My Rutledge experience
Hey Emma,
I'm Patty, a post-op from 2003. Everyone's entitled to an opinion - I've often been blasted because my opinion is different from the mainstream too. That said, facts are facts and one needs to isolate the issues. I've learned over the years to focus strictly on my MGB surgery and what it has done for me. It's too bad that you aren't being openminded to the SURGERY and it's benefits vs the negativity you feel from a person. Perhaps you are not thrilled with Dr. Rutledge but the fact is he is a skilled surgeon with a heck of a lot more experience in rearranging plumbing than any RnY surgeon I've heard of. As for old timers gaining weight...you presumably haven't joined the Yahoo groups of DSers, Banders, and RnYers who have gained almost ALL of their weight back. It is true, we regain, and that is no secret. It is in our manual. The average regain is 20% of the weight one loses. As far as experiencing health problems, you are talking to someone who has had a lot right here - and I can assure you that very little of it has to do with THE MGB! It is ANY weight loss surgery, period! Again, I encourage you to hang around some Yahoo support groups filled with old time RnYers! It would blow your mind. You aren't scaring people away, but I think that before you potentially find yourself in a serious mess for public slander without being able to back up your statements, you should probably try to direct your emotions appropriately and stick to the real issue, and that is you said you felt slighted. Hardly a reason to defame someone's character when you haven't got all of the facts.
Emma, I think that you are very misinformed and ignorant. How dare you say half the things you have said about this surgery and Dr. Rutledge after only hearing him speak for a couple of hours! I have lost 103lbs in just over 8 months and have not been sick or have had any complication what so ever, and I credit it all to Dr. Rutledge, I didn't do this on my own! If I could have done it on my own I would have never had surgery! A lot of the things you have written about are indeed false and I think you need to do some more research. Like this comment:
"Furthermore, yeah your right, 3 deaths out of 4000, for HIM. He even admitted that he had trained other doctors to perform the surgery and htey were losing patients."
And you have many more "ignorant" comments through your post. You go ahead and have the RNY! It just may end up being the biggest mistake you will ever make, or you can diet and exercise!
Good Luck with that!
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the U.S. obesity epidemic puts millions at risk from obesity related diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack stroke, cancer and more. According to the WHO an escalating epidemic of obesity is sweeping the U.S. and many other countries in the world. Further they state "if action is not taken now millions of people will develop diseases and other serious life threatening health disorders that will lead hundreds of thousands of deaths in America."
Many are now turning to surgery as a treatment for severe obesity. A variety of operations are being offered but the complications and problems of the various types of available surgery leave much to be desired.
The Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB) is a minimally invasive, short, simple, successful and inexpensive laparoscopic gastric bypass weight loss surgery. The operation usually takes an average of 30 min., hospitalization usually less than 24 hours. The Mini Gastric Bypass has been shown to be low risk, it has excellent long term weight loss, there is minimal pain and when necessary can be easily reversed or revised. People from all fifty states across America and around the world are choosing the MGB as the "Best Choice in Bariatric Surgery."
Dr. Rutledge, following a twenty year career as a professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the innovative surgeon behind the MGB. Dr. Rutledge is the most highly recommended weight loss surgeon on the independent, nationally recognized ObesityHelp.com web site.
In a recent independent controlled prospective randomized study Dr. Rutledge's MGB was shown to outperform the standard "RNY gastric bypass." In a head to head comparison the MGB had shorter operative times, fewer complications and weight loss as good as or better than the standard "RNY gastric bypass." In addition an independent analysis of the outcomes of the MGB by three certified public accounting (CPA) firms confirm the MGB has excellent weight loss, patient satisfaction and resolution of obesity associated medical illness.
Dr. Rutledge has performed over 2,600 cases and surgeons across the U.S. and around the world are adopting the new MGB technique. Surgeons and hospitals are now offering the MGB in North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, California as well as around the world in Mexico, Spain, Brazil and Taiwan. New hospitals are planning to offer the MGB in Louisiana, Texas, Nevada and New York. In Canada the Ontario Health Service is approving patients to come to the U.S. for the MGB. As Susan Bell the 2,000th MGB said "Imagine, my surgery took only 15 minutes, I had no pain, was up and out of bed walking two hours after surgery and was out of the hospital less than 24 hours later!"
Costs are always a major issue. According to a recent USA Today article weight loss surgery usually costs about $24,000. In contrast the total cost for the MGB is only $17,000.
Dr. Rutledge is now proctoring a new surgeon and creating a new hospital site for the MGB in Los Angeles California. For more information visit the web site http://clos.net or call 909-731-0051.
on 5/14/08 9:34 am - Kelowna, Canada
