Guest guest Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 In a message dated 10/9/2003 10:07:51 AM Central Daylight Time, rykel12@... writes: > Now the person I have the problem with is OPRAH!! She has so much power > to > educate this country about WLS but continues to downplay it and never really > gives > equal time to successful WLS people who have success stories to tell. > Stacey > ----------------------------------------- Oprah is working on a show (according to her website) for people considering gastric bypass. From the questions being asked, it doesn't sound like she will be handling the subject in a biased manner. Waiting to see, of course. However, I was prompted to write MY story of failed/relaxed stoma and the heartache this has caused becuz there is no remedy possible. So folks, I am hoping I will get to go REALLY public with this " dirty little secret " of RNY, as I call it. This is not dissing the procedure, but hopefully alerting potential candidates to a possibility that I personally have not heard ANYone saying their surgeon cautioned about. And more importantly to advise that how and where your bypass is constructed dictates whether or not the problem can be corrected (mine cannot); therefore one should request the procedure be performed in such a way that one is not doomed to a lifetime problem should the stoma become an issue. Carol A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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