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wow, so happy for you. have you got called for the appointments? looks like it will be fast from this point. I am waiting for the appointments as well.
thanks for your explanation... my take on it was... "i haven't lost all my weight or i've had a regain.. so i'll see if i can get a DS".. unfortunately that's how i was seeing it! and yes i understand Dr Hong seemed to be the only surgeon at St Joe's... and that's great there are other surgeons performing the DS as well! i've moved away from the hamilton area and not too many are getting the DS where i now live. i was just wondering if that's what was happening.
take care of you! and thanks again!
I may be entirely wrong here but I'm going to throw my hat into the ring on this one. :)
My understanding is that there are very few surgeons who are qualified to do the DS surgery. I know for a fact that for the longest time Dr. Hong was the only one in Ontario and anyone having a DS was being referred to him. I have heard that one of the other surgeons at St. Joes, either Dr. Gmora or Dr. Anvari is now qualified as well.
As a result you see a higher number of DS surgeries coming out of St. Joe's.
The next part of the equation seems to be the process of a 2 step surgery process. I don't know why so I won't wade in, but the original plan is for the patient to eventually have a DS but they don't seem to do them right away. They start with a Sleeve or an RNY. They hope that it will work well enough that the second step won't be needed. For some reason, the Sleeve or RNY doesn't work. The patient stalls and regain starts and it doesn't seem to matter what they do, but they can't halt the regain.
So they move forward and do "the revision" to DS.
I don't think it's "that easy" to get a DS. I know several who have had the two step process and it is arduous and difficult. I do believe you see a lot of them at St. Joe's because the surgeons that do DS surgeries are there. It's probably appearing disproportionate but I think overall it's not.
Referral - May 31/17; Orientation - June 15/17; First Appt Nurse - June 26/17; Bloodwork and ECG - June 27/17; Sleep Study - July 5/17; Dietician Appt - July 10/17; Counsellor Appt - July 10/17; Abdominal Ultrasound - July 10/17: Endoscopy/Colonoscopy - July 25/17; Second Dietician Appt - September 14/17; Internist Appt - October 2/17; Meet the Surgeon - November 21/17; Pre Surgery Nutrition Class - January 12/18; Surgery - January 16/18
OK.. i'm really not a dumb person... old maybe, but not dumb. I keep reading about people having or asking for a revision... usually from a VSG or RNY to a DS because they have usually had a regain. Is this common practice and most of the people are patients from St Joe's.. (where I had surgery 7 yrs ago and YES I too am one of those who have had a regain.. but I know why I regained!!!)... Is it that easy to get a DS these days?? and wouldn't it be a better option to receive some sort of counselling or therapy re: how we can beat food addiction, etc.? I know I went through some big changes and even an unexpected passing of my only sister so I turned to food for consoling... and yep, the frig became my best friend. I need to beat that addiction but that's MY story and issue. I'm not saying everyone has this problem... but was just wondering if the DS is that easy to get these days.. because we have gained 20, 30, 50lbs or even more??
I losely follow Keto and use some recipes since it's so popular, but I stay away from the Keto sweets and take care of paying attention how much fat there is too.
- Surgery (RNY): February 27th 2018. HW: 350lbs SW: 318lbs CW: 141lbs
Hi!
I had my surgery at HDH in Kingston a year ago. They are also doing the surgery at KGH.
There are still patients from the HDH clinic that have surgery in Toronto.
- Surgery (RNY): February 27th 2018. HW: 350lbs SW: 318lbs CW: 141lbs
i had my orienation the end of jan,i have my first apt end of march, another mid may and another beginning of june. I was told the whole process takes about a yr to a yr and a half.
Referral-10/30/2018, Orientation-January/30/2019,
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