regain

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Hello all,

Is it me or has there been a flood of RNY regain posts lately on the

other boards? It's very disturbing to think that these people have gone

through surgery and recovery only to regain, struglle, diet and blame

themselves.

I spoke with a man today to whom I was referred by a friend. He is an

intelligent person and I would have thought he knew of DS. He had RNY

and severe post-op complications. He was very intrigued to learn about

DS! When I described the advantages he said that they would address his

complaints, but he credits the weight he has lost with a better quality

of life. His first surgery was not successful and he had a revision with

a different surgeon. This surgeon has asked him to speak to prospective

patients about surgery and the fortitude necessary to have it. This man

now says that he would like to make those patients aware of the

possibility of DS so that they may be more informed than he was. I

referred him to several web sites.

Sometimes I wonder if there are many people who are dissatisfied with

DS without access to the web. Are web users more successful? I bet

they'd like to think so!

Pre-op