Re: Re: Importance of pylorus/duodenum in nutrient absorption

[Guest guest]

Something tells me that many r-n-y'ers got bad information when

they did their own research and now that they must live with the

results of their procedure, they try to perpetrate a negative

impression of the DS.>>>>>>>>

Exactly, Gobo! and one RNYer has already admitted this to me!

Judie

Re: Importance of pylorus/duodenum in nutrient

absorption

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> > I have been told that you don't loose as much weight with a DS

> > as with an RNY. Is that true?

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> That was a misprint, was it not? Or else, I think you got your

> procedures criss-crossed.

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> The expected weight loss with the r-n-y is approximately 55-65%

> of the excess weight.

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> With the DS, the average weight loss is 70-85% of the excess

> weight. I'll take the potentially extra 30% any day.

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> Something tells me that many r-n-y'ers got bad information when

> they did their own research and now that they must live with the

> results of their procedure, they try to perpetrate a negative

> impression of the DS.

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> It's such a shame. If one did the most critical research with total

> scruitiny before choosing a procedure, one typically can make a

> well-informed choice that will certainly meet one's needs and

> expectations.

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> I hope that people will not base their surgeon and procedure

> choices on convenience. This is such a life altering decision that

> it requires knocking down any barriers to factual information as

> well as barriers to seeking the right treatment.

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> Good luck!

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> gobo

> DGB/ Dr.

> July 9, 2001

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[Guest guest]

<hbstandard@h...> wrote:

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> > I have been told that you don't loose as much weight with a DS

> > as with an RNY. Is that true?

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> That was a misprint, was it not? Or else, I think you got your

> procedures criss-crossed.

No miprint or criss-cross, people who have had the RNY have told me that the

RNY has a higher average weight loss than the DS. I swear! They have said

that to me. One lady even told me that the RNY is the " gold standard " of

WLS. I was reading that thinking " gold standard, and you can't eat but

three bites and you might even throw those up? "

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> The expected weight loss with the r-n-y is approximately 55-65%

> of the excess weight.

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> With the DS, the average weight loss is 70-85% of the excess

> weight. I'll take the potentially extra 30% any day.

Oh heck yeah! Me too. In a heart beaat. I'm glad to hear the RNY myth is

not reality. Makes me even more sure that I want the DS.

> Something tells me that many r-n-y'ers got bad information when

> they did their own research and now that they must live with the

> results of their procedure, they try to perpetrate a negative

> impression of the DS.

That's what I've wondered. Plus isn't the DS a newer surgery than the RNY?

Maybe they wish they could have had it done rather than the RNY, but since

they couldn't they tend to make negative remarks about the DS.

> I hope that people will not base their surgeon and procedure

> choices on convenience. This is such a life altering decision that

> it requires knocking down any barriers to factual information as

> well as barriers to seeking the right treatment.

I agree!

[Guest guest]

> Exactly, Gobo! and one RNYer has already admitted this to me!

REALLY?! Wow. They actually admitted it to you? What did this person say,

if you don't mind telling me?

[Guest guest]

the RNY is the " gold standard " of

WLS. >>>>>

well, the DS is considered the " Platinum " which is much more rare! <grin>

I even had one lady try to tell me her surgeon said he has done 4-5

revisions from the DS to the RNY yet she could not show me where or tell me

any information to check that out! You can say anything and not back it up

and that ought to raise flags!

Judie

[Guest guest]

? What did this person say,

> if you don't mind telling me?

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that she was disappointed that she couldnt eat much or have any sweets and

hated the feeling of dumping and that if she could do it over again she

would have had the DS (her husband wants the DS after talking with us and

observing her)

She attributed her getting the RNY as in a hurry becuz she wasnt willing to

wait and do it right.......

Judie

Re: Re: Importance of pylorus/duodenum in nutrient

absorption

> > Exactly, Gobo! and one RNYer has already admitted this to me!

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> REALLY?! Wow. They actually admitted it to you? What did this person

say,

> if you don't mind telling me?

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