Hi Everyone

I hope I'm not in the wrong place here but I just wanted to say hi.  I've just recently decided to try to get wls and will have to do it at a VA hospital.  Haven't had a lot of luck finding anybody near that has had it done or knows much about how the VA does with this kind of thing.  Anyway, hi and I'll keep reading through the posts. Caveman :)

Hi Caveman!  and welcome!  Along with reading the posts, have you tried to sort for "VA" in the search bar above?  It might help some.

Hi Robin! Thank you for the welcome.  Stupid me I didn't even see the search bar up there until you wrote that!   Everybody says "DUH!"  I can't believe I didn't see it.  Oh well, lets see what I can find..... Thanks again Caveman (my mommy actually calls me evan) :)

we are all one big happy family  welcome

Thanks Melissa! I appreciate it. :)

Goodmorning Caveman and welcome to the NC boards. From my understand one of our members had her RNY at Womack at Fort Bragg. Not sure if the VA does this but I hope they will help you out. Good luck on your journey.                                            Annie

Welcome to the gang Caveman and good luck on your journey. Pam

Hi Caveman and welcome to the NC Board.  I can't help you with the VA but it's always good to have a new friend going down this WLS journey with the rest of us.  Good luck on your journey and hollar if we can help!  Alice

First let me re-introduce myself. My name is Brian and I am now 7 months post op and have lost 124 lb.  Now, to your question. I am not sure about WLS but I know that often times the VA will refer patients to specialists in a certain field. A co-worker of mine, is being referred to a ortho doc for his hips.

Hi Evan,

I did a quick search on Veteran's Administration NC Bariatric and came up the the following link:

http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/research/abstracts.cfm?Proje ct_ID=2141696850&UnderReview=no 

This one has names of some folks at the VA in Durham that were working on a study of bariatric surgery in the VA population. Maybe they could point you to someone in the know. Hey, if they need participants for their study, maybe you can volunteer your services :-)

Long-term Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration
Matthew L. Maciejewski PhD
Durham VA Medical Center
Durham, NC
Funding Period: July 2006 - June 2009

Good luck and I look forward to getting to know you,

Barb