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HELLO,
FACT:
I HAD THE MGB IN 2002 IN STATEVILLE, NC , WHICH RESULTED IN 140 LB WEIGHT LOSS 300 LBS DOWN TO 160 LBS... CO MORBIDITIES INCLUDING HYPERTENSION DISSAPEARED.
FACT IN 2003:
I HAD ISCHEMIC COLITIS AND LOST 14" OF MY DESCENDING COLON. DIAGNOSIS WAS ULCERTIVE COLITIS.
FACT IN 2003:
WORE A CLOSTOMY BAG FOR 4 MONTHS UNTIL I IT HAD REVERSED...
FACT 2005-2013:
HAD CHRONIC ACID REFLUX WAS TREATED WITH ANTI ACID OTC MEDS....
FACT MAY 2013:
DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 SQUAMOS CELL CARCINOMA, NEVER SMOKED... TREATMENT WAS CHEMOTHERAPY / RADIATION BOTH SIX WEEK REGIMEN WITH CHEMO DRUG BEING CISPLATIN... RADIATION WAS MAXIMUM HEAD NECK TREATMENT AT WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HOSPITAL... RESULTED WITH J-TUBE FEEDING ORIGINAL PROGNOSIS RETURN TO ORAL EATING AND DRINKING OF FLUIDS.
FACT FEBRUARY2014: DIAGNOSIS INSENSATE LARYNX... RESULTED IN J-TUBE REMOVED , MGB REVERSED AND G-TUBE REPLACED MGB PROCEDURE AND WILL BE MY ONLY SOURCE OF EATING THE REST OF MY LIFE... WEIGHT TODAY... 138LBS AND FIGHTING TO KEEP FROM BECOMING FATALLY MALNUTRIONED... SUPPLEMENT CURRNTLY PUMPED DAILY NOCTURNALLY OVER 18 HOURS IS OSMOLITE1.5 AND CONSIDERATION FOR UPING TOTWOCAL 2.OFOR ADDITIONAL NUTRITION AND HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BOLUS MY FEEDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE...
FACT: I NEVER WILL BE FAT AGAIN
FACT: WITHOUT MGB I WOULD ALREADY PROBABLY BEEN DECEASED BECAUSE OF COMORBIDITIES...
FACT: IF I SURVIVE IT WILL BE BECAUSE MGB WAS REVERSABLE AND G-TUBE FEEDING WILL BE SUFFICIENT METHOD TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ENOUGH NUTRITION TO KEEP ME ALIVE AS I WILL NEVER EAT OR DRINK NORMALLY AS THE RISK FOR ASPIRATION IS TOO GREAT...
FACT: OTHER SURGERY I HAD DURING PERIOD 2003-2013:
AORTIC VALVE REPALCEMENT 2008
JUST THE FACTS, NO OPINION INTENDED OR STATED REGARDING WORTH OF MGB FOR OTHERS...
You are definitely a survivor!
