sonnybone
Has lap rny feb 2001 with dr nicolas bertha my highest weight was 448 had rny at 428 lost 200 lbs, about 2003-2004 gained back 30 than 40 than 50 until I got back up to 338 lbs, I tried to get back on track (water, protein) but I was always hungry still couldnt eat a pizza but I could get 2 slices down every 2-3 hours, so I went to see Dr Jordan Garrison who was trained by Dr Bertha (dr bertha didnt take my ins) and explained and asked about a revision he sent me for a upper GI series and it came back that my pouch was NOT stretched at all, I couldnt understand how I could eat so much when the first 2 years after gastric bypass I couldnt eat anything without getting sick, so of course my insurance denied me the revision, but Dr Garrison said that if we put a realize band on it will definitely take away the constant hunger and he fought with the insurance co Aetna and got me approved.
Had surgery (realize band over bypass) on 4/21/10 weight was 324 no problems at all, and Dr garrison told me after surgery that my pouch was definitely 2-3 times stretched when he went in there, which gives me more hope for success
4/26 315 lbs 9 lbs already walking 1 mile daily
5/3 308 lbs 16 lbs down 108 to go
