Amy

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Good Luck Amy

Our prayers are with you!

Tracey

>

>Reply-To: ozbandegroups

>To: ozbandegroups

>Subject: RE: Re: Reflux

>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:39:31 +1000

>

>Vicky,

>

>Thanks for asking....

>

>I saw on Thursday morning fully expecting to be re-operated on only

>for

>him to say that It looks like I'm one of the few that the band may not be

>suited to, and he thinks that my only option will be the

>bypass....Apparantely

>the band hasn't slipped at all (it's exactly where it's supposed to be) but

>my

>upper pouch is quite large. (he said out of approx 900 band operations he

>has

>had to remove about 23 for this reason)

>I'm not very happy and really confused as to what to do..

>He says that he is happy to go ahead and tighten it again to see what

>happens

>but he didn't want to do it Thursday as he was going away for a few days

>again,and didn't want to be away if I reacted badly to it being tighted (I

>thinks he means the reflux getting really bad again, I was still in shock

>and

>didn't think to ask)

>

>He has told me to go away and think about it and see him again on Tuesday

>morning??? The band has worked really well for me (lost 39kilos in 9 1/2

>months) and I would really like to try again but I really hate operations

>and

>don't wont to have 3,4 or five of them because of the band only to find out

>is

>was all in vain...

>

>I'm thinking I will have it re-tightened (whatever he means)but it will

>depend

>on the answers gives me on Tuesday to some more questions I have.

>

>so I guess I will also be following Jo's and 's progress really

>closely..

>

>Cheers

>

>Amy Mac

>

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