What happened today...

Hey everybody. =) I had my surgeon's appointment today and I guess it went okay. Apparently the surgeon I went to(Dr.Nusbaum) has had 2 dozen patients revised from Dr. Capella's surgery. So he has experience with the way Dr. Capella operated, He said that Dr. Capella definetly has a special way of doing the VBG and that it is almost a 50% failure rate. So he said he has to see what the EGD Scope comes back as. But he said he'd like to be able to revise it into a RNY but doen't know if that's possible being the way Dr. Capella operated, He said the best option was the Realize Band. Has anyone ever had a revision to this? If so please let me know more about it. I have spent all my time researching the DS. Any as my surgeon said today I am not eligible for the DS. He said it would be a disaster, and it wasn't a good idea. Nutritonally speaking.  I'm just kind of confused. If anybody could help me or shine some light on the BAND, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

I don't think this surgeon performs the DS, so you shouldn't take his word for it.  I suggest you go to dsfacts.com or duodenalswitch.com and find a surgeon *****ally performs DS and other surgeries as well as revisions, and ask his/her opinion.

I personally think that if you have had a VBG that didn't work for you, another band is not going to solve your problems, and it doesn't solve metabolic issues.

Dr. Capella does not perform the DS. My guess is that he is now doing the Realize Band and he is going to try and talk all of his patients into it. Please clink the links in my siggy to find an actual DS surgeon who is close. Your health is too important to allow a bait-and-don't-switch doctor decide your future.

Please feel free to PM if you have any questions.

Dr. Capella is my old surgeon he has since retired. My surgeon currently is Dr. Nusbaum and he does perform the DS. Thank you for your response though. :) Hope things are well on your end.