Re: Hey gang, need your input

[Guest guest]

Dear in Lincoln Park,

My surgeon only does the RNY. He explained that the success rate for

RNY is much higher than the VBG. This may his experience or opinion.

I had an open RNY on 9/5/02 and I am very pleased with the results.

Feel free to e-mail personally.

Good luck to you and God bless your WLS journey.

Love,

Trace in Va. Beach, VA

Dr. Schechner, Va. Beach, VA

Open RNY -- 9/5/02

Height -- 5' 9 1/2 "

Starting weight -- 351.2

Current weight -- 289

Minus -- 62 pounds gone!

Gal. 2:20

[Guest guest]

I HAD A VB 21/2 YEARS AGO I HAVE GONE FROM 400 LBS TO 200 LBS ,, IT SEAMS

LIKE PEOPLE PUT DOWN VB WHY IS THAT

[Guest guest]

Hi in Lincoln Park - I decided on the RNY because it was the best

surgery for me as a lover of sweets. I want and need to have the dumping

and malabsorption to keep me in line. Banding will only restrict your

intake with no malabsorption. If you only have around 100 pounds to lose,

it might work for you, also if you won't have a problem staying away from

the sweets. That's my input. Take care.

Jeanne in WI

Age 39

Open RNY 05/21/2002

314/ 233/150-175

5' 8 "

djgraves@...

[Guest guest]

Hey Don, i'm , the one who asked the " question. " Hello & well met! Let

me know your thoughts as well. Luck to ya. LB

[Guest guest]

Not even close. Northeastern New Jersey. What they jokingly call " The Garden

State! "

[Guest guest]

They heard wrong.

Jeanne in WI

Age 39

Open RNY 05/21/2002

314/ 233/150-175

5' 8 "

djgraves@...

> Please i need the same info. one person told me today they had read of a

> 3percent mortataly rate during surgery for this operation.

[Guest guest]

At 14:23 12/10/2002, you wrote:

> > one person told me today they had read of a

> > 3percent mortataly rate during surgery for this operation.

In the professional medical literature, from what I've been able to find

from the National Library of Medicine, the mortality of current procedures

(RNY and BPD/DS) hovers around 1%. VBG runs a little less. Older

procedures ran higher. There's no significant difference in mortality

between open and laparoscopic procedures. The positive correlates to

increased mortality are male gender (sorry fellas!) and BMI (body mass

index) at operation.

My guess, although I was never an OR nurse (I was an ICU clinical

specialist), is that if someone's in-hospital mortality rate was 3%, the

hospital M & M committee would be in his face. (That's Morbidity &

Mortality, they review all hospital deaths and many complications.)

I can provide references from medical journals if someone would like them.

Janie

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[Guest guest]

hi Janie. thats good to hear. 1% is much better than 3%. i guess i'm the one

who brought up the 3%. Thats what i had heard. i have not even seen a doctor

yet. I am waiting for them to send me some kind of packet of questions in

the mail. Is the operation harder and men? How many of these operations have

you witnessed? Really i am behind on info. Please feel free to email me

personally if you wish.

im in lewisburg tennessee.

Don Fritts

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>Reply-To: GastricBypass-InfoCentral

>To: GastricBypass-InfoCentral

>Subject: Re: Hey gang, need your input

>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:38:49 -0500

>

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[Guest guest]

At 17:02 12/10/2002, you wrote:

>hi Janie. thats good to hear. 1% is much better than 3%. i guess i'm the one

>who brought up the 3%. Thats what i had heard. i have not even seen a doctor

>yet. I am waiting for them to send me some kind of packet of questions in

>the mail. Is the operation harder and men? How many of these operations have

>you witnessed? Really i am behind on info.

Oh I'm just a newbie, my first surgeon's appointment isn't until

February. I'm just a compulsive researcher. Is there a 12-step program

for that? LOL

Lemme go back and pull the study that did the risk assessment profile (and

determined that male gender was an independent factor) and see if they

speculate on reasons for it.

Janie

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strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving

easily under the flesh. -- Doris Lessing