As Jan is flying bye and I am at a lack of mobility now. I have been thinking, I have been questioning, was this worth it. Up until December, I would have said yes. In the past 30 days, I probably would have said no. I would definitly rethink choosing the original RNY surgeon I chose based on how I was treated recently. I had some pain issues last summer and this surgeon wasn't very effective in my care. I had no major symptoms except nausea and reflux pain during christmas. I wasn't even going to call the dr's office, because i HATE dealing with the surgeon who did my RNY. I decided to call because I was having difficulty eating and drinking. I did find out there's a second surgeon in the group and he was oncall during christmas weekend. So, on 12/26 suffered from an internal hernia in the petersen's space, which is the mesentary colon and removal of adhesions (endometrosis). I thought I was bouncing back from the surgery quickly. I was still suffering with nausea and pressure in my upper chest, however, the surgeon who did my origianl rny wasn't as helpful as he could have been. I went back and forth for 1 week before I was seen again. This time, I went through a day of testing and a week of being really sick. Then, last week, I had a second surgery, there were an assortment of things done at this surgery had a band of scar tissue removed from liver, from bowels, from pouch area, then revision to pouch area, revision to internal hernia, and intestional hernia repaired. I will pretty much allow the doc's to do anything, while I'm asleep. Being in the hospital two times in two weeks has worn me out. Discourging as it is, I'm still suffering with nausea and reflux burning in my throat. Currently, I am waiting for my refereal to the GI dr. I will most likely be having an endo scope next. The thing I would do differently is to have chosen a different surgeon. I don't like the care that I've received when I've contacted them and also during a previous encounter. The distance between where I live and where the dr is located has also become an issue. I'm fighting off letting this turn me blue. I"m laid up, bored, so ofcourse my mind is working over time, over and over. I have everything on hold again, waiting to see what's next. Thanks for reading. Jen 2/22/06 And a continued gripe, there were some people whom I thought were 'support' people on another board, and they just turned out to be typical, back stabbers. Why do I attract these types of people? If I wanted someone to be negative to me, I can find plenty of those people.

I think she is responding to the title of the forum...

Just saw you over there, didn't realise it was you!!! Hope things work out with your ins. I know that a lot of the VSG folks have been self-pay but hopefully that will change and the ins. folks will wise up. Priscilla

Kudos to you for starting this up. I have a friend who is over 5 years out who switches between bulimia and anexoria. When I first went to my surgeon in Sept of 05 I researched on the internet and found nothing linking EDs to WLS. When I had my pre-op visit in June of 06 my surgeon gave me a paper and on the list of possible side effects of WLS was EDs. I think they are finally starting to look into this. Its my hope that they start looking at people harder pre-op and give more post-op support instead of leaving it up to people on their own. Good luck to you!

Please check with your insurance regarding coverage. My company would pay for RNY or lapband, but considered the MGB to be experimental. jeannine