Hi there! I have a question for you if I could? I was lap-banded 5 years ago, and am considering the MGB. My husband who is WLS free is also considering the MGB. Unfortunately we were just out in Vegas and missed a golden opportunity to go to Dr. Rutledge's office for info directly. We had not been investigating it at this point yet. But I am heading to Florida, not too far from Davenport, and I plan on going to Dr. Peraglie's office for info. I know I won't get to see him personally, but I like to get a feel for a Dr's office and his/her staff. I was just curious how was your experience with Dr. Peraglie? I can get all the info I want on Dr. Rutledge, but not Dr. Peraglie. We are actually closest to Dr. Doroghazi in Bay city, Mi, but there is nothing about him on the clos website. Any insight you could offer would be appreciated. Thank you.....a.

Thanks for your reply, Kat.  I do not like the obesityhelp site.  It is so negative about the mgb so I really appreaciate your contact and encouragement. I am nervous as the time approaches but can think of nothing better to do for me than this surgery. blessings, Jo in 'Arkansas

Hi Sandy, I am one year post op and happy with my success which was performed by Dr Hargroder in Joplin Missouri and who was trained by Dr Rutledge at one point but broke away from the clos.net group and has been successful on his own in Missouri. When researching the surgery initially I spoke with several who had their surgeries done anywhere from 3 years to 7 years out and had been successful. I didn't base it on those fairly short term such as myself because I wanted to know the long term especially since I was self pay and will be paying on this for a long time to come. I guess the question would be what things have been done differently between those who have regained and those who have not over the time period. A lot of people who have the RNY end up gaining a good portion of their weight back but I only know of two who have with this surgery and it was because of having to have revisions due to other health problems that came up afterwards. With that being said both are planning to have the MGB surgery again as soon as they are financially able. I researched the other surgeries for over a year before deciding on this one and wouldn't have gone any other way. Kat

I fit into your Group 3.  And I always thought that I wouldn't qualify for surgery because I didn't have at least 100 lbs. to lose.  However, I was plagued with several co-morbidities and a strong family history of some diseases that are exacerbated by obesity, so I was a candidate.  It's hard sometimes, as I get quite a bit of criticism for having a WLS in the first place, but I did what I thought I needed to do for my health.  Since I had such severe complications, I guess I will never know if the trade off was worth it or if my life will or will not be lengthened because of my choices.  We all do the best we can with the information we have at the time. Even with all I've been through, I still believe that I needed WLS.  Though I might have chosen something different with the information I have now.

I would think you could have this done.  I had the opposite done.  I had the MGB that was revised to a gastric sleeve because I lost too much weight.  Seems to me they would just need to go in and bypass the intestines like they do in the original MGB, since you already have the stomach part done.