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In a message dated 6/29/2003 12:41:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,

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> Don't know how many surgeons are using silastic bands but it

> worked for me

Yes, I have a silastic band and am thankful for it. But be careful and make

sure you chew well. At lunch with the Vitatour yesterday I didn't chew the

turkey well enough and it got stuck. I had to rush to the ladies room. It

seems I can't talk and eat. Since I never shut up at lunch I just stopped

eating

and brought my lunch home.:0)

Fay Bayuk

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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

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Original RNY 09/2000; Revision 06/2002

320/150/125

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yup same here, stretched. atonic, i guess. Doesn;\'t mean stretched exactly.

it means flesh does not hold tight, is without tone, doesn't act right.

Doesn't have the tensile strength.

About most of us, " doesn't act right, " what's NEW?

Geez. I asked Dr about revision of stoma. He said no revision.

I said why not? He said No Revision. I know, too much info.

love,

ceep

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I didnt have a stretched stoma, but I did have an atonic pouch.. meaning that

the pouch was stretched.. enlarged.. and had no muscle tone.. I had no choice

but to have a revision to rebuild the pouch.. as it was stretched to the

point that I was staying in malnutrition as I couldnt eat any solids and was

having difficulty keeping protein shakes down..

The revision to rebuild my pouch worked.. and my pouch is small and works

just fine now.. The doctor did discover that my pouch was enlarged from 30 cc to

over 200 cc in size and had attached itself to the lower stomach, the

pancreas and the liver.. so some careful dissection had to be done in order to

reconstruct my pouch.. It has been so worth it to have life without nausea/

vomiting daily.. I have had many problems related to having had weight loss

surgery,

but each problem or complication is just another small step in my getting to

my ultimate goal... thin and healthy. I am sure each complication, each

subsequent surgery.. the 4th is soon ... just makes me a stronger person .. and

hopefully , I will be a positive force to some one else going through a

difficult weight loss journey..

Take care

Peachy hugs,

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That seems like the only solution for now. But, surgeons that don't

use a band, won't use a band...a matter of preference, I suppose.

in NJ

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

Had a1 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

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The silastic ring is used a lot on the vbg. That is what I had 2 years

ago and my surgeons have been using it for 6 or 7 years now.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 00:40:33 -0400 " Cindy Westbrook "

writes:

> 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

>

> stoma

> yup same here, stretched. atonic, i guess. Doesn;\'t mean stretched

> exactly.

> it means flesh does not hold tight, is without tone, doesn't act

> right.

> Doesn't have the tensile strength.

>

> About most of us, " doesn't act right, " what's NEW?

>

> Geez. I asked Dr about revision of stoma. He said no revision.

> I said why not? He said No Revision. I know, too much info.

> love,

> ceep

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In a message dated 06/29/2003 1:47:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

vitalady@... writes:

> Yeah, that talking & eating, & talking thing gets me into trouble, too.

> Forget " who I am " and that I must chew ilke a rookie. OR else.....

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I think this happens to all of us at some time or another.. I have gotten

into trouble doing this many times over......

Peachy hugs,

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