Guest guest Posted April 5, 2000 Report Share Posted April 5, 2000 hello folks i answered a bunch of emails with this letter thought i'd post it to life is good ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- First let me apologize for taking so long to respond to your email. January, February, and March are extremely busy months for me so I just saved all the mail and am finally sitting down to respond to them. My experience with dr. R's mgb has been great. I had the procedure on Dec 9th at a weight of 362. Currently 4 months later I'm 294 68 lbs down unbelievable. I've experience no problems at all I'm am now eating anything I want. I've not experienced any dumping or vomiting with any foods thus far and I've tried just about everything. Cheese, red meats, spicy foods, breads, fried foods, fast foods, liquids, sweets, everything's been fine. Keep in mind though everything is on very small quantities because that's all you want. It is not a depriving type of situation it's just that's all you want. Many of you have asked if you feel hungry all the time? The answer is no. I can't say that I've felt hungry at all since the surgery. It's a totally different feeling now. Hunger has been replaced with empty. It's hard to explain. You just feel empty. A small glass of juice, slice of luncheon meat, bagel chips, anything satisfies this feeling. Then you don't think about it anymore. Surgery went without a hitch. Surgery on Thursday morning , up walking the halls by that evening, home on Saturday, back to my desk job on Monday. (unfortunately not all patients have this trouble free experience). I fully believe that a lot of the recovery depends on your mind set. This is surgery. Your not going to wake up from it without some sort of discomfort. You have five small incisions (in my case I had 6) that have one staple in each. They don't hurt but there is some discomfort. It gets better almost hourly. I remember dreading the first time I had to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. But when I did it I said " shoot that wasn't to bad " . Each time got easier and easier. After the liquids, which I was on for a month, it really becomes a trial and error as far as finding out what will agree with you. You just take a small bite or two and see how you do. Like I said I fortunately have not found anything that has disagreed with me. Some people are not so lucky. It just depend on the person. Probably the worst I had to get used to was drinking. I keep a water jug in the refrig just for me to drink out of I had it for years. However the act of grabbing the jug and chugging down a few gulps is gone. I was extremely thirsty the first few weeks. I think this is pretty common. You have to learn how much is to much. I have on two occasions eaten a bit to much and was very uncomfortable for about 15 min. Both times were eating out and included bread (which is by far one of my favorite foods). Once again it's hard to explain you just start to realize portions more, and the more meals you eat you learn how much is to much. Folks every persons situation is different. I certainly not going to talk someone into this surgery but I will tell you this I would do it again tomorrow. I'm still almost 300 lbs but the energy I have compared what I had is incomparable. Dr. Rutledge is a total professional who covers every detail in this procedure. The ability to contact other patients prior to surgery is a major asset. I experienced nothing that had not been covered through conversation with other patients. If you need anything or if you would like to talk further feel free to call me at Les Gray Mgb 12/9/99 362 4/5/00 294 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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