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Westchester's Post-Op Support Group meets Wednesday
May 25th @ 6:00 PM
White Plains HS
550 North Street
White Plains, NY
Room G-122
RSVP if you need more info.
Especially with any surgery with malabsorbtion like mgb and the ds, you can't predict how our bodies will react to it. I'm hoping to hear from someone who did well after having a revision with Dr. Rutledge. It would be much nicer than having to be revised to another surgery.
I will tell her to look up the yahoo group to get advice.
Thanks.
This is a very powerful surgery and it would be nice to know how a person's body will react after surgery. I'm sorry she is having these issues. Why would she want more bypassed? Or are you saying she wants the bypass shortened? I am 11 years out and I am doing great. So you never know which catagory you will fall into. There is an MGB yahoo group where you can talk to many folks about different issues. Some you will find didn't have enough bypassed, others too much and some who has similar issues as your friend. No one surgery works for everyone. I wish her the best.
Clueless about weight loss and weight loss surgery of any kind.
I have a friend who is about 2.5 years post op mgb. Her wl is good, but she is malabsorbing too much. She was given a 7 foot bypass and is considering going back to Dr. Rutledge to get her bypassed limb lengthened.
I have known 2 others who had revision for this problem after mgb. One was revised to the DS, the other to the sleeve. Both have done very well. If any of you are familiar with this situation, I would like to know if anyone knows of any mgb patient did well after having Dr. Rutledge do a revision for problems of too much malabsorbtion, or have you seen beter success with revising to the DS and sleeve.
Thanks
I was watching TV the other day and an ad from SpecialK came on and it was talking about decisions and how one good decision, leads to another, which leads to another... It's so true. Have you noticed that when you do get up and get moving, that they decision to take care of yourself by exercising some then leads to better decisions about what you are putting in your mouth, etc... I think that the opposite is true as well and it can be a very slippery slope; meaning that one 'bad' decision often leads to another and another. The good news is that we are constantly being faced with the opportunity to make a new, good decision.
Sooooo, what decisions are you making today to take care of yourself?
Barbara
ObesityHelp Coach and Support Group Leader
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/bcumbo_group/
High-264, Current-148, Goal-145
I am hosting a support group meeting this coming Saturday in North Raleigh NC and welcome anyone who would like to come to join us. It doesn't matter where you are in your journey or what type of surgery. The meeting starts at 10 and runs for two hours. Some people come for part of the meeting and some stay for the whole thing. You are welcome to do whatever works best for you. The meeting is held at the American Cancer Society Conference Center in Raleigh. For details, please go to this link and rsvp.
I hope to you soon!Barbara
ObesityHelp Coach and Support Group Leader
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/bcumbo_group/
High-264, Current-148, Goal-145
If ou are int he Westchester County area, we have a Post-Op Support Group every other week @ White Plains High School @ 6:00 PM
Our next meeting is May 25th
For more information, email me at [email protected]
Hope you can join us.
Jay & Marie Edie
Facilitators
