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Post by michelle on Dec 17, 2011 22:19:11 GMT -5
Anyone started with the VSG and gone on to finish with the complete DS?
In November of 2008 I had my VSG and the doc never finished and now is no longer doing the surgery as he lost his medical license. I am considering finishing it but would love to hear some personal experiences.
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Lori B
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VSG 07/14/10 Neil Floch
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Post by Lori B on Dec 17, 2011 22:38:21 GMT -5
Wish I could help but just vsg here. Post over on the DS board and hopefully as membership rises you'll get some responses from revisions there.
Good luck!
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Post by renegadeorange on Dec 17, 2011 23:16:51 GMT -5
There have been several people to revise to a DS. You may get slightly better response posting on the DS board... or at least cross posting to there. I do know that you will need to find a vetted DS surgeon to do this procedure, and possibly one that does a lot of revisions specifically. Check out dsfacts.com for a list of surgeons who do the DS in general.
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mom4jazz
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VSG 4/18/11
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Post by mom4jazz on Dec 18, 2011 15:11:10 GMT -5
I think most of the folks on the sleeve board (at least on other forums, this one's too new) are folks who planned on the sleeve as a standalone. However, it is in fact VERY revisable to the DS.
As you know, you already have a DS stomach in the sleeve. As long as your sleeve is well made a vetted DS surgeon should be able to add the intestinal switch - it shouldn't even really require a revision surgeon, since it's a virgin surgery on your intestines.
As the other posters suggested, folks on the DS board are going to be more well informed on this issue.
One note: We've seen a lot of surgeons doing wonky sleeves so it is not a given that your sleeve is well made. If it's not, you may need a revision to it, often called a re-sleeve. That could be done as part of the same surgery, but might require a revision surgeon.
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Post by jillybean720 on Dec 18, 2011 15:26:33 GMT -5
One note: We've seen a lot of surgeons doing wonky sleeves so it is not a given that your sleeve is well made. If it's not, you may need a revision to it, often called a re-sleeve. That could be done as part of the same surgery, but might require a revision surgeon. I was thinking along these lines as well, especially if the original surgeon no longer has a medical license (gotta wonder WHY that would be!). Off the top of my head, well-experienced revision surgeons include Greenbaum in NJ, Elariny in northern VA, and Rabkin in CA. The DS board may be able to offer more suggestions as well, but you may have to travel, especially if you need to be re-sleeved, as that's going to narrow the field of potential surgeons considerably. |
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