I've been lurking..now I have a DS date!
So I suspect that's what he's planning for you as well, because if he has ever done a true, full RNY to DS revision, I'm not aware of it. So whatever issues you have with your pouch now, you will still have them. Dumping, reactive hypoglycemia, inability to take NSAIDs, poor ability to consume dense proteins, not supposed to drink liquids with meals, etc...you will still have all the above.
In addition you will also still have the vitamin, calcium, and iron malabsorption of the RNY and will ADD to that the malabsorption of fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) and also some malabsorption of protein. Many of us consider the ERNY to be the worst of both worlds. And we've seen people end up with a THIRD wls, not to lose more weight, but to correct the nutritional deficiencies caused b ERNY by converting it to a true DS.
I would strongly recommend that you do a lot more research, and esp that you figure out exactly what operation this surgeon has planned for you, because "it'll be just like a DS" isn't reality. If you WANT ERNY, fine, get ERNY. If you want a real DS, you need to look elsewhere.
Larra
Praying for you .
Ginger<><
Revision #2 Dr John Rabkin June 21, 2013; First Revision DS - Dr Maguire 5-18-09; First DS 7-15-2003 Dr Clark Warden = Third time is the charm 
1985 Verticle Banded Gastroplasty to DS revision 2010 sw 280 gw 140 cw 188 hw 360
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www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4425721/Barker-vs-Stewart/#36585338
www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4427975/Dec-2010-DS-but-still-nauseated-and-cant-take-protein/#36610733
I want you to contact Pycca. She knows him pretty darned well. http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/pycca/
This is NOT idle gossip. Your life is on the line and you would be extremely foolish to move forward with him.
Topic: Dec 2010 DS but still nauseated and can't take protein
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jacq0122TX Wade Barker Duodenal Switch (12/08/10) Member Since: 09/18/09 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 7/22/11 9:53 am Hi everyone, I had my DS on Dec. 8, 2010. I have had nausea and vomiting severly since surgery. I have lost 125+ lbs but at what cost. I can't eat much of anything (orange sherbert, cottage cheese) and what ever I try to eat ends up vomitted back up. I have been in the hospital 27 days between May and June for severe malnutrition. I can't drink protein. The smell gags me and as soon as I get it down, it comes right back up. My surgeon finally put in a j-tube so I can get my protein that way. Now I have a foley sticking out of my stomach, can't eat hardly anything and vomit a lot. My Dr. tells me this is totally rare for the "morning sickness syndrome" to last more than a few months. Has anyone else had this problem? What did you do? What about inability to get protein supplements down? I have tried thousands of dollars worth of various products to no avail. Any suggestions would be helpful. I have found Special K has a protein supplement I can get down but it only has 4 grams of protein per packet. Very low. Any help and suggestions you can give me will be so greatly appreciated. I just want to get my strength back, get rid of this J-tube and start feeling like a normal person again. Thanks Jacque |
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jacq0122 TX Wade Barker Duodenal Switch (12/08/10) Member Since: 09/18/09 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 7/22/11 7:54 pm Thanks so much to everyone who has replied and offered suggestions. I am sorry to learn Dr. Barker has such a bad reputation. I wish someone would have mentioned that during the 12 months I was waiting to get approved and on line talking about waiting for the surgery. |
e******grlHazem Elariny Duodenal Switch Member Since: 01/26/10 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 7/23/11 9:19 am It WAS mentioned to you... Did you forget about this post? http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4265451/Pending-RNY-surgery-approved-want-to-change-to-DS/#35096096 This was also the only post you made on OH prior to your surgery. The rest were all after the fact. This is all trumped by the fact that you spent a year on OH, trying to get approval as you mentioned. In that year I would hope you had been reading and researching here. There is no shortage of posts every single day about surgeons, dsfacts.com, post op issues, doing your own research, advocating for yourself, ect... |
You have been warned. Believe us or don't, but please don't come back here saying "nobody warned you."
It is yet a whole other BAD decision to move ahead with Barker since you are the mother of a 2.5 year old! What would you tell him about this choice after being warned? Would you put him under the knife with Barker if he needed WLS?
Run to a VETTED DS Revision surgeon! You still have a chance.
He claims to do RNY to DS revisions. NO. He leaves the pouch intact and shortens the common channel. Again I know a patient personally who went in full of promises of a DS and came out with...well, we aren't quite sure what. The op report doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense.
Think about this logically:
Dr Barker has been doing DS for 9 mos give or take. Dr Stewart has been at it for at least 6 years.
Dr Barker claims to do RNY to DS revisions. Dr Stewart will do Band to DS revisions but NOT RNY to DS. It's a fiddly surgery, a dangerous surgery and not something to be undertaken lightly.
Says something when the new kid on the block decides not just to jump in the pool but to compete at a level the experienced guy isn't going to go near. And what it says is not flattering.
To paraphrase Top Gun: Barker's 'ego is writing checks his body can't cash'. And the patients are left footing the bill.
Now, Barker isn't all bad. He apparently does a hell of a band and a doozy of an RNY--per the nurses at his hospital the ER is filled with "barker's beauties" every weekend. He has stellar taste in vehicles: not everybody can pull off a cherry red ferrari. He also has his own movie company, which explains his advertising budget. Oh, and he's very charismatic.
You pick. High priced flash with a very real likelihood you'll end up with not what you want. Or a wait time while you get your backside to a Dr who can actually do the revision.
