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[Guest guest]

anyone know anything about www.fourlane.com ? Someone who apparently had

the MGB surgery and had MAJOR problems. When I went to check out that

website it was pretty alarming stuff. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/29/00 12:55:52 PM Central Standard Time,

micaiah@... writes:

> I'm not sweatin it. I think they should outlaw cars before they outlaw this

> procedure. :-)

> Jerry

>

Wonderful explanation Jerry!! There have been " NO " cases of esophigitas and a

couple of gastritis, and the stats are much higher with even a RNY. Even the

ulcer rate is higher in the RNY, along with many other prominent

complications.This person is very malicious and unstable and is taking it to

the furthest extent. Dr R addressed all of this at the clinic yesterday. Only

a few short months ago LT had a complete in depth website dedicated to Dr R

and his procedure until she started losing slower (for obvious reasons) and

was denied employment with him. It is a vendetta, and that's it. You can find

many, many problems with ALL kinds of Weight Loss Surgeries, with the MGB

being the least in my humble opinion!!

Keep doing your research!!

in Raleigh

MGB 11/22/99 270 size 24

12/29/00 139 size 8

[Guest guest]

,

There is one lady in particular who has some kind of gripe with our good Dr.

R. and she tries to scare pre-ops to death with her opinions!!

You can check into what she is saying, I think we all have, but believe me she

has some kind of nasty grudge against Dr. R. and she'll do just about anything

to discredit him.

She knows of our concerns about this surgery as pre-ops and she knows how

vonerable we are at this point. I am sure other pre ops and post ops will come

on here and tell you not to worry...

Trudy/Indiana

post op 11-3-00

339/298/145

Concerns

anyone know anything about www.fourlane.com ? Someone who apparently had

the MGB surgery and had MAJOR problems. When I went to check out that

website it was pretty alarming stuff. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks

[Guest guest]

,

I went to the web site that your mention and I read what was said. First of

all, Doctors tend to be a group of folks who will defend established

" protocol " with all the zeal of a religious martyr.

" That's not the way we do things... " being the biggest complaint. In the

web page that you mention they refer to problems with esophagitis and bile

reflux.

Well, lets look these. With the " old loop " protocol they did have a problem

with these, but that is because the stomach was sectioned " horizontally " , it

is because of this that bile and other digestive enzymes irritated the

esophagus.

With the procedure that Dr. Rutledge is doing the placement of the loop is

much further from the esophagus.

It is this innovation that makes the procedure unsusceptible to these

problems. Look at Dr Rutledge's web page under " old loop " for a better

explanation and drawings.

Here are some other things to consider:

1. These gastric juices must now run " uphill " to get to the esophagus.

2. The mean ol' juices must contend with the peristaltic action of the

stomach. (the muscles that line the digestive track act like a pump that

moves stuff along. In essence the " digestive juices " would have to " swim

upstream " .

3. Bile is released when you eat " fatty " foods. If you talk to a few

post ops you will learn of something called " greasy farts " (forgive me, I

didn't coin the term.) but you can imagine what that is like. It happens

when you eat too much fat. Soooo, to avoid this you eat less fat, and in the

process produce less bile.

4. Cancer-- These people are not looking at the stats. Dr. R. talks

about this, and I will defer to him for a more in depth explanation but here

is the short explanation.

The data shows that people who develop cancer of the stomach seem to

have one thing in common, they had ulcers. It is starting to look like the

bacteria that is responsible for ulcers (H - pylori) may also be the culprit

in the development of gastric cancer too.

(Hey, the fact of the matter is that no one KNOWS what causes cancer

anywhere. All we can put our fingers on are contributing factors.)

In conclusion let me say this. I don't believe that Dr. Rutledge would

be able to purchase health insurance in HEAVEN if the procedure was as risky

as these folks make it out to be. Believe me, those actuary guys have

looked at ALL of this.

I'm not sweatin it. I think they should outlaw cars before they outlaw this

procedure. :-)

Jerry

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> anyone know anything about www.fourlane.com ? Someone who apparently had

> the MGB surgery and had MAJOR problems. When I went to check out that

> website it was pretty alarming stuff. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jerry

Thanks so much for your explanation... It is about as simple and to the

point as one can get on a complicated subject... What do you do for a

living?? I am sending your email to a friend who is questioning the

procedure and hopefully it will help her to understand why I chose this

procedures over all the others out there.

connie

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> > anyone know anything about www.fourlane.com ? Someone who apparently

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> > the MGB surgery and had MAJOR problems. When I went to check out that

> > website it was pretty alarming stuff. Any insight would be helpful.

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