DS to Rose or lap or sleeve which is best? revison?
Define 'failed'. How much have you lost? What is your current height/weight? What are you trying to accomplish?
Do you know your stats? As in, what is the length of your common channel? Original size of your sleeve?
How are your labs?
What are you eating? Are you sticking with protein first, complex carbs second, simple carbs third and alcohol sparingly?
I'm not trying to badger you or be nasty. I am trying to understand so we can better help you. Both of those (RNY & DS) are 'the big time' in terms of surgeries. The ones you are suggesting revising to are much less effective. Before you jump ship to revision, let's look at what's going on.
Is it a matter of your sleeve having lost it's restrictive properties? Or do you feel your malabsorption has also gone the way of the dodo?
I may be wrong but I think with that history, resleeving is about your only option of the ones you listed but it is dangerous, to my mind. YOu might need to visit with a revision surgeon, like Kesheshian...fudge, I know there's another couple but my brain is not reving up.
Give us some mroe information so we can better help you. If there's a way we can get you not feeling like your surgery has failed without sending you back under the knife, I'd imagine that would be preferable to you.
Do you know your stats? As in, what is the length of your common channel? Original size of your sleeve?
How are your labs?
What are you eating? Are you sticking with protein first, complex carbs second, simple carbs third and alcohol sparingly?
I'm not trying to badger you or be nasty. I am trying to understand so we can better help you. Both of those (RNY & DS) are 'the big time' in terms of surgeries. The ones you are suggesting revising to are much less effective. Before you jump ship to revision, let's look at what's going on.
Is it a matter of your sleeve having lost it's restrictive properties? Or do you feel your malabsorption has also gone the way of the dodo?
I may be wrong but I think with that history, resleeving is about your only option of the ones you listed but it is dangerous, to my mind. YOu might need to visit with a revision surgeon, like Kesheshian...fudge, I know there's another couple but my brain is not reving up.
Give us some mroe information so we can better help you. If there's a way we can get you not feeling like your surgery has failed without sending you back under the knife, I'd imagine that would be preferable to you.
Wow. See what happens it has beeen 2004 I did not know all this stuff wow... Rny 380 in 1999 and in 2004 DS .. Today I am back at 275...I am 5 feet 7. Today I had my upper gi and labs and I should be able to tell you more by tuesday. Wow back in 2004 we didnt know all this stuff ,...like no pop etc...Yes I thnk my sleeve needs fixed I am able to eat 3 times the amouts I use to eat ..
I apologize for casting aspersions on you. Your case makes more sense now that I have read through the pages of more recent posts to this thread.
See if you can make your ERNY work. If not, Drs. Keshishain or Rabkin in California can revise you to a DS, but it is a very, very complex surgery, and they charge quite a bit for it, because insurances don't compensate them in line with how hard, complicated, and risky it is for them to do.
See if you can make your ERNY work. If not, Drs. Keshishain or Rabkin in California can revise you to a DS, but it is a very, very complex surgery, and they charge quite a bit for it, because insurances don't compensate them in line with how hard, complicated, and risky it is for them to do.
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