PDT by pogo101
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