Dr. Ungson gave me a BPD.  Went in surgery for DS and came out with BPD plus I am minus a spleen.

I will check out the RNY board, but my closest friend had the RNY about a year after I had the BPD and I know that our problems, complaints and health issues are very different.  From the sound of it though, her problems sound more like those of a DS patient.  I guess I will read through both and see what further information I can pick up that might be relevant to BPDs too.  Hopefully I can get the revision and be a DS so the guess work will be removed.  Thanks for the guidance! :-)

If you are still in NY, then you should talk to Dr Roslin. Here is a link to the list of surgeons that can revise from a pouch. If you go to your same surgeon, she will just put a band over your pouch, or some other half@$$ measure, that wouldn't resolve any pouch issues. Your surgeon CANNOT do that revision. Few can.

I also strongly recommend you get Vitaladys list of supplements, and at least take it with you to the endorinologist. I'm wondering about the Calcitrol, as my understanding is it may pull calcium from bones, to raise the level in your blood, which is not what you need, particularly if you have been lacking adequate calcium. We want calcium going to INto our bones, and it's an issue for many malabsorbers. 

Here is a link to vitaladys suggested daily vitamin schedule, and while many of us thought it excessive at one point, it isn't. Many of us have very similar schedules, with some tweaking. Cannot suggest strongly enough that you look at this, and compare what you take. 

Lastly, here is a link to the labs that should be drawn and target ranges when our blood is drawn. I'm certain that some of these have not been followed closely enough, and you have catching up to do. 

Please get involved in a group that can help you get and stay on target, to get and stay healthy.

Really?  Wow...I am surprised and saddened.  Guess I will need to look under revisions and see who is highly recommended now in NYC.  Thanks for the heads up! 

Yes. She's become very pro-LapBand, very anti-DS. I *suspect* the reason she gave you a BPD without the DS is because her surgical skills just weren't up to doing the sewing of the duodenum that the DS requires. She and her husband have developed a poor reputation in the bariatric community.