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Looking for Los Angeles doc for revision

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kah1213    311

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I moved from New York to Los Angeles and looking for a new bariatric surgeon in Los Angeles area. Anyone have a strong recommendation? I had lap band in New York (2012) and recently had to have it removed, but I am looking to revise to sleeve once my stomach heals. Love my NY doc, but I want to meet with some local surgeons in LA instead of flying back to New York. Thanks all for the input!

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RickM    1,753

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Your best shot at it would be Dr. Keshishian in Glendale. He is one of the handful of docs capable of doing the very complex RNY to DS revision, and while you don't need that level of revision, a good DS oriented surgeon is a good bet for a VSG as the DS is based upon the sleeve, so those docs have been doing sleeves much longer than most bariatric surgeons. When I had my VSG done 7-8 years ago, I went up to SF to have it done as there was no comparable level of experience in LA at the time (Dr. K was still mostly practicing in the Central Valley then.)

He will probably advocate that you revise to the DS, as that does generally provide better and more durable long term results, but the decision is yours. If your band failed mechanically rather than on weight loss or regain, and you otherwise lost and maintained well with it, then the VSG should do just as well for you, but without the mechanical issues. If, on the other hand, you did struggle to lose enough with the band, or regained with it, then the DS is well worth considering.

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gym&tonic    10

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Cedars Sinai! hands down. They are #3 in the country for gastric surgeries. Dr Burch is amazing

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KateBruin    344

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Have you seen Dr Burch? Dr Chen at UCLA has been a total bastard that is way too long of a story to type out and even though I wake up choking on vomit from GERD he keeps pushing back bypass and recently had the balls to say I have Münchausen in my medical records but not to my face. I see Dr Burch Wednesday! I’m praying he can help me. Cedars is a horrible hospital but my GI doc and a LINX surgeon at UCLA both sing his praises.

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kah1213    311

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My GI doc is at Cedars. I’m scheduled to see someone at UCLA next week to discuss revision.

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KateBruin    344

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Please, PLEASE stay away from Dr Chen. I used to call him the zen master and now he’s a nightmare. He had the nerve to write possible Münchausen syndrome (NOTHING to support it) in my medical records and now I have this black stain following me forever. He wants me to keep suffering with GERD. Had bravo and normal is something like under 15 and I’m 50-60 so I 100% have it. He says at least 6 more months. It’s been a year and a half of suffering. Meds stopped working.

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gym&tonic    10

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Dr Burch 100%. You will be very happy.

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KateBruin    344

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Saw Burch today. I’d kiss that man on the face. He’s so wonderful I’m surprised he’s a surgeon. Drew pictures of bypass and handed it to me and I jokingly asked him to sign it so I could frame it and he did and even wrote 1/1 on it. The most personable surgeon I’ve ever met.

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kah1213    311

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That’s great. I’m going to UCLA Tuesday for my revision consult.

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KateBruin    344

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On 02/28/2019 at 01:40, kah1213 said:

That’s great. I’m going to UCLA Tuesday for my revision consult.
Which surgeon did you see? Dr Chen is a nightmare. I’m actually filing a formal complaint with UCLA

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d258    26

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If you have the option of Kaiser, they have a fantastic bariatric team.

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Ninabnina77    18

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Which surgeon did you see? Dr Chen is a nightmare. I’m actually filing a formal complaint with UCLA
Why, what happened? I am going to get my revision surgery by dr dutson, thank god my dr is not dr chen?

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Ninabnina77    18

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That’s great. I’m going to UCLA Tuesday for my revision consult.
Who did your revision surgery at ucla?

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Ninabnina77    18

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That’s great. I’m going to UCLA Tuesday for my revision consult.
Which Dr. at UCLA did your revision surgery?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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