BIG PROBLEMS

I had the same problems, went down to 92 lbs. Almost died, finally found a surgeon willing to try and see the problem, found a titanium ring too small for even Water to get through!! Never saw anything like it, my surgeon was THE BEST around with a stellar reputation, so this means nothing. Be forewarned this WILL change your life , and your teeth. Now disabled with many med problems from surgery, and dentures!! My teeth were beautiful!!. Not to scare anyone, but this was the gold standard surgery in 2005 with the best surgeon around

I guess I'm different.... I tell everybody ..... my husband tells everybody .... I see no reason for me to not tell.... we've not met any negativity yet but I'm sure I will at some point .... I could careless what they have to say.... its not their health and their lives and needed to be saved.... it was mine....

Ohh no that sounds just awful!! Are you feeling better?????
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We have consulted with several lawyers and no one will pursue because it was an elective surgery. We did a lot of research and thought we had one of the best group's in the nation performing the surgery. In the end, the surgeon responsible for the first and second surgery no longer works at the practice or the hospital where it was originally performed. Maybe due in part to other issues? Anyways, we were advised for the longest time not to say anything to anyone until we knew what the ultimate outcome would be. After several years of keeping quiet, I want to tell everyone what happened and to think long and hard about possible complications that weren't even discussed with us.

The other problem with bring a legal suit is that the original surgeons strung him along and kept telling him everything would be fine and simply kept feeding him pain meds until the statute of limitations ran out to file a suit. Almost to the DAY they ran out, the original surgeons basically kicked him to the curb and refused to see him anymore. All the surgeons we've seen since then will start off pumping us full of hope and bragging about how they're the "best in the business" and then the invasive tests begin...(He can't have simple tests done because of his sleep apnea all his scopes have to be done under general anesthesia with a breathing tube in place and the whole 9 yards) After they take a look at how messed up he is inside they sorta just stop interacting with us and ignore us. The one surgeon who actually tried laproscopally had this to say: "I don't know what those guys did to you but I've never seen anything like this" Basically, what happened was this: The original surgeon didn't completely seperate the old stomach from the new pouch. Because of this, the old stomach kept dumping acid into the new surgical area essentially, burning it up and destroying the tissue to the point that it was so damaged, that it was irreparable. Of course, we found all this out long after the statute of limitations for malpractice ran out. If anyone reading this knows of a good malpractice attorney who would be interested in this we're all ears. It's not like he wants to be rich and would much rather be able to work again but it would certainly be nice to go a month or two not having to wonder if we'll be able to scrape enough money together to make rent....