Thanks, Beth for any information you can uncover. Unfortunately, my gastric surgeon isn't going to be much help. The surgeon who did my surgery moved from IL to Washington State shortly after it, so I had another surgeon in the office for subsequent visits. Then the office went bankrupt and they were concerned I'd sue because my surgery malfunctioned, although I didn't. And then 2 years ago, I moved from IL to Frankfurt, Germany, so I'm kind of swinging on my own here.
Thanks, again -
Barb