Did you see the special on Discovery Health Channel where Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers) had the MGB? It was good too.

I agree the website is a mess.  That is one thing that REALLY bothered me when I was doing research.  I think it needs to be re-done. It would definitely lend to the credibility of the organization to have it organized and presented professionally. But despite all that, in my research, I found the MGB was the surgery for me. I had mine 11/15/06 and am now 5 months out and 5 lbs. from my goal.  Back when they first started performing the MGB, Dr. R. would bypass anywhere from 2-8 feet of intestine, depending on how much weight needed to be lost.  He told us in our clinic meeting prior to surgery, that since so many of his early patients who had short bypasses had returned for revision to a longer bypass, he now starts with 6 feet as a standard and evaluates up or down from there.  I only had 77 lbs. to lose, but he did 6 feet on me. I was expecting 3 feet. I also think some of the anti-MGB part comes from people just being uninformed.  I hear all the time people say that this is just like the old loop bypass surgery in the past that is banned now.  This is NOT the same thing! The amount of intestine that is bypassed remains in the body cavity and sure, it is not straight.  You can't have 33 feet of intestine be straight in your body.  But it is NOT the old loop bypass. Also, there is usually no problem with acid reflux because the connection is at the base of the new smaller stomach, not up top where they used to connect the old loop bypass.  I would urge people to not discredit the statistics of MGB just because Dr. R's group is the main group doing the surgery.  There are other doctors that do this surgery that are not affiliated with his group.  I'm sure they keep statistics too.   If you compare percentages of complications to RNY, the percentages are lower, not just because the sampling is lower based on fewer MGB's done than RNY's.  As always, be sure to research all options you are considering as no one option is right for everyone.

hi lana..check out www.clos.net hope that helps! ~katie

I havent yet but I just wanted to wish you the very best of luck. I cant wait to be there someday myself. All of God's blessings to you. Best wishes.  Juls 28yrs/ 275lbs/ 5'3