Here's something fun and less work for me: Previous letters from jerks and my stellar replies.

Yes I save every bloody email I've ever received; depositing the old lot from computer to computer.  I have emails dating back to 1997 B.C.  Before cable.

Yes I'm a bitch, but that's what makes having your own website so much fun.

Another stellar reply to my aforementioned post:

From: <hevnbound1@...>     
Subject: Re: [WLSrevisionsupport] RNY distal to more distal?

Brooke,

If you go from proximal to distal, everything you know now and the "routine" you have will be OUT THE WINDOW!  You WILL have drastic malabsorption and you WILL end up with vitamin and mineral deficiencies.  There is NO WAY around it.
Either you must be prepared to supplement routinely and LARGE amounts of those supplements, or I suggest you reconsider the revision.  You canNOT have a distal 125 cm. common channel and think you'll be different than the rest and will get all your nutrient's from food.  It just won't happen.  Think it over and learn from those on this board who have gone before you.  We are here to support and educate.    Keep researching and learning...I don't think your expectations are realistic from the post I just read.  A distal is totally different from a proximal!!  EVERYTHING is different now and diarrhea and gas is MY problem.  Unfortunately for those around me, sometime's it's "their" problem also.  And believe me, depending on what I've eaten, it can be a BIG problem.

All the best,
Laurie
100 cm (40 inch) common channel

My favorite part was when she tied it up with a purty bow and offered all her best.  I’ll say now what I said to her in a heartfelt email:  Praise the Lord and may there be a ball gag in your future.

Here’s an excellent example of why I won’t bother to talk to people anymore:

You’d think joining a WLS revision group was a good idea.  WRONG!  The trouble with support groups are the type of people who attend:

TYPE A. PEOPLE:  I know all!

TYPE B PEOPLE:  No matter what you suggest I still intend on staying miserable.

TYPE C PEOPLE:  Oh dear God please pay attention to me.

And finally TYPE D PEOPLE:  Praise the Lord for my weight loss!

Here’s a post of mine which I assumed was direct and easy to understand:

Subject: [WLSrevisionsupport] RNY distal to more distal?

I'm currently awaiting insurance approval for a RNY revision where the surgeon will be giving me a common channel of 125 cm (I was originally bypassed 150 cm).  After a couple of tests we concluded my pouch is no more than 2 to 3 ounces, and with all the problems I had in the beginning I'm very happy that noone is going near the pouch or stoma area.

My blood work has always been great.  I've really never bothered with the B-12 supplements, and yet it shows up perfect everytime; so absorption doesn't seem to be a problem for me.

I would just like to hear from others who had similar revisions.  How you're feeling; how your weight loss has progressed; what your bowel movements are like?  I'm not particularly worried about gas – I figure that's somebody else's problem.

One thing is I don't exactly dump now, at least not in the upsetting traditional sense, and the truth is I'm happy about it.  I'm just wondering if your body reacts differently to sugar now that more intestines have been bypassed.

Thanks
Brooke

If we were in elementary school and asked to circle the sentence that best described the main idea in this post it would be, “I would just like to hear from others who had similar revisions.”  It’s unfortunate that many people don’t recall their childhood.

Here’s a reply by an obvious Type A:

From: "Karen B" <KarenBauer@...>
Subject: RE: [WLSrevisionsupport] RNY distal to more distal?  karen71160
 

Brooke,
Define "perfect" on your B12?   Is "perfect" considered low homocysteine and MMA and over 1000 for a B12 level?   Mid range MCV level?

Going distal to a 60 inch common channel means MORE supplements and NEVER forgetting to take them.   Five or six protein shakes a day, ELIMINATE milk from your diet as you will probably pretty much guarantee lactose intolerance.  Taking extra vitamins A, D, E, B 100, perhaps even shots, NO sugar, cuz you will be right back to your starting weight if you get back on sugar.  You can outeat your surgery by grazing and doing sugar and milk. And you can DIE from not doing the protein and vitamin supplements "religiously" without fail.

I love my distal surgery.  I started out distal without transection, and got a staple line disruption.  (are you transected??).   I then had a revision for SLD in 1999.   My bypass was not touched, but my lower half of my stomach (the old stomach) was removed which is called a subtotal gastrectomy.

My surgery was 12/27/95
Starting weight day of surgery was 275.   Reached goal in 9 months to 144. Regained to 205 and had a revision for SLD in March 99.   Reached 148 to 150 by Christmas 1999, and had my abdominoplasty, hernia repair (muscle tightening also) Dec 28, 1999.   I stayed a steady weight until I crashed 2 years ago, and continue to lose weight.  I am now between 112 and 116, but it's holding steady NOW, and not going down anymore.  I did see 119 lbs this AM for a "minute" but after being in the bathroom all day long for getting "stupid" yesterday eating that danged poptart with 17 g of sugar in it, LOL, I have probably lost a bunch since I was "loosing" a bunch in the bathroom LOL   I know I didn't gain five pounds overnight by eating a poptart!  LOL

Karen B
Distal RNY 12/27/95
275/115

Admittedly I never really got around to her enthralling poptart story as I was terribly bored already.  Actually I gave a fun filled reply to this declaring that I would have just loved to heed her dire predictions but unfortunately the initials M.D. didn’t follow her name.  Not surprisingly it never made it through; pity.  Just more proof that bored middle-aged housewives should stick to the laundry and tips for keeping that kitchen floor sparkling clean as opposed to handing out medical advice.

Here's one I received rather recently:

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