Re: [Dr-Aceves]Obesity and pregancy risks

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Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 2:47:47 PMSubject: Re: If I was a failure at the lapband would I be successful with the sleeve?

Actually, Sue knows full well what she's talking about and this is also something Dr. Aceves explains before surgery. We can eat around ANY surgery type. ANY.Sleeve patients lose when their stomach is very small, but if they live on a diet of junk food and Chocolate they will absolutely regain.

EVERY WLS patient regardless of surgery type needs to have a plan of action to lose and maintain. It does not take a plan to regain, it takes a plan to MAINTAIN.Sleeves are converted to bypass all the time. Examples;

Maybe someone is too big for bypass or DS up front, let's say they have a 100BMI. Doing bypass or DS might be too risky so for that population they are still doing sleeves first so the person can get to a more manageable BMI before finishing the bypass/DS.

Some people find that they are seriously metabolically challenged and they need the hormonal chain reaction of bypass or DS to lose. These are people eating 600 calories a day and STILL not losing a pound. It's not their fault, it's the hormonal imbalance. It's not common, but it most certainly does happen.

For some people that have severe reflux not due to obesity or a hiatal hernia the sleeve can make their reflux worse and the only fix is bypass. I personally am in that category but not because of the sleeve, it was esophageal damage from the lap band. We had all hoped removing the band would be the fix, luck of the draw... it wasn't my lucky draw! HA! My options are to deal with it or revise to bypass. Since I am at goal Dr. Aceves would not bypass much intestine, just change the anatomy of my stomach. But that will never happen. I will NEVER get bypass. I'd rather have reflux.

I've been at goal over 3.5 years. i am here to tell you... surgery is the easy part. You lay there while everyone else does the work. Losing isn't bad, you have the tools and you have the knowledge, you get it done. Maintenance is when the work starts.

It does not take a plan to regain, it takes a plan and a lifestyle change to maintain. So with all due respect, April, Sue does know what she's writing about and she is giving accurate information.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:33 PM, ExtraordinaryB <april.white@...> wrote:

Hate is to judge, but doesn't sound like you know what you're talking

about.

Sleeve patients always lose unless they come up with a plan NOT to do

so, but why would they after spending the money and time. That's just

silly. Don't know where you're getting your info from? Sleeves converted

to by-pass? Huh? Never heard of that...........what on earth for would

someone do that. Please get your facts straight before misleading people

in the beginning of their own WL investigation.