Re: [MiniGastricBypass]Acoya

[Guest guest]

Acoya,

Thanks for writng me back!

I have just started to reshearch WLS as an option for

my daughter. I have emailed Dr. R asking for a list

of teenagers that have had the MGB however, he has not

responded. I would have to pay for the surgery myself,

it would be worth every penny if my daughter could

lose weight. I can over come the financial part, the

hurdle is going to be my husband.

He is against surgery, he has been large all of his

life and over the last year has lost about 75 lbs.

with the " Weight Down Workshop " . So he thinks the only

way is to exercise and eat less. He has been a very

popular person all of his life, captian of the

football team, class president etc.,. he has no

concept of how being overweight effects a teenage

girl.

My daughter is in the 10th grade and it would

probably be between her junior and senior year before

we could have the surgery. I hope your dreams come

true. I will keep in touch and follow your updates.

Thanks again, Karla

--- Acoya@... wrote:

> Karla,

> I got this message from you. I am truly excited

> about having this surgery.

> My mom told me that she wanted me to do all te

> research myself so people

> wouldn't think that she pressured me into this

> surgery. I feel it is best

> this way because I get all the info myself and I

> know all the conseuences

> myself, instead of someone telling me. However, I

> would like to have someonw

> my age to go through it with me. I read somewhere

> that Dr. R. accepted

> someone who was 15, so if you daughter is serious

> about having this surgery,

> you might want to check into it. I feel this is my

> only way out. I've been on

> every diet you could think of. I even tracel to

> Kentucky to get Phen-Phen a

> couple of years ago because it wasn't leagle in TN.

> I lost a little weight

> with it, but not very much. I hope to hear from you

> soon. Good luch to your

> daughter.

>

> Acoya in TN

> pre-op

> bmi 48

>

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[Guest guest]

Karla, My daughter Autumn had the MGB on 12/20/99. She was 16 when she had

surgery and in the 11th grade. If you have any questions please feel free to

contact me. Liz

[Guest guest]

we would all love to hear how Autumn is doing now, almost a year post -op.

Will you share? PhillyJude

[Guest guest]

PhillyJude, My name is Liz and my daughter is Autumn. We both had surgery

together on 12/20/99. I have been on these boards for quite some time now.

Every now and then I post when I feel someone needs some help with something.

It is hard to keep up with all the messages working full time and taking care

of four children. On to our story. My daughter was 16 at the time of our

surgery. She is 5'5 and at the time of surgery she weighed 350. She came into

this world weighing 10 pounds and it all went downhill from there. Before we

knew it she was 350 pounds. We tried everything out there to help her lose

the weight. Nothing seemed to help at all. We tried gyms, nutritionist,

weight watchers, jenny craig you get my point. She had been tormented all her

life from other people for being overweight but she hardly ever let it show

that it bothered her. She always had a smile on her face. We had givin up

hope of her ever losing the weight. We had tried everything. One day I saw

Carnie on T.V. before she had the surgery and I was very excited about

what I had heard about weight loss surgery. Funny thing is I was excited for

myself because I have also always been overweight. I am 5'11 and at the time

of surgery I weighed 280. I started to research for myself. Boy do I mean

research. Ever free minute I had i was on the computer. I went around to

different sites taking in everything I could about the different types of

weight loss surgery. One day I ran across a site that had a 16 year old

having had weight loss surgery so I decided maybe there was a chance for both

of us to have it. Well that came to a halt real fast when I e-mailed tons of

different doctors about doing surgery on a 16 year old. None of the doctors I

contacted would consider doing surgery on a 16 year old. I didn't give up

hope and kept searching knowing I wouldn't consider anything for her except a

lap surgery. That right there made it very hard because there are only so

many doctors that do lap. I finally came across Dr. R's site and started my

research. I liked what I saw and contacted him about doing the surgery on her

with her being 16. He said no problem. Now was the other big problem were we

sure she was ready for something that was going to take a life time

commitment on her part being just 16. After much debate and talking with her

we finally agreed we had to take this chance. A chance for her to finally be

able to live life to the fullest. We made her do the whole package on her own

so she knew exactly what she was getting herself into. When she needed help I

helped her as I was working on my own package. Insurance approval was no

problem and then we were both headed for Durham to have surgery on the same

day. My husband stayed home with the other kids. We checked into the

hospital and they preped us and wheeled her off to surgery. She was so

scared. I was in the holding area waiting for my surgery I was right after

her. I would not let them give me anything to relax me until I saw her being

wheeled out of surgery and I knew she was o.k. Then they wheeled me in for my

surgery. We had rooms right next to each other and I was so proud of her she

did so well. We were released from the hospital two days later and we flew

home to Ct. She went back to school right after that and i went right back to

work. The first few months were rough for her but she has adjusted fine. She

is now down from 350 to 220. I have to nag her to make sure she takes her

vitamins and calcium. I am down from 280 to 155. She still has a long way to

go and she would like to have a revision if our insurance will cover it. But

boy you ought to see her move now. She rides bikes, climbs mountains and

nothing is holding her back. She has more energy now that she has ever had.

Since our surgery my 72 year old mother has had the MGB and my brother in law

has had it. As you can see it is a family affair with us. We are all very

happy with the results and very happy with the MGB. If anyone ever needs us

for a contact please feel free to e-mail us. Good luck to all of you preops

out there and congrats to all you new post ops. Liz

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing your info! One question: Why does your daughter want a

revision??

Peggy in Indy

**** " If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible

warning " .

[Guest guest]

Wow! Liz, Thanks so much for sharing. You guys are great. It is so good to

hear of your progress and to hear of Autumn's. She is down 130 pounds, why

would she want a revision? She is right on target. Another year and she'll

be at goal, no? And you. How good does 155 feel?! At your height, you must

be at goal already. So proud of you two! And then there's the rest of your

family. . . I am too new to know what success I will have, but I will keep

posting and let everyone know, as I move along. Take great care, you good

mom! Fondly, PhillyJude