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Topic: BPD with no Stomach
I had the BPD in 2000 and had successful weightloss until 2005 when catastophe hit; suddenly I couldn't hold anything down. I was down to 115lbs and malnourished, bone thin and losing my hair and teeth. Exploratory surgery revealed my stomach and intestines were wrapped around my kidneys, livers and twisted up all through my body while months old food was distributed all through my cavity. I was septic and infectious. Needless to say I was dieing.
After 18 hrs of surgery, dieing twice on the table, they managed to salvage some of my intestines and I lost all of my stomach. Now, I weigh in at 150lbs and take prenatals, calcium, vit D, folic acid, potasium, iron and B12 injections every month. I am no longer anemic and am quite healthy. My hair is down to my waist. I don't know the status of the rest of my intestines. I have solid bowel movements with an occasional attack of diahrea. I do have flatulance when it is close to the time for a bowel movement but I keep it under control with frequent use of the toilet. I know I am on a second lease from God. But my point is nothing is painted in blood. or permanent. We all think our plan is the best. I thought mine was perfect... What a surprise I was in for. The recovery process took years. I can honestly say I am JUST NOW healthy. But I couldn't say that last year or the year before.
We think we have to be bone thin, I would like to suggest is what we have to be is: stable and cushioned. One thing I didn't have when I was extremely ill was a weight cushion. I don't want to be caught without one again. So I carry an extra 10 lbs for my age. I am 52 so I way 150lbs. My ideal weight for my height is 142lbs. So I carry the extra in case I get sick, I will never get caught half dead again. I was in the hospital for two months and in recovery for years. I will be prepared for the future. My body is happy here. It always rebounds at this weight. So I make a point of stabalizing around this weight. Staying stable is critical to my health. Major fluctuations are so unhealthy. Your body needs to know it can rely on you for calories and energy or it will lock on to every calorie you put in to your mouth and lock it away on your hips forever. Don't get caught in that yo yo trap. I don't diet but I watch every calorie that goes into my mouth with caloriecount.about.com/cc/account/index.php and I exercise everyday. I walk everyday so that I will stay young and have a reason to live. I am disabled and sometimes life's purpose comes into question. So trust me when I say I know what suffering is on both sides of the coin. So, keep a positive outlook, get STABLE. Be open minded, think healthy, be healthy GOODLUCK!
After 18 hrs of surgery, dieing twice on the table, they managed to salvage some of my intestines and I lost all of my stomach. Now, I weigh in at 150lbs and take prenatals, calcium, vit D, folic acid, potasium, iron and B12 injections every month. I am no longer anemic and am quite healthy. My hair is down to my waist. I don't know the status of the rest of my intestines. I have solid bowel movements with an occasional attack of diahrea. I do have flatulance when it is close to the time for a bowel movement but I keep it under control with frequent use of the toilet. I know I am on a second lease from God. But my point is nothing is painted in blood. or permanent. We all think our plan is the best. I thought mine was perfect... What a surprise I was in for. The recovery process took years. I can honestly say I am JUST NOW healthy. But I couldn't say that last year or the year before.
We think we have to be bone thin, I would like to suggest is what we have to be is: stable and cushioned. One thing I didn't have when I was extremely ill was a weight cushion. I don't want to be caught without one again. So I carry an extra 10 lbs for my age. I am 52 so I way 150lbs. My ideal weight for my height is 142lbs. So I carry the extra in case I get sick, I will never get caught half dead again. I was in the hospital for two months and in recovery for years. I will be prepared for the future. My body is happy here. It always rebounds at this weight. So I make a point of stabalizing around this weight. Staying stable is critical to my health. Major fluctuations are so unhealthy. Your body needs to know it can rely on you for calories and energy or it will lock on to every calorie you put in to your mouth and lock it away on your hips forever. Don't get caught in that yo yo trap. I don't diet but I watch every calorie that goes into my mouth with caloriecount.about.com/cc/account/index.php and I exercise everyday. I walk everyday so that I will stay young and have a reason to live. I am disabled and sometimes life's purpose comes into question. So trust me when I say I know what suffering is on both sides of the coin. So, keep a positive outlook, get STABLE. Be open minded, think healthy, be healthy GOODLUCK!
Topic: RE: Mindfulness
Being mindful to me is to take my vitamins and get my labs done.
It means being aware of my weight and taking corrective action if needed. (Thank goodness that "if" is not a regular thing!) I weigh almost daily.
Being mindful means not forgetting how far I've come or other MO people's pain. (Ive been weight "normal" for 4+ years and still remember how difficult it was on my feet, knees and body to carry around 165 more pounds!)
Dianne from FL
It means being aware of my weight and taking corrective action if needed. (Thank goodness that "if" is not a regular thing!) I weigh almost daily.
Being mindful means not forgetting how far I've come or other MO people's pain. (Ive been weight "normal" for 4+ years and still remember how difficult it was on my feet, knees and body to carry around 165 more pounds!)
Dianne from FL
SW / GW / CW 5'10"
306 / 165 / 140
With the DS: there is no stoma, so no stoma strictures; there are no limitations (other than volume) against drinking before, during or after meals; 80% of ingested fat is malabsorbed; 98.9% of type II diabetics are CURED of this devastating disease, with data showing stable cure over 10 years out; there is the best average weight loss and most durable (average 76% excess weight loss going out 10 years) of all of the bariatric surgeries. That's why I had a DS!
Topic: RE: BPD and normal bowel movements
Thank you for the info. No my stomach is intact. Basically surgeon did what amounts to a longer limbed RNY. I am hoping that he can tweek things a bit as all my labs show malnutrition
Topic: RE: BPD and normal bowel movements
My. sister had the same surgery in 2005, she has had terrible problems from the surgery, loose BMs, really smelly flatus, anemia. She too regrets the surgery. I dont know if there is any revised surgery that can be done. You had 3/4 of your stomach removed, along with a great amount of your intestines. What has your surgeon told you?
I had the lap-band 4 years ago.
I hope your surgeon can help you.
I had the lap-band 4 years ago.
I hope your surgeon can help you.
Topic: BPD and normal bowel movements
I had the BPD without DS in 09. I have not had a solid bowel movemnet since then and am really regretting having had the surgery. Has this been the same same experience with everyone else? Does anyone know surgery I could have this revised to?
Topic: RE: ATTENTION: The Biliopancreatic Diversion is NOT the Duodenal Switch. DIFFERENT SURGERIES!
Bump - this thread should be a sticky, in case someone gets confused about this being the DS forum. The DS is NOT a BPD, although the DS is sometimes still called the BPD/DS. BPD is the Scopinaro procedure and is more like a terrible version of the RNY than like a modern DS.
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on 11/22/11 3:56 am - Califreakinfornia , CA
on 11/22/11 3:56 am - Califreakinfornia , CA
Topic: RE: Dr. Sifers and BPD
Ignore this message, I am just screwing with the mods.
By their own butt-hurt personal feelings standards, from what I can see.
I posted to Sarah recently - AS A PERSON, NOT AS A MOD - in which I disagreed with her about something she said that was snarky to DSers, in a way that did NOT violate TOS - which she did NOT bother to respond to directly, although she made excuses for her attitude in a response to someone else. http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4467729/Stages-of-WLS/ I wonder if she got butt-hurt by what I said, and that may be coloring the heavy-handed moderation I am receiving now. Frankly, although she has portrayed herself as someone who deserves special treatment because of her medical issues, I have long since tired of her thinking it gives her dispensation for some of the crap she posts - but you'd think I tipped over a cripple's wheelchair by not giving her a pass or by disagreeing with her.
I sense a growing Amy-vibe from her. Including the aspect that seems to reflect DS-envy - the DS would clearly have been better for both of them, statistically, and both of them seem to take pro-DS/anti-RNY stuff personally. Which is fine with me - I don't give a rat's patoot what she thinks of me personally - but I think it is affecting her "professional" judgment in her role as a moderator.
I have also disagreed with Kathy S personally, though I don't recall if there has been a recent incident.
Barbara C is beyond annoying with her cross-posting every little thing that she thinks gives her a reason to put her face and "title" on every page on OH. Most of the time when she posts that drivel on the DS forum, it is UTTERLY irrelevant to any of us - and I often say so.
I have also told Eric Klein - when he took a brief spin at posting publicly and ostensibly as a MEMBER - that I would NOT help him when he "invited" me to - for free - write an article for his OH rag that he didn't have time to write. And I criticized his incomprehensible and factually inane postings here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4431266/Lap-Banders-W rite-a-Letter-to-Washington/#36630036 I wonder if he is butt-hurt about that? I kinda doubt it - I don't get the sense that he has feelings that can get hurt, other than being frustrated that his attempt to interact with me didn't go his way - and OH is just his cash cow.
So, overall, it appears to me that the mods can't separate their feelings about my criticizing them as MEMBERS with their roles as moderators, and are using that as an excuse to apply different standards to my posts, and moderating them - or putting ME on moderation. That's how it appears to me. In my opinion, if they can't maintain professional impartiality as moderators, they should resign. Am I allowed to have an opinion about this?
By their own butt-hurt personal feelings standards, from what I can see.
I posted to Sarah recently - AS A PERSON, NOT AS A MOD - in which I disagreed with her about something she said that was snarky to DSers, in a way that did NOT violate TOS - which she did NOT bother to respond to directly, although she made excuses for her attitude in a response to someone else. http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4467729/Stages-of-WLS/ I wonder if she got butt-hurt by what I said, and that may be coloring the heavy-handed moderation I am receiving now. Frankly, although she has portrayed herself as someone who deserves special treatment because of her medical issues, I have long since tired of her thinking it gives her dispensation for some of the crap she posts - but you'd think I tipped over a cripple's wheelchair by not giving her a pass or by disagreeing with her.
I sense a growing Amy-vibe from her. Including the aspect that seems to reflect DS-envy - the DS would clearly have been better for both of them, statistically, and both of them seem to take pro-DS/anti-RNY stuff personally. Which is fine with me - I don't give a rat's patoot what she thinks of me personally - but I think it is affecting her "professional" judgment in her role as a moderator.
I have also disagreed with Kathy S personally, though I don't recall if there has been a recent incident.
Barbara C is beyond annoying with her cross-posting every little thing that she thinks gives her a reason to put her face and "title" on every page on OH. Most of the time when she posts that drivel on the DS forum, it is UTTERLY irrelevant to any of us - and I often say so.
I have also told Eric Klein - when he took a brief spin at posting publicly and ostensibly as a MEMBER - that I would NOT help him when he "invited" me to - for free - write an article for his OH rag that he didn't have time to write. And I criticized his incomprehensible and factually inane postings here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4431266/Lap-Banders-W rite-a-Letter-to-Washington/#36630036 I wonder if he is butt-hurt about that? I kinda doubt it - I don't get the sense that he has feelings that can get hurt, other than being frustrated that his attempt to interact with me didn't go his way - and OH is just his cash cow.
So, overall, it appears to me that the mods can't separate their feelings about my criticizing them as MEMBERS with their roles as moderators, and are using that as an excuse to apply different standards to my posts, and moderating them - or putting ME on moderation. That's how it appears to me. In my opinion, if they can't maintain professional impartiality as moderators, they should resign. Am I allowed to have an opinion about this?
Topic: Dr. Sifers and BPD
Dr. Sifers was an unethical surgeon who promised people the DS and gave them some crappy version of the BPD instead. When he died, he had NUMEROUS lawsuits pending against him for doing this. There were several news stories about this. People DIED.
If you have a Sifers BPD, I would strongly urge you to seek medical care with a competent DS or ERNY surgeon who can counsel you on your diet and supplement needs, as well as to see if you can be revised to something that is more compatible with living a longer life, including keeping your bones. Because the BPD involved REMOVING your distal stomach, pyloric valve and proximal duodenum, a proper DS is not possible. Perhaps something like a hybrid RNY-ish construction could be done, along with reducing the size of your pouch and lengthening your common channel to allow sufficient absorption to maintain health.
If you have a Sifers BPD, I would strongly urge you to seek medical care with a competent DS or ERNY surgeon who can counsel you on your diet and supplement needs, as well as to see if you can be revised to something that is more compatible with living a longer life, including keeping your bones. Because the BPD involved REMOVING your distal stomach, pyloric valve and proximal duodenum, a proper DS is not possible. Perhaps something like a hybrid RNY-ish construction could be done, along with reducing the size of your pouch and lengthening your common channel to allow sufficient absorption to maintain health.
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