Re: Body Larger but Weighing Less

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In a message dated 10/28/03 7:59:13 AM Central Standard Time,

ariestoo2000@... writes:

> This is the least I've weighed since WLS 19

> months ago. Everything I wear is tight around the abdomen. The Doc

> said there is no hernia but my stomach is visibly larger.

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When was your last GYN check up? I'm not trying to be an alarmist by any

means, but some types of gynecological cancers only give bloating and thickening

of the waist as a symptom. If the issue with your waist is something new and

lasts more than a couple of weeks, and your weight remains the same or goes

down, consider following up with your GYN.

Beth

Houston, TX

VBG - Dr. Srungaram

05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

5'10 "

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Depending on how much weight you have lost, it may be excess skin. It

may also be that this is the hardest place for you to loose weight. It

could be that your weight is shifting and has just landed there. I had

the same problem before the panniculectomy and then recently with the

development of a hernia.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:57:27 -0000 " ariestoo2000 "

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> Hello All:

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> Just curious to know if anyone here has had this problem. Nothing is

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> fitting around my waist. This is the least I've weighed since WLS

> 19

> months ago. Everything I wear is tight around the abdomen. The Doc

> said there is no hernia but my stomach is visibly larger. Just

> can't

> figure this one out. Is is possible that all of the weight has

> shifted to my middle?

>

> Roe

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In a message dated 10/28/2003 8:59:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ariestoo2000@... writes:

Is is possible that all of the weight has

shifted to my middle?

Yes. That is why some of us wear larger sizes than others. Do you exercise?

Fay Bayuk

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10/23/01

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I'd consider seeing the ob/gyn, too. Several years ago after months of

dieting I noticed that my abdomen was protruding more even though my weight

was much less. Turned out that I had a non-cancerous condition called

adenomyosis. I'm probably spelling it incorrectly and not explaining it

perfectly, either, but it was a condition that resulted in the uterus

getting ever larger due to tissue growing back into the lining rather than

being shed normally or invading the abdominal cavity as endometriosis

would. At the point where I realized something was out of kilter and went

to the doctor the uterus had grown to approximately the size it was at

about month five of a pregnancy. So there's more than one gynecological

problem that can cause enlarged abdomen; not all of them life threatening,

but you have to see a doctor to find out for sure.

>When was your last GYN check up? I'm not trying to be an alarmist by any

>means, but some types of gynecological cancers only give bloating and

>thickening

>of the waist as a symptom. If the issue with your waist is something new and

>lasts more than a couple of weeks, and your weight remains the same or goes

>down, consider following up with your GYN.

>

>Beth

>Houston, TX

>VBG - Dr. Srungaram

>05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

>11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

>11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

>5'10 "

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