New to this forum; however participated in others for the last 9 months. I was living in Russia and took a decision that WLS was my path to sustained health improvement. I was considering outpatient surgery in US while on vacation or visiting a clinic in Moscow. I went as far as organizing a lap band installation appointment which I cancelled about a day after I made it as I moved to other methods. I learned in October that I would be repatriated to US after 10 years away. Since, I have worked with offices of Dr. Erik Wilson and his associate, Dr. Mehta of University of Texas. Their practice specializes in laparoscopic methods to all of the surgical procedures.
Based on my medical history, I was offered two methods of which I selected RNY. The pre-operative process for approvals starts today and I am receiving advice for DS from others. I knew several people who had gone for the bands and they were happy. I see several people here were happy with their initial selection of RNY. I am also seeing a vocal group advocating DS and remain open to this option. Your opinions appreciated. I am an engineer and decisions are routinely made based on data and the interpretation of the data.
@Andretta bogans, and good luck with getting your revision...And yes there are successful revisions here. Best place to post to find them is in this area: http://bariatricfacts.org/forums/revisions.14/
Fred.
