Re: MGB VS RNY

[Guest guest]

,  I am sorry for your sisters problems.  I will pray for her and you also. 

Keep yourself strong.  Do you have a website that you post on?  I would love to

hear your story.

Sounds like you took the MGB tool and ran with it.  Congrats!

Tammy

From: <starpgazer@...>

Subject: MGB VS RNY

Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 11:50 AM

It's been a long night. I had the MGB almost three years ago I have

lost about 80 pounds. I thank God for leading me to Dr.

.Rutledge. It was worth the time and effort to drive 65 miles

to CLOS seminars and not to mention all the paperwork that I had to

do. To make a long story short, a lot of people think weight loss

surgery is a quick fix. I am here to tell you that it is not. It's a

challenge! You must choose the right food, take supplements and you

must exercise! You must give up the soda, coffee and tea. It can be

nerve racking. My sister had been contemplating weight loss surgery

for four years. I told her she needed to exercise and go on a diet

and stop smoking before she had it done. I thought this would get her

into a routine. I asked her to do research on the type of weight loss

surgery she was considering. Talk to other patients that have had the

procedure done at this hospital .As usual she did not do any of it.

This is typical of my little sister. She decided to have the surgery

(RNY). I tried to talk her out of it because of the hospitals success

rate and because she never did anything I told her to do prior to

having the surgery. It takes discipline. She went in on Tuesday of

this week. The hospital had to insert a line in her Jugular vein in

her neck. (This is when I would have refused to have the surgery)

This took all day. The next day she went in at 8:30

to have surgery she did not get out of surgery until 6:00 pm. (My

surgery only took 33 minutes) The doctor said he ran into a lot of

scar tissue, from her two previous surgeries (hernia and appendix)

and she had a fatty liver. If that was not enough she started

hemorrhaging and had to have a blood transfusion. I was really hard

seeing her in Surgery ICU spread eagle on the bed with an ENG tube

down her nose. When I left her room I thanked GOD again and again for

Dr. Rutledge and his staff. I did not have to go through what

my sister has gone through. Dr. Rutledge made sure I knew all the

pros and cons of the MGB. I was well informed. I think my surgery

only lasted 33 minutes instead of 10 hours. I was up and walking

about an hour after I had surgery my sister is still in the bed. I

was released from the hospital the next day. After I was released I

went shopping for a couple of hours. The next day I went shopping

again and walked on the treadmill for one hour. I think I made the

right choice by having the MGB. I just wished my sister would have

chosen to have the MGB. Please pray that my hard headed sister makes

it through these difficult times. She has a 15 year old son she has

to raise. He has already lost one parent. Thank you , Thank

you ,Thank you Dr. Rutledge. You are the greatest. If I had to do it

again I would do it in a NY minute!!!

in NC

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