Any Dr. M VSG Patients?

Hello again!

After worrying that I wouldn't get my gastro appointment for MONTHS, I got a call today saying I can get it done on Friday!  With that said, by the end of July, after my psych eval, I can have my surgery scheduled anytime. 

He asked me to consider the RNY, but said if I want the sleeve, that's okay too. I'm just wondering if anyone here has had their sleeve done by him and if so, do you know what size bougie he used?  I found one post on this site from someone saying she was told he uses a 50 (!!!!!!) but I can't find anyone who has actually had their procedure done by him. 

Thank you!

Although I'm almost 3 years out I distinctly remember this being one of my question to Dr Menezes and Dr Birch and was told by both that they don't use the same bougie size on everyone and that it depends on what your actually stomach looks like on the inside. We all have different size and shape stomachs therefore different bougie sizes are used. Mine was a 32 as I was told after surgery and it is quite small but I have heard of people having anywhere between a 30 and a 50. 

Hope that was helpful.

Kee.

Thanks Kee!  I'm guessing he'll have an idea after Friday then, once he sees my stomach from the inside. I'm just so anxious about this all. Thanks again. 

I didn't have any gastro testing done before my sleeve surgery and I actually didn't have to do a liquid diet either but anyway I didn't know until the day after surgery what size they used. For me a 32 bougie was basically 80% smaller than my actual stomach and it has worked well for me.

Kee.