Re: vbg's are very reversable

[Guest guest]

If you don't get an imbedded ring from your vbg, it's very reversable. Well,

at least mine was. I had the VBG back in 1993 and it did work! But then it

failed, and I gained back all but 29 lbs of the wt I lost. That's what was

frustrating, having surgery only to have it not work. I think you can get

the VBG lap these days. . .mine was open. Basically it's only a restrictive

procedure so you will absorb all of the calories that you take in so you

still have to diet by eating low fat, low carbs, etc. I found I could not

tolerate meat of any kind no matter how well I chewed it up and I also never

got satisfied with what I ate because I never got that full feeling.

If you get an RNY ask what they do to the stomach. With the VBG they just

staple off a section and place a ring around the outlet. They leave your

whole stomach in you. With the RNY sometimes they take out the bottom

section of your stomach (the section with the pyloris in it and discard it),

sometimes they just cut horizontally across your stomach and sew the two

halves up leaving the bottom half nonfunctioning, but still inside. These

two halves " can " be put back together, but the vagus nerve may or maynot ever

work again since it has been severed. Other RNYs just staple the stomach

horizontally making one functioning chamber and one non-functioning chamber

where they attach the small intestine to the functioning chamber and the food

goes through an artifical stoma.

In my humble opinion, if you can't get the DS and you really really want

something as an interim measure, I'd get the VBG or the adjustable band

before I committed to the RNY.

Blessed Be

Cat Woman

[Guest guest]

I had the VBG in 1994 also,, it failed within 18 months!

I was reversed to the Ds,, what a HUGE difference, with the VBG I was

diagnosed as Bulimic because almost every bite of food I ate got stuck in

the opening of my stomach and I had to force myself to throw up to relieve

the pain..I could not convince the Dr that this food was getting stuck, he

knew nothing about the VBG. I threw up on the average of about 8-10 times a

day.. I carried a spoon in my purse at all times to help me to relieve the

pressure.. It was a nightmare. The energy it drained from me to continously

throw up was remarkable not to mention the lack of nutrition, I was a

zombie. I did lose the weight, and I looked horrible, my friend who had not

seen me in awhile cried when she seen me,, most of my friends and family

thought I was going to die. Everyone was a wreck.I made every attempt to

hide my weight loss from everyone, I wore several shirts baggy pants etc, so

as not to worry everyone more. I knew reversal was my only hope. The clinic

that performed my surgery went out of business shortly after my surgery was

done, so I had no where to turn to and tried to handle it on my own.

Fortunatley it failed and I was allowed to begin to eat again,failure of my

VBG was a godsend.

Renae

10-15-200 initial consult 263lbs

2-27-01 DS 245lbs

today 170 lbs and livin large!! lol

>From: sativa7891@...

>Reply-To: duodenalswitch

>To: duodenalswitch

>Subject: Re: vbg's are very reversable

>Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:15:30 EDT

>

>If you don't get an imbedded ring from your vbg, it's very reversable.

>Well,

>at least mine was. I had the VBG back in 1993 and it did work! But then

>it

>failed, and I gained back all but 29 lbs of the wt I lost. That's what was

>frustrating, having surgery only to have it not work. I think you can get

>the VBG lap these days. . .mine was open. Basically it's only a

>restrictive

>procedure so you will absorb all of the calories that you take in so you

>still have to diet by eating low fat, low carbs, etc. I found I could not

>tolerate meat of any kind no matter how well I chewed it up and I also

>never

>got satisfied with what I ate because I never got that full feeling.

>

>If you get an RNY ask what they do to the stomach. With the VBG they just

>staple off a section and place a ring around the outlet. They leave your

>whole stomach in you. With the RNY sometimes they take out the bottom

>section of your stomach (the section with the pyloris in it and discard

>it),

>sometimes they just cut horizontally across your stomach and sew the two

>halves up leaving the bottom half nonfunctioning, but still inside. These

>two halves " can " be put back together, but the vagus nerve may or maynot

>ever

>work again since it has been severed. Other RNYs just staple the stomach

>horizontally making one functioning chamber and one non-functioning chamber

>where they attach the small intestine to the functioning chamber and the

>food

>goes through an artifical stoma.

>

>In my humble opinion, if you can't get the DS and you really really want

>something as an interim measure, I'd get the VBG or the adjustable band

>before I committed to the RNY.

>

>Blessed Be

>

>Cat Woman

>

>

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