April 7th!

April 7th, 2009 I will be undergoing Duodenal Switch with Dr. Keshishian in Delano, Ca! Woot woot!

best wishes to you! ill be thinking of you as i pace the floor of my home as i have surgery the day after you! I am excited for you! i did alot of reasearch on the surgery types and if there was a surgeon on LI that did the switch i would have opted for that. It seems to have the best weightloss long term. I will have RNY on the 8th. Fingers crossed for me please i am so nervous.
tami

seem you on the lossers side!

do you have to do a preop liquid diet?

i have preop liquid for one week
after
liquids for one month
mushies one month
then on to regular food....

wondering what they have you do for the DS

I think it really varies from surgeon to surgeon. I must only do a liquid diet 48 hours before surgery and 2 weeks post op.

Congratulations on your surgery date, as well!

BTW, if you are truly interested in the DS there are PLENTY of surgeons in NY that preform it. Here is a list from duodenalswitch.com. I will personally be going 4 hours away from home to obtain DS, and staying there for up to two weeks.

* William B. Inabnet, MD, FACS
Phone: 212 305 4000
Fax: 212 305 0445
Chief of Endocrine Surgery
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
161 Fort Washington Ave
New York, NY 10032
Columbia Obesity Center: www.obesitymd.org

* Alfons Pomp, MD
Phone: 212-746-5294
Fax: 212-7465236
Weill Cornell Weight Loss Surgery Program
1315 York Avenue
New York, NY
http://www.cornellweightlosssurgery.com/

* Mitchell Roslin, MD
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 212 434-3285
Lenox Hill Hospital
130 E 77 th St
New York , NY 10021

Staten Island

Jeffrey Nicastro, MD
Heather McMullen. MD
Phone: (718) 226-6398
256 Mason Avenue
Building B - 2nd Floor
Staten Island, NY 10305

Yonkers

Frank Sparks, MD
Phone: 914-964-4177
1010 Central Avenue Park
Yonkers, NY 10704

Hi I am too having surgery on the 7th I am going for BPD which is very close to DS or is the same maybe with out the switch.