Question:
Could you please share your experiences with revisions

I had my surgery 3/04 and have lost 200 lbs since then. I started at 478 and am down to 277 now. I have an appointment to discuss a revision on MOnday, but wanted to here some of your thoughts on whether this is a good idea, please share your experiences if you have had a revision, especiallly anyone who started out around my same size. I would greatly appreciate the help.    — shellyjoel (posted on July 17, 2005)

July 17, 2005
I am not in the same situation, but you might be interested in this paper: http://www.dssurgery.com/aboutus/Research/safeoperation.pdf
   — [Deactivated Member]

July 17, 2005
I had my revision on May 6, 2005, I had contacted a high fever and fluilds in my chest, I didn't have a good experience, but now I am losing my weight, and feel much better,just email me and I will tell you more.
   — DIXIEANN F.

July 18, 2005
I hate to bore my fellow long-term post-ops by always posting this response when questions about revisions pop up, but AMOS really isn't the best place to find people sharing information and experiences about revisions. You should instead check out these Yahoo groups: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/OSSG-Revision/ and its successor, http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WLSrevisionsupport There is also a group for people seeking conversion to the duodenal switch. Its address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DS_Revision The group for post-ops at least a year out also contains plenty of talk of revisions. Its address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG And for people who started out at over 400 pounds, a good source of support is http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WLS400plus/ Best of luck to you.
   — Kay B.