Repair/Revision of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Roux n Y. Nervous! Scared!

Hello everyone. Hang in there! I just returned from a visit with my PCP and now I'm scared to have my surgery that is needed. I had a VBG done in 1990 but developed some problems. The surgery was never right for me. Anyway, I need to have the silastic band sewn in my stomach removed and then have a new stomach reconstructed. I have had many surgeries but now I am really scared about this one. The doctor wants to start out doing it laparascopliy but switch to open if too much scar tissue. I told him I know there is a lot of scar tissue and midas well do it open but no. He's a very good surgeon but not my original surgeon whom is in NJ. The doctor couldn't tell me how long the surgery is going to be. I'm told this is a complicated surgery by both my Gi doctor and PCP. I hate the recovery process! Thanks for listening to my rant. My surgery is Thursday December 18th.

Good Luck! You won't know how long the surgery is, you will be asleep :) Surgery is always scary, it's natural.

Thanks so much New York Mom!