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- Oh yes so sorry, 5cm long and 30mm dilated. Thank you for catching my error.
After doing a bit of research (called googling) I also think you may have a typo. Because standard pouch and stoma sizes seem to be very different than what you are reporting. You might want to double check those numbers.
That can't be right. 30 cm is about 12 inches.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Why do you have a picc line? How much longer will you have it?
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I would think your new insurance would cover fixing the hiatial hernia even if it does not cover a revision to your revision. That may help your acid reflux. Does your surgeon want to revise you to RNY?
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I think it depends on which policy your employer has chosen for you , some employers exclude wls.
Thanks for writing back. I spent so time researching the gastric sleeve I'm lost with what to do now that it's been converted to an rny.
Well I had my gastric bypass rny from sleeve/hernia repair repair July 3rd. I still have the PICC line in. I'm not sure how to recover from 19 weeks of this. I feel sick eating or drinking anything. my current weight is 189lbs down from 253lbs 3/19/18. Im still trying to recover. How are you doing? ??
Hello,
i had a VBG as well in Lubbock by Dr. Hall.
I am having problems with H Pylori. It is know amongst several people who have had this procedure. I am in the process of having it revised. My doctor is doing the Gastic By Pass. The acid reflex may also be a sign of H Pylori as well. It is believed due to food getting stuck. When it rotten it turns to a bacteria . I had my apron removed from my stomach and they found a hernia . So another thing to worry about . Anyway hope this helps. EHAYWOOD
Great! I hope you are doing well and that it will be successful. Your stoma was very dilated per the numbers you provide so maybe this will be the ticket for you.
I have no idea what normal stomas measure. They stretch much less often than people think. I guess I'd check in with Dr. Google for a range of estimated stoma sizes in virgin RnY surgeries.
It would really be interesting for a lot of us to know how this works for you. Typically it sounds as though folks lose a maximum of about 30 pounds after the Rose/Stomaphyx procedures, but your stoma was so stretched that you may be able to go much further than that. And, you also had a new procedure which sounds like it might improve upon those other two options. Take care, and keep us updated if you'd like to.
