What exactly will a revision due

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Question:

What exactly will a revision due

I had an open ROUX N Y in September 99 and am approved for a revision

on May 22. Tonight my therapist asked me this. What exactly would a

revision do for me. She also asked me to ask him if how many of his

patients needed a secons surgery. I am just asking for opinions. If I

have had the most serious of WLS. What exactly would they do in a

revision. I had lost 175 lbs but became malnourished and ended up in

the hospital for 24 days. I also developed bleeding ulcers. I don't

know what kind I originally had. I started eating only foods that

made my stomach feel good. I put back most of it back on. I am up to

448 right now and I am miserable.

[Guest guest]

Question:

What exactly will a revision due

I had an open ROUX N Y in September 99 and am approved for a revision

on May 22. Tonight my therapist asked me this. What exactly would a

revision do for me. She also asked me to ask him if how many of his

patients needed a secons surgery. I am just asking for opinions. If I

have had the most serious of WLS. What exactly would they do in a

revision. I had lost 175 lbs but became malnourished and ended up in

the hospital for 24 days. I also developed bleeding ulcers. I don't

know what kind I originally had. I started eating only foods that

made my stomach feel good. I put back most of it back on. I am up to

448 right now and I am miserable.

[Guest guest]

You might go to the OSSG-Revision group for a definitive answer. I myself am

just over 1 year out and am not getting a revision. Mainly, from what I have

read, revisions fall into categories like 1) to repair a staple line disruption

if the

stomach pouch wasn't transected (or cut away ) from your stomach and the

staples open to allow food into the lower stomach; 2) too much weight lost

which resulted in malnourishment and is required to halt weight loss; 3) to

further bypass the small intestine. The more bypassed you are, you will be

more likely to keep your weight off, but it still takes work years down the

road;

4) if you had a VBG, stomach stapling, with no intestinal bypass. In that

instance, they are doing the revision to get you better weight loss as you will

malabsorb fats.

I would definitely ask your surgeon to explain exacty what HE means by

revision and if you are thinking you don't want it, don't have it done. Any

surgery for revision is more dangerous than the first and complications might

occur.

I hope this answers your question.

> Question:

> What exactly will a revision due

>

> I had an open ROUX N Y in September 99 and am approved for a revision

> on May 22. Tonight my therapist asked me this. What exactly would a

> revision do for me. She also asked me to ask him if how many of his

> patients needed a secons surgery. I am just asking for opinions. If I

> have had the most serious of WLS. What exactly would they do in a

> revision. I had lost 175 lbs but became malnourished and ended up in

> the hospital for 24 days. I also developed bleeding ulcers. I don't

> know what kind I originally had. I started eating only foods that

> made my stomach feel good. I put back most of it back on. I am up to

> 448 right now and I am miserable.

[Guest guest]

You might go to the OSSG-Revision group for a definitive answer. I myself am

just over 1 year out and am not getting a revision. Mainly, from what I have

read, revisions fall into categories like 1) to repair a staple line disruption

if the

stomach pouch wasn't transected (or cut away ) from your stomach and the

staples open to allow food into the lower stomach; 2) too much weight lost

which resulted in malnourishment and is required to halt weight loss; 3) to

further bypass the small intestine. The more bypassed you are, you will be

more likely to keep your weight off, but it still takes work years down the

road;

4) if you had a VBG, stomach stapling, with no intestinal bypass. In that

instance, they are doing the revision to get you better weight loss as you will

malabsorb fats.

I would definitely ask your surgeon to explain exacty what HE means by

revision and if you are thinking you don't want it, don't have it done. Any

surgery for revision is more dangerous than the first and complications might

occur.

I hope this answers your question.

> Question:

> What exactly will a revision due

>

> I had an open ROUX N Y in September 99 and am approved for a revision

> on May 22. Tonight my therapist asked me this. What exactly would a

> revision do for me. She also asked me to ask him if how many of his

> patients needed a secons surgery. I am just asking for opinions. If I

> have had the most serious of WLS. What exactly would they do in a

> revision. I had lost 175 lbs but became malnourished and ended up in

> the hospital for 24 days. I also developed bleeding ulcers. I don't

> know what kind I originally had. I started eating only foods that

> made my stomach feel good. I put back most of it back on. I am up to

> 448 right now and I am miserable.

[Guest guest]

I'm not so sure that this is a " rule of thumb. " I was told that the second

surgery can be lower risk than the first because you are usually thinner the

second time. I believe the complications have to do with adhesions from the

first surgery.

BarbaraJean

distal

from 300 to 128

Re: What exactly will a revision due

Any surgery for revision is more dangerous than the first and complications

might occur.

I hope this answers your question.

> Question:

> What exactly will a revision due

>

> I had an open ROUX N Y in September 99 and am approved for a revision

> on May 22. Tonight my therapist asked me this. What exactly would a

> revision do for me. She also asked me to ask him if how many of his

> patients needed a secons surgery. I am just asking for opinions. If I

> have had the most serious of WLS. What exactly would they do in a

> revision. I had lost 175 lbs but became malnourished and ended up in

> the hospital for 24 days. I also developed bleeding ulcers. I don't

> know what kind I originally had. I started eating only foods that

> made my stomach feel good. I put back most of it back on. I am up to

> 448 right now and I am miserable.

[Guest guest]

I'm not so sure that this is a " rule of thumb. " I was told that the second

surgery can be lower risk than the first because you are usually thinner the

second time. I believe the complications have to do with adhesions from the

first surgery.

BarbaraJean

distal

from 300 to 128

Re: What exactly will a revision due

Any surgery for revision is more dangerous than the first and complications

might occur.

I hope this answers your question.

> Question:

> What exactly will a revision due

>

> I had an open ROUX N Y in September 99 and am approved for a revision

> on May 22. Tonight my therapist asked me this. What exactly would a

> revision do for me. She also asked me to ask him if how many of his

> patients needed a secons surgery. I am just asking for opinions. If I

> have had the most serious of WLS. What exactly would they do in a

> revision. I had lost 175 lbs but became malnourished and ended up in

> the hospital for 24 days. I also developed bleeding ulcers. I don't

> know what kind I originally had. I started eating only foods that

> made my stomach feel good. I put back most of it back on. I am up to

> 448 right now and I am miserable.