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Topic: RE: I wish ER docs were WLS savvy
Joyce
Rny 2/11/03-> ERny 12/26/07-> Duodenal Switch 5/12/2010
www.dsfacts.com , www.dssurgery.com , & www.duodenalswitch.com
Hey Ann!
How ya feeling after the semi ran over you?
thinking healing thoughts of you!
How ya feeling after the semi ran over you?
thinking healing thoughts of you!
Joyce Rny 2/11/03-> ERny 12/26/07-> Duodenal Switch 5/12/2010
www.dsfacts.com , www.dssurgery.com , & www.duodenalswitch.com
Topic: RE: LAP-BAND SEMINAR!!! --
Let us not talk about balance- a view is a view. Balance is the data
How long is long term? Do you want to talk to people who have had the band since 1999, since 1994? Or sleeve patients a year out--
Or the sleeve patients I have put a band over.
Check your inbox here at obh
I do appreciate your comments- and we can go back and forth for a while- but I need to have some tea. Have a good evening
Tea... dirty bath water. ;o) It goes to show the diffences in people. Not everyone is cut out for a band or tea. ;o)
I was the absolute perfect band patient. I played by the rules, I did everything right. I treated my band like a goddess. The band nearly killed me with malnutrition. I didn't have enough days where I could eat healthy foods like broccoli. By the time I had my revision I couldn't even go shopping anymore, I couldn't walk that far. I looked like a crack ***** I was so skinny. If I would have blackened out my two front teeth it would have finished the look.
You are simply not being honest with your band claims. Do not mistake this for thinking you are a bad surgeon, you are not and that is not my claim. But the fact remains, banding provides the least weight loss of all surgery types. For you to claim otherwise is dishonest.
Long term... well, it's long term. Studies do not prove your claims. Big studies or little ones. They do not prove your claims.
First they had the mesh band. That didn't work.
Then they had the non adjustable band. That didn't work.
Then they had the small adjustable bands. That didn't work.
Now they have the mega bands, those don't work.
Bands don't work, period.
I still don't get it. YOU are one of the better WLS surgeons out there. Why not sleeves??? I get the malabsorption thing, I am one that I would never be compliant with supplements, I'm not now! It would be a horror with bypass or DS. But sleeves? I don't get it. Why don't you do them?'
On November 16, 2009 at 5:51 PM Pacific Time, terrysimpson wrote:
good to have that revision business-- don't treat a band well, have them revise to something that will be revised later. Let us not talk about balance- a view is a view. Balance is the data
How long is long term? Do you want to talk to people who have had the band since 1999, since 1994? Or sleeve patients a year out--
Or the sleeve patients I have put a band over.
Check your inbox here at obh
I do appreciate your comments- and we can go back and forth for a while- but I need to have some tea. Have a good evening
Tea... dirty bath water. ;o) It goes to show the diffences in people. Not everyone is cut out for a band or tea. ;o)
I was the absolute perfect band patient. I played by the rules, I did everything right. I treated my band like a goddess. The band nearly killed me with malnutrition. I didn't have enough days where I could eat healthy foods like broccoli. By the time I had my revision I couldn't even go shopping anymore, I couldn't walk that far. I looked like a crack ***** I was so skinny. If I would have blackened out my two front teeth it would have finished the look.
You are simply not being honest with your band claims. Do not mistake this for thinking you are a bad surgeon, you are not and that is not my claim. But the fact remains, banding provides the least weight loss of all surgery types. For you to claim otherwise is dishonest.
Long term... well, it's long term. Studies do not prove your claims. Big studies or little ones. They do not prove your claims.
First they had the mesh band. That didn't work.
Then they had the non adjustable band. That didn't work.
Then they had the small adjustable bands. That didn't work.
Now they have the mega bands, those don't work.
Bands don't work, period.
I still don't get it. YOU are one of the better WLS surgeons out there. Why not sleeves??? I get the malabsorption thing, I am one that I would never be compliant with supplements, I'm not now! It would be a horror with bypass or DS. But sleeves? I don't get it. Why don't you do them?'
Topic: RE: LAP-BAND SEMINAR!!! --
good to have that revision business-- don't treat a band well, have them revise to something that will be revised later.
Let us not talk about balance- a view is a view. Balance is the data
How long is long term? Do you want to talk to people who have had the band since 1999, since 1994? Or sleeve patients a year out--
Or the sleeve patients I have put a band over.
Check your inbox here at obh
I do appreciate your comments- and we can go back and forth for a while- but I need to have some tea. Have a good evening
Let us not talk about balance- a view is a view. Balance is the data
How long is long term? Do you want to talk to people who have had the band since 1999, since 1994? Or sleeve patients a year out--
Or the sleeve patients I have put a band over.
Check your inbox here at obh
I do appreciate your comments- and we can go back and forth for a while- but I need to have some tea. Have a good evening
Topic: RE: LAP-BAND SEMINAR!!! --
There are short term studies and there are long term studies- and this is not a matter of picking and choosing them - this is what is out there.
The band is a short term solution to a very long term problem. I have not met one single person in real time that has tolerated the band long term. All different surgeons... including you. I was the perfect bandster, I honestly did overhaul my diet. I did everything just right. Some days I could eat anything, the very next day I couldn't swallow my own spit. It's the progression of the band.
I lived it. My friends live it. They are revising just like I did.
With all due respect you are not about balance, your website proves that.
Darcie... I think she's a loon. There, I wrote it. I think she has problems and issues. I will not be her target any longer.
Want links? I'll show you what I'm writing about.
On November 16, 2009 at 5:23 PM Pacific Time, terrysimpson wrote:
Not here to defend Darcie- I am here to provide the balance.There are short term studies and there are long term studies- and this is not a matter of picking and choosing them - this is what is out there.
The band is a short term solution to a very long term problem. I have not met one single person in real time that has tolerated the band long term. All different surgeons... including you. I was the perfect bandster, I honestly did overhaul my diet. I did everything just right. Some days I could eat anything, the very next day I couldn't swallow my own spit. It's the progression of the band.
I lived it. My friends live it. They are revising just like I did.
With all due respect you are not about balance, your website proves that.
Darcie... I think she's a loon. There, I wrote it. I think she has problems and issues. I will not be her target any longer.
Want links? I'll show you what I'm writing about.
Topic: RE: LAP-BAND SEMINAR!!! --
Not here to defend Darcie- I am here to provide the balance.
There are short term studies and there are long term studies- and this is not a matter of picking and choosing them - this is what is out there.
There are short term studies and there are long term studies- and this is not a matter of picking and choosing them - this is what is out there.
Topic: RE: LAP-BAND SEMINAR!!! --
Regarding same weight loss as bypass-- yes- long term data is clear - it does -- 3 year data has P value that is insignificant, and five year data is the same.
I am not here to defend her - but just the data
I think we are reading verrrrry different studies. Lap Band is well known for slow and low weight loss. You can pick and choose the studies you wish to read, it doesn't change reality.
You are still missing the point, obviously. It is deceptive to show a photo of an RNY patient while pushing bands. Honesty, it's not a horror. Really.
You are here to defend her and there is nothing wrong with that. It's the deceit that is an issue.
On November 16, 2009 at 5:03 PM Pacific Time, terrysimpson wrote:
I have not seen the website- but the same changes in lifestyle are used for all weight loss patients. I saw the ad in Phoenix magazine where she shows a successful lap band patient and how she helped her.Regarding same weight loss as bypass-- yes- long term data is clear - it does -- 3 year data has P value that is insignificant, and five year data is the same.
I am not here to defend her - but just the data
I think we are reading verrrrry different studies. Lap Band is well known for slow and low weight loss. You can pick and choose the studies you wish to read, it doesn't change reality.
You are still missing the point, obviously. It is deceptive to show a photo of an RNY patient while pushing bands. Honesty, it's not a horror. Really.
You are here to defend her and there is nothing wrong with that. It's the deceit that is an issue.
Topic: RE: TEMPE SUPPORT GROUP
I revise to the band - sleeves to band, DS to band, RNY to band.
Before somene needs a revision- I hope they talk to me
I see and do every fill on my patients -
so yes- I think we have good follow up
I never suggested your follow up is not good. No idea what you are talking about.
You outline exactly why there is no one surgery type that works for everyone. WLS is like buying a pair of really cool shoes. You can eye them, you can imagine what they will feel like when you put them on but you really don't know if it is a right fit until you try them on, just like cool new shoes. Sometimes the best looking shoes give you mega blisters. ;o) Sometimes the WLS type we choose sucks big time.
I would never do well with DS... too much protein. A high fat diet... not my thing anymore. My band was a horror, I hated every single day of banding. Sleeves, just right.
No, I do not like your website. You list many complications of other surgery types but in your list of comparisons you do not list band issues. Erosions, slips, stoma spasms, pouch/esophageal dilation, etc. Your website is indeed deceptive and I really don't get it. You are a good surgeon able to do all surgery types well. Since WLS is not a one size fits all, what's up with that?
Yes, I was extremely disappointed in your office staff. I have no idea what they are like today, but 12/06 I was totally unimpressed. That is why I went to Mexico. My ins would cover WLS but I did not want to play ins games and jump through hoops. I had the money to self pay and I almost went to you. It was 100% your office staff that I changed my mind. I love and adore my surgeon and trust him completely. I'm glad I went to him because I was not cut out for a band and there was no way to tell this pre op. When I needed a revision surgeon I went back to my surgeon. He's great and I trust him. He did a fantastic job for me. Had I gone to you I would not have tolerated the band and I'd be looking for a seriously good revision surgeon since you only do bands.
I have been reading WLS boards for 3 years. Tons and tons of banded folks looking for revisions. Either they plain old need malabsorption or they can't stand the band anymore than I can. Not to mention the port that sticks out like a tumor after hitting goal and that was with a low profile port.
I do not care for Dr. Pleatman but he makes an interesting comment here:
www.lapbandtalk.com/1189828-post18.html
While I laugh each time he gets his digs in for MX surgeons the amusing part is that US patients are educated about WLS types in the US. US seminars yet they have never heard of sleeves.
On November 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time, terrysimpson wrote:
Sorry you were not thrilled with my office staff-- they have changed- and we will always try to provide feedback to make them better.I revise to the band - sleeves to band, DS to band, RNY to band.
Before somene needs a revision- I hope they talk to me
I see and do every fill on my patients -
so yes- I think we have good follow up
I never suggested your follow up is not good. No idea what you are talking about.
You outline exactly why there is no one surgery type that works for everyone. WLS is like buying a pair of really cool shoes. You can eye them, you can imagine what they will feel like when you put them on but you really don't know if it is a right fit until you try them on, just like cool new shoes. Sometimes the best looking shoes give you mega blisters. ;o) Sometimes the WLS type we choose sucks big time.
I would never do well with DS... too much protein. A high fat diet... not my thing anymore. My band was a horror, I hated every single day of banding. Sleeves, just right.
No, I do not like your website. You list many complications of other surgery types but in your list of comparisons you do not list band issues. Erosions, slips, stoma spasms, pouch/esophageal dilation, etc. Your website is indeed deceptive and I really don't get it. You are a good surgeon able to do all surgery types well. Since WLS is not a one size fits all, what's up with that?
Yes, I was extremely disappointed in your office staff. I have no idea what they are like today, but 12/06 I was totally unimpressed. That is why I went to Mexico. My ins would cover WLS but I did not want to play ins games and jump through hoops. I had the money to self pay and I almost went to you. It was 100% your office staff that I changed my mind. I love and adore my surgeon and trust him completely. I'm glad I went to him because I was not cut out for a band and there was no way to tell this pre op. When I needed a revision surgeon I went back to my surgeon. He's great and I trust him. He did a fantastic job for me. Had I gone to you I would not have tolerated the band and I'd be looking for a seriously good revision surgeon since you only do bands.
I have been reading WLS boards for 3 years. Tons and tons of banded folks looking for revisions. Either they plain old need malabsorption or they can't stand the band anymore than I can. Not to mention the port that sticks out like a tumor after hitting goal and that was with a low profile port.
I do not care for Dr. Pleatman but he makes an interesting comment here:
www.lapbandtalk.com/1189828-post18.html
While I laugh each time he gets his digs in for MX surgeons the amusing part is that US patients are educated about WLS types in the US. US seminars yet they have never heard of sleeves.
Topic: RE: LAP-BAND SEMINAR!!! --
I have not seen the website- but the same changes in lifestyle are used for all weight loss patients. I saw the ad in Phoenix magazine where she shows a successful lap band patient and how she helped her.
Regarding same weight loss as bypass-- yes- long term data is clear - it does -- 3 year data has P value that is insignificant, and five year data is the same.
I am not here to defend her - but just the data
Regarding same weight loss as bypass-- yes- long term data is clear - it does -- 3 year data has P value that is insignificant, and five year data is the same.
I am not here to defend her - but just the data
Topic: RE: TEMPE SUPPORT GROUP
Sorry you were not thrilled with my office staff-- they have changed- and we will always try to provide feedback to make them better.
I revise to the band - sleeves to band, DS to band, RNY to band.
Before somene needs a revision- I hope they talk to me
I see and do every fill on my patients -
so yes- I think we have good follow up
I revise to the band - sleeves to band, DS to band, RNY to band.
Before somene needs a revision- I hope they talk to me
I see and do every fill on my patients -
so yes- I think we have good follow up
Topic: Gas Pain & Possible Heartburn..HELP!!
RNY Completed on 06/18/2007 The day I found myself again.
from 297lbs to 155lbs
http://www.modelmayhem.com/sunshyne4ever
http://www.modelmayhem.com/Sunshyne2170736
http://www.vissastudios.com/vissa-model-celeste
Hey BAF Fam.
I had my RNY 06/18/07 and have lost over 150lbs and have not had any issues. Now, me and my BF are trying to have a little one.
HOWEVER
,
Since night before last I have had sum very very bad gas pains. I am havin issues doing #2 and I am about frustrated. I bought sum Prilosec OTC, Chewable Rolaids (berry flavor), and some GasX (chewable).
So, I can feel the bubbles in my stomach but cannot do an official Bowel Movement
. And sometimes I get a little pressure in my chest.
Idk, just curious if anyone else has had these issues and if it is something for me to worry about. Is there a quicker fix to get rid of it. This is my first time w/this issue.
I had my RNY 06/18/07 and have lost over 150lbs and have not had any issues. Now, me and my BF are trying to have a little one.
HOWEVER
,Since night before last I have had sum very very bad gas pains. I am havin issues doing #2 and I am about frustrated. I bought sum Prilosec OTC, Chewable Rolaids (berry flavor), and some GasX (chewable).
So, I can feel the bubbles in my stomach but cannot do an official Bowel Movement
. And sometimes I get a little pressure in my chest. Idk, just curious if anyone else has had these issues and if it is something for me to worry about. Is there a quicker fix to get rid of it. This is my first time w/this issue.
RNY Completed on 06/18/2007 The day I found myself again.
from 297lbs to 155lbshttp://www.modelmayhem.com/sunshyne4ever
http://www.modelmayhem.com/Sunshyne2170736
http://www.vissastudios.com/vissa-model-celeste
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