Re: What does RESTRICTIVE Mean???

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 04/18/2001 1:21:16 PM Central Daylight Time,

yoemoe@... writes:

<< RESTRICTIVE' in terms of a

Weight Loss Procedure.

>>

Restrictive mean to restrict the amount of food the patient can take in.

Malabsorbtive (sp) means how much of the food that is taken in is actually

used by the body.

The BPD/DS tries to do a balancing act of these two to have effective long

term weight loss with a normal eating life.

Dawn

BPD/DS

4/27/00

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

267 to 165

size 22 to size 10

no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting!!

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[Guest guest]

I was still not able to discern the meaning of the term 'RESTRICTIVE'

in terms of a Weight Loss Procedure.

>

> Can someone explain this to me?

Restrictive is the stomach reducing part. Weather stapled and banded

as in the (VGB,AGB), transected (RnY), or partially removed (BPD/DS),

it is made smaller to restrict the amount of food we can intake at one

time.

[Guest guest]

> Restrictive mean to restrict the amount of food the patient can

take in.

Dawn;

Oh yeah, duh! ;-}

I KNEW that but did not realize THAT's what I knew!

Does that make sense?

Thanks for the assist.

gobo

ps pre-op

BMI 55.5

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