Question:
Would someone please tell me what all the abbreviations mean...Thanks, Diane
— DianeLuvsflowers (posted on November 22, 2008)
November 22, 2008
Do you mean all the "rnrrry" things that come in some posts? If
so I have been wondering that for a long time myself . Thanks for taking
the time to ask. Maybe we will find out.
— Gena L.
November 22, 2008
I mean RNY...this is obviously some kind of surgery other than lapband,
people should be more respectful in their typing skills and not use
abbreviations, new people do not know what they are talking about...
— DianeLuvsflowers
November 22, 2008
Nobody is being disrespectful with their typing skills. RNY is the
abbreviation for Roux-en-Y. The abbreviation was given by medical
professionals not members of OH.com
— [Deactivated Member]
November 22, 2008
what is rounxen-y-
— DianeLuvsflowers
November 22, 2008
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass is abbreviated as RNY. Duodenal Switch is
abbreviated as DS. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is abbreviates as VSG.
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty is abbreviated as VBG. Those are the main
ones that come to mind. If you find one in the future that you don't
recognize be sure to speak up. Hope this helps!
— Kellye C.
November 22, 2008
I don't think no one is being disrespectful. The whole medical field is
made up of abbrevations. Can you imagine writing out all the long surgical
procedure names. They even have college class for medical terminolgy and
how to spell them correctly. When a person decides to have WLS (weight loss
surgery) they will find in their research abbreviations all over the place.
If you type in the top of the page in the search line and put on RNY it
will tell you what it means. If you go into a forum page and at the upper
left corner it has surgery types and RNY is right there and you click on
and it tells you what it is. Type in DS and it is a douodenal switch. It
will tell you what kind of procedure it is. Thank god for abbreviations
because I hate to spell out alll those gigiantic long words. I hope this
helps you.
— [Deactivated Member]
November 22, 2008
In addition to the abbreviations for the various types of weight loss
surgery, there is also WLS = Weight Loss Surgery. S/P means
"post-surgery." When people here say "my Nut" they mean
"my Nutritionist." Those are all I can think of right
now.....hope it helps and good question! :O)
— Gina S.
November 22, 2008
You can find some message board lingo here
:http://www.obesityhelp.com/content/sitehelp.html#lingo
One of the first things I read about when coming to the site was the
message board abbreviations...They actually prefer you use them to keep
messages short.
— .Anita R.
November 23, 2008
Thank you everyone for answering my question, it is very helpful to use new
people...I too would prefer to type abbreviations just didn't know what
they meant..... :) Diane
— DianeLuvsflowers
November 23, 2008
I still want an answer to the r/n/n/n/y sort of abbreviations. I can't
figure them out for the life of me and it's not mentioned on the logo
screen. Thanks.
— Sinbad1969
November 24, 2008
well i was told by someone that the r\n\r is just a typo for the RNY
surgery- but it still doesn't make sense in the posts i have seen-- but
that is okay-- i just thought we were missing something that would help us
with the abbreviations. i love using the abbrs. as well. I am not the best
typist and i know i will make mistakes in typing too. Have a nice
Thanksgiving everyone- Lots to be thankful for. cora s
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