No More Self-Hatred!

Please?  Obesity is a disease.  OK, your surgery failed you.  Would you hate yourself for having a heart attack?  Or breaking a leg? I don't have a RNY and I keep reading all these I stretched out my pouch and I deserve to be flogged stories.  I have a little bit different story to share.  I have a good friend who had the RNY before I had my surgery.  Her RNY had a little twist to it that was guaranteed to keep the pouch from stretching.  During her surgery, they also opened her thigh and removed fascia from a muscle.  The fascia was sewn around her pouch making it almost impossible for the pouch to stretch.  My friend is 6 years post-op and still has a lot of restriction.  More than 5 or 6 bites of food and she will throw up.  She can't eat a lot at all.  I would say just to give you an idea, she can eat and keep down about 1/3 of an egg mcmuffin.  But guess what?  She gained back all the weight.  Plus. So it's not always the stretched out pouch. For every person who loses too much there's some other poor, once hopeful, soul who loses a little or nothing at all.  Accept where you are or pursue a revision of some kind.  At least find out if you have a mechanical failure.  Try to stop hating yourself over this.  We aren't all the same, we just have the same disease.  What works for me may have dismal results for you.  That doesn't make you less of a person.  What makes you lose could make me gain. Try to have some hope you can fix this problem. 

Well said!! Weight Loss Surgery is not a one-size-fits-all. To all those who are struggling with weight loss issues please do not give up hope. There is a solution. You just have to keep researching through all venues until you find what might work! Best of luck to all who are searching!