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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 12:20:31 GMT -5
Alright Elariny - I think we have Alverdy abused this thread sufficiently - Marceau (or less so?), it should now die a Sudan death, from which it Srikanth be resuscitated.
And on that note (somberly Anthone'd), I think we should Keshishian this thread goodbye.
(Although I think anyone who can come up with puns including Ikramuddin and Lutrzykowski should get double bonus exalt points. But that's Jossart my opinion.)
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Post by kennyk on Sept 20, 2013 13:10:15 GMT -5
Lol I am glad we could SUPPLEMENT this link here and that we had this Common Channel between us. but it probably is time we BAND together and BYPASS this VEIN. Bertram you and I, would have thought a thread like this Perters out on its own. So lets give an AYOOLA to the UNGSON members of this community who have viewed this thread well over 7000 times, since we obviously COTTAM going out on a high note. last point if anyone is SIMPLER enough to return to the original part of this post, we should GAGNER! K PS and Diana since yours was so much more clever than mine I BOWEL down and leave you with this EXALT while I EXIT
even though this was a lot of fun for an old FART like me, i better POOP back into work for a while.
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Post by Melinda on Sept 20, 2013 14:38:37 GMT -5
o m g. Way too funny.
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Post by Gerty on Sept 20, 2013 17:25:29 GMT -5
This thread has some good information, but I want to cry when I see another page added. Now I'm laughing through my tears! You guys are so funny!
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Post by nyuboi on Sept 20, 2013 18:26:08 GMT -5
Are we going to have to be Fielding these puns from Herron-out? Or will I have to win a Roslin match with you to get you to promise to stop punning? Meh, I’m going to Inabnet you will Ren-ege on that promise anyway. LOL!!!
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Post by nyuboi on Sept 20, 2013 18:29:13 GMT -5
You should try Pomp, depending on the Circumstances. K Can't. He doesn't take any of the insurance plans I have access to. My new insurance, Oct 1st, can be used at Mt. Sinai though. In any event, I liked Herron the best. Pomp didn't even look at my x-rays - didn't even load my latest upper GI from August to look at my esophagus. Herron did EVERYTHING possible. And I owe this forum for introducing me to him. Oh wait, was this a joke?
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Post by nyuboi on Sept 20, 2013 18:32:56 GMT -5
A little history. Herron, Pomp, Inabnet...they were all on Gagner's first DS team at Sinai. They were all there when I had my DS is 2000. Christine Ren was a fellow at Sinai at that time, and her first solo practice was at NYU which did not have a bariatric practice until she went there. So her DS experience is fairly limited. In fact when I have reached out to her from time to time, she has (responsibly) said that DS issues are best addressed by Gagner, Pomp, and others. I am sure Fielding's DS experience is limited as well. Certainly nowhere near the level of Pomp, Herron, Inabnet...they have been working with the DS for a long time, regardless of how many they do now...it is many years of experience. I do NOT think that the DS is for everybody....and I have great respect for the surgeons who do in fact perform multiple types of bariatric surgery and nevertheless do not recommend the DS for everyone. There are many factors involved in evaluating a patient for a DS - psychological, emotional, financial, intelligence, medical, etc etc. I think Herron is incredibly smart and sensitive and cautious. The fact that he is very cautious about which patients to perform which surgery on is, in my opinion, a very good and admirable thing. Thanks for the history, good to know, especially about Fielding's wife. I like that Herron was there in 2000 when you had your DS. Makes me more comfortable. And, despite the years of excellence, he was still great and didn't rush me. It hasn't gone to his head.
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Post by nyuboi on Sept 20, 2013 18:35:58 GMT -5
BTW, my friend is getting his DS on Tuesday with Roslin at Lenox Hill. I don't him I would gladly come visit him after the surgery when Roslin is gone, but he insists on wanting me there before and during. So I am going to have to interact with Rosllin to hear how the surgery went when he comes out after. I told my friend not to put Roslin in a bad mood by seeing me before his surgery, but he insists. So this will be interesting, lol.
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Post by nyuboi on Sept 20, 2013 18:38:58 GMT -5
Alright Elariny - I think we have Alverdy abused this thread sufficiently - Marceau (or less so?), it should now die a Sudan death, from which it Srikanth be resuscitated. And on that note (somberly Anthone'd), I think we should Keshishian this thread goodbye. (Although I think anyone who can come up with puns including Ikramuddin and Lutrzykowski should get double bonus exalt points. But that's Jossart my opinion.) Keshishian this thread, ROFL!!!
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Post by newyorkbitch on Sept 20, 2013 18:49:22 GMT -5
Funny that you call Ren " Fielding's wife." It's more like Fielding is "Ren's husband." And by that I mean that Ren has been doing bariatric surgery for a long time - she started the program at NYU.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Sept 20, 2013 18:50:28 GMT -5
Okay so moving on....hopefully you will be able to schedule with Herron soon and actually get it done this time.
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Post by PrettyGirlBounce on Sept 20, 2013 19:08:12 GMT -5
Alright Elariny - I think we have Alverdy abused this thread sufficiently - Marceau (or less so?), it should now die a Sudan death, from which it Srikanth be resuscitated. And on that note (somberly Anthone'd), I think we should Keshishian this thread goodbye. (Although I think anyone who can come up with puns including Ikramuddin and Lutrzykowski should get double bonus exalt points. But that's Jossart my opinion.) I think I want to marry you. Intelligent quick wit gets me all hot and bothered.
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Post by Joanne on Sept 21, 2013 7:40:58 GMT -5
This thread makes me want to grab someone by the throat and Cirangle them.
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Post by nyuboi on Sept 27, 2013 17:08:34 GMT -5
Fielding said he has done roughly 300 DS's between Australia and here.
In any event, my insurance switches next week so I can begin the process of the RNY approval with Herron. I just hope HIP doesn't enforce that 6 months of medically supervised diet thing -- it has to be within 24 months within some plans so the history I have may not be good if they want to give me a hard time. Just keep fingers crossed and hope the approval process goes smooth with the new insurance company. Then hopefully I can have a late October surgery date or early November.
Btw, I saw Dr. Roslin at my friends DS surgery last Tuesday. That's another story though if anyone wants lol. Friend was discharged from Lenox Hill today. They removed his gallbladder, his lap-band, and gave him a full DS.
Btw, is there a preferred online site for him to order his vitamins from?
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Post by newyorkbitch on Sept 27, 2013 17:28:34 GMT -5
Vitalady.com
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Post by goodkel on Sept 27, 2013 17:37:57 GMT -5
Just keep fingers crossed and hope the approval process goes smooth with the new insurance company. Then hopefully I can have a late October surgery date or early November. Btw, is there a preferred online site for him to order his vitamins from? My fingers are so crossed, I am losing sensation in the tips. ;D As NYB said, go with Vitalady. She has a pre-made pack of vitamins for post ops that will have everything you need in it in the correct formulation and dosage. You can adjust from there after your first set of labs. But, at least you can be assured that you are starting off on the right foot.
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Post by rickydeeswitch on Sept 27, 2013 20:08:27 GMT -5
Should I provide the Nut my list from VitaLady at the first appt, let her know that I want to be honest from the beginning about what I am taking. I am on my 2nd Surgery, so it seems reasonable that i would have an existing program. Then if she objects, ask for specific reasons why I should change?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 20:15:40 GMT -5
Ricky... you could do that and it makes sense except for the overwhelming number of nuts who don't get it and insist that they are right. Wanting to be honest from the outset is great. Noble. Admirable. A best practice for sure. And results will likely depend more on the openness and education of your NUT and not your personal health/supplement needs. No harm in going the open, honest route. Just please check in here and get the super-experienced vets feedback before veering from the vitalady (or equivalent) plan early out.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 21:22:56 GMT -5
Should I provide the Nut my list from VitaLady at the first appt, let her know that I want to be honest from the beginning about what I am taking. I am on my 2nd Surgery, so it seems reasonable that i would have an existing program. Then if she objects, ask for specific reasons why I should change? Sure, give it your best shot. Just don't believe what the NUT tells you.
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Post by rickydeeswitch on Sept 27, 2013 21:28:34 GMT -5
This is a brand new Nut, has a "nice" nutrition blog, but I don't see DS anywhere. Thought she might see the list and research it, maybe even adopt it, if her DS experience is limited...
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Post by goodkel on Sept 27, 2013 23:12:44 GMT -5
This is a brand new Nut, has a "nice" nutrition blog, but I don't see DS anywhere. Thought she might see the list and research it, maybe even adopt it, if her DS experience is limited... I hope she is open to new (to her) information. But, based on what I've read of most people's experiences giving this a try, I wouldn't bet on it. It would be a delightful surprise.
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Post by angel on Sept 28, 2013 2:35:23 GMT -5
Hi Nyuboi,
I am from South Africa, and I am trying to get my insurance to cover the DS with Dr. K.
I have early onset of Barretts, and have asked him via his assistant if this is an issue for the DS. I am still awaiting a reply, but from everything I have read here, I still think the DS is the way to go, even modified. I am on PPIs daily anyway, so there won't be much of a difference there for me, but according to my gastro guy, the reflux is also exacerbated by being overweight. My BMI is +/-43. I somehow know I am going to be in for a fight to get the DS with Dr. K, but I know at the end of the day, it is the best thing.
I wish you the best of luck.
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Post by nyuboi on Oct 3, 2013 18:04:29 GMT -5
If you recall, Dr. Roslin and Dr. Fielding both felt it was important to fix the hiatal hernia.
But Dr. Herron had said he would do that during the RNY only if it was so large that a repair was mandated. He was the only one who said that. I asked about it further and stressed my concern and heard back from him. He said the risks of hiatal hernia repair include esophageal injury, perforation, infection, difficulty swallowing, pneumothorax, hernia recurrence, etc. He explained it only makes sense to take on these risks if the hernia is clinically and anatomically significant.
So I guess I wouldn't know if he was doing the hernia repair or not till I wake up from surgery. He also said he would undo part, but not all, of the plication from the band. All the other surgeons wanted to do these two things in full. I'll just have to trust his judgment.
And that's the way the cookie crumbles.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Oct 3, 2013 18:31:05 GMT -5
I think what Herron is saying makes sense.
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Post by mistercy on Oct 7, 2013 11:29:45 GMT -5
I had my DS with Dr. Roslin on March 26th, and now have two hernias. One of them is hiatal. My insurance (Aetna) no longer covers Lenox Hill Doctors, so I am going to meet with Dr. Herron next Monday to discuss my 6 month labs and my two hernias.
Dr. Roslin had seen the lower one, just above my belly button previously. He said that I should try to baby it along, and hopefully, after losing weight, fixing it means I can get a tummy tuck done at the same time. Now, the second one, which is at the top of the incision line of my open DS, just below the breast plate, seems to be growing. It s now fist sized. When I breathe, it moves, slides, and contracts. I am lovingly calling it my alien. It is still soft, and not painful. We'll see what Dr. Herron says about it.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one with this. What I'm panicked about is getting the hernias taken care of, but having mesh put in their place. I have a friend who had the DS in '99 with Gagner, and had to have mesh put in because of Hernias. Well, due to shifting, the mesh created scar tissue, which he said has caused more problems than anything else. I am really hoping not to be all meshed up, as it seems like a very meshy business (pardon the puns).
Anyone else out there having dealt with the hernias with advice out there?
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Post by newyorkbitch on Oct 7, 2013 11:58:44 GMT -5
I had a hernia and I had a TT and hernia repair and mesh put in. It is all completely fine, and it's been years. I even got pregnant and had a baby and a c-section and all is well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 12:50:52 GMT -5
I had umbilical/incisional hernias repaired via a tummy tuck with zero mesh.
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Post by nyuboi on Oct 15, 2013 16:52:54 GMT -5
I had a hernia and I had a TT and hernia repair and mesh put in. It is all completely fine, and it's been years. I even got pregnant and had a baby and a c-section and all is well. I wish I hadn't gotten my tummy tuck in 2009. At the time I was within 20 pounds of goal weight from the lap-band. But I never expected the lap-band to be removed with the excessive weight regain above where I started from in the first place. Now I'm worried I will have lose skin after losing 100 pounds.
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Post by newanatomy on Oct 15, 2013 16:55:55 GMT -5
I had a hernia and I had a TT and hernia repair and mesh put in. It is all completely fine, and it's been years. I even got pregnant and had a baby and a c-section and all is well. I wish I hadn't gotten my tummy tuck in 2009. At the time I was within 20 pounds of goal weight from the lap-band. But I never expected the lap-band to be removed with the excessive weight regain above where I started from in the first place. Now I'm worried I will have lose skin after losing 100 pounds. You have so much other stuff to worry about right now. Get control of your health first.
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Post by nyuboi on Oct 15, 2013 17:10:06 GMT -5
So here's the update. I have an OCTOBER 30TH surgery date in two weeks, but insurance approval is still pending. RNY.
But I am having doubts. Not because I don't want WLS, I do, and I know I have to do something before my BMI shoots up to 50. No surgery is not an option. I want the WLS. But... in my heart I still want a DS. (My best friend had one two weeks ago with Dr. Roslin -- Dr. Roslin had to come out to speak to me about the surgery status-- the look on his face).
Anyway, let's not forget I DO HAVE THE OPTION OF GETTING A DS. There is a surgeon willing to do it on me if I want it. Their only warning was if that the DS makes my acid reflux much worse, that going from an DS to RNY would be "major, major surgery."
The point is it's my decision. If I want a DS, I can choose to get it. Granted, it would be going against medical advice and it would be gambling with my health. But I remember a person on here who got turned down by the NYC surgeons and went across the country and still got their DS.
Am I doing the right thing letting the idea go and just getting the RNY?
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