08-18-2007, 04:11 PM
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Just read this on the web
I've been bouncing off the walls since scheduling my reversal. I wish it was overwith already and I was in the recovery stage! I think I was more excited about the initial surgery than I am with this one. They take them down in other countries.. after a couple of years to avoid vitamin deficiencies? I've never heard of this. This one just plain scares the shit out of me! J
http://gastricbypass.netfirms.com/reversal.htm
"The patient may end up thinking that reversals are never needed but there is definitely strong evidence to the contrary. And many WLS surgeons say they have never done a reversal, not because it wasn't needed but because they had chosen to not become involved in reversals. Reversals tend to be more difficult surgeries than the original procedures and equally risky (although I've never known a patient to die from a reversal and most regain their health to some degree rather soon after a reversal). According to one nurse who lived in the UK, some hospitals outside the United States, takedown gastric bypass surgery after a year or two, in order to avoid long term vitamin deficiencies."
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