DS math

Charlie, You aint the only one hun. Im young and I CAN NOT stand thoes shows. So your not alone, I'll come watch the history and discovery channel with you. Especially if its about old ocean liners...now Im a junkie on thoes, lol.

I understand what you are saying Charlie, but sorry, respectfully, no.  This is the main place where the pre-ops come, and this is where we have the best opportunity to provide the information.  As we hear day after day, so many people never hear ACCURATE information about the DS before they have WLS, so we want to provide this early and often. Actually, Jade does more good than harm -- every time she posts to a DS thread, we get many times extra views, because people can't seem to help watching the trainwreck that she is.  If she truly bugs you, you should just block her.

It isn't Jade....she blocked me long ago.  I don't see her posts. But.....whatever. Charlie

I don't think the DS would have been right for me. My BMI was less than 40. I like to eat sugar and carbs. Fatty foods taste nasty to me, (not just post-surgery). I am not a big meat eater (I like it sometimes), and enjoy more vegetarian meals. My RNY allows me to eat sugar and carbs and fat, I just eat like a regular person, and I am very happy. Today for breakfast I had a whole-wheat mini bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon. For a snack I had a mini black and white cookie. For lunch I had 1/2 of a barbeque chicken pizza from Starbucks. For a snack I had a few wasabi-mustard potato chips and some cherries. For dinner I will have whatever on earth I feel like having, and will eat it until I'm not hungry anymore. I have no restriction and eat until I'm satisfied. Life couldn't be better. My surgeon has over 30 years of bariatric experience and was actually the surgeon who discovered that different amounts of intestine has to be bypassed for different people. He is a pioneer. Here are his credentials--besides his surgical experience--

Administrative leadership in bariatric surgery; · 2000-2001 President of American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) · ASBS Executive Council Member for over 10 years · ASBS Committee Member for over 20 years

Academic leadership in bariatric surgery; · 60 publications in medical journals · 120 national/international lectures · 16 chapters in medical textbooks · 40 published abstracts

Research leadership in bariatric surgery; · Participant/speaker 1991 National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Panel on Gastrointestonal Surgery for Severe Obesity · Cochairman ASBS/NIH sponsored workshop on research considerations in bariatric surgery

Academic Background

Education
DePauw University (Holland, MI)	1966 - 1970
University of Michigan School of Medicine (Ann Arbor, MI)	1970 - 1974
Postgraduate Training
Internship/Residency University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	1974 - 1980

• Teacher for entire 28-year career
• 20 years on full time faculty at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Preceptor for American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS)
• Original and active member of the ASBS committee that designed the preceptorship program
• Compiled the written examination for preceptees

Academic Appointments

UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Piscataway, NJ)
Assistant Professor of Surgery	06/01/80 - 06/30/84
Associate Professor of Surgery	07/01/84 - 06/30/89
Chief, Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery	07/01/88 - 04/13/99
Professor of Surgery	07/01/89 - 09/30/00
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
Associate, Graduate Faculty Department of Engineering	07/01/89 - present
Associate, Graduate Faculty Applied Human Nutrition/Dietetics	09/23/92 - present
University Medical Center at Priceton (Princeton, NJ)
Adjunct Professor of Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, PA)	07/09/02 - present

Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery

• Organized the first fellowship devoted entirely to bariatric surgery
• Member of ASBS fellowship training committee

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery (#27341)	12/14/81
American Board of Surgery (#27341)     [recertified]	01/08/92
American Board of Surgery (#27341)     [recertified]	12/16/01

Medical Licensures

State of New Jersey #37406

April, 1980

I didn't want any other surgeon but him. No, he does not do the DS. I am self-pay. I wouldn't have let any other surgeon work on me for free--I only wanted him. People pick what they pick for different reasons. I am happy with my choice and I went from a size 2X to a size 0/2 in less than one year! I am so happy and grateful to have had my RNY surgery and to have had it by such a wonderful surgeon. I feel healthy, I look beautiful and I enjoy eating. What more can I want?

That's an impressive background.   I wonder why he doesn't do DS?

I don't know--he's having a holiday party on Monday at his office and I'm going to ask him his feelings about the DS and why he doesn't do them...

He heh.  A holiday party?!  On January 14th?   I want to live where I can have holiday parties in the middle of January!  

I spoke to my surgeon and his partner that also does bariatric surgery earlier this week.   Their resumes aren't as impressive as your docs but my surgeron has performed over 1200 RNYs, some Lap-Bands and even some DSs.  He does a surgery called a Whipple that's just about the most complicated thing I've seen in my life!   It's a surgery to treat pancreatic cancer or something.   He was trying to show me what they do and it freaked me out.     Their professional, medical opinion on the different surgeries was interesting but I won't get into it here.   He does perform the DS if someone wants it done and there are even certain situations that he will even suggest it but for the most part he performs them less than 1% of the time.  

I'll always go back to the same old phrase by stating that each individual needs to choose what's right for them.   Research everything and make an educated decision because it's something you will have to live with for the rest of your life.  

Oh, and making a commitment to exercise even if it's 2 to 3 days a week doesn't hurt either.  :)

Have a great time at your party and don't eat too much!   (j/k of course)

 

No, he does NOT do the DS. He has done FOUR of them, as of last year, and will NOT do them. He doesn't "believe" in the DS.  Thank you for the encouragement to further pursue his bull****

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