I am proximal, they bypassed 100cm and my doc does this with all his patients now. I asked for 120cm, but he said he doesn't do them and most patients respond well to proximal. The more you increase the bypass, the less absorption, so he finds 100cm a good balance between malabsorbtion and pouch size.
I heard on TV that SUPER OBESE (BMI very high) that they do 150-200 bypass, but that now most days the do the DS procedure with super obese instead.
At the link you provided, which is great...I have to wonder about the 75-50% of extra body weight loss. I lost 100% of my extra body weight (within 2 pounds) and I had proximal. I guess I am not in the typical group which I good, I would NOT have been happy with 70 pound weight loss!
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Lisa
aka....Canadian Bear and her Canadian Bear Cubs!
Open RNY - Jan 30, 2006
Tummy Tuck - June 4, 2007
314/ 152-157/180
start/ now/goal
BMI 45.7/22.1-24/26.2
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Century Club - Sept 12, 2006
Overweight Club - Oct 19, 2006
One-der-land - Nov 8, 2006
Below Goal - Jan 30, 2007 - Anniversary Date!
Holding Below Goal - 2 year surgery anniversary!
Last edited by LisaBoston; 04-18-2007 at 02:34 PM.
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