Re: Re: Effortless? I don't think so...

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In a message dated 10/11/2001 10:21:07 PM Central Daylight Time,

msnoaccess@... writes:

> I wonder if she had a different version? 10' is not standard; 100cm

> is 3'3 " . Sounds more like a short-limb DS. Is there such a thing?

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> Chris

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I think she means 10 feet were bypassed. Talking in RNY terms where how much

bypassed is discussed rather than alimentary limb and common channel length.

Dawn--South Suburban Chicago area

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

BPD/DS

4/27/00

www.duodenalswitch.com

267 to 165 5' 4 "

size 22 to size 10

have made size goal

no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/20/2001 3:20:54 PM Central Daylight Time,

bethferro@... writes:

> What I don't understand is: She states that she had the distal bypass with

> BPD, and then says she's a 3+ year RNY post op. Isn't this misleading? Or

> am I not getting something here?

>

>

I think maybe the surgeon just told her this referring to the fact that the

bile is diverted. Which it is diverted in a distal Rny as well. So

basically she had a distal RNY but now has a stretched stoma which means she

has no volume restriction (another reason to keep our pyloric valve). We can

eat more later on but we never lose our restriction (compared to preop)

entirely.

Dawn--South Suburban Chicago area

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

BPD/DS

4/27/00

www.duodenalswitch.com

267 to 165 5' 4 "

size 22 to size 10

have made size goal

no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting

[Guest guest]

What I don't understand is: She states that she had the distal bypass with BPD,

and then says she's a 3+ year RNY post op. Isn't this misleading? Or am I not

getting something here?

> That was my error. I actually contacted my doctor to confirm what

I had done

> because I had become confused! I had the distal bypass with BPD on

03/02/98,

> NOT the D/S. My doctor bypasses about 10 ft of intestine...it is

pretty

> extreme. He has since revised his surgical procedure and now does

the

> D/S...but wasn't at that time. I have pretty much concluded that

my weight

> regain is partially " par for the course " as a 3+ year RNY post-op,

but part

> of it might be due to a stretched stoma. I can't afford a revision

(and not

> sure I want to go through it either)...so I am going to focus on my

eating

> habits and increase my exercise and hold myself accountable for

what the

> scale says since I can't completely count on the surgery to do it

for me

> anymore. I had originally regained about 14 lbs (since the

beginning of the

> year) but recently put on another 10 lbs because I stopped going to

the gym

> and reverted back to poor eating habits. I have decided to roll up

my

> sleeves and stop this insanity before I wake up and find myself 100

lbs

> overweight again! Sorry I confused you!

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