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Hi Amber,
I'm scheduled to see on a cardiothoracic surgeon on the 19th. I'm so looking forward to it as I'm eating pretty much nothing and i'm really weak. Not looking forward to another surgery.
Has anyone gone through the process of getting a revision approved via Medicaid? Since it's mesically necessary would I need to do the whole 6 month program?
Hello Bigmo32,
My aunt had her stomach stapled in 1980 and had all sorts of problems around 2000. Finally, in 2007 she got approved to have revisional gastric bypass. She hasn't had any problems since. Maybe you should look into seeing a WLS surgeon to see what they say?
Good luck!
Amber
I had stomach stapling (that's what it was called then) approx. 32 years ago. It's been pretty uneventful (thankfully) but since June I have had difficulty keeping solids moving on to nothing but liquids now (sometimes not even that). A scope confirmed that the opening from the pouch had closed. I have had 2 stretching sessions since then without success, it just closes up. I have a consult with a Cardiothoracic surgeon in a couple of weeks. Anyone had this problem and what kind of surgery would they do to alleviate this. It's getting really old.
I am looking to have RNY to DS conversion. I had a consultation for November 8 with DR. macLinlay. but had to cancel due to my stepson sudden death. Now I can't get in till Dec 27 2018!!!!!
any way, did you have to RNY to DS? And how are you doing.
Hello,
I am scheduled to have RNY revision to DS on 11/21/2018. I was wondering if anyone else has had this type of revision and if so, how did it go? Did you have any complications? How much weight have you lost? How long did your surgery take? I meet with my surgeon tomorrow and will ask quite a few questions, such as what exactly will be done. Do they undo the original RNY? I'm also having a hiatal hernia repaired and my gallbladder removed and was told the surgery would only last 2-2.5 hours. My hospital stay will be the same as it was with my RNY - 2 nights.
Thanks in advance,
Amber
Oh wow. I hope your recovery is going well. Right now we are jus****ching everything. My GI is pretty conservative when it comes to any type of invasive procedure. So far medicine seems to be working pretty well. It's about time for my next endoscopy so I'll know relatively soon whether or not I have any more ulcers. He wants to avoid revision surgery if at all possible because he knows how extensive it will be.
Any update on your progress? I just had revision for ulcers and they had to take most of my pouch in addition to the majority of my remnant. Wondering how you are doing now..
So, I had surgery Wednesday for marginal ulcers. When they got in everything was so damaged and scarred down they had to remove most of my remnant, majority of my pouch, and part of my small bowel. Held in hospital for fluid/electrolyte administration until Saturday afternoon. The original surgery was not for weight loss but for quality of life, I could not go a day without pain and/or vomiting. I was told there likely would not be a large amount of weight loss.. probably because I was not successful with original RNY. After surgery they now say differently, that because of the amount of stomach that was taken there will be weight loss. Unsure of how much. Anybody with any insight? This seems to be atypical and I'm in uncharted waters.
Sounds like you're on the right track and Im glad it's working for you. I hope you get some relief soon with the stomach pain. Im sure you're body just needs time to adjust. Good luck on this new journey! I'll definitely talk to my doc. ??
