Question:
has anyone got the vgb procedure, and how do i start my daily journal
please email me the answer also at [email protected] — maliboo (posted on July 14, 2005)
July 14, 2005
I had VBG in 1995. It failed. I had a staple line disruption by 2000 and
went thru a second surgery to revise the VBG to RNY in 2002. Please
research and think long and hard about having the VBG. If you do not want a
gastric bypass, I suggest lap band over VBG.
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To start the journal, log in to your profile (link at top). The first link
in the first column will be General Info, click that and it takes you to a
page where you can add your name, location, email, website, etc. There is a
Comments box, anything you type there will show up on your profile
(journal). Remember to add to your last entry, don't write over it. Then at
the bottom is a button that says Update my File. Click that and your
changes will be saved. This is bare bones, if you want pretty stuff, you
have to know html and have access to server space or you can send a request
to [email protected].
— Ali M
July 16, 2005
Hi there...I had the VBG March of 2003. I am a little over 2 years out and
am very happy with my results. I hate so much coming to the boards and
seeing all the negative feedback towards the VBG. It is a great surgery
and yes people have had problems with it failing but they have also had
problems with the RNY failing as well. It is a chance we take and no one
knows how it will work. For me it has worked out great. I was 268 a month
or so before surgery and was probably closer to 300 the day of surgery. I
have lost over 100 pounds and love my new self. I got pregnant 6 months
out of my surgery had an awesome pregnancy and lost the little bit of
weight I gained during pregnancy right after I had my baby. I have about
15 more pounds that I would like to lose but if I don't I am very happy
with my choice of surgery and the outcome I have right now. You should do
research just to make yourself feel better but you shouldn't listen to all
the bashers of the VBG. There are positive outcomes of this surgery and I
am one of them!!! Good luck with whatever choice you make!
— Michelle M.
July 16, 2005
Michelle, if someone had asked me at 2 years post VBG if I had had a
positive outcome I would have said yes also. the fact remains that the VBG
has a higher incidence of staple line disruption. You are right that the
RNY can fail also, but most surgeons transect the stomach in the RNY, so
that significantly lessens the chances of a staple line disruption. Believe
me, I wish you the best of luck, would never wish for you to have to go
thru what I went thru, but if the OP has the chance to avoid a second
surgery by hearing about my personal experience, I'm going to tell it.
— Ali M
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