Question:
I went from 368 down to 176 back to 217, do you think I should ask for a revision?
— carla C. (posted on May 1, 2005)
April 30, 2005
NO!! Surgery isnt the answer to everything ---your Fisrt surgery was and
still is JUST a TOOL...it is not and will never be a cure all...Get ahold
of the Rules of the Pouch and start following them.
— fishnrockport
April 30, 2005
You should go and speak to your surgeon and check on the mechanics of the
surgery. Make sure you don't have an enlarged stoma or some sort of SLD if
you are not transected. Your surgeon can order a battery of tests to see if
there is a mechanical issue with your surgery. You can ask for a revision,
but unless it's medically necessary you may not receive it. Good luck!
— Shayna T.
May 1, 2005
They will only do a revision if something is wrong with your original
surgery. As the other person said, have your surgeon test you to make
sure your original surgery is okay. If there's nothing wrong with your
original surgery, then there's nothing to revise. If you have been
outeating your tool and not following your dietary guidelines, there's
nothing the doctors can do for you that you can't do for yourself. If
however there's something wrong with the original surgery, a revision is a
possiblity.
— nursekuba
May 1, 2005
As the hostess for many "intact, but not working" surgeries, my
answere would be: that depends. Is your surgery intact? Who said so? Which
surgery was it? Now, let's assume your ideal wt to be 168 (just grabbing
for easy figuring), that's 200 lbs, of you'd lost 192--pretty impressive.
You've regained a bit, which means you've now maintained a loss of 76%. If
you have a proximal, you've already beat the odds. So, many docs would say
you've maintained more than 50% lost of excess, good enough. One of the
other factors is your part. How has nutrition been? Has your
eating/drinking been pretty much on target? And the question I really hate
to ask, is, what was the target, or original game plan? Eat what? Avoid
what? As to walking into your doc and saying, "No thanks, I want
another model", sometimes they get highly offended and are not so
nice. I know we bring ppl here from all over the country cuz the doc does
not judge them. As I said, even an intact but not working surgery can
sometimes be revised, given the right set of circumstances. LOTS of
talking, looking, testing, then deciding.
— vitalady
May 1, 2005
I don't know what they can do for you in "repairing" your RNY if
it's broken; however, if you do go that route, I hope you'll look into
getting your RNY converted to a DS, if possible. Check out
(http://www.)dssurgery.com/aboutus/Research/safeoperation.pdf.
— [Deactivated Member]
May 3, 2005
Honestly Carla,
You dont' give enough information about yourself for any of us long-term
post-opers to give you much advice. I have been post-op for almost 2 years
now and have found that some weight gain is just normal for women. May of
us who did not have our menstral cycles pre-op now do...so you have the
issue of water-retention and just basic hormonal cravings that you've not
dealt with before. Prior to that time I can expect to pack on about 8-10
pounds, but within 3-4 days after my cycles starts, it is gone. You have
gaining 41 pounds...what have you changed? You have honestly changed your
eating habits since your pouch has healed and relaxed? Are you sticking
with your proteins, liquids, and vitamins. I have to be honest, I don't
take my vitamins everyday...I forget and that is just the truth. I have to
do better about that. But before you subject yourself to another surgery
that may not be needed, please search within yourself, be honest with
yourself, and ensure there is nothing that you can do to change the problem
and shed the unwanted pounds. 41 pounds is not alot...you can do it...Best
wishes and luck to you.
— Ce-Ce P.
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