:help:***PLZ HELP...MY DR. CONFUSED ME....RNY VS. LAP BAND****:help
Original Post by R. Rahi at 6:54 PM PST on 09/12/2004
Plano, TX
I HAD MY FIRST VISIT WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS SURGEON LAST WEEK. I CAME HOME IN TEARS....HE BASICALLY TOOK EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW ABOUT WLS AND TURNED IT AROUND. HE MORE THAN CONFUSED ME. I WAS OPTING FOR RNY BECAUSE I HAVE TAKEN PHENTERMINE A LOT BEFORE AND HAVE EATEN LESS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ONLY TO LOSE SMALL AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT MOSTLY. I THOUGHT THE RNY WAS MY TICKET DUE TO THE MALABSORBTION THAT RESULTS FROM IT. HE SAID THAT LAP BAND AND RNY ARE THE EXACT SAME AND YIELD THE EXACT SAME RESULTS. AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO LOSE WEIGHT. THEN HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT LAP WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THE WEIGHT OFF BUT AT LEAST MY "BONES WILL NOT BE CRACKING AND BREAKING AT 50 YRS OLD" & " MY HAIR TO FALL OUT". AND THAT I HAD MISINFORMATION FROM "WEBSITES" THAT CAUSED ME TO THINK RNY WAS BETTER. HE ALSO SAID HE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE ME THE "MORE DANGEROUS" SURGERY IF THAT IS WHAT I REALLY WANTED. ONLY TO FINISH THE CONVERSATION WITH "OH YOU HAVE CIGNA AND THEY WILL ONLY PAY FOR RNY......THEN HE SAID I MUST NEED MORE TIME TO "MAKE UP MY MIND" AND PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD. I HAD MY MIND MADE UP WHEN I WENT IN.........NOW I AM A MESS. I AM HAVING NIGHTMARES AND I HAVE 4 KIDS TO THINK ABOUT. I AM NOW FILLED WITH DOUBT...WHY WOULD ANYONE GET A SURGERY THAT CAN KILL THEM IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE IF THERE IS ANOTHER SURGERY THAT IS THE SAME ...ONLY BEING LESS DANGEROUS? I REALLY WANTED THE RNY. NOW WHAT? PLEASE HELP... THANKS......
I'm not sure why this is posted on the CT boards, except that I assume you're looking for input from everywhere possible.
I have nothing at all to say to you regarding RNY vs LAPBAND. That's your personal decision, once you receive some QUALITY, EDUCATED advice from several surgeons.
What I do have to say is that the Dr you went to see is an asshol@. I don't know where he gets off saying some of the things you heard. "Bones cracking and breaking at 50 years old"??? Please, hasn't this Dr. heard of calcium supplementation? Give me a break. "Hair won't fall out" Again, please, spare me. Has this Dr. never heard that this can be a common side effect of ANY surgery because of anestesia for many people? Don't get me going now. I'm going to stop.
All I'm going to tell you is this...You need to go and see a few other surgeons for some 2nd and 3rd opinions. This guy is a nightmare, and that's a sure sign that you need to move on to someone else. Would you really want to place your life in the hands of such a person? That's a recipe for disaster.
Good luck to you.
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