I would advise to go to as many seminars and different doctors as possible. Even if you don't choose  a certain doctor you will get many different perspectives on WLS. I never met Dr. B, but I like Dr Keith a lot. Take the time to educate yourself to the extreme. You won't regret it. Personally, I know weight gain is a possibilty for all the surgeries after a few years. I  wanted the most "drastic' (for lack of a better word) and  at first chose DS but my insurance wouldn't approve unless I had a larger BMI. So, my next choice was RNY. I do like sweets and wanted the fear of dumping to help me resist and I wanted more restriction and malabsorption. Good luck with your decision.

Its such a personal decision and I'm sure in the end you can't go too wrong with either doctor or either WLS.  I chose Dr. B because I love that all his surgeries are done with Dr. Walton and the whole team at Weight Wise is there to provide support before, during, and after surgery.  My sister had complications with hers and I was so glad she was in Dr. B's hands.  I think the true test of a Dr. is seeing how the handle the tough situations.  He was great.

I picked the sleeve because I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with the malsorption issues that come with RNY.  Because I had so much to lose they wanted me to consider it.  I did but in the end opted for the sleeve.  I have been very happy.  I do have to work it though.  I have to eat right and exercise.  And being this far out...can certainly eat around my surgery if I want to.

I can only give you my experience and my opinion, with that said I do not know about Dr. Keith. I can only tell you about DR. B. I would recommend going to both of their seminars, it wont hurt. THen you make the decision.

I went to his seminar,  found it very educational on all 3 possible surgeries. He let patients make their own decisions and really answered our questions to the fullest. He is a no BSer. My parents went with me and asked several questions and he even stayed after until they were all answered. That day I realized how he cared for his patients and their families. I like their philosophy of only eating your protein instead of drinking it with shakes. It makes sense not to drink all those extra calories. When your hunger does come back  you will be used to eating your food and it will stay in your pouch longer than drinking a shake.

As far as deciding between the 2 surgeries for me it was the right decision to do the sleeve. With the sleeve there were no malabsorption issues, mostly no dumping but it can happen, since your stomach is pretty much cut out it wont stretch like a bypass or at least as much. It made more sense to me to just make my stomach smaller...that's it. No bypassing and such.  Also with ghrenlin being cut out you are not hungry until that hormone grows back after the honeymoon stage.

This is such a tough decision and personal for us all. You have to make the right one for you. For  you the bypass might be ideal, who knows...but you.

I TO HAVE A 10 YEAR OLD THAT IS VERY OBESE MY DAUGHTER,AND IT GETS HARDER EVERYDAY WITH OTHER KIDS MAKING FUN OF HER.EVEN SOME GROWN FLOKS I HEAR TAKING SO I HAVE TO OPEN MY MOUTH AND STICK UP FOR HER.

 Hi Jackie,
I don't know the gyms in Tulsa but it's a great area to walk around.  There's a lot of stuff to do by the river and downtown has a lot of things to see when you walk around.  When I go to Tulsa, i like to go to the fair grounds and check out the flea market.  Utica Square is also a good place to walk and look around.

I live in Oklahoma City but like to visit.

donna