ROSE procedure

Hello from Rhode Island
3/14/2001 I had the gastic bypass done by Dr Dean Roye of Providence RI...An amazing Dr... Begining weight of 340,,,,,my lowest weight was 150 after surgery...I stayed that weight for 7 years.,,,,Then 4/5/2007 I quit smoking....So here i was , non smoker--size 8 ( from size 30--4x )
Felt great,,lifes good!!... 3 years later, I turned around and found my FAT ASS again...Thats right, i gained weight,,,I have gained 75lbs in the past 3 years and now i feel horrible ....
has anyone in Rhode Island had the ROSE procedure ( RESTORATIVE OBESITY SURGERY) and who did it for you

Maureen
pawtucket ri

ROSE   DOES NOT WORK!

Take a look at the DS.

http://www.dsfacts.com

I had it done in October 2009 because my stoma from RNY is Stretched. It DOES"NT work I am now in process of trying to revise to DS. Waiting to hear from surgeon in NY.

I was afraid  the answers were going to be,,,I seached for a DS Dr,,Looks like the we dont have any Dr's in Rhode Island that does the DS procedure, the closest is 3 hrs away in NY ~~sigh

Pffft, 3 hours is nothing. I traveled 650 miles to get my revision to DS, paid $40,000.00 out of pocket, had to have 2 surgeries and had a miserable 6 weeks of recovery. But I would do it again in a heartbeat, hell I would do it every year if I had to in order to get what I have with the DS.

But then I lived with a damn RNY pouch for 28 years, so 6 weeks of misery, 40k and 650 miles of travel don't seem like much to get rid of all the excess weigh and be able to eat like a naturally thin person does.  My only regret is that I waited so long to get the revision; should have done it 10 years sooner. Love, love, love my DS.

Kerry

Did you not have insurance,,?>

I have insurance, but it doesn't cover anything related to WLS. It was either self pay or stay in RNY hell and fat prison, the money I spent was the best money I ever spent and the best investment I've ever made, and I've made some very good investments.

Kerry

I'm traveling to another country to get ds as well. You are going to live with this the rest of your life, I wouldn't limit myself to my own state.

Where are you coming from and going to..?