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I have searched bariatric pal and have found no main forum for those of us considering bariatric procedures that are endolumenal. I am researching things like Endobarrier, Obalon, and ways of changing gut flora as means of weight loss. I would be sooooo excited to hear from the australians, europeans that are now doing these things and also hear from the folks on the endobarrier trials to see how they are doing. What say? I sure appreciate the new medications forum. I have been reading trial studies and doctors' clinical reports and really want to try to lose weight with some of these less err, "cutting" methods, before going to have a sleeve done. I guess the only sad thing I have noticed, is where these new methods are written of here in the forums, I find those that have had more complex surgery are kind of "downers" on these ideas. I understand, but I have an open mind and want to really explore these options now. A forum for these would be so helpful. After church i will post some links. but Alan I think you have seen them, you seem to be really well educated on different forms of WL.

Thanks in advance.

Tristan

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Aargh, I mean ALEX. sorry

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Hi utahgirll,

I too have been researching weight loss studies and have been fascinated by all the gut flora studies in mice. I am absolutely amazed and so wishing I was back in college. Isn't the skinny mice gut flora making the obese mice skinny astonishing?

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