Sorry but this will be a little long winded. This was my original post on 27th December and I can now let you all know the outcome.
"RNY - Weight Gain
I havent posted for a very long time but even in the early days of my surgery my posts always had the same theme to them. In a nut shell, I had my Bypass 7/4/11 and pre op lost exactly 2 stone. Post Op, I then went on to lose another 3 stone by July.
My issue was that I never felt I had anything in common with the other WLS patents on the Forums or that I met at groups or that I met up with individually.
They all talked about restriction or dumping etc and to give you an example, I went for coffee with a lovely lady that had the op two weeks prior to me with the same surgeon. We ordered a jacket potato with cheese and beans. Three mouthful's and she was done - but I ate all of mine with gusto, whilst she looked on in amazement.
My family have all asked "but I thought you had to eat differently when you had WLS?"
The point is - so did I, but I can eat anything and everything.
Now I am sure when this is read, I will be in for some tough criticism from a few but what I need to stress is that what I do have in common with those mentioned above is that I have the mentality of a fat person, so I am inherently greedy.
I have spent the majority of my adult life yo yo dieting and after several years of drumming up courage and deciding on a loan, I believed that the Bypass would be my answer. I required something to be in place that would deter me from over eating.
When I last saw my surgeon in August he was surprised that I had gained weight but neither of us said much about it, I was sent a copy of the GP letter and that was it. The weight gain has continued.
The straw that broke the camels back happened on Christmas Eve in the Supermarket as I was shopping. I was tapped on the shoulder by a woman I didn't recognize and she asked how I was doing. I was frantically
trying to put a name to the face but when she asked about my weight, I fell in.
She had the Bypass two weeks after me with the same surgeon but her 8 stone loss meant I just didn't know her. She looked amazing and we started to chat. I told her how unhappy I was and we compared our eating habits. She can eat bread but only just about half a sandwich - I could eat a whole baguette.
She eats from a side plate - I eat from a dinner plate and eat the same as the rest of the family and in the same quantity.
She never feels hungry and really makes herself eat - I do feel hungry and have done all along.
She said but you have to tell the surgeon so I came home and emailed him. I had felt too embarrassed to do so before as my weight gain had continued but was reassured when I had a reply.
I have an appointment tomorrow to discuss these issues and actually feel a bit better already as I have now taken the first step to attempt to resolve my difficulties."
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I saw my surgeon on the 29th Dec but really it was a brief visit to discuss my issues. He was away in Jan, so next appointment was 9th February and my husband came with me. I am now up a stone in weight so only 2 stone lost since 7th April 2011.
Our appointment lasted for more than an hour and a half and at times got very heated and I was very emotional. The long and the short of it is that I am apparently one of the 1% of patients where a Bypass has failed.
He said the reasons are not known but it does happen. He didn't want to do any tests and said that Revision surgery is not an option as he feels its unsuitable for me and can be more risky than the original surgery.
He started to take about going to see a nutritionalist and maybe counselling would also help and he then said he had a good book that I might want to look at too. !
We were now in a state of shock and my husband quite rightly pointed out that like every other fat person that he is likely to see - I have already gone down that road and failed and that was why we came to him.
At the end of this mammoth session, he actually said he was sorry that it hadn't worked out for me and shook my hand.
But as we drove home, we both wondered if there was any other situation, where you would give someone £9000.00 for doing something but when that something fails, they keep the money.
I am still fat and getting fatter and we have used all of our savings plus a bit and may just as well have taken a match to the money.
Truly shocking as far as I'm concerned and how I wish that I had waited for the NHS, because with them , I feel that I would have had a leg to stand on and the surgeon would have had someone to answer to.
"RNY - Weight Gain
I havent posted for a very long time but even in the early days of my surgery my posts always had the same theme to them. In a nut shell, I had my Bypass 7/4/11 and pre op lost exactly 2 stone. Post Op, I then went on to lose another 3 stone by July.
My issue was that I never felt I had anything in common with the other WLS patents on the Forums or that I met at groups or that I met up with individually.
They all talked about restriction or dumping etc and to give you an example, I went for coffee with a lovely lady that had the op two weeks prior to me with the same surgeon. We ordered a jacket potato with cheese and beans. Three mouthful's and she was done - but I ate all of mine with gusto, whilst she looked on in amazement.
My family have all asked "but I thought you had to eat differently when you had WLS?"
The point is - so did I, but I can eat anything and everything.
Now I am sure when this is read, I will be in for some tough criticism from a few but what I need to stress is that what I do have in common with those mentioned above is that I have the mentality of a fat person, so I am inherently greedy.
I have spent the majority of my adult life yo yo dieting and after several years of drumming up courage and deciding on a loan, I believed that the Bypass would be my answer. I required something to be in place that would deter me from over eating.
When I last saw my surgeon in August he was surprised that I had gained weight but neither of us said much about it, I was sent a copy of the GP letter and that was it. The weight gain has continued.
The straw that broke the camels back happened on Christmas Eve in the Supermarket as I was shopping. I was tapped on the shoulder by a woman I didn't recognize and she asked how I was doing. I was frantically
trying to put a name to the face but when she asked about my weight, I fell in.
She had the Bypass two weeks after me with the same surgeon but her 8 stone loss meant I just didn't know her. She looked amazing and we started to chat. I told her how unhappy I was and we compared our eating habits. She can eat bread but only just about half a sandwich - I could eat a whole baguette.
She eats from a side plate - I eat from a dinner plate and eat the same as the rest of the family and in the same quantity.
She never feels hungry and really makes herself eat - I do feel hungry and have done all along.
She said but you have to tell the surgeon so I came home and emailed him. I had felt too embarrassed to do so before as my weight gain had continued but was reassured when I had a reply.
I have an appointment tomorrow to discuss these issues and actually feel a bit better already as I have now taken the first step to attempt to resolve my difficulties."
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I saw my surgeon on the 29th Dec but really it was a brief visit to discuss my issues. He was away in Jan, so next appointment was 9th February and my husband came with me. I am now up a stone in weight so only 2 stone lost since 7th April 2011.
Our appointment lasted for more than an hour and a half and at times got very heated and I was very emotional. The long and the short of it is that I am apparently one of the 1% of patients where a Bypass has failed.
He said the reasons are not known but it does happen. He didn't want to do any tests and said that Revision surgery is not an option as he feels its unsuitable for me and can be more risky than the original surgery.
He started to take about going to see a nutritionalist and maybe counselling would also help and he then said he had a good book that I might want to look at too. !
We were now in a state of shock and my husband quite rightly pointed out that like every other fat person that he is likely to see - I have already gone down that road and failed and that was why we came to him.
At the end of this mammoth session, he actually said he was sorry that it hadn't worked out for me and shook my hand.
But as we drove home, we both wondered if there was any other situation, where you would give someone £9000.00 for doing something but when that something fails, they keep the money.
I am still fat and getting fatter and we have used all of our savings plus a bit and may just as well have taken a match to the money.
Truly shocking as far as I'm concerned and how I wish that I had waited for the NHS, because with them , I feel that I would have had a leg to stand on and the surgeon would have had someone to answer to.
Hope it all ends well for you, babe xxx :wave_cry:
