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I think you misread what I was saying in this post.

And again... I'm not angry about the sleeve vs the DS... disappointed and  concerned but not angry nor will I be.. well unless he tells me it was a hot date that he had to hurry off for.  I've said (elsewhere) that my surgeon did come in and talk to me BUT what he said did not make absolute sense and this is why I am waiting for the reports and an office visit with him.  But because I can contribute lack of personal knowledge with the possibility of being half out of it, I am not jumping to any conclusions either.

My .02 is that your what is considered a lightweight and maybe the Dr didn't feel you needed the DS..

either way he should have cleared it with you.

i am sure you'll have great success with the sleeve..it really does ROCK!!

Just a thought....maybe...just maybe....this was the very best thing that could have happened and you just don't know it yet.  :)  I have a gut feeling that a year or two from now your posts will have an entirely different twist to them.  Learn all you can on how to maximize your VSG and work your honeymoon period and you could easily be at goal in about six months or so.  :)  Good luck to you.

your right to be angry if the surgeon did not tell you why the surgery was changed,

just a thought maybe he did tell you after surgery and you don't remember, sometimes if you are not completely awake you will forget things

 you could call your surgeons office and question why the surgery was changed

both surgeries are very good and im shore you will do great with the vsg and unless there is a medical reason you could always get it revised to a ds,many surgeons do the ds as a 2 part surgery, first the sleeve and a year latter the ds

I get you. For other posters who asked if the original poster "likes drama:" From the outright mean-spirited comments I've read on the other boards, that certainly does not seem to be the case.

I understand the human desire to want to explain oneself when there's an onslaught of negative posters (they posted on the Unmoderated Rants and Raves board). Usually it doesn't do you any good to try to explain yourself, or to give your word that you're not making this up, etc. The core group that posts on the Rants and Raves board has members who are seriously unhappy and have many problems and challenges in their personal lives. I think they have selective amnesia. THEY used to be newbies. They think they know everything and complain about newbies who ask a lot of questions when they used to be the ones asking the repetitive questions. I don't understand the mob mentality of wanting to be like birds of prey descending on the weakest of the group, but that seems to be their modus operandi. It must help them take their minds off their own problems and sadness.

I've been dealing with doctors all my adult life (a few decades). Nothing surprises me. There was a big controversy in the 1980s when women would go in for D&Cs to help alleviate endometriosis and come out having had a hysterectomy. Google it; it really happened many times.

I was in the labor room with my daughter when she was having her first baby. I overheard the doctor say, "I'm going to do a Cesarean because my wife is waiting for me and we have 7:30 dinner reservations." Lemme tell ya: I usually am not the squeaky wheel, but I turned on that doctor and told him I heard what he'd said and that he would be staying with my daughter until she had the baby and that if I saw a scalpel anywhere NEAR her, it was gonna be ON. Then I went into the hallway and looked for his wife. I guessed it was her, sitting drumming her manicured nails on a desk. I told her, "Your husband is delivering my grandchild so he might not be on time for dinner. You might want to wait AT HOME." Then I went in and told the doctor what I told his wife.

Personally, I had a doctor diagnose me with hepatitis when I actually had an enlarged spleen from myalgic encephalomyelitis. I mean that is a HUGE misdiagnosis.

So it doesn't surprise me that you went in for the DS and came out with the VSG. Just keep us posted on what the explanation turns out to be. I'm not an attorney, but this sounds actionable to me.

FWIW I agree with the poster on this thread that said this might turn out to be a blessing. I wish you only the best! xo gg

What a nice well worded post..Thanks GG, I really appreciate it.