In 2007 I was told that due to my previous abdominal surgeries there was no way Dr. Stellato would perform a gastric bypass surgery on me. Then a few short months later after a possible ovarian cancer scare I had another abdominal surgery requiring Dr. Stellato to repair an abdominal hernia. This didn't go well at all, and like Dr. Stellato had feared, I developed an infection and subsequently remained in the hospital for 6 weeks. He commented to me that I might as well of had a gastric bypass since I was going through exactly what he had feared! At that time I weighed 360 lbs. After surgery I was down to 330 lbs and at 4 months post op I had dropped to 299 lbs.
Two years later I was back up to 340 lbs when I had to have the previous surgical area repaired and 4 months later I abcessed and was reopened again with a staph infection. The plastic surgeon told my husband if I didn't get the weight off I would not be around in 5 years that my numerous abdominal surgeries had so weakened the abdominal wall that any future problems may not be resolvable. They would be out of options. This totally freaked my husband out so we again sought the surgeons opinion about WLS. Dr. Saber was now filling in for Dr Stellato and after reviewing my abdominal surgery history told me flat out he would not do a gastric bypass or lap band surgery. However, he was convinced a gastric sleeve surgery would work and be beneficial for me. Course that was the only surgery not covered by my Aetna insurance.
Several months later I get a phone call from Dr. Saber's office telling me Aetna now covers gastric sleeve and Dr. Saber wanted to get me approved for the procedure. Within a month I was approved and have been to three months of nutrition classes and pre op class. My surgery is scheduled for October 27th. At this point I am now down to 304 lbs. Dr. Saber require
