Hi everyone, I am new to the group. My name is Rosemary Mann and I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am having a BPD-DS on the 23rd Feb. I'm not new to WLS. I had a band fitted 5 years ago and initially things went well. However, after my first fill a bacteria had sneaked into the port area. After several more surgical procedures to drain abscesses that formed the band was removed and I was left with an open wound for about 6 months thereafter. What went wrong? Well I don't think I did my homework, the surgeon was not professional and the after care was non existent.

After 5 years I have plucked up the courage to give it another go. But, this time I have done an enormous amount of research, I am working with a centre of excellence under the guidance of one of the leading endocrinologists in the world, Prof. Tess Van der Merwe and I am ready for this journey.

I look forward to reading about everyone's experiences.

Good luck :-)

Smart decision to do your research. Good luck!

Welcome, @@RoseSA! Good for you to take the chance again...with all the research under your belt. Best wishes. Keep us informed as to your progress.

"After several more surgical procedures to drain abscesses that formed the band was removed and I was left with an open wound for about 6 months thereafter. What went wrong? Well I don't think I did my homework, the surgeon was not professional and the after care was non existent."

"surgeon was not professional and the after care was non existent."

@@RoseSA

welcome, welcome, welcome and welcome

thanx for coming all the way from south africa

long walk

how are your feet feeling

probably you are pooped

doing different surgery in two weeks

good for you!!!

hopefully you will be much happier

and not have to deal with problems

studying, reading alot about WLS

what do they say?????.................

"knowledge is power" ???

i see you have become quite powerful

best of luck with surgery

speedy recovery

kathy

Edited February 9, 201511 yr by proudgrammy

Hello. Always glad to welcome another to the Dark Side.

Edited February 9, 201511 yr by Postop