Here it is...I replied to a lady who's going in for a DS with the same surgeon. Last February Dunshee and Stewart (who has since moved) said they've done around fifty DS. I'm sure it's more now.
Dr. Dunshee is very good. Dr. Anthone trained him. I have faith in him...but I had two WLS before and was a very complicated revision. He said I was the most difficult surgery he ever did, period, and he's done lots. Dr. Stewart (he just relocated and is no longer with the practice) assisted him with the surgery and also follow up procedures (EGDS, stent placement). Also an excellent doctor.
I had complications...they basically had to reconstruct my stomach, which was a mass of scar tissue... I was on the table six hours, the longest time they've ever taken doing a DS. My blood pressure dropped dangerously after surgery and I had to have blood transfusions...was admitted to ICU. Dr. Dunshee came and inserted a central line and I was put on Dopamine to stabilize.
I was in the hospital in and out over three months, ICU twice. Dr. Dunshee pulled me through. I know I would have died with a lesser surgeon. He was attentive, caring and pro-active along with being technically adept, but most importantly, did not try to rush in with multiple dangerous surgeries as some would have done and killed me. (I'm a RN, I know the drill).
At the time it was hellacious though. I couldn't eat or drink for months. Did tube feedings. I still have my tube in. Revisions are the toughest surgeries.
But now I'm back on track and eating! Doing good. Lost 70 pounds so far! Struggling to get protein in...drinking shakes. I can eat all the soft stuff with small amounts of soft meats and recently salads. I missed salad terribly. Will probably get the tube out soon, but i use it to take big pills (I crush them) and anything nasty.
It's a big surgery, not a light and breezy thing like some make it out to be...but for me it was worth it. I think I made the right decision with sticking with Dunshee and going through with the surgery. My sleep apnea and diabetes are gone and my high BP is lower.
P.S. My common channel is 100 cm.
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