[IceMan]

Hmmmmmmm, I wonder how much RAM it has...if it's got a computer chip I'll take one... http://boards.dietwatch.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

chow......d.

"all is energy...and energy follows thought"

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[Miss_Hattie]

I remember reading something about electrical stimulation of the stomach. Interesting, but you'll still have to get cut to get it put in!



"I am determined to fight and win my battle against Diabesity!"

[Aggiette]

In the near or maybe near future a new procedure will be available using a pacemaker for the stomach and it less complicated that this surgery. Would that not be nice?????

[Miss_Hattie]

But you have persevered and are now doing on your own the old fashioned healthy way! And cheaper, too!

My aunt and cousin (mother and daughter) both had the procedure done in the past few months.... and both have had some kind of complications. They're both losing weight, but it's not just instant! They're sacrificing food intake more than we are.



"I am determined to fight and win my battle against Diabesity!"

[IceMan]

I was seriously considering gastric surgery before being put on insulin. I wasn't interested in the bypass procedure but was looking long and hard at the banding process. I couldn't lose weight no matter what I did or didn't eat and was getting desperate.

chow......d.

"all is energy...and energy follows thought"

My Diabetes Page (http://www.datainthehouse.com/diabetes/dwdiabetes.htm) -- updated weekly --
iceman@astacalaska.net

[Miss_Hattie]

Gastric bypass surgery is well-established for treating morbid obesity and now researchers say it could also cure type 2 diabetes.

The procedure may work for diabetics even
if they are not overweight, according to a new study from RCAD/The European Institute of Telesurgery, published in the January 2004 issue of the Annals of Surgery.

The anti-diabetic effect of gastric bypass surgery in obese patients was first found in 1982 and was affirmed in a recent, large-scale study. It was unclear, though, if the effect was caused by the subsequent weight loss by
patients or if the surgery itself actually had a direct effect on controlling adult onset diabetes.

Researchers found in a study of non-obese rats with naturally occurring diabetes that glucose levels returned to normal after bypass surgery compared to the same type of rats who did not have the procedure and whose diabetes worsened.

The study provides new hope for the more than 150 million people worldwide who have diabetes -- a number expected to double by 2025.



"I am determined to fight and win my battle against Diabesity!"