I don't know that there is anyone in Montana that has done the VSG.  Maybe in Missoula? 

I had Dr. Rohrer for my lapband and I think he's a great surgeon.  I was so excited to see that he has trained for VSG that if I ever needed, I would be his guinea pig and have him do VSG.  But he did such a good job with my lapband surgery that I wouldn't need a revision. 

From everything I've read, VSG is a great procedure.  Good luck to you :-) 

Shortly after my last post I was able to get in touch with the doctor in question and was told that he does know how to do the VSG but has never done it. So if anyone knows of a Surgeon who does VSG please please let me know.

THANK YOU,
Glendive had their first support group meeting,, great group, great questions, We were so excited that we had this,, We had one individual that was 10 months post and one 3 months post, one who is having surgury in 8 days, one who has had  the first consult and another who is in the initial proicess of starting the search.

thanks again and stay tuned for our next meeting to be postede as soon as we can arrange for the meeting room

ron and Troy

I was hoping to find some one close to home so if I get my surgery I'll have some support when I get home. Long story short, I was woefully underawed by the lack of care, attitude of the doctor and dare I say it, negligence I was being put through. (they implied it's all in my head and told me to have my self admitted to the hospital if I "refused to eat".)

My husband is in the military so I finally got fed up with the doctors and drove 500 miles to Bremerton, WA so I could get medical care by a military hospital.

Within a week of being here I had a diagnoses of... Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Gastritis, Duodenitis, Mallory-Weiss Tears in my stomach, metabolic disorder (AKA Syndrome X). Wow... guess I wasn't faking it after all!

So now I am still here. I miss home. I go to a nutrition class on Friday and they will talk to me about gastric bypass afterwards. I am nervous but I don't see another option. Eventually I will get to come home again. I miss home SO much! Just not the doctors. I can't wait to get my life back first though.

Title:		Billings WLS Support Group - 630pm - City Brew in the Heights!
Date:		Wednesday July 7, 2010
Time:		6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Repeats:		This event repeats every month on the first Wednesday.
Location:		Where: City Brew ( 405 Main Street ) in the Heights. Right in front of Target, next to Baskin Robbins.
Notes:		Who: Anyone that wants to come. It's totally informal. Doesn't matter where you had surgery or what surgery type you had/will have. Newbies, Old timers, Post Ops, Pre Ops, Lap Banders, RNY'ers and everyone in between!! EVERYONE is welcome! Let us know your coming so we can look for you!!