Thinking about having revision

Hey everyone.

I had my gastric bypass in December of 2003. I was 625 pounds, my surgery was performed by Dr. Sidney Appel out of Dekalb medical Center, who is now retired. Dr. Steinberg treats his patients, but I found out that Dr. Steinberg does not do revisions. My lowest weight was 355 pounds, and now I am back up to 450. I went through an extremely ugly divorce, involving my wife having an affair with my best friend, and it sent me into a pretty bad depression, where I turned to some really old bad habits, and unfortunately have really ruined the progress I made.

I am considering having a revision. I guess my questions are, what surgeons in Georgia will perform them? Anyone have experience having a revision? Any recommendations? Does anyone have experience getting a revision approved by Cigna? Is the approval process for a revision harder than the inital approval process?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks - Ross

 

You might want to try Doctor Champain. I think that he does revisions. I know that my Doctor does them, but he is in Alabama. I really think that he is a GREAT doctor. Let me know how things go. I'm going to do some research for you and see if I can find you a Doctor here.

Hug's
Jeannie

 Hi Ross,

Check out   Find a Bariatric Surgeon under Other Georgia Resources. There are several doctor's listed that do revisions. Wish you well. Keep everyone posted.

Tammie 

Hello Ross,

Dr. Michael Williams does revisions.  He is in Alpharetta, Ga.  His number is 770-500-3660.

 

Good Luck,

Ginger

You could also post this question on the Revision Forum. Maybe you could get some additional advise over there.

Also check out getting a revision to the DS. Lots of RNY to DSers hang out on the DS forum.

Good Luck

While not in Georgia but in northern Florida (Ocala),  my surgeon, Dr. Wm Todd Overcash, does revisions.  He recently did one for a friend of mine and she has great things to say.  In fact, her happiness with her procedure, helped me to select him for my RNY....even though it was a 5 hr drive for me.