Have you checked out the Duodenal Switch surgery? I live in Emporia and decided to make a 4 hr drive up to Omaha Nebraska, to have my surgery done by Dr Gary Anthone.

Email: [email protected] Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, Physicians Clinic 10060 Regency Circle Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: (402) 354-1320 Fax: (402) 354-1323 http://www.bestcare.org If you are not completly sold on the type of surgery you want to have, I would highly suggest that you check out the Duodenal Switch (aka the DS) There is a forum for it here on OH. Just click on the forums tab at the top of the page and click on the duodenal switch. Or you could go to www.duodenalswitch.com  and get all kinds of information about it. Good Luck

Howdy Neighbor! I live in Hutch! As for surgeons in this area, I don't know. I had to have surgery in Columbia, MO due to insurance requirements. Anyway, a friend had surgery last year with a dr in the Tallgrass group in Topeka, but I know there are some surgeons in Wichita, so maybe the folks in Wichita can fill you in. As for support group, someone was trying to get one started in Wichita, but I have not heard. I also was told there is one here, but cannot find it yet! I would love to go! I will let you know if I find it! Take care, and welcome to the neighborhood! LaNeta