Roudoudou
Member
Hello, everyone!
I had originally posted this on Obesity Help but Larra kindly suggested this forum for me due to the prevalence of veteran DS-ers.
Went and saw a surgeon last week, and he says he only does the newer loop procedure (per him, because of less chance of malabsorption and bad diarrhea). Said he wouldn't do the regular DS on me (BMI is 45) but said maybe one of his colleagues would, so I had a consult with him yesterday.
While he has great credentials, he has only done TWO of the loop procedures and NONE of the DS surgeries. He did say he'd be willing to do the DS on me, although I'd be his first! I have to say, that surprised me. Maybe a bit of surgeon pride? Interestingly enough, it turns out the first surgeon has never done the loop procedure even once; I hadn't asked him that but thought it interesting he didn't mention it. They seem to be pretty sleeve-happy at this clinic.
Bottom line is I have not yet ruled out the SADI procedure but am going to make an appointment with the one surgeon in Washington state who has extensive experience with the DS (yes, there's only one!) and that's Dr. Myur Srikanth. This will make WLS consult #4 but I don't want to mess around with my body. I get one shot at this!
Posting as I was surprised to find it so difficult to find a surgeon in a large metropolitan area as Seattle who does the DS. At least there's one!
I had originally posted this on Obesity Help but Larra kindly suggested this forum for me due to the prevalence of veteran DS-ers.
Went and saw a surgeon last week, and he says he only does the newer loop procedure (per him, because of less chance of malabsorption and bad diarrhea). Said he wouldn't do the regular DS on me (BMI is 45) but said maybe one of his colleagues would, so I had a consult with him yesterday.
While he has great credentials, he has only done TWO of the loop procedures and NONE of the DS surgeries. He did say he'd be willing to do the DS on me, although I'd be his first! I have to say, that surprised me. Maybe a bit of surgeon pride? Interestingly enough, it turns out the first surgeon has never done the loop procedure even once; I hadn't asked him that but thought it interesting he didn't mention it. They seem to be pretty sleeve-happy at this clinic.
Bottom line is I have not yet ruled out the SADI procedure but am going to make an appointment with the one surgeon in Washington state who has extensive experience with the DS (yes, there's only one!) and that's Dr. Myur Srikanth. This will make WLS consult #4 but I don't want to mess around with my body. I get one shot at this!
Posting as I was surprised to find it so difficult to find a surgeon in a large metropolitan area as Seattle who does the DS. At least there's one!