I WANT A REVISION
I HAD A GASTRIC BYPASS WITH STOMACH STAPLING 16 YRS AGO 3/1.
MY ORIG WT WAS 350 AND WITHIN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE SURGERY LOST 190 LBS. LIFE WAS GREAT....HAD MORE ENERGY, LOOKED AND FELT GREAT.
2002 MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY FROM A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS, SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DEPRESSION, HAD A TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY AND MOVED FROM THE EAST COAST TO TEXAS- TO CARE FROM MY DAD- HE IS NOT SICK JUST OLD AND GRUMPY LOL AND DRIVING ME INSANE.
I'M SEEKING TO GET A REVISION. I KNOW A REVISION WILL BE MORE DIFF BUT I'M WILLING TO CHANCE IT......MY BP IS HIGH, MY SLEEP APNEA IS BACK NOT TO MENTION I'M WEIGHING 265 LBS STANDING AT 6'1- EVERYONE SAYS I LOOK GREAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE HELL OR THE TIN MAN FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ, BECAUSE MY JOINTS HURT SO BAD......
IS ANYONE IN MY SHOES OR CARE TO WORK WITH ME IN THEM? I NEED ADVICE HAS ANYONE BEEN THRU A REVISION....
DYG
MY ORIG WT WAS 350 AND WITHIN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE SURGERY LOST 190 LBS. LIFE WAS GREAT....HAD MORE ENERGY, LOOKED AND FELT GREAT.
2002 MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY FROM A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS, SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DEPRESSION, HAD A TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY AND MOVED FROM THE EAST COAST TO TEXAS- TO CARE FROM MY DAD- HE IS NOT SICK JUST OLD AND GRUMPY LOL AND DRIVING ME INSANE.
I'M SEEKING TO GET A REVISION. I KNOW A REVISION WILL BE MORE DIFF BUT I'M WILLING TO CHANCE IT......MY BP IS HIGH, MY SLEEP APNEA IS BACK NOT TO MENTION I'M WEIGHING 265 LBS STANDING AT 6'1- EVERYONE SAYS I LOOK GREAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE HELL OR THE TIN MAN FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ, BECAUSE MY JOINTS HURT SO BAD......
IS ANYONE IN MY SHOES OR CARE TO WORK WITH ME IN THEM? I NEED ADVICE HAS ANYONE BEEN THRU A REVISION....
DYG
Amy Farrah Fowler
on 2/23/10 11:44 am, edited 2/23/10 11:45 am
on 2/23/10 11:44 am, edited 2/23/10 11:45 am
Hopefully Kerry will happen along here soon. He is a early bypass revision (to DS) that had his bypass in the early 80's, and revised to the DS maybe 2 years ago. He is doing great, and is very helpful.
Can't offer any help with the grouchy old dad thing, since many of us need help in that category, lol.
You are barely still qualify for WLS of any type (BMI�of 40, OR�BMI�of 35 with co-morbidities). Your BMI�is juuust at 35, but you have co-morbs that qualify you.
There were MANY reasons I looked at the DS (like best weight loss, maintenance of that loss, most normal post-op lifestyle), but something you may want to consider is the ability to take NSAIDS, particularly if your joints have some damage. Since revision surgery is riskier than a virgin surgery, and there are only a handful of surgeons that are great with these revisions, I'd look at the list on DSfacts.com.
Good luck with whatever you decide, and hopefully one of the old bypass revisions will pop in soon (and I mean the bypass was old, not the person, lol).
Can't offer any help with the grouchy old dad thing, since many of us need help in that category, lol.
You are barely still qualify for WLS of any type (BMI�of 40, OR�BMI�of 35 with co-morbidities). Your BMI�is juuust at 35, but you have co-morbs that qualify you.
There were MANY reasons I looked at the DS (like best weight loss, maintenance of that loss, most normal post-op lifestyle), but something you may want to consider is the ability to take NSAIDS, particularly if your joints have some damage. Since revision surgery is riskier than a virgin surgery, and there are only a handful of surgeons that are great with these revisions, I'd look at the list on DSfacts.com.
Good luck with whatever you decide, and hopefully one of the old bypass revisions will pop in soon (and I mean the bypass was old, not the person, lol).
Hi DYG,
I had gasrtic bypass / stomach stapling / RNY back in 1980, lost the weight and then had to diet and exercise like mad to keep it off; I managed to do it for about 15 years, but got sick and couldn't exercise and lost control of the weight. Yo to dieted my way back to my original weight of 285.
I got a revision to DS in Sept. 2008 and it's great, I've never felt so good and I've never been able to eat like a normal person and control my weight until now.
Here's a link to my 1 year out post; you can see what a difference a year can make:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4024505/One-year-ago-to day-who-could-have-known/action,replies/topic_id,4024505/pag e,1/
I'll also send you a friend request; if you accept it, you can go to my profile and get a lot more detail of what I went through and see more pictures.
I would also suggest you see one of these surgeons:
Erik Wilson, MD *
Email: [email protected]
They're both great DS surgeons and they can tell you more about getting a revision. You may also want to go to www.dsfacts.com and read up on the DS. It's an awesome WLS, my only regret is that I didn't get the revision 10 years earlier.
If you have any questions or need more information, let me know.
Kerry
I had gasrtic bypass / stomach stapling / RNY back in 1980, lost the weight and then had to diet and exercise like mad to keep it off; I managed to do it for about 15 years, but got sick and couldn't exercise and lost control of the weight. Yo to dieted my way back to my original weight of 285.
I got a revision to DS in Sept. 2008 and it's great, I've never felt so good and I've never been able to eat like a normal person and control my weight until now.
Here's a link to my 1 year out post; you can see what a difference a year can make:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/4024505/One-year-ago-to day-who-could-have-known/action,replies/topic_id,4024505/pag e,1/
I'll also send you a friend request; if you accept it, you can go to my profile and get a lot more detail of what I went through and see more pictures.
I would also suggest you see one of these surgeons:
Erik Wilson, MD *
Email: [email protected]
UT Houston
6700 West Loop South, Ste 500
Bellaire, TX 77401
Phone: 713-892-5500
Fax: 713-871-0071
Daryl A. Stewart, MD *
Weight Loss Specialists of North Texas
Denton Surgical Group
3321 Colorado Blvd.
Denton, TX 76210
Phone: 940-382-9429
They're both great DS surgeons and they can tell you more about getting a revision. You may also want to go to www.dsfacts.com and read up on the DS. It's an awesome WLS, my only regret is that I didn't get the revision 10 years earlier.
If you have any questions or need more information, let me know.
Kerry
I've never heard of Dr. Patel and he isn't listed anywhere I can find as a qualified DS surgeon, so I highly doubt he could revise you to DS. Any revision is a complicated surgery to get revised to DS takes a highly skilled surgeon he is not you man for this. Most people have to travel to get their DS, I traveled 650 miles and would do it again in a heartbeat if I had to.
You could not pay me enough to get another RNY type pouch / surgery.
Kerry
You could not pay me enough to get another RNY type pouch / surgery.
Kerry
I went to Dr. Rabkin in San Francisco www.paclap.com and I self paid, my health insurance didn't cover anything related to WLS. You could contact Dr. Rabkin, but the two surgeons I gave you contact info on in a prior post are both vetted DS surgeons in TX, so they would be closer. The whole list of vetted surgeons can be seen here: www.dsfacts.com/duodenal-switch-surgeons.html
The DS Facts web site is a great tool for learning about the DS; you can go here and find all sorts of information: www.dsfacts.com/index.html
Kerry
The DS Facts web site is a great tool for learning about the DS; you can go here and find all sorts of information: www.dsfacts.com/index.html
Kerry
Hi Cindy,
My total costs were about $40,000.00, but I had some complications that added about $8,000.00 to the bill. Dr. Rabkin has a package that covers everything for $32,000.00 if I'm remembering correctly. Dr. Rabkin is probably one of the more expensive surgeons to go to; some of which is because of where he's located; San Francisco.
But I wasn't bargain shopping, I was looking for the best, most experienced surgeon who had done revisions like mine. I was a real mess inside; the surgery I had back in 1980 had partly come apart; I had scar tissue and adhesion's all over the place. The first surgery took 8 1/2 hours because of all this mess and even then Dr. Rabkin missed a scar tissue flap that had grown inside my stomach and that flap stopped anything from getting through, so I had to have another surgery. The second surgery was three days after the first one and it took 4 1/2 hours. All the surgery was tough on me and I ended up staying in the hospital for 8 days. And of course all this costs $$$$, so that's why my surgery was so expensive.
All that being said; I would do it again in a heartbeat. I just wish I had done it 10 years earlier. I feel so good now it's just amazing, I feel like I'm a 30 year old kid again!
Kerry
My total costs were about $40,000.00, but I had some complications that added about $8,000.00 to the bill. Dr. Rabkin has a package that covers everything for $32,000.00 if I'm remembering correctly. Dr. Rabkin is probably one of the more expensive surgeons to go to; some of which is because of where he's located; San Francisco.
But I wasn't bargain shopping, I was looking for the best, most experienced surgeon who had done revisions like mine. I was a real mess inside; the surgery I had back in 1980 had partly come apart; I had scar tissue and adhesion's all over the place. The first surgery took 8 1/2 hours because of all this mess and even then Dr. Rabkin missed a scar tissue flap that had grown inside my stomach and that flap stopped anything from getting through, so I had to have another surgery. The second surgery was three days after the first one and it took 4 1/2 hours. All the surgery was tough on me and I ended up staying in the hospital for 8 days. And of course all this costs $$$$, so that's why my surgery was so expensive.
All that being said; I would do it again in a heartbeat. I just wish I had done it 10 years earlier. I feel so good now it's just amazing, I feel like I'm a 30 year old kid again!
Kerry
Kerry: At this point I'd walk the sahara desert barefoot to feel 30 years old again. I feel about 80. Unfortunately, I just lost my job so self-pay is not an option. If I had any retirement savings I'd blow it all, but alas I don't.
Why is it those that need the help the most get it the least? Or is that just me feeling sorry for myself?
I'm afraid this will all take so long, I'll get too old to have surgery again (I'm 53 now).
The doctor I"ve been working with now is in Ky - Dr. Husted. Heard any good or bad about him?
Supposedly their office sent the insurance company another letter but without much more than "metabolic disorder" to put in it he doubts that BCBS will approve the revision. According to BCBS - I need some serious issues with the band that require surgery to fix (slipped band etc) for them to approve it. I wonder if I get the band out and wait a few months if I could get a different insurance company to approve the DS - or do they see that as just a revision?
BCBS wasn't even the company that paid for the band so theoretically they are not paying for a revision - they are paying for a new tool to help me get healthier. But I don't think they see it that way.... ;-(
Cindy
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326/286/140 (start/current/goal)
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