Revision help in Minnesota

[follmerpa 35]

I could use a little help, I live in Minnesota and I’m having trouble finding a doctor or clinic that handles revision surgery. I was sleeved about 6 years ago and do to some ne meds I’m gaining weight back. If can make a suggestion on a doctor or clinic would be much appreciated.

thank you

Paul

[KarissaRenee 2]

Just found this post! I'm from MN too. Which revision are you looking into? I'm going through Allina Health. Dr. Jayson Dock will be revising my sleeve into the duodenal switch

[follmerpa 35]

Hi there,

I was also looking at having my sleeve revised to switch, I have GERD and gained a little weight back since my sleeve surgery. But I could only find mayo Clinic to do a revision, and they will only revise to bypass. Are you having it done for gerd as well? I also have sleep apnea real bad , I want to get away from cpap but need to lose more weight.
was your process difficult? Or was Alina willing to work with you?

thank you

[KarissaRenee 2]

The switch will not help you with the GERD unfortunately. I am doing it because of regain.
Allina’s program has been excellent. They commonly do revisions. It may be something to look into!

[follmerpa 35]

I’m thinking the GERD is from my regain, is there a bunch of hoops to jump through? My sleeve was done at north memorial hospital and when I went there about revision, the doctor stated that revision wasn’t an option and I needed to see dietitian and exercise more, I explained I was doing all that but I had some med changes and it caused a little weight gain. They said it would be at least a year of supervised diet and excersize then we could talk about a revision, uggg.
what clinic did you go to and what hospital is surgery going to be done?
mom sure it would be better than traveling to Rochester for all appointments.

thank you

[follmerpa 35]

On 2/25/2021 at 2:20 PM, KarissaRenee said:

The switch will not help you with the GERD unfortunately. I am doing it because of regain.
Allina’s program has been excellent. They commonly do revisions. It may be something to look into!

How long has the process been for you? I have BlueCrossMN and they have no protocol for revision surgery, I was hoping to have done within 3 months. I also looked up Alina clinic and there is one less than two miles away from me. Lot better than driving to Rochester.

thank you