Recent content by Nicegirl

Sorry for the delayed response. I did get my fistula repaired at Cleveland Clinic. It took me a while to find a surgeon I was comfortable with, but after many hours of research and meeting several, it was Cleveland Clinic that I went with. They were wonderful and I have recovered wonderfully...

Hi Monica, I had my open bypass about 13 years ago. I have had many surgeries and procedures since. A year and a half ago I had a fistula repaired that saved my life. because I had the open roux-en-Y bypass, I struggled finding a surgeon to help me. Too much scarring for many surgeons, too...

Thank you very much...i am looking into all suggestions. Apparently there are surgeons that do revision work, but do not do revision work on patients that have had an open RNY surgery. Too much scar tissue makes for more complications. I was wondering if anyone has heard of the fistula after...

I am located in Midland Michigan, but i am willing to travel if it means that i get a surgeon that i can trust. I was looking into New York and Ohio already. I hear they are great in Florida, i have family there. I just do not have a name of a good surgeon to research.

Can i ask if they found out that you had a fistula?

I am currently researching both of my surgical options on the internet. I have several calls even to doctors out of state. My surgeon seems to think he can do it if my insurance allows it, but i do not feel too confident about this. With the open repair, i go through all the pain and...

I have been recently diagnosed with a gastric fistula...where my stomach has attached itself to my pouch and caused a large whole. My food, what stays down...goes in either my fistula (original stomach) or in my pouch and down my over dialated intestine. Not sure what to do and could really...

I have just discovered that i have a gastric fistula, where my original stomach has attached itself to my pouch and caused an opening...a larger one too. There are two ways to fix it...one is endoscopic which is less invasive but my surgeon has never done it. He has had the training but never...