Re: Common channel length open vs lap

November 9, 2001

At 3:40 PM +0000 11/9/01, rzwiefelhofer@... wrote:

>... Is a 100 cm lap the same as 75 open cm channel

>

Not at all. I guess that my 100 cm lap would, if stretched out as in

open, be more like 125 cm. And, I am losing rather slowly, too.

--Steve

--

Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 10/25 = 39 (-75 lb.) -- No longer M.O.

Losing more slowly than most, but enjoying renewed health and life in general.

November 9, 2001

It is really hard to gauge the actual length. Marceau did studies on this

and found that independent measurements by two surgeons of the same patients

yielded different results.

Steve's and my common channels are the same length, yet we have lost about

the same amount of weight. The difference is that I had surgery at the end

of August and Steve had his in early May. I don't think that these things

are really subject to accurate predictions, even with things seemingly being

equal.

Best -

Nick in Sage

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