Guest guest Posted August 26, 2001 Report Share Posted August 26, 2001 My stomach also had stretched out by 4½ months to be able to hold 10 oz at a sitting>>>> Joy, I can now eat 9 ounces at a meal.....is that considered normal? I was wondering if Dr Welker ever told you how much the stomach stretches out to, maximum?? By the way, congrats on this coming surgery on Tuesday......I wish you all the best that everything goes smoothly! Will Joe be joining you? Judie Re: Reason for Joy Frost's DS Revision? It's a long and complicated story, but the surgeon I chose wasn't the one I had as lead surgeon in my original DS surgery. My original surgeon knew about my diet history and was willing to take into consideration my very slow metabolism and the fact that I was a small eater as a pre-op and make my common channel on the shorter side. But the other surgeon that the hospital substituted didn't really understand morbid obesity and decided to give me a very conservative DS surgery. I have a 100cm common channel (the longest length that most DS surgeons do today) and my alimentary limb is 250cm, pretty standard for the DS surgery. Unfortunately, I needed much more mal- absorption to lose weight. My stomach also had stretched out by 4½ months to be able to hold 10 oz at a sitting. My weight loss has been very inadequate and it is obvious that I will not be able to lose all my excess weight or anywhere near it by the end of the 18-24 month " window " of opportunity. Fortunately, my original DS surgeon agrees with me that I need more mal-absorption. We are doing the revision now rather than waiting because we need to keep from loosing any more of the precious " window " time. My original surgeon has moved to another town and another hospital, so I can finally have the surgeon I originally chose for my DS to do my revision. Joy Frost, both Pre and Post-Op DS Age: 48 Open DS with Deveney/Welker Date: 2-5-01 Common channel: 100cm Alimentary limb: 250cm Revision to be done August 28, 2001 http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joy/joy.html > Could someone explain to me why she needed to do this? > > =============================== > Hawkins > netmaker2@y... > > =============================== > > " Those who can't laugh at themselves leave others to do the job! " ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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