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It's a friend of a friend. I'll check. But now I understand. Tough situation. I have a great bariatric surgeon in my area who takes care of all of this. That's why I didn't understand.
By now you've probably seen the doc and hopefully had some of your questions answered, but here are my own thoughts -
You've asked about something that may be much more complex than you realized. Revising from RNY gastric bypass to the DS is a huge and complex operation done by only a handful of experienced DS surgeons. It involves taking apart your old gastric bypass completely, putting everything back together in the original anatomy, and then doing the full DS. That's a lot of surgery, and the risks are greater than with a primary DS.
If you are seeing a surgeon who doesn't do the DS, he/she isn't going to offer you a DS. Instead, they will either offer you some minor revision to what you already have, probably going from proximal to distal bypass, which studies have not shown to provide much additional weight loss, or just try to scare you out of doing anything and tell you to make better use of what you already have.
There is much more to this topic, so I'm also sending you a pm. Look out for it!
Larra
im sitting here scared that they are going to tell me no. I had RNY 11 years ago gained all the weight back. My insurance will cover the DS so here I sit. ANy tips for me? How different is it than the ArNY recovery times
DO they get referred by a hematologist or an endocrinologist for the vitamin infusions? MY primary care dr is willing to refer me he wants to but honestly doesn't know who to refer me to THere are no doctors in my area who did duodenal switch and my drs office from years ago didn't call me back I appreciate any help
im sitting here scared that they are going to tell me no. I had RNY 11 years ago gained all the weight back. My insurance will cover the DS so here I sit. ANy tips for me? How different is it than the ArNY recovery times
Himpins is a DS surgeon who works in Brussels. He performed the first DS in Europe in 2001.
Valerie,
I have read that about mega doses of Vit D3 for gastric bypass patients on a FB Vit D board and I'm working up to it, starting with magnesium and I just added Vit D (oil capsules) and then I'll add the K2 for cofactors (Vit D cofactors I learned about). I just re-started iron infusions & B-12 shots. Do you know if dry vitamins are recommended for RNY Roun-X (or Y I don't remember) gastric bypass patients (I had a banded operation done 25 years ago, weight regain and had a revision to RNY gastric bypass (but weirdly I could eat more immediately after "revision" & didn't throw up anymore after eating like I did with the band) & lost 60-70 10 years ago but have gained it back with dr burnout from health conditions possibly related to deficiencies and thyroid so I stupidly didn't go to drs or treat my thyroid for 2 years and health got progressively worse along with quality of life. I stumbled onto your board researching vitamins. I haven't heard much about the switch. I know I don't want to undergo another revision and I probably need to work on the issue of why/how to overcome emotional reasons I use my weight to protect me (childhood sexual abuse) and then maybe I could loose some of the regained weight.
Sounds like possible bacteria imbalance to me especially if your stools are particularly foul in odor (sour smelling). Have them test you for SIBO and C-Diffucile. It may be as easy as balancing your gut bacteria. They didn't pay that much attention to such things way back when, even when I had mine in 2005.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I find this to make sense, but interesting that I only recognize Michael Gagner and Rosenthal as being actual DS surgeons.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
