Re: Long Plateau!!!

June 5, 2001

beth, honey, you HAVE lost a LOT of weight!! Your body must adjust

to such a drastic loss even if you were a lot heavier at surgery than

i was! i have already had 2 (count 'em) TWO plateaus in excess of 6

weeks!! and i began my journey after you did. i was sure this

was " it " for me each time. certain i would not lose anymore. but i

did and i am. you have up to 2 years to lose weight with MGB

although i have heard a couple say that at more than 2 years out they

still lose about a pound a month. don't cry beth. sure i was

desperately upset when i weighed what you do now, however if i had

gained much more....i would have died from the diabetes that already

had stolen much of my eyesight and had my feet numb due to lack of

circulation. it is going to be ok honey......you have at LEAST

another year before you have to panic and decide you need a

revision. hang in there sweetie. i hope this helps.....you are not

alone and we are all pulling for you! be well

xoxoxo

cathy s in va 11-16-00

> Beth,

> Gee our stories are identical!!!!!!!!! You wrote exactly what I

have felt!

> Luckily I didn't have to mortgage my home though, Dr. R was taking

insurance

> when I had my surgery. So I know I will never be able to have the

revision,

> which I obviously need since he will no longer take insurance. I

don't

> think my slow weight loss has anything to do with my food intake.

I really

> sincerely feel it has something to do with the amount of intestines

bypassed

> too! I wish I could express my thoughts about this better but here

> goes...... maybe the slow losers are ones who have been morbidly

obese all

> of their life and maybe when Dr. R judges the amount to bypass he

is not

> taking into account that something is already wrong in our

> intestines????????Maybe our bodies have already adjusted to

absorbing the

> calories farther down????????? I know nothing about medicine but I

can't

> help but think it could be possible! My entire life (sorry) I have

never

> had " normal " bowl habits. I would possibly have one or two

movements a

> week. So surely my intestines would have to be stretched so maybe

6 feet

> down my small intestines is no where near 6 feet in some one

else??????????

> as far as absorbing goes???????? I know some of you are doctors

and nurses

> out there and maybe you could email me privately and explain if

this is

> possible???? Of course at this point it wouldn't help me, but maybe

someone

> else once Dr. R starts back with his surgeries.

> Rosemary Locklear

> Long Plateau!!!

> > >

> > > My plateau has lasted since Jan 30th, 2000. I had surgery on

> > Aug 16,

> > > 2000 and have lost a total of 50#'s. I do not feel I eat too

> > much, or

> > > the wrong things. I exercise more than I used too, but not as

> > much as

> > > I think I should. I have tried protein drinks religiously. I

have

> > > recently tried to " diet " ! I don't know why, it never worked

for me

> > > before, but I feel I must do something to lose more weight! I

> > was

> > > always afraid I would be one of the ones to fail at losing

> > weight

> > > after surgery, I am beginning to believe it may be true now!

It

> > is

> > > very depressing and I try not to dwell on it. Doesn't work

very

> > well

> > > though. We went swimming at a friend house this weekend

> > and she e-

> > > mailed me some pics she took around the pool. THAT was

> > really

> > > depressing...I thought I had made some real progress, but it

> > seems

> > > the pics speak the real truth. Sorry to rain on everyone's

> > parade but

> > > I needed to unload! Too much going on right now to keep this

> > all to

> > > myself! Sorry.

> > > Dinah

> > >

June 5, 2001

Hey Dinah,

Go ahead sweetie rain all you want if it will help, I have a big umbrella

**smile**

I'm in the same boat! I really think Dr. R may have backed off on the

bypass amount last summer! LOL Most of us slow losers seem to be around that

date! Of course there are a lot of great losers from that time also, so

maybe not!! **smile**

I guess there are some of us God just wants to stay fat! Gee, I had such

high hopes this surgery would deal with it for me. Some people seem to lose

so effortlessly while others of us struggle for each pound! I've told ya'll

this before but I know a local lady who promised Dr. R she would do all the

right stuff if he would give her the opportunity for the surgery, and you

guys know it, she had her surgery 8/2000 and has already lost 145 pounds and

does everything wrong! This is sooooooooo not fair! She never takes Tums,

never drinks Citrucel, takes vitamins " when she thinks of it " and lives on

junk food (breakfast for her is a Pepsi and a bag of chips, while I choke

down oatmeal and Citrucel) and quote " use to walk 2 miles a day, but now I'm

too lazy "

I wish I had her surgery, I would have appreciated, (I promise Dr.

R!!!!!!!!!) Mine has worked to the tune of about 80 pounds, but with 120

left to go, doesn't look to promising.

Ok Dianh, do you feel any better, I rained too! LOL

Rosemary Locklear

Long Plateau!!!

> My plateau has lasted since Jan 30th, 2000. I had surgery on Aug 16,

> 2000 and have lost a total of 50#'s. I do not feel I eat too much, or

> the wrong things. I exercise more than I used too, but not as much as

> I think I should. I have tried protein drinks religiously. I have

> recently tried to " diet " ! I don't know why, it never worked for me

> before, but I feel I must do something to lose more weight! I was

> always afraid I would be one of the ones to fail at losing weight

> after surgery, I am beginning to believe it may be true now! It is

> very depressing and I try not to dwell on it. Doesn't work very well

> though. We went swimming at a friend house this weekend and she e-

> mailed me some pics she took around the pool. THAT was really

> depressing...I thought I had made some real progress, but it seems

> the pics speak the real truth. Sorry to rain on everyone's parade but

> I needed to unload! Too much going on right now to keep this all to

> myself! Sorry.

> Dinah

>

June 5, 2001

Beth,

Gee our stories are identical!!!!!!!!! You wrote exactly what I have felt!

Luckily I didn't have to mortgage my home though, Dr. R was taking insurance

when I had my surgery. So I know I will never be able to have the revision,

which I obviously need since he will no longer take insurance. I don't

think my slow weight loss has anything to do with my food intake. I really

sincerely feel it has something to do with the amount of intestines bypassed

too! I wish I could express my thoughts about this better but here

goes...... maybe the slow losers are ones who have been morbidly obese all

of their life and maybe when Dr. R judges the amount to bypass he is not

taking into account that something is already wrong in our

intestines????????Maybe our bodies have already adjusted to absorbing the

calories farther down????????? I know nothing about medicine but I can't

help but think it could be possible! My entire life (sorry) I have never

had " normal " bowl habits. I would possibly have one or two movements a

week. So surely my intestines would have to be stretched so maybe 6 feet

down my small intestines is no where near 6 feet in some one else??????????

as far as absorbing goes???????? I know some of you are doctors and nurses

out there and maybe you could email me privately and explain if this is

possible???? Of course at this point it wouldn't help me, but maybe someone

else once Dr. R starts back with his surgeries.

Rosemary Locklear

Long Plateau!!!

> >

> > My plateau has lasted since Jan 30th, 2000. I had surgery on

> Aug 16,

> > 2000 and have lost a total of 50#'s. I do not feel I eat too

> much, or

> > the wrong things. I exercise more than I used too, but not as

> much as

> > I think I should. I have tried protein drinks religiously. I have

> > recently tried to " diet " ! I don't know why, it never worked for me

> > before, but I feel I must do something to lose more weight! I

> was

> > always afraid I would be one of the ones to fail at losing

> weight

> > after surgery, I am beginning to believe it may be true now! It

> is

> > very depressing and I try not to dwell on it. Doesn't work very

> well

> > though. We went swimming at a friend house this weekend

> and she e-

> > mailed me some pics she took around the pool. THAT was

> really

> > depressing...I thought I had made some real progress, but it

> seems

> > the pics speak the real truth. Sorry to rain on everyone's

> parade but

> > I needed to unload! Too much going on right now to keep this

> all to

> > myself! Sorry.

> > Dinah

> >

June 6, 2001

Have you talked with DrR? What has he said? I feel so bad for you. But if

you need to unload, this is the place to do it.

Teri

----Original Message Follows----

From: " Dinah Boatwright " <dinah@...>

Reply-

Subject: Long Plateau!!!

Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 02:23:31 -0000

My plateau has lasted since Jan 30th, 2000. I had surgery on Aug 16,

2000 and have lost a total of 50#'s. I do not feel I eat too much, or

the wrong things. I exercise more than I used too, but not as much as

I think I should. I have tried protein drinks religiously. I have

recently tried to " diet " ! I don't know why, it never worked for me

before, but I feel I must do something to lose more weight! I was

always afraid I would be one of the ones to fail at losing weight

after surgery, I am beginning to believe it may be true now! It is

very depressing and I try not to dwell on it. Doesn't work very well

though. We went swimming at a friend house this weekend and she e-

mailed me some pics she took around the pool. THAT was really

depressing...I thought I had made some real progress, but it seems

the pics speak the real truth. Sorry to rain on everyone's parade but

I needed to unload! Too much going on right now to keep this all to

myself! Sorry.

Dinah

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June 6, 2001

Liz,

Have you compared how much was bypassed? I would love to see the stats side

by side compared with that factor only....

I asked Dr. Quattlebaum if he did 4-8 feet and he was adamant that he would

do 6 ft on each and every patient. He gives his patients video tapes of the

surgery, and you can COUNT with him how much he bypasses....so I know I have

6 ft.

in Ark

June 6, 2001

Hey Dinah and Rosemary, I also wish I had done better and I am on the slow

end of loosing. I must admit; however, that IN MY CASE, I know what I need

to do, which is diet and exercise and when I do both, I'll see a loss, and

when I do neither, I just don't loose anything. I have spoken to those

other folks who do all the " wrong " things and loose weight effortlessly, but

that is them, I know what will work for me, the problem with me is, I don't

have the willpower to diet and exercise, hence this surgery!!!!! Maybe we

all need to discover what will work for us individually???? I don't know

what the answer is, but maybe we need to try different things like protein

for a while or no fats for a while or some damned combination of efforts for

each of us as we are all sooooooooooo different.