Dr. Rajan Sudan

Hi! My Name is Joyce! I am 45 and I am from Virginia! I last weigh in was 454 lbs. I am looking into weight loss surgery. Here are some of what I have Severe Degenerative Joint Disease, Fibromyalgia, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Sleep Apnea, Asthma, Mild COPD, Depression, IBS, Acid Reflux. I think that is all.
My Hubby’s insurance will not cover the surgery, but I have Medicare as my secondary insurance and they said they would pay 80% after my hubby’s insurance denies it and files to them. Medicare also told me I would have a Part A inpatient deductible of $1,184.00 for this year, which is fine. Medicare also said they didn’t require a 6 month supervised diet. Anybody else from Virginia?
I was looking into the DS surgery because one of my meds is a NSAID and I researched a surgeon in North Carolina Dr. Rajan Sudan. Because he does the DS surgery’s
Looking for patients of Dr. Sudan who have surgery recently to see what he says about NSAIDS and does he require a 6 month diet. What does Dr. Sudan require? I would appreciate any info I could find out! Thanks in advance!

Hi Joyce,

I had surgery with Dr Sudan on September 13th, he is a great surgeon. He has a very quiet demeanor, and when your in his office he definitely  gets right down to business, but you will not regret for one second having him with you on your journey.

I am almost 4 weeks , and feel great, and I am down 25 lbs from he day of my procedure.

Susan

What type of surgery did you have?

I had the duodenal switch .

Day of the surgery was a bit rough, they do make you get up and walk about 4 hours after you get to your room. The first 24 hours were the roughest , by night 2 i was actually feeling pretty good. Surgery on Friday, home on Monday afternoon.  

-Susan

Congrats on taking such a big step!  How are you feeling now and did you have any complications at all? I have heard a lot of positive comments about Sudan and his work. Wishing you much success!

Dr Sudan did my DS 14 months ago.  He is a great surgeon.  He didn't require anything of me but some pre-op testing.  I can't remember it all probably but mammogram, pap smear, cardiac clearance, EGD, EKG,  blood testing, duplex venous leg doppler because of past PE, colonoscopy because of past colon resection, blood tests.