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Any luck?
Dr. Kini Subhash here in NYC still does the traditional DS at Mount Sinai on 114th street in Manhattan, he is going to do my surgery soon. Him and Dr. Gandhi seems to be the only ones left in NYS that perform the TDS. Dr. Ayoola is great out of State.
Still healing but damn..LOL! Expectations are set way high and it's not happening fast enough..LO!
Barbara
Barbara McKeown 
I'm trying but it's really hard when I was expecting to have a revision to my sleeve as well and low and behold, I hadn't stretched it out at all. It's still the same size as when I had it done originally in 2011!!
So I'm trying to learn patience but being Italian, we have none..LOL!
Barbara
Barbara McKeown
As I explained to my urologist regarding kidney stones, there's a big difference between people who live it, and doctors *****ad and write about it in a book. The study you referenced does not appear to take into account the size of the associated vsg, or any longer term effects from the different cc length sample groups. It looks very simplistic with a preplanned result.
I'm not giving advice as a doctor, but as someone who lives what I'm talking about, the shorter length would likely have offered a worse outcome for me.
Just under 300.
A lot of things aren't as obvious as they seem. Usually wls patients gain weight (good weight) with exercise, the longer common channel does not mean a worse weight loss outcome, and slower weight loss often means longer term.
There is a reason smart surgeons are going for a longer cc.
I think you are doing amazingly well. You are only 4 weeks out, give your body some time to heal from the actual surgery.
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
6'1 and 160 is quite lean! How much did you weigh prior to surgery?
You seem to be doing well. You didn't gain the weight in 3 weeks and it doesn't fall off in 3. You lost more weight the first month than I did with the Sadi DS. I still dropped 150 eventually, and after 7 years, the excess weight is still off.
Give yourself a chance to succeed.
Size doesn't matter, it's your specific body with a combo cc and stomach pouch that works for you.
With a Sadi DS, I'm about 300cm. At 7 years out, I'm 160lbs at 6'1. The vsg part also matters and needs the right balance. You gain more weight with a shorter cc if the whole package doesn't work for your body.
Find a great surgeon and do your research. The rest will fall into line.
