Re: Pregnancy...READ THIS!

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In a message dated 8/28/01 3:14:57 PM, duodenalswitch writes:

<<

I just wanted to talk about an issue that I may consider in the future

and get some feedback and learn...and I felt like I was " flamed " for

my surgery choice....I didn't play the mean game back, I just replied

with " I already chose the DS for myself and I am here to learn about

pregnancy after WLS...I do not welcome comments about what I have

already done in regards to my surgery choice " .

Am I overreacting? Am I too sensitive? It just really got to me!

I wish I had an everlast punching bag in my office!

>>

: I must have missed this on the list.. unless there is more than

one? I'm on it and I've said that I have the DS and no one has e-mailed me

or publically said anything about my surgery choice.... I haven't posted in

awhile so perhaps there are newer people on the list who have been vocal

about this??? I'm not sure...

I do know that the majority (if not all?) the people on this particular

post-op pregnancy list have had RNY's. I can assure you that my surgeon has

no reservations whatsoever with a post-op DSer having children. Of course,

one's labwork, etc. should be good beforehand and one must have an OB/GYN

that really understands the need for increased supplementation, etc. and

labtests, but he said I shouldn't have any problems at all should I decide to

have another child (I already have two, ages 4 1/2 and 2 1/2). I was

considering adoption b/c I thought I may encounter problems or risks

conceiving again (the surgeon said it should be fine as long as I wait at

least 18 months post-op), be at increased risk for hernias, blockages, etc.

due to labor/delivery and/or have trouble losing the pregnancy weight. My

surgeon said that I shouldn't face any increased risks other than a careful

monitoring of my supplementation and bloodwork.

I'm not sure if other surgeons are more conservative about this, but I think

the DS does offer the pregnant mother with more opportunities to get adequate

nutrition for herself and her child. I know this really doesn't help

answer your question since I'm not a post-op with experience having a child

after DS, but I can assert that this is not an 'increased risky' or

'potentially dangerous' situation when one gets proper medical aftercare.

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/mt. Sinai/NYC

seven months post-op and still feelin' fabu!

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45 (5' 9 1/2)

now: 224

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In a message dated 8/28/2001 10:22:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

melanie@... writes:

> Am I overreacting? Am I too sensitive? It just really got to me!

> I wish I had an everlast punching bag in my office!

>

>

I don't think you're overreacting...you were there relating to the pregnancy

issue not to get lectured about what you've already done. I swear...some

people just have to make sure they put the next person down so they can feel

good about themselves. The last laugh is on them...in 10 years...you'll

still most likely have your weight off....the odds are not favorable for the

RNY....LOL

~*~ AJ ~*~

Age 37 5'8''

Post op 7/24/01 Open BPD/DS

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 390.2 -24.9 lbs!

08/16/01 BMI 58 387.0 -27.9 lbs!

08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs!

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,

You said the right thing, hun! I somehow got on another list where all they

talk about is vomitting and how they love being punished for their choice

with dumping and so on......I can not believe what I am reading. This is so

different from the other RNY lists I have been on in the past.......and, of

course, very different in terms of quality of life that you and I so enjoy

with the DS......

I guess all you can do is ignore them......they believe what has been thrown

at them without doing their research and there isnt much you can do for them

after the fact. Best to leave them be and move on......

Hugs, Judie

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On the same note, I have been going to a wls support group and

everyone there who had surgery had rny. They always try to talk me out

of it!!! It is driving me crazy! I have never tried to talk anyone out

of the rny but every time I explain my choice, its like they cant see

the diffrence...

Ann

HI Friends,

>

> I just wanted to blow off some steam! I AM SO MAD! I was looking for

> the DS Pregnany group on Yahoo...NO, I'm not preggers and don't even

> know if my husband I will decide to go that route but I am a

research

> hound and wanted to read of people's experiences with pregnancy

after

> WLS, particularly the DS.

>

> It takes much research and time for me to make a decision so , I

> figured, lets read and see what's going on and when I'm able, in 2

> years or so, and IF we decide to have a child, I'll know what may be

> down the road for us...

>

> I was unable to find the DS Pregnancy group that I had once heard

> existed...so I join a " Pregnancy after weight loss surgery "

> group...they all seemed pleasant enough...

>

> I posed a quick question which was, " Has anyone out there gotten

> pregnant after having the DS surgery? " Then I get a question, " What

> is the DS? " I simply explain that it is a different type of surgery,

> pyloric valve in tact, no dumping, and if someone wanted to know

> more, they could go to www.duodenalswitch.com...yada, yada,

yada...no

> big whoop right?

>

> SO here's why I'm MAD...I get responses from these women saying " Do

> you know the NIH says the DS is dangerous " and " I had RNY so I would

> dump and I'd know when I was bad " , etc, etc...! It mad me

> furious...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!

>

> I just wanted to talk about an issue that I may consider in the

future

> and get some feedback and learn...and I felt like I was " flamed " for

> my surgery choice....I didn't play the mean game back, I just

replied

> with " I already chose the DS for myself and I am here to learn about

> pregnancy after WLS...I do not welcome comments about what I have

> already done in regards to my surgery choice " .

>

> Am I overreacting? Am I too sensitive? It just really got to me!

> I wish I had an everlast punching bag in my office!

>

> Love,

> Mulvaney Rossell

> San Obipso, CA

> Dr. K

> 4.23.01

> -60 pounds

>

>

>

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One of the things I have found interesting in watching the posts

on another ossg list I'm on is this: someone was asking about

menstruation after WLS and those who had RNYs said their period

either disappeared or became very scant/irregular after the

surgery, where I've seen those who had the DS say that their

period had normalized after surgery to the point you could set

a clock by it.

It just drove home yet again that I had picked the right surgery -

not necessarily because I want to have children, but because I

perceive having a normalized period as being more healthy than

not.

-Sherry (Lake Marcel, WA)

BPD/DS Feb. 2, 2001

self-pay

5'5 " / 304 pounds / 34 years old

Lost 9 pounds in pre-op weight loss efforts

Have lost 107 pounds since surgery!

Total of 116 pounds gone forEVER!

http://www.fluffynet.com/wls/

> > HI Friends,

> >

> > I just wanted to blow off some steam! I AM SO MAD! I was

looking

> for

> > the DS Pregnany group on Yahoo...NO, I'm not preggers and don't

even

> > know if my husband I will decide to go that route but I am a

> research

> > hound and wanted to read of people's experiences with pregnancy

> after

> > WLS, particularly the DS.

> >

> > It takes much research and time for me to make a decision so , I

> > figured, lets read and see what's going on and when I'm able, in

2

> > years or so, and IF we decide to have a child, I'll know what may

be

> > down the road for us...

> >

> > I was unable to find the DS Pregnancy group that I had once heard

> > existed...so I join a " Pregnancy after weight loss surgery "

> > group...they all seemed pleasant enough...

> >

> > I posed a quick question which was, " Has anyone out there gotten

> > pregnant after having the DS surgery? " Then I get a

question, " What

> > is the DS? " I simply explain that it is a different type of

> surgery,

> > pyloric valve in tact, no dumping, and if someone wanted to know

> > more, they could go to www.duodenalswitch.com...yada, yada,

> yada...no

> > big whoop right?

> >

> > SO here's why I'm MAD...I get responses from these women

saying " Do

> > you know the NIH says the DS is dangerous " and " I had RNY so I

would

> > dump and I'd know when I was bad " , etc, etc...! It mad me

> >

furious...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!

> >

> > I just wanted to talk about an issue that I may consider in the

> future

> > and get some feedback and learn...and I felt like I was " flamed "

for

> > my surgery choice....I didn't play the mean game back, I just

> replied

> > with " I already chose the DS for myself and I am here to learn

about

> > pregnancy after WLS...I do not welcome comments about what I

have

> > already done in regards to my surgery choice " .

> >

> > Am I overreacting? Am I too sensitive? It just really got to me!

> > I wish I had an everlast punching bag in my office!

> >

> > Love,

> > Mulvaney Rossell

> > San Obipso, CA

> > Dr. K

> > 4.23.01

> > -60 pounds