Question:
What is a "Fobi pouch"? Also, what does "RNY" mean?

   — Tami C. (posted on April 17, 1999)

April 17, 1999
Fobi pouch is a variation of the vbg with a sort of gastric bypass it works by limiting food intake and bypassing a smaller part of the intestines. If you go to pacificsurgery.com you will get a description of some of the different surgeries. The RNY is a Roux N Y procedure they named it that because the way they rearrange your intestines it looks like a y. The procedure is done two different ways they reduce the size of your stomach to about 2 oz or less sometimes and bypass a proximal(short) portion of your intestines. It has a pretty good success rate, but in my opinion is not the surgery for obese people who are volume eaters. If you are heavy heavy sugar eater it may be the surgery for you. The side effect of the fobi pouch and RNY is vomiting and dumping when you eat too much/too fast or sugar. With the surgery I had the Gastric Bypass with the duoedonal switch the stomach is left at 6-10oz so we can eat more normally, but they bypass the portion of the intestines that digests fat, so we cannot handle fatty foods. If we eat a high amount of fat we get gas or diarrea. Allison
   — Allison Mupas

April 17, 1999
RNY is Roux-en-y In this surgery a small pouch is created by stapeling. Sometimes the doctor removes excess stomach. Mine did. Then a y shaped section of the intestine is attached to the DUODENUM(the first segment of small intestine) as well as a portion of the JEJUNUM (the second segment) Also the opening from your stomach is smaller to help the food stay in stomach longer so you stay full longer. If you search the web for roux-en-y surgery they have a picture of the procedure in one of them.
   — penny S.

April 22, 1999
the fobi pouch is very different from other surgeries. it invloves no staples therefore elimanating the chance of staple disrubances. fobi makes a pouch out of your tummy that is very small, he totally seperates it from the large stomach. the large somach still remains in tact and working, still making the "juices" essential for digestion. there is also a small ring placed at the top of the pouch that keeps us fuller, longer. it also prevents us from eating too much at a time and stretchng the pouch. also, our intestines are by-passed by a few feet so that we cannot absorb all the calroies/fat that we put in our body. the fobi pouch is also 100% reversable if the need should arise. his web site is www.cstobesity.com
   — michelle N.