Re: FW: Research paper questionnaire

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1) VBG or Rny? Date of wls?

Open RNY 12/9/99

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> 2) How long did you research before having wls?

2 months

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> 3) How many doctors did you see before choosing yours?

1

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> 4) What were the deciding factors for you in choosing your wls?

When I had surgery they were not doing the DS locally, the RNY was the gold

standard and no one was doing lap here in the Philadelphia area.

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> 5) Do you feel that you have been successful? (Knowing that the

> medical community feels that loosing 50% of excess weight is

> considered a success)

At almost 4 years out I am holding off about 72% of my excess weight. We have

been under an enormous amount of stress lately. I lost about 85% of my weight.

Would like to get back to that 80% number...

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> 6) If you could do it over again, would you choose the same wls? Why

> or why not?

> I can easily live this way - and would choose it again - however I might look

for a lap doc now that there are a few in the Philly area.

> 7) Have you had complications directly resulting from the wls? If

> so, what are they? None

>> 8) What co-morbidities did you have before wls? Do you still have

> those after loosing the weight? If so, are they worse/better?

> Not many co-morbs, but my numbers were on the way up. Sleeping on 5 pillows a

night with horrible snoring told my doc that I was probably suffering from sleep

apnea...

Marjie

12/9/99

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