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I had a VSG by Dr Alvarez in 2008, he used a large bougie... didnt lose the weight I needed...went in to see Dr Rutledge in Vegas last year and thought he would revise my VSG to make smaller and it was planned to do a small MGB. Unfortunately, he did the MGB and did not touch my stomach. As such I can eat tons of food and have terrible gas and diareahea all the time. I am going in for my last and final surgery in 1 month to reverse the MGB and have him revise and make smaller my stomach. I'm scared as this is my third surgery...and last I might add.

Can anyone comment about VSG revisions?

Blessings to you!

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1. Best of luck with that.

2. What is a MGB?

3. what size Bougie did he use?

Thanks

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1. Best of luck with that.

2. What is a MGB?

3. what size Bougie did he use?

Thanks

A MGB is a MINI Gastric Bypass you can google it and find out all about it...It is reversible. Not usre what size of Bougie Dr Alvarez used but he told me it was one of the larger sizes.

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A MGB is a MINI Gastric Bypass you can google it and find out all about it...It is reversible. Not usre what size of Bougie Dr Alvarez used but he told me it was one of the larger sizes.

Thanks. My Doc used a loose 36. I think the common sizes are 32-60 french. My doc said that they are all pretty small and not that much difference in the sizes.

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I WAS GIVEN A BOOKLET AND IT SAID THAT MY STOMACH WAS 200 mls THAT'S VERY SMALL I THINK ????

Ann xx;0)))

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32F with oversew to reach 28F. . . pretty small here and grateful i am except when i'm depressed. . then sometimes i wish it was bigger. . . :rolleyes:

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I thought Dr Alvarez was one of the drs using the smaller size bougie as in 32fr, even in 2008. I wonder why he decided to make yours bigger? Was it due to medical reasons? I have seen a lot of revisions from one procedure to another, but not necessarily 2 revisions within that short of an amount of time. I am very sorry you have had difficulties with the sleeve and now the MGB.

How did you do with the actual diet part of the surgery with eating Protein first and not filling up on "sliders" or carbs? Do you feel it was the sleeve being big and not slipping back into bad habits or emotional eating that failed to help you reach goal? Have you had any therapy relating to your eating? How much weight did you lose and how much more do you want to lose? I wish you luck with everything, please update us on what you decided to do!!

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