RNY loss

Hi..i know that I am not a RNY patient but...i went to my support meeting the other day where the majority of patients are RNY due to the fact that the BPD/DS doctor went to another hospital. My question is this...why does it seem that the RNY patients all lose so slowly? Maybe it's just me but, I have a friend who started out at 330 6 weeks ago, lost 25 pounds the first 2 weeks and has now only lost a total of 31 pounds? She even gained a pound and I know she is doing everything right. She was not the only one. There were 2 more patients who also had RNY at the same time she did and have lost no more than 38 pounds each (one 38 and the other 31) Each of these women were well over 300 pounds at the start if not closer to 400. I think that I would have been so frustrated had I been that weight and had only lost that much in 6 weeks. At that point (6 weeks) I had already lost at least 45 pounds and had only started at 280. I know that there are plateaus but seems weird that they are all going through this at the same time. I mean a 2-3 week plateau by all concerned at the same time seems alittle strange. Is this normal for the RNY? I am just asking because my friend is very frustrated right now and feels she made the wrong decision and should have had the BPD/DS possibly. I want to be able to reassure her if I can but have to say that the doctors seemed very unconcerned about it and said it was great weight loss. I just sat there thinking "better them than me". Doc's said how you feel is more important than how you look. Well, I agree to a point but, if we all were honest, we would all admit that looking good was a part of why we had this surgery..not solely for the physical effects that are so wonderful. Thanks for giving you input guys. I am just very unfamiliar with how fast the RNY works. Barbara Henson ([email protected]) 6/99--280 BPD/DS 6/00--114

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