Well...what an INTERESTING experience...

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Sounds like my first appointment with a surgeon. I walked in with printouts from here, www.duodenalswitch.com and pubmed with clinical data about the DS, and he tried to tell me that it's only done on people who were 700lbs or more, that I would need protein injections, that my common channel would be 14 (yes, FOURTEEN) cm and that I'd have chronic diarrhea 6-8x a day. Very antagonistic, basically telling me that I didn't know what I was talking about, and acting like he was the only game in town. Well, at the time he was. But what he didn't realize is that I wasn't born yesterday, and I'm not chained to this town. I immediately came here and went "Did he just LIE to me??????????" After people got done about what he'd said, they confirmed that yeah - it was a pack of lies, and he was just selling the only WLS he knew. My favorite reply was "The only "protein injections" I get are the kind that "Moooooooooo!" But no wonder there is so much misinformation out there......people who are even mildly thinking about the DS get railroaded by some idiot like that, and never even knew what hit 'em.

What a pile. All of it. The DS often improves or eliminates acid reflux, and we are certainly not ruled out as candidates. All the other is crapola, too. Keep going! Jeanie

Sue, you are NOT psycho! That arrogant S.O.B is the one that's psycho! But you already know this..... LeaAnn

Sue- I am going to use a clinical term now -- I hope you do not mind. This is going to be very technical so just bear with me. WHAT A POO-POO HEAD!!!!!!! Red

my gerd,dictates no rny, and mandates the ds. thats why aetna is refering me to a in net ds doctor even though they dont generally apporve the ds.

Dr's who give such absurd explanations of why a person shouldn't have the DS are only masking their own insecurities and lack of skills to perform that type of surgery. I would have walked out of his office...no ran out of his office! Any surgeon who tries to push a particular type of surgery on someone shouldn't be practicing in my opinion. This is YOUR life, and you have to live with the consequences. One of the reasons the RNY has been considered the 'Golden Standard" is because Dr's rather perform that type of surgery..not because it's the best. In many cases, Dr's get the same amount of money from an insurance company whether they perform an RNY or DS, so they go for what is easier for them, and more lucrative as well.

What a crock Sue! I'm sorry you got jerked around. Would it be wrong to ask who you saw? Ironically, my acid reflux (which I do have) was diagnoised during my pre-op testing. The first words about it from the radiologist were "I wouldn't worry about this -- the surgery you're having seems to cure it." I'm so glad you were too informed to fall for his BS. Hang in there! Best, Ezpy ---- My blog: http://www.asmallertarget.net Duodenal Switch: 24 March 2005, Dr. Howard Kaufman, USC Hospital High weight: 367 Surgery weight: 357 Current weight 8/24/05: 262

No! It would not be wrong to ask. But it's not something I'd like to answer in public.

Yeah, I'm with Red. Poo poo head. I can hardly remember the pre-op days now when I used to wake up choking and gasping for breath because my reflux caused me to inhale stomach contents at night. That's another benefit that I can chalk up to the DS--no more reflux for me!!! Peace. -joanne s