personally i would seriously question your PCP's knowledge of GBS at all and i would say thank God he's not doing the surgery. I think definatly an experienced surgeon with BOTH types of the RNY is required.
Being that i've worked in medical for a while i would always go on the board of med. examiners site and make sure they have no open or pending cases. and then goto the orientations and ask tons of ?'s are they a Center Of Excellence, What is the mortality rate? etc.. and let me say this, if a surgeon ever says "o i havent lost a patient yet"... run the other direction because that usually means either they dont have enough surgeries under the belt or there lying. Even the most capible surgeons will have patients expire on them not neccesarily the docs fault either. maybe see if they have other patients you could get some "reviews" from or word of mouth is always good too
O in my case i was reffered to a doctor (who a few here have had as a surgeon) but i knew this man had litterally too many patients being admitted to the hospital for "complications" and many deaths due to sepsis and stuff so i chose another doctor. Its always nice if you work in a hospital and are privy to that information
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Deborah
Highest weight 268
Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY
Current Loss: However far this journey will take me Current Weight:175 (10/26/09) and finally a SIZE 12
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