Dr. wont revise my sleeve to ds,but said he would do rny. not sure I want to go that route.I have to do 6months with nut.maybe that will help me get back on track with the sleeve.He told me that the surgery did'nt fail me I failed the surgery.I am so depressed now! I give up.

He told you that, because he doesn't perform DS surgery.  Go to DSfacts.com to find a vetted surgeon in your area.

Don't get discouraged.

I second that! Go find a VETTED DS surgeon. Don't settle. dsfacts.com is a good start. Don't give up hope, sweetie!


Ruby

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Ive got an RNY right now that Im having revised to a DS...so I definitely wouldnt go the route your doctor is proposing.  Dont give up.  As the others have suggested, Id consult with a vetted surgeon who actually does the DS.

I know what it feels like to feel like a failure.  I even said as much when I consulted with the surgeon who is going to be doing my revision.  He told me that my original surgery just might not have been a powerful enough tool to do the job I was asking it to do.  I know its hard, but try not to let your situation get you down.

Thats a buncha malarkey! He doesnt what to give you the DS but will give you the RNY! Ah, is his thumb up his backside! Just like the other posters said, he obviously doesnt do the DS so find yourself a Dr that does:)

You didnt fail the sleeve. There isnt much data out showing longterm results with the sleeve. You tried and now you realize you need more. So do your research and go forward! Good luck!

 Funny, I could swear that Dr. Lane used to do DS years ago.  Before you give up, I would come over to Dayton and see Dr's Teel and Maguire.  

valerie, dr.lane did my sleeve, but has left the state. need to take his name off my profile but not sure how.

**** this guy. Go talk to someone who can actually revise you. You already have a sleeve, I would personally take a bullet to the head before I would let someone butcher that into an RNY.

Will you marry me? 

~Becky

I am with Chad, I would shoot myself before I would let anyone revise my sleeve to an RNY!

You are NOT the failure, you just needed the whole DS, not just the sleeve!

Find another surgeon, this guy is full of ****!!!

Michele

Go to another surgeon.

that is so ridiculous! He just wants the $$ from another surgery and doesnt care if you get the right one. I agree with everyone else- get a vetted DS surgeon on dsfacts.com and leave this doctor and don't look back!

If you talk to a Ford dealer he won't give you a Lexus.  Talk to a doctor who actually DOES the DS and get the surgery you need.

~Becky

I'm glad the doctor won't do a DS if that is not a procedure he has trained on and had experience in.

Also, he sounds like a jerk, blaming you. We don't need that kind of person in the bariatric field. Dr. K pretty much doesn't buy into the simplistic belief that we get fat because we eat too much and exercise too little. You need to talk to someone like him.

All of us on this forum prefer the DS for a lot of good reasons. One of the reasons is that the RNY has failed a lot of people.

Please find a doctor that believes and bariatric surgery and discuss your options with him.

coming from someone who had a pouch and revised to the DS, I am telling you having a pouch is a poor quality of life, do not let someone revise you from VSG to RNY, that will cause you signifcant pain and suffering and another surgery down the road to go from RNY to DS....

Don't give up! You didn't fail anything.. that is really mean. He actually said that? Argggghhh@@@!!!!

((sorry))

Loretta

Boy, the devil is really good at sewing seeds of doubt, isn't he?  You didn't fail anything.

Did you see Dr. Lane? He does not DO the DS. We told you that. Go to a REAL DS SURGEON like we told you before.

For that matter, WHOEVER you saw was not a real DS surgeon and is full of **** Use a surgeon from the list on www.dsfacts.com .

Lane used to do the DS.   I wonder why he's now copping out of them.