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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.



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KEYWORDS: blimp; jabba; lessfilling; nadler; nadlerthehutt
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To: dead
Nadler, Step away from the cheeseburger!!!!


41 posted on 07/16/2003 12:35:03 PM PDT by Feiny (I'm too sexy for my tagline....)
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To: Clara Lou
"5'4"??? I had no idea. Wow, 378 lb. distributed over 5'4"! That's mind-boggling."

He is not over-weight. He is just too short. If he was say 8'3" tall he would be fine.
42 posted on 07/16/2003 12:37:12 PM PDT by Busywhiskers (Non entia multiplicandia sunt prater necessetatum. William Occam)
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To: Deb
Just imagine Jerry's sweat stains! Did you ever see Fellini's Roma, and the fat lady lying down in her overheated bedroom? That's Jer...
43 posted on 07/16/2003 12:37:46 PM PDT by habs4ever
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To: NYC GOP Chick
On a NYC subway car, only 3 average people can sit in every 4 seats reasonably comforatably. People who squeeze into that last seat on a crowded subway car, just because it is there, should be tossed out onto the tracks.
44 posted on 07/16/2003 12:38:24 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: southern rock
4 people can fit if they aren't obese and don't spread their legs wide. I'm also sick and tired of boys who literally push me (and other women) out of the way in order to grab the last seat. I always hope that the same things happens to their mothers and grandmothers.
45 posted on 07/16/2003 12:41:02 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (LNJWGRANP)
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To: wideawake
Or you could exercise and eat less. But that takes effort.

The only effort these fat bastards make is to get elected and steal our earnings.

46 posted on 07/16/2003 12:41:11 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: HAL9000
The doctors overlooked one basic fact of biology in the first surgery:

Nadler has four stomachs.

47 posted on 07/16/2003 12:41:29 PM PDT by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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To: HAL9000
It is good to know that fatso's Congressional health coverage will pay the cost of every nickel of this elective proceedure and, pay for a bottle of good scotch for each of the surgeons involved.
48 posted on 07/16/2003 12:41:43 PM PDT by Tacis
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To: Deb
More chins than a Chinese phone book...
49 posted on 07/16/2003 12:43:49 PM PDT by The Radical Capitalist
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To: wideawake
Nadler was so far gone that it would have been virtually impossible for him to lose his excess weight by any other means.

Morbid obesity such as his completely alters the body and mind (satiety signals, ability to exercise, etc., etc.)and virtually noone has succeeded in losing and keeping off that much weight by sheer "will power" (which typically is neuropathologically altered in such cases).

That said, he actually has increased his chances for suffering medical and surgical complications by having his surgery done in two stages. The gold standard is the Roux-N-Y gastric bypass, which combines a drastic reduction in stomach volume with a significantly decreased area of intestinal absorption.

The majority of such patients -- even those larger than Nadler was -- experience few or no significant complications beyond an incisional hernia (10-15%) one year or so post-op. The repair of such defects is somewhat trivial and routinely is done on a same-day/ambulatory basis.

The success rate for keeping off one's excess weight via this approach is on the order of >80%, in contrast to less than 5% for those who lost more than one-hundred pounds through diet and exercise. Simply put, it becomes nearly impossible to eat, keep down, and absorb enough food to fail.

I underwent this procedure nearly three years ago and could write a book about the changes it has made in my newly regained life. Actually, I am writing a book (general market, technical, or both) about obesity, this surgical procedure, and my experiences -- "before and after."

If any FReepers continue to suffer from the curse of morbid obesity, please feel free to send me a FReepmail. In addition to my personal experience, I have professional education and experience in this and related medical matters....

50 posted on 07/16/2003 12:48:06 PM PDT by tracer (/b>)
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To: feinswinesuksass
I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest bestest buddy and big toe, Sergeant Hulka!
51 posted on 07/16/2003 12:49:16 PM PDT by dead
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To: feinswinesuksass
Nadler's relatively modest weight lost stems from his two-stage approach. He likely will succeed after "Phase II"....
52 posted on 07/16/2003 12:51:29 PM PDT by tracer (/b>)
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To: Tacis
I think I sat next to this guy on a flight from London. Asked if I'd mind if he removed the seat partition. I said "OK", and it went downhill from there. Rolls of this guy's fat sort of flowed into every available space in the seat. Longest flight I've ever been on.

I'm glad Southwest is charging double for these heavyweights.
53 posted on 07/16/2003 12:52:01 PM PDT by JRjr (hMMM?)
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55 posted on 07/16/2003 12:53:40 PM PDT by Deb (Do these jeans make my tag look big?)
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To: HAL9000
Hearing this news Mel Brooks must be beside himself. Who's he going to get to play Pizza-The-Hut in the Space Balls sequel?
56 posted on 07/16/2003 12:54:05 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: feinswinesuksass
He is truly pathetic if he has only lost 75 pounds in one year with the stomach surgery.

If you melt ice cream and drink it then it doesn't matter how small your stomach is.

57 posted on 07/16/2003 12:59:17 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Hey grandma, buy your own drugs!)
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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

If she gets both done, it'll cost twice as much.

58 posted on 07/16/2003 12:59:29 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: tracer
"...and virtually noone has succeeded in losing and keeping off that much weight by sheer "will power"."

It's "won't power.

59 posted on 07/16/2003 12:59:59 PM PDT by Cobra64
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Why can't these 'rats just do this the way the rest of us have to? Now, we have this: Lewinsky Hopes to be a Loser -- Bill's ex-girlfriend at an expensive fat farm.

What happened to eating less and doing more exercise? That worked for me. Not glamorous, not easy and not fast, but it *works*...

60 posted on 07/16/2003 1:02:34 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (LNJWGRANP)
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