Any recent Herron DS patients on this site?

(deactivated member)
on 12/28/07 11:41 am - San Jose, CA
I am VERY suspicious that Dr. Herron has stopped doing the DS (he may have had a lot of complications doing it?), and yet he is listed as our DS Forum leader surgeon?  If there are any recent Herron DSers, please speak up!  i haven't seen a single one in a VERY long time.  If he is no longer performing the DS, he has NO business being our Forum leader.  Not that he EVER participates anyway! Maybe that's the only way we can get the description of the DS on the DS Forum homepage fixed?
LeaAnn
on 12/28/07 11:58 am - Huntsville, AL
Looks like from his stats on this site, that he does like 10x more RNYs than DSs.  He's a bait and don't switcher! http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/bariatric+surgeon+profile+Daniel+Herron+cst.html
Elizabeth N.
on 12/28/07 1:03 pm - Burlington County, NJ
This is NOT the surgeon I would like to see advertised on the DS forum home page. 'Nuff said.
BBoop
on 12/28/07 1:23 pm
I couldn't agree more.  Wonder how much he paid OH to be our cover page and then do the bait and switch?  I don't recall anybody on here with Herron as a surgeon. I think the cover page should be somebody who does a lot of them without many complications.  Know what I mean? How do we get them to change this?  I believe we tried once before and were told that he does do the DS so he can stay there!!! Want to take 'em on?  You know money talks and BS walks...anywhere anytime. I'll back any campaign to change this...it would be wonderful if we had a participating surgeon.
LeaAnn
on 12/29/07 12:06 am - Huntsville, AL
"Money talks and BS walks!"  hahahaha!  Hey, Boop...you could give up your HOUSECLEANER and instead use that money to pay OH to be the DS Forum leader!  LOL!  Boop for DS Forum Leader! 
BBoop
on 12/29/07 3:49 am
First you are running me for President and now this?   No, I will never give up my house cleaner. Somebody else will have to jpay for the DS Forum Leader positon...how about you?  I didn't have help for years and years...then I was promoted to my last job and I just didn't have time and I can't stand a dirty house...that's how I got started.  Now I'm too lame to do it myself (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).  Besides, I deserve a housecleaner....so do you.  Just get one and you will see what a wonderful thing it is to have.  Roz has one, too.  Let me count the ways I love my housekeeper...ah, it is a beautiful thing.
(deactivated member)
on 12/28/07 1:50 pm - San Jose, CA

Herron is no longer associated with Drs. Pomp and Gagner (who is moving to FL) at Weill Cornell.  He is now apparently at Mt. Sinai, where the page describing bariatric surgery discusses only the RNY and BPD, with only scant mention of the DS: http://www.mountsinai.org/hso/hso_frame.jsp?trial=0&hosp=msh &spID=-1&dc=Obesity&url=healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.a spx?token=9d401c91-c222-4ff4-a2aa-65af96b79378&nav=dacb20&ch unkiid=19892&dcID=72&intCount=3 In fact, the complications mentioned are BPD-specific.  I don't think Herron is doing the DS anymore. The BPD-DS (yee****hought the true DS surgeons had stopped using this term!) is described on Herron's WLS site http://surgicallyslim.com/bpd_ds.htm as follows -- doesn't this look familiar?

The Biliopancreatic Diversion - Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) The BPD-DS The biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch goes by many names. Some refer to it by the initials BPD-DS. Many call it the "duodenal switch" or just "the switch" for short. The National Institutes of Health refers to the procedure as an "extensive gastric bypass with duodenal switch." While less commonly performed than the gastric bypass, this operation has received a great deal of attention recently, particularly on the internet, because it provides excellent weight loss while allowing you to eat larger portions than a gastric bypass.

In the BPD/DS, roughly one half of the stomach is permanently removed. The stomach goes from the shape of a small pineapple to the size and shape of a banana. The pylorus, which is the valve at the outlet of the stomach, remains intact. The stomach is then connected to the last 250 centimeters (8 feet) of small intestine. The remainder of the small intestine is connected 100 centimeters from the end of the small bowel, forming the common channel, where food mixes with the digestive enzymes.

The BPD-DS is a substantially "bigger" operation than the gastric bypass. It is a bigger operation for 2 reasons. First, it is the only bariatric operation where a major portion of the stomach is permanently removed -- this makes the procedure completely irreversible. Second, a large section of small intestine is bypassed, resulting in substantial malabsorption. This means that the risks of long-term nutritional deficits are greater.

Why would someone want to have a larger operation? The BPD-DS has 2 major advantages:

  • The pylorus remains intact: this usually keeps dumping syndrome from occurring after surgery (although you may have different dietary restrictions)
  • Since the stomach pouch is larger than with other bariatric operations, you can eat larger portions than with the gastric bypass or LAP-BAND®.

Living with the BPD-DS It is necessary to take a number of nutritional supplements after the operation than after gastric bypass. These include:

  • Multivitamins (usually twice per day)
  • Iron supplements (usually twice per day)
  • Calcium (usually twice per day)
  • ADEKs (fat-soluble vitamins) usually 3 times per day

Additionally, there are some very significant side effects that accompany this procedure, including:

  • Frequent soft bowel movements (up to 4-6 per day)
  • Frequent passing of foul-smelling gas
  • Change in body odor
  • Gas pains and bloating
  • Hair loss
  • Intolerance of certain foods (varies from person to person)

I think we should petition OH to find us a better surgeon to represent the DS.

(deactivated member)
on 12/28/07 2:27 pm - San Jose, CA
Still further, if Dr. Herron is as involved with OH as his status as Forum leader would indicate, then we should expect his own webpage on OH is up-to-date.  It lists his experience with the DS as a total of 80 procedures.  Meh. I suggest this is insufficient experience for someone who is supposed to be our Forum leader.  I further suggest that OH should find someone else more suitable for this role.  Someone who is COMMITTED to the DS, not someone who does mostly RNY, who barely defines the procedure on his own website, calls it the out-moded name, and mischaracterizes the negatives of the procedure on his own website and then copies that inapt information here.  Maybe even someone who PARTICIPATES? OH Mods, are you listening?
LeaAnn
on 12/29/07 12:03 am - Huntsville, AL
I just hit the mommy button and reported this thread.  Hopefully, they'll have a look at it.
Elizabeth N.
on 12/29/07 4:04 am - Burlington County, NJ
HEAR HEAR!!! I nominate Dr. Peters for Forum Leader.
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