So your saying reading information straight from the horses mouth of hundreds of people that have already had the experience and taken the time to post it.. isn't actually research? oh.. ok then! I also read all the bariatric medical journals as well as every single study and statistical data available to me.. made phone inquiries to the Bariatric Center of Los Angeles, and spoke to my surgeon on the phone prior.. Guess thats not "true" research either.. LOL! Some people would argue with a wall!
Not to mention I specifically looked for people in my age range with my same weight and height.. So I would have a more accurate read on what to expect. You can't lump together, people that weigh 400 pounds with people at 200 pounds. Thats 2 whole people in size. Nothing they do will be the same. Not the pre op and not the rate of loss and not the skin and not the end results .. nothing would be the same.. After "RESEARCHING" with at least 100 people in my age and size the conclusion is most had little to no pre op and the reason their doc gave was they weren't as large as some that require the pre op. Even some that did the pre op, did it half a$$ and still ate up to the day before... And the other conclusion was the non pre opers lost weight faster "in the beginning" simply due to the fact they stopped eating and went straight to liquids after the sleeve surgery. Not that the rate of overall loss is faster.. Just the beginning stages.. Some people that are really big can't even walk to their mailbox, so of course they need a pre op to lose some weight to make surgery safer and easier on them.. to each his own..
so have fun sitting on your butt "RESEARCHING" and telling others what they spent countless hours over the last few months wasn't TRUE RESEARCH .. sorry we all can't be professional researchers.. we do the best with what's at hand.. hold the phone people.. don't post your experience here because professional researcher here thinks your posts are random generalizations!
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