Re: Staple line disruption

[Guest guest]

Jacque, I've been tossing around reasons for this, knowing that

you're not doing anything to jeapordize the surgery, and other than a

possible fistula, I'm wondering if your intestines have become very

adept at absorbing everything.

You know, we've heard stories about the intestines actually forming a

new stomach, or the vilii (sp?) becoming stronger or better at

absorption. I suppose I'm trying to find a reason, other than " the

wall. " But, if you think about it, our bodies do whatever they must

to survive, and if they decide they want to regenerate, who knows...

Hugs,

in NJ

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My surgery is fine. I was transected, and can hold very little

food...which tells me all is working fine.

>

> Regards~

>

> Jacque

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ok Jacque, you're scaring the crap outta me. I have a 60 " common channel

also and I thought - hoped - that I would be able to eat somewhat normally

from now on. Now I'm wondering if it's going to " catch up " with me the way

that the proximal did.

I hope that you figure out what's causing this, because it doesn't sound

right that it's happening.

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Staple line disruption

Thanks Lori for the thought. My surgery is fine. I was transected, and

can hold very little food...which tells me all is working fine. I hope you

get yours fixed, and you have a happy ending. My ending is really happy,

although it was happier than I had anticipated, before. I got below goal.

But now I'm on the high end of normal...and am not liking it here.

Especially when it seems my body just wants to save everything that goes

down the tube....and I'm talking protein shakes for the most part. I'm

doing everything I once did to lose 184 lbs...I haven't increased my intake,

in fact, I've decreased it. I'm living in perpetual " starvation mode " and

where I could see that would keep a person from losing, I don't understand

the gain! I'm NOT really starving as I do 5-6 protein shakes a day. Very

little food can get in past all that and 70 pills a day plus water. I hit

the three year wall, HARD...and only wish I WAS doing something that I could

quit! If it were a surgical failure, I couldn't afford to have it fixed

anyway. But I'm convinced it is not. I had a very good one, by Dr's Fox

and Oh. Only thing I'm wishing now is that I had gone more distal. But, I

m sure, my body would catch on to that too eventually. Sigh. I have a 60

inch common channel, which SHOULD be perfectly good for maintaining my great

weight loss. Regards~ Jacque " My cat knows the song in my heart and

purrs it to me when my memory fails

me. " I am so sorry that I missed this original post. I have been away for a

few days. Have you considered having a scope done? I discovered a staple

line disruption that was repaired this last Wednesday. I had gained some 50

lbs back after loosing 180. It certainly would be worth investigating.

[Guest guest]

This has been a serious thought that I have had Les. Smart body....stupid

body! I'm just grateful I got below goal...so the gain does not appear as

damaging on the outside as I feel on the inside right now. Let's just hope

I'm finished now. I've been holding my own...for a bit now. I'll tell you

though...it sure keeps me honest! No room for even one cheat. My safety

margin is GONE!

Regards~

Jacque

" My cat knows the song in my heart and purrs it to me when my memory fails

me. "

Jacque, I've been tossing around reasons for this, knowing that

you're not doing anything to jeapordize the surgery, and other than a

possible fistula, I'm wondering if your intestines have become very

adept at absorbing everything.

You know, we've heard stories about the intestines actually forming a

new stomach, or the vilii (sp?) becoming stronger or better at

absorption. I suppose I'm trying to find a reason, other than " the

wall. " But, if you think about it, our bodies do whatever they must

to survive, and if they decide they want to regenerate, who knows...

Hugs,

in NJ

Jacque, I've been tossing around reasons for this, knowing that

you're not doing anything to jeapordize the surgery, and other than a

possible fistula, I'm wondering if your intestines have become very

adept at absorbing everything.

You know, we've heard stories about the intestines actually forming a

new stomach, or the vilii (sp?) becoming stronger or better at

absorption. I suppose I'm trying to find a reason, other than " the

wall. " But, if you think about it, our bodies do whatever they must

to survive, and if they decide they want to regenerate, who knows...

Hugs,

in NJ

[Guest guest]

I just talked to my most knowledgeable son about this issue. He tends to

agree that it is a coritsol problem. The difficulty arises in that it seems

to be a cyclic thing...sometimes we produce too much sometimes not enough.

So supplementation of any sort would not be too much of a benefit. Guess

there hasn't been a whole lot of studies done on this...as there have on

diabetes and the like. I was thinking diabetics have the insulin pump.

which would monitor the blood levels and medicate the person accordingly.

Lots of money has been spent on the study of insulin problems...and endos

are more into the catastrophic aspects of endocrinology and don't deal too

much with people that 'just gain weight.' I may be wrong on all of this..

but it seems to be my experience too. ( He too stated the stress is one of

the worst offenders in coritsol over production...that would cause the

steroid' effect. So...my stressing over the weight gain is keeping me on

this mad merry-go-round. Going to work on that. I appreciate everyone's

thoughts that I have gotten so far...and seems others too have had the

cortisol/cortisone effect. Ugh! Now, if only I had the pain relief that

cortisone gave me while it put the weight on me way back when! Seems now

that I think of it...I did have my cortisol levels tested within the last 8

years, and one test showed me too high, the next one didn't. Guess which

test was accepted? Don't you think they'd go for the best two out of three?

That's the nature of medicine though...they will take the test that looks

more like normal as normal. Not considering the erratic nature of the beast.

Regards~

Jacque

" My cat knows the song in my heart and purrs it to me when my memory fails me. "

[Guest guest]

Jacque, it just plain sucks to be the guinea pig, but you may have

just hit on something that hasn't been studied yet. I wonder...

in NJ

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> I just talked to my most knowledgeable son about this issue. He

tends to agree that it is a coritsol problem. The difficulty arises

in that it seems to be a cyclic thing...sometimes we produce too much

sometimes not enough.

> So supplementation of any sort would not be too much of a benefit.

Guess there hasn't been a whole lot of studies done on this...as

there have on diabetes and the like. I was thinking diabetics have

the insulin pump. which would monitor the blood levels and medicate

the person accordingly.

> Lots of money has been spent on the study of insulin problems...and

endos are more into the catastrophic aspects of endocrinology and

don't deal too much with people that 'just gain weight.' I may be

wrong on all of this.. but it seems to be my experience too. ( He

too stated the stress is one of the worst offenders in coritsol over

production...that would cause the steroid' effect. So...my stressing

over the weight gain is keeping me on this mad merry-go-round. Going

to work on that. I appreciate everyone's thoughts that I have gotten

so far...and seems others too have had that cortisol/cortisone

effect. Ugh! Now, if only I had the pain relief that cortisone gave

me while it put the weight on me way back when! Seems now that I

think of it...I did have my cortisol levels tested within the last 8

> years, and one test showed me too high, the next one didn't. Guess

which test was accepted? Don't you think they'd go for the best two

out of three?

> That's the nature of medicine though...they will take the test

that looks more like normal as normal. Not considering the erratic

nature of the beast.

>

> Regards~

>

> Jacque

[Guest guest]

Jacque, does the weight you've regained seem to have settled mostly around

your middle?

Lucille

In a message dated 2/11/2004 8:24:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> Seems now

> that I think of it...I did have my cortisol levels tested within the last 8

> years, and one test showed me too high, the next one didn't. Guess which

> test was accepted? Don't you think they'd go for the best two out of three?

> That's the nature of medicine though...they will take the test that looks

> more like normal as normal. Not considering the erratic nature of the beast.

>

> Regards~

>

> Jacque

>

[Guest guest]

Well, more like my waist, hips and upper legs. (Rear end)

Regards~

Jacque

" My cat knows the song in my heart and purrs it to me when my memory fails

me. "

Jacque, does the weight you've regained seem to have settled mostly around

your middle?

Lucille