REVISION ST. LOUIS MO

HI EVERYONE! A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WENT TO SEE DR. VALERIE HALPIN IN DR. CHRIS EAGON'S OFFICE ABOUT GETTING A REVISION TO MY RNY WHICH WAS DONE JAN 2002. OR BEING CHANGED TO DISTAL. I HAD GAINED BACK 35LBS BUT RECENTLY LOST 10 OF IT BY EXERSING. SHE SAID THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A CLINICAL TRIAL FOR CHANGING TO DISTAL BUT THEY NEED MORE PATIENTS BEFORE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING. THEY ARE ALSO SETTING UP A TRIAL FOR STRECHED STOMAS WHERE THEY ARE USING STITCHES TO MAKE THE STOMA SMALLER BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN TO SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. SHE DID PUT ME ON A WAITING LIST FOR BOTH SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IT IS DR. VALERIE HALPIN 4921 PARKVIEW PL #8C ST LOUIS MO 63110 PHNE 314-454-8877 8AM TO 4:30PM OUT OF BARNES HOSPITAL

Thanks for the info....I am glad that someone in the St. louis area is stepping up to the plate on this! I couldn't find a revision surgeon in St. Louis that would touch me (VBG to RNY) and ended up going to a surgeon near Champaign, IL. Thanks again! Dawn

HI DAWN! THANKS FOR REPLYING. SORRY YOU HAD TO GO SO FAR AWAY I HOPE EVERYTHING WENT WELL FOR YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY! PAM

I found a Dr in the StL that would do my revision surgery from VBG to bypass, but now my insurance Tricare will not cover all of the procedure. I am so confused. for me i have a broken staple like and a blockage of the hole in the pouch and they say one surgery per life time.