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I had been dealing with my binge eating disorder for 18 years with outpatient therapy, IOPs and Overeaters Anonymous. Finally, in April I looked into gastric bypass surgery, and went through the medical and psychiatric clearances in June to be approved for it. Well, praise the Lord, on August 28th, I had the surgery, and I am praising HIm for it.

The surgery provided me with a much smaller stomach, and that is my new tool to controlling my eating. I am on a restricted diet for six weeks after the surgery, and then I will be on a special diet for the rest of my life. The special part is no sugar and low fat. That is necessary to prevent dumping, which is being violently ill if I consume those two foods.

I am exercising and losing weight, finally, and so grateful that the Lord provided this for me.

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Hello, how are you. I just want to congradulate you on how well you're doing. I got the lap-band surgery done two years ago, so I know what you're going through, but I know it must be harder for you since the gastric bypass is more strict. Anyway, I'm on this website called lapbandtalk.com and a lot of people who got gastric bypass are on there as well. Its kind of like a support group. Well, take care and God bless!
 
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glossylips9084 said:
Hello, how are you. I just want to congradulate you on how well you're doing. I got the lap-band surgery done two years ago, so I know what you're going through, but I know it must be harder for you since the gastric bypass is more strict. Anyway, I'm on this website called lapbandtalk.com and a lot of people who got gastric bypass are on there as well. Its kind of like a support group. Well, take care and God bless!
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Have you heard of ObesityHelp.com. It is a terrific forum. There are forums by state or by particular interests. I participate in the PA forum, the Christianity forum, the Addictions forum, and the August 2006 forum.

Thanks for the support.

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