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Larra, Thanks for reading and giving your advice do you think this portion "Mild distention of gastric pouch is seen" of the test and the lack of weight loss since 2012 will help me be a candidate for a revision?

Charris, thanks for your response. I am hoping I can still get a revision because of the lack of weight. I'm really worried now.

Patient is status post gastric bypass surgery with postsurgical changes. Mild distention of gastric pouch is seen. Patient ingested barium tablet without difficulty and no delay in passage. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Augusta University medical center stated that the ray to ds revision is something they rarely do because of the complications rate. They even tried to get me to think about other surgeries instead. I got in touch with Dr. Add to dictionary and my insurance (Tricare) said they will not cover me...

I hade my upper GI done yesterday and waiting for the results. I found that Augusta university medical perform the DS but "not often"

Hello all. I'm so new and posting a reply so it seems very unorganized. I really hope I replied to everyone correctly. I do have a question, if I cant get the DS what would be another option for a gastric bypass revision?

Thank you very much for the information.

I have your inbox message thank you very much! I will be fighting tooth and nail to get the DS. I will be taking your advice as well, thanks again.

Hi larra, nice talking with you again. No doctors ever checked why I lost so little weight. Tomorrow I am finally having an upper GI but the this is I want the DS but they don't perform it on base and Tricare is already fighting me with only questions.

I totally agree with you, they gave me the run around just by simply asking questions. I guess this makes a long journey.

I spoke with the bariatric team at fort Gordon and they stated they don't do the DS surgery. I contacted my insurance and they said id I had Tricare standard things would go very easy for me. Thanks for replying.

I had my RNY in November 2012. Since having the surgery up until this day I have only lost 35 pounds. I know have high blood pressure again, GERD, high cholesterol and need to use my cpap again. I can eat like a person without wls. I have Tricare South insurance and I am not sure if I should be...

I was told to come to this amazing site by one of the member (larra) thank you very much! I look forward to interacting with everyone.