Re: Stoma-Cindy

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Cindy, If you don't mind my asking, what made you consider revision.

I, too, lost rapidly and then stopped at around 9-11 months post op.

It has taken me a year and a half to go from 215 to 198. Since March

I have dropped to 194.5. Now I fluctuate between 194.5 & 197. I

have wondered about SLD. Have been pretty religios about what goes

in my mouth. Trained for a marathon for 6 months last yr, nothing. I

just stopped. I have just recently thought of revision.

What made you go that route, symptoms, & would your doc cooperate or

did you have to go to a new doc.

Thanks,

Lorraine

> Initially I lost 85 lbs (from 320 to 235) and was done. Could not

get below

> 235lbs and maintain no matter what I did. Had the revision (banded

pouch

> outlet, taken to a true distal, common channel reduce to 120cms

[47 " ]) and

> have continued to lose since. I am down another 85lbs to 150lbs,

size 10-12.

> Weight loss is slower now (lose, hold, lose, hold) but that's OK I

will get

> to goal. Really glad I did the revision. CindyW

>

> RE: Stoma-Cindy

>

> Cindy;

>

> Did your weight loss improve a great deal after the proximal?

>

> My pouch is " slightly stretched " and the stoma stretched as well.

Had a

> revision last year from a proximal to a distal RNY. While they were

not able

> to rebuild my pouch (horizontal pouch) they were able to place a

silastic

> band around my stoma to correct the size. What a different having a

smaller

> stoma made. Don't know how many surgeons are using silastic bands

but it

> worked for me. CindyW

> _______

> Original RNY 09/2000; Revision 06/2002

> 320/150/125