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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.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blimp; jabba; lessfilling; nadler; nadlerthehutt
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To: tracer
If my stomach was stapled...I would have lost alot more than 75 pounds in a year!!! He is lazy and undisciplined.
61 posted on 07/16/2003 1:06:42 PM PDT by Feiny (I'm too sexy for my tagline....)
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To: feinswinesuksass
Nadler would have done better, IMO, to have had the gastric reduction and decreased intestinal segments of the procedure performed at the same time.
62 posted on 07/16/2003 1:31:54 PM PDT by tracer (/b>)
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To: Straight Vermonter
You make a very good and important point. If one is really whacked out and hell-bent on self-destruction, the procedure can be "overridden." But I would think that eating the end of a shotgun would be a more pleasant and speedy way to check out of earthly life.....
63 posted on 07/16/2003 1:34:51 PM PDT by tracer (/b>)
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To: HAL9000
GO NADLER
64 posted on 07/16/2003 1:37:47 PM PDT by pray boy
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To: HAL9000
I'm all for surgery to help nadler lose weight. I suggest the next operation should be to remove those heavy, heavy vocal chords he has. Those have got to hurt! Have 'em taken out Jerry!
65 posted on 07/16/2003 1:41:01 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Half the people you encounter are below average.)
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To: HAL9000
The only option that will truly make a difference is having his mouth stapled shut. He's already had the brain-bypass surgery.
66 posted on 07/16/2003 1:42:36 PM PDT by AF_Blue (It's the color of the sky when you look up to watch the jets fly over.)
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To: Mo1

post 54???

Damn, that's slow!
67 posted on 07/16/2003 1:50:47 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Half the people you encounter are below average.)
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To: mombonn
"Nadler is just retaining a little water. Lake Michigan."

Now THAT's funny! Thanks for the laugh!

68 posted on 07/16/2003 4:27:07 PM PDT by alwaysconservative ("Without real freedom, there can be no real truth")
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To: habs4ever
Waddya tryin' to do, make me sick or sumthin'?
69 posted on 07/16/2003 7:36:57 PM PDT by Deb (Do these jeans make my tag look big?)
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To: Deb
Just an appetite suppressant ;-)
70 posted on 07/16/2003 7:56:49 PM PDT by habs4ever
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To: pray boy
Fox is balanced. They let this guy come on and speak. Amazing.

People vote for this guy. Amazing.

A slob like this making a career of insuring that government takes the property of citizens is tragic.

71 posted on 08/19/2003 6:19:58 AM PDT by alrea
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