Question:
what exactly is a revision

i had rny may 2003,i was 395lbs pre op ilost down to 219 .i'm back up to 280. i feel like a failure. want to know if a revision is right for me.what is the best proceuder?    — sharonstone (posted on January 21, 2007)

January 21, 2007
Hey, cut that out! You are NOT a failure! You are a beautiful, wonderful person, who has come so far! So, you are having a setback. It's not the end of the world! You've gained some weight, but remember our pre-surgery days. If we lost 20 lbs, we gained back 30. You've lost a large person, and only gained back a child. Please try to get back to basics, measure everything, make sure you're moving and burning calories, and you can lose that annoying kid again. If that doesn't work, you can consider more surgery, but first take time to love youself, 'cos God certainly does! ((((hugs!))))
   — mwilson523

January 21, 2007
i have stretched my stomach i dont know if going back to measuring my food would even help
   — sharonstone

January 21, 2007
i have stretched my stomach i dont know if going back to measuring my food would even help
   — sharonstone

January 22, 2007
Hi Sharon, how are you today. I am really sympathetic to what you are going through, but you need to do a lot more than consider revision. You have a great tool that you need to use and regain your focus of why you went through surgery in the first place. Obesity is a head issue with a body consequence, and if you let the head issues get the better, your body consequence will follow. Go back to basics, water, protein and exercise. Is it possible that you have drifted far from the basics? Surgery cannot make your mind obey your mouth, those are choices you make every day. You can make good choices, and it is not too late for you to begin this task again. Revision surgery is where they open you up again and do a different or a revised version of the same surgery that you had. It has a MUCH higher rate of complications and death that an original surgery, so it is something you don't want to enter into lightly. You could have more complications than usual, and other issues compound or can compound with a revision. I highly encourage you to join a group that will make you accountable for what you put in your mouth, plus the basics, water, protein, exercise, heavy on the exercise. If you want to lose weight, you will have to fight for it, another surgery will not give you the fight you need, your own attitude and will will provide that. Best to you, Patricia P
   — Patricia P

January 22, 2007
Since you reached such a great weight, you obviously knew how to handle yourself. Have you had your mechanics checked to be sure something about your original surgery didn't fail, like the staple line? If your stoma is wide open, of course, then it's pretty hard to eat a few oz to feel anything, let alone satisfied. So many of us long termers have had early surgery failure (mine was at 5 yrs, fixed 7 yrs ago), so you're not a freak or anything. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG
   — vitalady