Guest guest Posted August 20, 1999 Report Share Posted August 20, 1999 Dr. R, When I think of the MGB then I also think of the word HOPE! The change in mental attitude after surgery is really amazing! I have only lost 15 lb. thus far but my attitude about life, food, everything it soooo different and it is because now I can see a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. Before, after failing every diet there is, I felt so hopeless and alone and felt that life was barely worth living. Now, with the surgery, there is so much hope for my future! It is amazing what a HUGE difference a little hope can bring to a person's life. I am already so much more self confident and I actually have a self esteem now!! A good reason for MGB is that it provides hope for a healthy, active life and a feeling that anything is now possible! in AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 1999 Report Share Posted August 21, 1999 You lose lose lose!!!! :-) Your self confidence is restored Tiny incisions mean less visible scarring You health is restored Arthritis pain considerably reduced You cease to be a slave to food Wonderful support network through the onelist sites Your sex life improves Normal bowel function may be restored for those that suffer irritable bowel syndrome Gee Doc I could go on for hours! Thanks for your recent post on eating. When we reach those plateaus we need reinforcement! KathyT How about a little help... > > >Hello, > >I am working on a little web page called 100 Reasons to have a Mini-Gastric >Bypass. > >I am up to 26 but I thought I might ask for a little help. > >100 Reasons to Have the Mini-Gastric Bypass >1. It is Laparoscopic, Minimally Invasive => Fewer risks of adhesions >2. It has a long narrow gastric pouch not a small pouch like many Roux-en-Y >procedures or VBG operations => Allows patients to eat a more normal diet. >3. The long gastric pouch means that after surgery you can eat more and feel >more comfortable. You can eat more like normal. You will have less nausea >and vomiting because of the bigger pouch. >4. The long gastric pouch puts the connection between the stomach pouch and >the small bowel in a place that puts less stretch on the small bowel. >5. You do not have to pull as hard on the intestine to reach the long >stomach pouch as you would for the small pouch Roux-en-Y operations. => Less >risk of tearing the bowel or leak from tension. >6. If you get a leak at the connection between the stomach and the small >bowel the leak is easier to reach and is away from the esophagus a much more >dangerous type of leak. >7. Reoperation is easier => if you need to operate upon the connection >between the stomach and the intestine it is easy in the Mini-Gastric Bypass >because it is up near the front of the abdomen. The connection between the >stomach and the intestine in Roux-en-Y operations is high in the abdomen and >deep at the back of the abdomen making it much harder and more dangerous to >operate upon. >8. Fewer smaller incisions => Much less pain >9. Preemptive anesthesia (each small cut is first injected with numbing >medicine) => Less Pain. >10. Easy to get out of bed only a few hours after surgery => Less pain and >lower risk of pulmonary embolus >11. Less pain => Rapid return to work >12. Tiny incisions => you can resume vigorous exercise as soon as you like, >on the day after surgery if you feel like it. >13. No plastic foreign body in the belly (Fobi Pouch, Lap Band, Vertical >Banded Gastroplasty etc.) => less risk of erosion, perforation and >stricture. >14. Large connection between the stomach and small bowel (anastomosis) not a >small one => Less chance of stricture (narrowing) causing nausea and >vomiting and requiring surgery >15. Easy to reverse laparoscopically => nice if it doesn't’t fit you >16. Easy to lengthen the bypass and narrow the pouch => good if you regain >your weight. >17. Few adhesions => less chance of early and late bowel obstruction >18. Few adhesions => easier treatment of other abdominal problems if needed >19. 5 tiny incisions => much lower risk of incisional hernias >20. Billroth II (Loop) Gastrojejunostomy (connection between the stomach and >the small bowel) not Roux-en-Y => most widely selected method of stomach to >small connection chosen by American surgeons >21. Billroth II (Loop) Gastrojejunostomy (connection between the stomach and >the small bowel) not Roux-en-Y => much easier to revise >22. Billroth II (Loop) Gastrojejunostomy (connection between the stomach and >the small bowel) not Roux-en-Y => easier to look into the bypassed bowel. >23. Distal bypass => No more craving sweets >24. Distal bypass => no more insulin >25. Buying clothes in a “regular store >26. Buying clothes without an “X” > > > >RR > > Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. >The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery >4301 Ben lin Blvd. >P. O. Box 15698 >Durham, North Carolina 27704 >Telephone #: >Fax #: >E mail: Dr_Rutledge@... >(Note: There is an “_” between >the Dr and Rutledge:) >Web site: http://clos.net >Durham Regional Hospital: > >Also, Please consider joining one of the >Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing Lists >at http://www.onelist.com >MiniGastircBypass is a general " Wide Open " > discussion of the Mini-Gastric Bypass >MGB-Tech is for technical questions and > answers >MGB-PostOp is for post op patients and > others >MGB-Friends is for " Chatting " > >Talk with lots of other Pre and Post Op > patients and friends. >Keep up to date on the latest news about > the Mini-Gastric Bypass. > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 1999 Report Share Posted August 21, 1999 I have one...how about #27. Dr. Rutledge?!?!?!!? > > > Hello, > > I am working on a little web page called 100 Reasons to have a Mini-Gastric > Bypass. > > I am up to 26 but I thought I might ask for a little help. > > 100 Reasons to Have the Mini-Gastric Bypass > 1. It is Laparoscopic, Minimally Invasive => Fewer risks of adhesions > 2. It has a long narrow gastric pouch not a small pouch like many Roux-en-Y > procedures or VBG operations => Allows patients to eat a more normal diet. > 3. The long gastric pouch means that after surgery you can eat more and feel > more comfortable. You can eat more like normal. You will have less nausea > and vomiting because of the bigger pouch. > 4. The long gastric pouch puts the connection between the stomach pouch and > the small bowel in a place that puts less stretch on the small bowel. > 5. You do not have to pull as hard on the intestine to reach the long > stomach pouch as you would for the small pouch Roux-en-Y operations. => Less > risk of tearing the bowel or leak from tension. > 6. If you get a leak at the connection between the stomach and the small > bowel the leak is easier to reach and is away from the esophagus a much more > dangerous type of leak. > 7. Reoperation is easier => if you need to operate upon the connection > between the stomach and the intestine it is easy in the Mini-Gastric Bypass > because it is up near the front of the abdomen. The connection between the > stomach and the intestine in Roux-en-Y operations is high in the abdomen and > deep at the back of the abdomen making it much harder and more dangerous to > operate upon. > 8. Fewer smaller incisions => Much less pain > 9. Preemptive anesthesia (each small cut is first injected with numbing > medicine) => Less Pain. > 10. Easy to get out of bed only a few hours after surgery => Less pain and > lower risk of pulmonary embolus > 11. Less pain => Rapid return to work > 12. Tiny incisions => you can resume vigorous exercise as soon as you like, > on the day after surgery if you feel like it. > 13. No plastic foreign body in the belly (Fobi Pouch, Lap Band, Vertical > Banded Gastroplasty etc.) => less risk of erosion, perforation and > stricture. > 14. Large connection between the stomach and small bowel (anastomosis) not a > small one => Less chance of stricture (narrowing) causing nausea and > vomiting and requiring surgery > 15. Easy to reverse laparoscopically => nice if it doesn't’t fit you > 16. Easy to lengthen the bypass and narrow the pouch => good if you regain > your weight. > 17. Few adhesions => less chance of early and late bowel obstruction > 18. Few adhesions => easier treatment of other abdominal problems if needed > 19. 5 tiny incisions => much lower risk of incisional hernias > 20. Billroth II (Loop) Gastrojejunostomy (connection between the stomach and > the small bowel) not Roux-en-Y => most widely selected method of stomach to > small connection chosen by American surgeons > 21. Billroth II (Loop) Gastrojejunostomy (connection between the stomach and > the small bowel) not Roux-en-Y => much easier to revise > 22. Billroth II (Loop) Gastrojejunostomy (connection between the stomach and > the small bowel) not Roux-en-Y => easier to look into the bypassed bowel. > 23. Distal bypass => No more craving sweets > 24. Distal bypass => no more insulin > 25. Buying clothes in a “regular store > 26. Buying clothes without an “X” > > > > RR > > Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. > The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery > 4301 Ben lin Blvd. > P. O. Box 15698 > Durham, North Carolina 27704 > Telephone #: > Fax #: > E mail: Dr_Rutledge@... > (Note: There is an “_” between > the Dr and Rutledge:) > Web site: http://clos.net > Durham Regional Hospital: > > Also, Please consider joining one of the > Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing Lists > at http://www.onelist.com > MiniGastircBypass is a general " Wide Open " > discussion of the Mini-Gastric Bypass > MGB-Tech is for technical questions and > answers > MGB-PostOp is for post op patients and > others > MGB-Friends is for " Chatting " > > Talk with lots of other Pre and Post Op > patients and friends. > Keep up to date on the latest news about > the Mini-Gastric Bypass. > > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 1999 Report Share Posted August 23, 1999 You can LIVE again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 1999 Report Share Posted August 23, 1999 Your mental and emotinnal life improves beyond belief! Depression and therapy ends!!!!!! Patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 Waking up in the morning liking yourself Walking down the street Going boating and not being afraid of falling out of the boat and not being able to get back in Riding a horse Not being embarrassed for your kids having a mom that looks like you Not being Hot all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 Very good Paige !!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 I just submitted one to Dr. R that was not worrying about furniture breaking or chairs with arms being too small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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