The Morbid Me

Discovery Channel World's Heaviest Man needs your Help!

A few days ago, I got a nice email from Katharine, and she asked me to publish the following. Please help her out as much as you can and also contact her directly, or leave your comments in the blog.

This is a good opportunity to cast your voice and experience, and who knows, you might be on TV ! :)

Hi All,

I work for the TV production company that produced The World’s Heaviest Man, the Discovery documentary about Manuel Uribe. We are now working on the follow up to that show with Manuel and would like to feature other people who are suffering from obesity who have been inspired by Manuel’s story. It would be great to hear from anyone who might like to be involved. Please email me! Let me know: how you heard about Manuel, what weight you are, your age, where you live and whether you have plans for surgery or other treatment. Also add any other information that you think is important.

Katharine.begg@eyeworks.tv

Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Best wishes,
Katharine

Dry Roasted Edamame: Amazing Gastric Bypass Snack

Snacking is part of our lifes, before and after weight loss surgery. I just love to snack around, but I have learned to snack wisely. A few hours ago, I was shopping at my local grocery store, and I ran into a bag of Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame, lightly salted. Let me tell you, they are amazing !

You should know that after gastric bypass and any weight loss surgery, the intake of extra amount of protein is most important. This high protein, low fat snack is ideal. Also, it is dry to the mouth, so you eat them one at a time, and you will get full faster than you think.

High protein. Low carb. Rich in isoflavones.  70% Less fat and 40% more protein than peanuts. If you can't find it in your local grocery store, Amazon has it here at a very good price.

Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame, Lightly Salted, 4-Ounce Bags (Pack of 24)

EndoBarrier: Gastric Sleeve obesity procedure tested

The EndoBarrier, or gastric sleeve, is getting a lot of attention lately. It is considered as a procedure not as drastic (nor effective) as a full blown Gastric Bypass Surgery.

Is placed endoscopically through the mouth and lines the first two feet of the small intestine. It prevents food from being absorbed while it's in the sleeve.

Early results from the study show patients who got the device lost more weight than those who didn't, although not nearly as much as patients who get a gastric bypass or LAP-BAND.

A 10 percent reduction in weight increases the chances a patient can get a laparoscopic surgery, rather than an open incision, which has more risks.

Do not confuse the EndoBarrier Gastric Sleeve procedure with the Gastric Sleeve Gastrectomy. The later is a totally different and more aggressive procedure.

My Gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y: Two Years Later

Ok, the time has come for me to personally tell you all about Gastric Bypass in a real life scenario. I had my operation 2 years ago, and I will be writing all about it, so you will be able to know what to expect, and believe me, there are many things you didn't know, and there are many things I didn't know that I experienced.

I will be writing lots about my first two years, but I just wanted you to know, that if you are really morbidly obese, and you really feel sad, down, ugly and desperate, this surgery can change your life. It changed mine.

Two years after gastric bypass is a good indicator of how things will do for you. It is also a milestone in the procedure from a medical point of view.

Yes, I not only lost weight, I also lost my hair. Probably the most noticeable side effect you will experience. I will show you pictures and I will tell you about it.

I have snacked, I had alcohol, I blacked out, I ate too much, I experienced dumping, I did things I should not have done... but guess what, i am human. You will learn.

I am not here to tease you, i will give you all my experience, believe me, there is no better way to learn about gastric bypass then to based it on experience.

So, today I will just tell you that this procedure is a journey, it is an experience and it is not a solution, it is a helping hand, a very good helping hand.

I have pictures of me, before and after, taken every 6 months... Impressive.

Well, i will go to sleep now... and yes, that picture you see here it's me.. a few weeks ago... So, don't miss my next post, because you will see me as I was 2 years ago.

Stay tuned!

Live Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

For those, like me, who enjoy the technical part of Weight Loss Surgery, get ready. There will be a live broadcast of two bariatric procedures at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday, January 15, on ORLive. The procedures are a laparoscopic gastric bypass and a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy What is so interesting about this is that I have received many questions about the Sleeve Gastrectomy procedure lately, and I was about to write about it, and then this came in.

Dr. Robert Marema, FACS (who happened to me the mentor of my doctor in Chile), will perform the gastric bypass procedure and Dr. Michael Perez, FACS, will perform the gastric sleeve procedure.

I have seen past broadcasts and this is a unique experience to understand those procedures.

Also I wrote about Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy here, a technique that is getting lots of attention lately.