Re: Revision thoughts please

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Sleeves, bypass, and DS all interrupt the hormonal chain reaction in the gut.  That's a good thing, it fixes a botched metabolism.On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:05 PM, pokeysher <pokeysher@...> wrote:

 

My dear friend is having a revision from band to sleeve with Dr. Aceves. (He did my sleeve surgery in Nov). She is so worried she won't lose weight because her metabolism is very very slow. She eats very little as it is and feels that she will be a complete failure if the sleeve doesn't work for her. She has had lots of trouble with her band. Could some who have had the revision surgery comment on the differences they experienced having had both surgeries? Could you talk a little about challanges and of course successes?

Thank you

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I did not have a revision, but had a sleeve done by Dr. A on March 11th. As someone who has had thyroid issues for the past 12 years, I thought for sure that I would lose weight very slowly. Well...I was surprised to find that at a month and a half, I've lost 25 lbs. Please tell her that I had the same worries and they have proven to be absolutely groundless! Because you can't eat much, your body is burning through the calories you consume. Tell her to go for it! I'm very glad that I did!

From: pokeysher <pokeysher@...> Sent: Sat, April 16, 2011 6:05:30 PMSubject: Revision thoughts please

My dear friend is having a revision from band to sleeve with Dr. Aceves. (He did my sleeve surgery in Nov). She is so worried she won't lose weight because her metabolism is very very slow. She eats very little as it is and feels that she will be a complete failure if the sleeve doesn't work for her. She has had lots of trouble with her band. Could some who have had the revision surgery comment on the differences they experienced having had both surgeries? Could you talk a little about challanges and of course successes?Thank you

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Hi,

I did not have revision surgery...just a VSG on 1/06/2011. I have had

hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's)for the past 16 years and take Levoxyl. I've lost

28.7 lbs since surgery plus 13 lbs pre-surgery for a total of 40.8 lbs. I just

had my 3 month blood work done, and now I'm hyperthyroid. My PCP said my TSH

was barely measurable so now I'm on a lower dose of Levoxyl. He also said I'm

slighly Anemic (yet my iron and B-12 are fine), a little low in Potassium, my

kidney functions tests are abnormal, and I'm still prediabetic even though the #

came down a lot to just 106 (A1c 5.9). I forget what he said about my

cholesterol but that has been very high for years. I'll find out more when I go

for my physical on May 2nd and he said he'll order more blood work after my

exam. My point is that Bipley is right, the sleeve shocks your metabolism so

your friend just might find that her metabolism will increase due to the

surgery.

Priscilla

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> My dear friend is having a revision from band to sleeve with Dr. Aceves. (He

did my sleeve surgery in Nov). She is so worried she won't lose weight because

her metabolism is very very slow. She eats very little as it is and feels that

she will be a complete failure if the sleeve doesn't work for her. She has had

lots of trouble with her band. Could some who have had the revision surgery

comment on the differences they experienced having had both surgeries? Could

you talk a little about challanges and of course successes?

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> Thank you

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