Re: Digest Number 1161

[Guest guest]

Leigh,

I am so sorry to hear about your friend's cancer. It must be very scary, but

now you have to concentrate on all the breast cancer SURVIVORS. Looks like

both of you will be able to support each other as you take courageous steps

to FIGHT FOR YOUR LIVES!!

Congratulations on your surgery date.

MGB 03 MAY 00

Dr. Rutledge clos.net

Interactive Medical Insurance Pending Appeal

First Filed Feb 13, 2000

[Guest guest]

Amen Jane,,

I didn't do this to look like a model either... I did it to feel better and

livve a longer life..........No offense ... We are here to save our

lives..Not to fit into the " mold " that society has cast ..

Just my opinion

Penny

[Guest guest]

Amen Jane,,

I didn't do this to look like a model either... I did it to feel better and

livve a longer life..........No offense ... We are here to save our

lives..Not to fit into the " mold " that society has cast ..

Just my opinion

Penny

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/25/00 6:53:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) e writes:

<< uidelines for a " normal " weight for their height (which is not 165 if

you are 5'4 " tall). >>

I'm 5'4 " and look great at 165,look thin at 150 and dead at 130! (I know from

past experience). My goal weight " should be " 120...no way do I want that.I'm

down almost 40 lbs. in 2 months,and I am considered a slow loser...I have

been keeping track. Ask Dr.R for his data,he's already quoted his avg.300 lb.

pt. wt.loss. Also keep in mind people who do RNY usually do higher wt.

patients,therefore have " better weightloss " .I.E a 500 lb pt. loses faster

and more than a 260 lb. pt. Good luck on your journey.

Osler

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In a message dated 4/25/00 6:53:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) e writes:

<< uidelines for a " normal " weight for their height (which is not 165 if

you are 5'4 " tall). >>

I'm 5'4 " and look great at 165,look thin at 150 and dead at 130! (I know from

past experience). My goal weight " should be " 120...no way do I want that.I'm

down almost 40 lbs. in 2 months,and I am considered a slow loser...I have

been keeping track. Ask Dr.R for his data,he's already quoted his avg.300 lb.

pt. wt.loss. Also keep in mind people who do RNY usually do higher wt.

patients,therefore have " better weightloss " .I.E a 500 lb pt. loses faster

and more than a 260 lb. pt. Good luck on your journey.

Osler

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/25/00 6:53:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) e writes:

<< uidelines for a " normal " weight for their height (which is not 165 if

you are 5'4 " tall). >>

I'm 5'4 " and look great at 165,look thin at 150 and dead at 130! (I know from

past experience). My goal weight " should be " 120...no way do I want that.I'm

down almost 40 lbs. in 2 months,and I am considered a slow loser...I have

been keeping track. Ask Dr.R for his data,he's already quoted his avg.300 lb.

pt. wt.loss. Also keep in mind people who do RNY usually do higher wt.

patients,therefore have " better weightloss " .I.E a 500 lb pt. loses faster

and more than a 260 lb. pt. Good luck on your journey.

Osler

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In a message dated 04/25/00 8:53:19 PM Central Daylight Time,

MiniGastricBypass (AT) e writes:

<< If enough bowel is bypassed, you *will* lose the weight, all of it. It

isn't " just " a tool, it is a proven, effective nearly fool proof way to

lose weight.

Which is why I'm considering a distal Roux En Y laparoscopically at

Alvarado, instead. >>

I agree, from personal experience, that if enough of the bowel is bypassed

you will loose the weight. . .along with all the vitamins that that part of

the bowel is to absorb. It also causes great discomfort with gas and bowel

movements.

My father had to have 3 feet of his small intestine and 1 foot of his large

intestine removed due to Chrone's Disease. He suffers with this everyday.

His social life is now virtually nonexistent. He cannot eat with friends.

Within 10 minutes of any meal or drink (including morning coffee) he is in

the bathroom. These movements are very abnormal in both consistency and

smell (this is why he cannot eat socially).

My mother had a gastric bypass done about 25 years ago where they bypassed a

large portion of her intestine. The surgery caused her so much discomfort

that she had to have the procedure reversed. Again she had problems with gas

and bowel movements.

I am only offering this information as an educational piece to your journey.

I beg you to please research all the procedures available before making your

decision. No surgery is the answer in its self, they all take discipline and

a commitment by the person going through the procedure. Feel free to e-mail

me if I can help you in any way through your process. Good luck!!!!!

-Steph.

Post-Op 3/27

3/27 245 lbs - 4/26 211 lbs

Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt and

dance like nobody's watching.