From a Sleeve to Gastric Bypass
But I think you might need to be more clear on your current anatomy.
If you had a VSG to RNY .... Did they make your pouch out of the upper part of the sleeve? You don't have a true RNY because you have no remnant stomach.
I'm really surprised you gave up your pyloric valve!
Are you logging your food? How is your carb / protein intake? Activity level?
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I don't think the point of the matter is where the money came from; you or your insurance, I think the point is he wanted to get paid period and in doing so he has really done you a HUGE disservice. Of course it wasn't the right one for you because he CANNOT do it. I am so sad for you, I have no words... except try to sue him and at least that will make up for the fact that he cared more about money than what was best for a living human being. You are in my prayers and I hope you can find a way to get through this.
I wish you the best of luck with your RNY. Revisions tend to lose more slowly, as a rule, so don't get too discouraged.
If your doctor has the nerve to yell at you for your slow loss, you are well within your rights to yell back. Ask him why he lied to you about the DS, which he did, and cut up your stomach unnecessarily.
In terms of getting your loss kickstarted, you might want to take a look at your calorie, carb and protein intake.
Take care,
Jenna
Well i need a bit of help Back in July 09 2007 i had the Sleeveing done and it was great i lost soo much and then i stopped losing and stared gaining uugg and i still need to loss more so i went for the Revision to the Gastric Bypass and that was on July 29 2009... so its only been 4 months out .. and i only lost 35 lbs ... and this passed month i did not more at all .. i meed i did drop a few LBS here and there but then they come right back on .. I go back to my doc on Dec 22 and i have a feeling he is going to yell at me ..
Has this happen to anyone out there and if not can anyone help me get back on track =)
Thank you
Jillian
I think you should print out this thread, and this one (http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4072181/Duodenal-Swit ch-Bariatric-Surgeons-Ethical-and-Legal/page,1/action,replie s/topic_id,4072181/) and get yourself to a medical malpractice attorney. At the very least, I think you have a claim of the type described in the AMA article for failure to provide adequate information to enable you to give informed consent. Clearly, failure of informed consent creates a civil cause of action, and I would suspect that it might constitute a criminal battery.