Guest guest Posted May 24, 2000 Report Share Posted May 24, 2000 Hi, One person has died from complications with the surgery. from Iceland. She had complications related to a leak, as I understand. I don't know about GI problems, but there should be something about that on the web site. I think three people have had the surgery reversed because of too much weight loss or bad nausea. The statistics on some of this are on the MGB web page in Dr. R's presentation for the ASBS meeting. You can find that on the main page under the fifth bullet down - " Have a Look at the MGB Presentation . .. . " That might be a good presentation for your PCP to look at. Hope this helps some. Good luck with your PCP. Sara BMI 42 " Memory (am) " wrote: > Well I had my appt with my PCP today. He was skeptical at first, but, I > took in the manual and a lot of other material I got from the website and > was able to persuade him to support me. He had some questions that he wants > me to ask the doctor though. I though I would ask all of you first since > there seems to be a wealth of knowledge here. > 1. Has anyone died from complications with this surgery? > 2. If there are GI problems, how are they monitored? > 3. Has anyone ever had to have the surgery reversed? > > I appreciate all your input. Also, I need to get 10 contacts. Any > volunteers? > > Memory > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Did you know you're using eGroups now? > Start a free email group today at > http://click.egroups.com/1/3947/2/_/453517/_/959115790/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Everyone - Just wanted to let you know that I had my annual physical today and was nervous about talking to my PCP. She is very thin and I thought she might freak out. I gave her the manual and assorted email messages and stuff from the web site which we discussed at length. She seemed apprehensive about it but said she would certainly support me. Which is a great relief! She agreed with me that this surgery seems like the right answer for me because at age 51, having been overweight all but 5 or 6 of those years, diets have clearly NOT worked. So...I am about to start on my contacts. It feels very strange to finally have this process begins. Strange but good. I do not post here much but I want all of you to know that I find this list a wonderful place to go to feel good about myself and the choices we are all making. If it were not for this list and all the great people on it, I would not be contemplating such an important step. from CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Everyone - Just wanted to let you know that I had my annual physical today and was nervous about talking to my PCP. She is very thin and I thought she might freak out. I gave her the manual and assorted email messages and stuff from the web site which we discussed at length. She seemed apprehensive about it but said she would certainly support me. Which is a great relief! She agreed with me that this surgery seems like the right answer for me because at age 51, having been overweight all but 5 or 6 of those years, diets have clearly NOT worked. So...I am about to start on my contacts. It feels very strange to finally have this process begins. Strange but good. I do not post here much but I want all of you to know that I find this list a wonderful place to go to feel good about myself and the choices we are all making. If it were not for this list and all the great people on it, I would not be contemplating such an important step. from CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Everyone - Just wanted to let you know that I had my annual physical today and was nervous about talking to my PCP. She is very thin and I thought she might freak out. I gave her the manual and assorted email messages and stuff from the web site which we discussed at length. She seemed apprehensive about it but said she would certainly support me. Which is a great relief! She agreed with me that this surgery seems like the right answer for me because at age 51, having been overweight all but 5 or 6 of those years, diets have clearly NOT worked. So...I am about to start on my contacts. It feels very strange to finally have this process begins. Strange but good. I do not post here much but I want all of you to know that I find this list a wonderful place to go to feel good about myself and the choices we are all making. If it were not for this list and all the great people on it, I would not be contemplating such an important step. from CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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