Weight not stabilizing - Joy

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> My weight hasn't stabilized at all despite a conscious effort to do

> just that. At 5'8 " I was real happy to see the scale hit the low

> 160s. It was nearly two months later when I climbed on the scale at

> my PCP office and saw that the scale read 143, this was after feeling

> like I was gaining weight from eating so much. Needless to say I was

> a little shocked.

>

> Is there anybody out there who has had this problem?

Joy,

Dr. Rabkin has had a few patients who lost a bit too much. As far as I know,

the first thing is to start eating more food and especially sugar. They can

put you on pancreatic enzymes so you'll absorb more of the fats you eat. If

that doesn't level things off, there is the final option of lengthening of

your common tract. This surgery isn't as complicated as the original

surgery, and usually works well to correct the problem. I know of two people

who have had common tract revisions, and it did help them. What has your doc

recommended so far?

You might want to drop a note to our list owner, -- she's one of

the two I know who've had the common tract lengthened. Her email address is

mailto:micheller@....

Hope this helps! Keep us posted please!

M.

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in Fremont, CA, age 38

Starting weight 299, now 172

Starting BMI 49.7, now 28.6

Lap DGB/DS by Dr. Rabkin 10-19-99

http://www.duodenalswitch.com

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