VSG to DS...WOW... pre-ops RESEARCH!!

I read up some on the DS today cuz I knew so little about it, and it does sound like it's the best way to go if you have a VSG and need something extra. I guess it becomes a personal choice though just like every WLS out there you have to decide what's bst for you. I sure don't hear as much about the DS as I do about the RNY though.

hi latoya,

may i ask why you are not interested in the DS but would go with the RNY? just curious.

There were not any surgeons in my area that did the DS. I just found one in Chicago, so if I ever decide to do a revision (I am hoping that I won't) I will talk to the surgeons in Chicago (over 5 hours away). I am starting to do more research on the DS but I am hoping to get the results I want with the sleeve.

i hope you do too!  i am also getting a sleeve.  i have to lose 100lbs.  i read up on all the surgeries and between the rny and the ds, the ds looks like a good revision to have if the sleeve doesn't do it all for you, and it seems to have a good long term weight loss result.  good luck on your research.

My surgeon said he does not ever recommend counting on a second surgery and its not his favorite thing to do but that he has done RNY post sleeve a couple of times.

I don't understand why a VSG to RNY revision would be preferable, other than the fact that few surgeons preform the DS... so naturally they don't recommend it.   Few surgeons recommend what they can't do.

 I don't think Blondie's story is really one of her needing the DS more then the VSG, since basically the VSG was never done on her in the first place. It was a completely botched surgery by a crappy surgeon. I think this post should focus more on the importance of picking a good surgeon who has experience with the surgery you are going for. Maybe if she had had the VSG done properly she would have lost weight, you just never know.

I agree with this...I'm very happy she is experiencing success now, but there is no way to know how successful Blondie would have been if she had a proper sleeve in the first place. 

I also wonder, mechanics wise, if she has an almost normal size stomach, down the road will the DS absorption be enough for her?  I don't know, but I'd have to think there is a reason that DS'ers get a sleeve in the first place, rather than only having the intestinal re-routing. 

Regardless, I'm glad she's happy.