Procedure on Friday

Well, I finally got the nerve to go see a new surgeon near me (instead of 4 hrs away where my orignal surgeon was). I went and saw him on Thursday, had an upper GI done on Saturday, and this Friday he will do an endoscope with possible sclerotherapy. He said it's a possibility my opening is too large allowing food to go through the pouch too quickly. He said as long as my pouch is smaller than 50 cc he will do that. IF my pouch is larger than 50 cc he will do a revision. I don't blame my surgery for the failure I have had in any way. I just knew that it was time to get back to a surgeon and see if there was any help he could give me. Hope everyone is doing well. Just wanted to give a little update on me! Shelley

Good Luck and God Bless!! Keep us posted!!

Well, I had my procedure done and woke to find NO SCLEROTHERAPY. My first thought was what the hell is going on... guess there's nothing wrong and I have just been doing all the wrong things. Boy was I wrong. I went and saw the surgeon yesterday and he informed me part of my pouch has grown or was never removed. I have a "ball" in the upper section of my pouch that holds approx 150 - 200 ml. So this is the explanation for being hungry all the time and the weight gain. He showed it to me on the upper gi and it almost looks as though my stomach had grown back into my pouch. So these are now the options: 1. Do nothing - leeave it all alone and slowly but surly gain the weight back. 2. Do a revision - just remove the "ball" (one staple line - not a severe risk of complications) 3. Redo - redo the whole surgery, make pouch a bit smaller and remove "ball" (3 staple lines and high risk of leakage) 4. Band over Bypass - he isn't sure that would work though because the way the "ball" is, he isn't sure he could get the band over it. So I have opted to do #2. I am now waiting for the insurance assistant (of course is on vacation all week!) to send info to my insurance company and get my approval. Please say a prayer for me that insurance will not give me any hassels over this. I am hoping for a quick approval and surgery soon. Shelley