Re: Pregnancy...READ THIS!

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

What is the addy to the group you joined. I too would be interested in finding

out about pregnancy after the DS. This is just my opinion. And I hope I dont get

flamed for it. I think the reason the RNY post-ops are so sensitive is because,

most never researched and found out about the DS until it was to late, most are

pissed because they feel they are stuck with the RNY and the last group is

mis-informed as the lady who posted you obviously is. Like I said its just my

..02 cents. Let me know if you find another group. As I would be interested in

joining.

Lisbeth

Dr. Macura

June 25, 2001

-41 lbs

melanie@... wrote: 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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[Guest guest]

Unfortunately, there do not appear to be a lot of ds patients who

have been or are pregnant. I think the reason for this is that a

lot of the surgeons even those who perform DS still encourage RNY

for patients who are younger who are more likely to have a lower

bmi. I sent an e-mail to Dr. Herron about this pre-op and he sent

back a short reply that it should not be a problem. Hoever it

appears as though the jury is still out as there are not a ton of

20 something DS patients. There are more of clamoring for DS so it

is forseable that there will be a study some time in the near

future. I run a list for 20 somethings wls of which 60% are ds and

40% are rny. However even on this list there are many who have not

had children post-op. Yet the RNY people are quick to spit out that

they had RNY becuase they wanted to have children in the future.

And I quickly give them a response to the affect that I had DS

becuase not only do I want to have children but I want to keep the

weight off after I have children. The long term benefits of DS

prove that not only will concieve easier without the excess weight

but that we will maintain a healthy weight after our pregnancies

which is something I have yet to see a RNY patient do with the

exception of one RNY who got pregnant at 6 months post-op. However

if she were to have weighted until after her weightloss window was

closed I think things would have been different.

> 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

[Guest guest]

Add to that that their surgeons most likely sold them a bill of goods... " The

RNY is so much safer than any other wls.... " " It helps keep you honest by

causing you to 'dump' when you overindulge.. " Bleh.

alyssa

Re: Pregnancy...READ THIS!

>

> Hey ,

> What is the addy to the group you joined. I too would be interested in

finding out about pregnancy after the DS. This is just my opinion. And I

hope I dont get flamed for it. I think the reason the RNY post-ops are so

sensitive is because, most never researched and found out about the DS until

it was to late, most are pissed because they feel they are stuck with the

RNY and the last group is mis-informed as the lady who posted you obviously

is. Like I said its just my .02 cents. Let me know if you

[Guest guest]

The link is

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/20wlssupport/join

I will paste in the link below I don't know if the html will come

through:

<center>

<a

href= " http://groups.yahoo.com/group/20wlssupport/join " >

<img src= " http://groups.yahoo.com/img/ui/join.gif "

border=0><br>

Click to subscribe to 20wlssupport</a>

</center>

> > 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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