Question:
Was my pouch transected?.....

Hello everyone. I had a RNY 1 year ago and stopped losing weight after 6 months, in December. By that time I had lost close to 90+ pounds. I didn't think too much of it, because I thought that my weight lost was just slowing down due to my being 6 mo.'s out. Also, I thought that I was on a plateau. Now 6 months later, I truly feel that something else is going on. I've started to gain weight, up to 10 pounds. With calorie counting and a lot of exercising, I'm able to keep the weight gain down. Further, I can eat a lot at one sitting, without getting full. I'm definitely worried. A couple of months ago I had an Abdominal CT and the report read, "stomach was surgically shortened by a near transverse staple line". I was under the impression that I was transected, and had ruled out a staple line disruption. However, based on this sentence in the report, it appears that it was not. What do you guys think? Thanks in advance for your input. Tonya    — ellton (posted on June 9, 2002)

June 9, 2002
You are legally entitled to your medical records. You could try going to the medical records dept. at the hopital, signing a release and obtaining your surgical report OR ask your surgeon for a copy of the reports for your records OR ask your surgeon if you are transected?
   — Barbara B.

June 9, 2002
i'm very sorry to hear about this. i would be worried to. But like the previous poster said, you have every right to know. i know with my hospital and the Obesity Center I go through, i am supposed to see my surgeon pretty much all the time, and i know i was transected. i would definately call your surgeon ASAP and get on that. You have every right to know, and if it is a staple line disruption, it needs to be fixed. because since you are doing your best at counting calories and exercising, there is no reason for you to be gaining weight either. Goodluck to you, i know this will be a hard time for you! ~hugs to you~
   — Lezlie Y.