It's not quite as simple as vertical sleeve gastrectomy vs pouch.  The intestinal configuration is very different between a DS and the ERnY.   You get malabsorption with both but you don't get equal malabsorption.  Plus you still have all the problems of a pouch which might include stretched stoma, rapid exit of food into the intestines without sufficient digestion, dumping syndrome.  With a true revision from RnY to DS you regain normal stomach function because your current hidden stomach gets reassembled and then converted to a sleeve gastrectomy thereby preserving your pyloric function and normal gastric digestion of food. 

This is a big deal surgery which is not performed by a large number of surgeons because of the difficulty involved in reconstructing the stomach and then creating a sleeve.  It's complex.  It's time consuming.  It's more difficult which is why many revision doctors will do the ERnY instead and tell the patient that it is just as good as a DS.  Please be sure of what you are going after.

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Dr. Garth Davis is not known for doing the DS.  There was some talk that maybe they (he and his father) would start performing the DS but I don't know that much came of that.

Some members here who might be able to help you with more specific information are listed below.

Nicolle spoke with Garth Davis at an event in Chicago.  They spoke about the DS.

Nicolle

Slim Shady is a DS patient as well as a physician in Texas.  He is very well versed in who does what in the bariatric world down there.
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Patty, I'm so very sorry for your loss.

So sorry you are experiencing pain like this.  Pain is an indication that something is wrong and you need to have a doctor actually examine you to find out if it is serious or not.  Your own surgeon's office has directed you to go to the ER.  You have had several good suggestions from others on this board to go to the ER.  What you may not realize is that one of the people *****sponded to you and told you to go to the ER is a doctor.

Please go to the ER and get this checked out.  If it's no big deal then all will be well.  However, if it is something serious you surely don't want to get sick or die from ignoring it.  Do you?  Please go.

Dr. Crookes is the only vetted DS surgeon in California who doesn't have a program fee or other up-front fees beyond insurance co-pays.

As Stacie said, he only does the DS open, but to those of us who have had it done open it has not been a big deal.

Dr. Crookes will ask you questions to make sure you have a very good understanding of how much care and maintenance the DS requires.  Some people interpret this to mean he doesn' t like the DS or that he is trying to talk the patient into a different surgery.  He's just trying to make sure he does the DS on people who are going to benefit from it rather than be harmed by it (by not taking appropriate care of themselves).

If you decide to use Dr. Crookes there are many of his patients on this board who will be happy to talk with you about him.

Sher, I also end up with G.I. distress when I'm stressed.  It started about 25 years ago so I have a bit of experience managing it. ;)

Counseling will be a wonderful thing to resume.  I'm glad to see that you are planning to do that.  The Ativan is probably going to be the biggest, immediate, weapon in your arsenal.  Utilize it.  For me it was/is Xanax but the idea is the same with both of those meds - immediate anxiety relief.  That relief will calm your G.I. distress like nobody's business.

I know what types of situations will rev up my digestive tract into misery (visiting my neurotic 94 year old mother for example) so I just automatically pop a Xanax prophylactically and the problem is handled - No G.I. distress.

Also, you are now firmly in the Two-Week Freak period.  It's normal to be feeling scared, nervous, anxious, etc.  So, since it's normal, just go with it.  You've thought out your decision well.  You already know why the DS is the best choice for you.  Stop making yourself nuts by questioning yourself.  You got this! :)

Oh, I'll say it.  C*ck and B*ll Torture, and Dominance and Submission.

Not that I would know anything about anything like that.

Diana, whether we met before or this was the first time it was very nice spending some spa time with you and dinner with you and your Mr.

It seems to me that I recall a camera flash or two so perhaps there is some incriminating evidence somewhere?

So this person whom you met found you to be intelligent, funny, articulate, holding of opinions which you share when necessary, helpful, friendly (unless provoked by....um....stupidity), witty?

I always thought that I came across as in real life as I yam online but it was pointed out to me that I appear very nice on these boards where as in real life I am....er....less so on occasion.  Hmmm.....